Episodios

  • Episode 398: His Meaninglessness Is His Meaning

    Episode 398: His Meaninglessness Is His Meaning
    Jul 16 2025
    Jon Fleischman (author of the So, Does It Matter? Substack) joins Will for a conversation about Gavin Newsom’s bizarre engagement with conservative podcaster Shawn Ryan -- in which guns are good, transgenderism is a lost cause, nuclear power is lifesaving, and he’s a border hawk. Bonus track: Investigative reporter Kenneth Schlapp’s update on California wildfires. Music by Metalachi.Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Jon Fleischman: “So, Does It Matter?” Cracks in the Golden State: California’s Political Landscape Is ShiftingGov. Newsom, protesters target JD Vance with his family as they visit DisneylandMother Jones editor ripped as ‘soulless ghoul’ for attack on JD Vance, kids after Disneyland tripFour hours inside Newsom’s headNewsom talks AI, Epstein files and immigration in 4-hour podcastRioters Obstruct California Cannabis Farm Raid, Disrupting Rescue of Illegal Immigrant MinorsICE’s California weed-farm raid shows why we need mandatory E-VerifyFederal judge halts indiscriminate immigration stops in Los Angeles and beyondReparations bill, amid headwinds, could skirt California’s affirmative action banA racialist leader is ousted in Los AngelesHayward, Alameda County officials propose Russell City reparations fundRizzotti Advised to Recuse From Burbank Landlord-Tenant IssuesOrange County’s $649 million trolley to nowhereKenneth Schlapp, Center SquareCA data: Just one Palisades brush clearance before fireCalifornia fire season kicks off with a blazing bang
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  • Episode 397: The End Is Still Near

    Episode 397: The End Is Still Near
    Jul 9 2025
    Birth rates are falling worldwide, but the Stanford University professor who coined the term “the population bomb” is unmoved by the data. Gavin Newsom confirms his presidential ambitions with a tour of South Carolina, but back home the governor is in retreat on environment, energy, education, and guns. Music by Metalachi.Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:2018 New Yorker profile of Gavin NewsomGavin Newsom Helped Mother’s Assisted SuicideDid Gavin Newsom Murder His Mother?Newsom, Who May Have Helped His Own Mother Commit Assisted Suicide, Streamlines Process For CaliforniansBerkeley Dean Appears To Admit Race-Based Hiring Policies: ‘I’m Going To Deny I Said This’As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challengesSome provocative thoughts from Paul R. EhrlichClyburn praises Newsom as he hits the trail in South Carolina: ‘I feel good about his chances’California Gov. Gavin Newsom to visit the Pee DeeGovernor Gavin Newsom joins South Carolina Democratic Party Connecting with Rural South CarolinaCalifornia’s great climate retreatGovernor Newsom commits $101 million to jumpstart critical rebuilding efforts after LA FiresAnother union takeover – this time buried In housing billsCalifornia refuses to sign pact over alleged Title IX violationAB 1266: School Success and Opportunity ActBonta loses (again), this time on gunsHeavily armed immigration agents descend on MacArthur Park in L.A.
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    1 h y 6 m
  • Episode 396: Where All the Cholos At?

    Episode 396: Where All the Cholos At?
    Jul 2 2025

    A Southern California city official rallies local gang members to the fight against ICE, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli sues Los Angeles over its sanctuary city laws, Gavin Newsom signs off on the biggest state budget in history -- and then breaks the economy and sues Fox News for $787 million. Bonus! Remembering California’s first Fourth of July celebration. Music by Metalachi.

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    Show Notes

    • Daniel Sexton and California’s first documented Fourth of July . . . in 1842!
    • USA v Los Angeles
    • Officials call for probe into immigration officers’ presence on Terminal Island
    • Cudahy vice mayor breaks silence amid backlash over controversial 'cholos' video
    • How does NYC primary win reverberate in Los Angeles politics?
    • Rep. Robert Garcia on Mamdani Victory: Democrats Need To Get On Board, Embrace Young People Demanding Change
    • Robert Garcia climbs the congressional watchtower
    • CA lost 80K jobs in 2024, 'No job creation' in Fourth Quarter
    • Newsom signs record $321B budget, declares budget emergency
    • Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call
    • NYC's shocking socialist victory is a dire warning for the right
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Episode 395: The Dodgers on ICE

    Episode 395: The Dodgers on ICE
    Jun 24 2025

    The Los Angeles Dodgers will donate $1 million to supporters of illegal immigration. The Ninth Circuit halts Attorney General Rob Bonta’s effort to limit gun purchases to one per month. California can’t kick its foreign-oil addiction. Bonus! Dr. Kurt Miceli explains Do No Harm’s lawsuit alleging that UCLA’s medical school rejects highly qualified Asian and white students in favor of less-qualified applicants. Music by Metalachi.

