Podcast
California
Mark Cunningham – Politics with a New York State of Mind
New York Post editorial page editor Mark Cunningham joins us to discuss what’s going on in the Big Apple, including the push for single-payer, rent control, and criminal justice reform that are also hot issues in California. He also gives us the local view on AOC – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – ...
Business & Economics
Tommy Few – A Front Row Seat in the Fight for Worker Freedom
Tommy Few talks about his legal efforts to fully secure the freedoms won by all public employees following the Janus decision. He shares his first-hand experience with how his local teachers unions is trying to preserve membership, and his legal battle to quit the union and keep more money in ...
Featured
Sally Pipes – Medicare for All in the 2020 Campaign
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally Pipes joins us to discuss how Medicare for All is becoming a big issue in the 2020 presidential campaign, the growing push for Medicare for All in Congress and states like California and New York, and how ...
California
Earth Day Special with Steve Hayward
PRI senior fellow Steve Hayward joins us for a special Earth Day edition of Next Round. We talk all things environment, from how the environmental movement morphed from a call for conservation to a push for socialism, how the Green New Deal would hurt the economy and working class Americans, ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden – Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity
PRI senior fellow in business and economics Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss his new series exploring how costly government regulations serve as a barrier to entrepreneurship, small business growth, innovation, and job opportunities to lift people into the middle class.
California
How Non-Profits and Private Charities Can More Effectively Lift People Out of Poverty
There are many well-intentioned programs serving the homeless in California, but private charities and non-profits are just as effective – if not more so – in getting people back on their feet. PRI’s Kerry Jackson and Damon Dunn, Michele Steeb of Saint John’s Program for Real Change, and Deacon Jim ...
California
Legislating Energy Poverty
Public opinion polls show that most Californians see climate change as a threat to the state’s economy and quality of life, yet the state’s approach is hurting poor, rural, inland, and minority communities. PRI’s Wayne Winegarden, Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation, and John C. Gamboa of California Community Builders ...
Charter Schools
The Benefits of Charter Schools – Choosing Diversity
Every day, charter schools play an important role in meeting the diverse needs of California’s students. PRI’s Lance Izumi, Fortune School CEO Margaret Fortune, and EdVoice’s Bill Lucia share real-life charter school success stories and explore ideas policymakers can embrace to expand school choice options. Part 2 of our 4-part ...
California
March 18 – Free-Market Solutions to California’s Health Care Challenges
In part 1 of a special 4-part series on how free-market ideas can build new, diverse coalitions in California, PRI’s Sally Pipes, Wayne Winegarden, and Henry Miller discuss how proposals like single-payer health care and new mandates on prescription drugs would hurt innovation and how market-based policies can better address ...
California
Sen. Mike Morrell – Will the Legislature Finally Act to Break California’s Housing Logjam?
Senate Housing Committee Vice Chair Mike Morrell joins us to discuss all things housing, including the prospects for free-market housing reform legislation this session and his thoughts on Gov. Newsom targeting cities over their failure to meet state housing goals. We also discuss his student safety legislation, other legislative priorities, ...
Mark Cunningham – Politics with a New York State of Mind
New York Post editorial page editor Mark Cunningham joins us to discuss what’s going on in the Big Apple, including the push for single-payer, rent control, and criminal justice reform that are also hot issues in California. He also gives us the local view on AOC – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – ...
Tommy Few – A Front Row Seat in the Fight for Worker Freedom
Tommy Few talks about his legal efforts to fully secure the freedoms won by all public employees following the Janus decision. He shares his first-hand experience with how his local teachers unions is trying to preserve membership, and his legal battle to quit the union and keep more money in ...
Sally Pipes – Medicare for All in the 2020 Campaign
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally Pipes joins us to discuss how Medicare for All is becoming a big issue in the 2020 presidential campaign, the growing push for Medicare for All in Congress and states like California and New York, and how ...
Earth Day Special with Steve Hayward
PRI senior fellow Steve Hayward joins us for a special Earth Day edition of Next Round. We talk all things environment, from how the environmental movement morphed from a call for conservation to a push for socialism, how the Green New Deal would hurt the economy and working class Americans, ...
Wayne Winegarden – Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity
PRI senior fellow in business and economics Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss his new series exploring how costly government regulations serve as a barrier to entrepreneurship, small business growth, innovation, and job opportunities to lift people into the middle class.
How Non-Profits and Private Charities Can More Effectively Lift People Out of Poverty
There are many well-intentioned programs serving the homeless in California, but private charities and non-profits are just as effective – if not more so – in getting people back on their feet. PRI’s Kerry Jackson and Damon Dunn, Michele Steeb of Saint John’s Program for Real Change, and Deacon Jim ...
Legislating Energy Poverty
Public opinion polls show that most Californians see climate change as a threat to the state’s economy and quality of life, yet the state’s approach is hurting poor, rural, inland, and minority communities. PRI’s Wayne Winegarden, Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation, and John C. Gamboa of California Community Builders ...
The Benefits of Charter Schools – Choosing Diversity
Every day, charter schools play an important role in meeting the diverse needs of California’s students. PRI’s Lance Izumi, Fortune School CEO Margaret Fortune, and EdVoice’s Bill Lucia share real-life charter school success stories and explore ideas policymakers can embrace to expand school choice options. Part 2 of our 4-part ...
March 18 – Free-Market Solutions to California’s Health Care Challenges
In part 1 of a special 4-part series on how free-market ideas can build new, diverse coalitions in California, PRI’s Sally Pipes, Wayne Winegarden, and Henry Miller discuss how proposals like single-payer health care and new mandates on prescription drugs would hurt innovation and how market-based policies can better address ...
Sen. Mike Morrell – Will the Legislature Finally Act to Break California’s Housing Logjam?
Senate Housing Committee Vice Chair Mike Morrell joins us to discuss all things housing, including the prospects for free-market housing reform legislation this session and his thoughts on Gov. Newsom targeting cities over their failure to meet state housing goals. We also discuss his student safety legislation, other legislative priorities, ...