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    Show Notes:

    • On War Powers, Nancy Pelosi Is a Ridiculous Hack
    • Vice President JD Vance rips Newsom, Bass and mocks Padilla during visit to Los Angeles
    • California Gov. Gavin Newsom challenges Vice President JD Vance to debate: 'How about saying it to my face?'
    • The Dodgers were about to break their silence on Trump’s immigration crackdown. Then federal agents showed up
    • Trump suggests farmers may get to keep undocumented workers after all
    • 9th Circuit affirms San Diego judge’s ruling that California’s ‘one-gun-a-month’ law is unconstitutional
    • California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador
    • Turlock story (under headline on Iranian reaction to Israel war)
    • LAUSD agrees to fund $500 million to settle sexual assault lawsuits
    • Long Beach City Council votes to mandate more staffing at self-checkout lanes

    Kurt Miceli, Do No Harm: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine:

    • Lawsuit: UCLA used race in rejecting highly qualified Asian, white students over less-qualified applicants
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    1 h y 24 m
  • Episode 394: Newsom Leaps Bravely Halfway Across the Political Divide

    Episode 394: Newsom Leaps Bravely Halfway Across the Political Divide
    Jun 18 2025
    Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Before Juneteenth was widely known, here’s how Black Angelenos celebrated emancipationBrian Wilson, Pop Auteur and Leader of the Beach Boys, Dies at 82Inside Trump’s Extraordinary Turnaround on Immigration RaidsThe Padilla Incident and the Greater PerilGavin’s Last GaspPresident Trump Has Legal Authority to Suppress the Siege in L.A.How Trump Is Bypassing Los Angeles’s Sanctuary City HurdlesThe Public-Sector Union Behind L.A.’s Immigration AgitationNewsom's Speech: It’s About The 2028 Democratic Presidential PrimaryNEW DATA: California’s $20 Wage Law Cost Restaurant Workers 7 Weeks Worth of WorkHow Chinese Intel Infiltrated LA Mayor Karen Bass’ CampOakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s new staff may receive budget increase amid city’s financial woesWhy do so many people outside California hate the Golden State?2 ex-Caltrain employees sentenced to jail for building secret apartments inside train stationsLance Christensen:California lawmakers approve $325 billion budget ‘passed on hope’Lance’s favorite budget document: Schedule 6Julie Hamill:Julie’s X thread on Newsom v Trump on boys in girls sportsTeen athlete targeted by Trump’s anti-trans attacks: ‘I know how hard I’ve worked. That’s what matters’
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    2 h y 1 m
  • Episode 393: The Retreat of the California Resistance

    Episode 393: The Retreat of the California Resistance
    Jun 10 2025
    Email Usdbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCA Show NoteCalifornia track and field finals: Trans athlete AB Hernandez wins 2 events, shares podiumCalifornia Backtracks on State Policies Allowing Boys to Compete in Girls’ Track ChampionshipSan Francisco Backtracks on ‘Equity’ Grading Program after BacklashYelling, finger-pointing and cursing galore as California Democrats gather near DisneylandCalifornia’s Democrats Bet on Radicalism, Not Results at Anaheim ConventionNewsom Administration Holds Closed-Door ‘Cooperation’ Talks with Chinese OfficialsFreed Israeli Hostage Says Hamas Captors Were Rooting for Harris to Beat TrumpDems (not so) secretly repealing Kamala Harris’ truancy lawAntonio Villaraigosa: AQMD Rules 1111 and 1121 should be rejectedCalifornia lawmakers pounce on energy board amid departing oil refineries: "We have a crisis on our hands"Senate Confirms Nancy Skinner to California Energy Commission Despite Legislative Record Creating High Energy CostsSB 672 wants early parole for ‘youthful’ violent killers, including some sentenced to life without paroleNewsom insults California voters by not funding Proposition 36Julie Hamill on the differences between girls and boysCalifornia Justice Center‘Who Is ‘Her’?’: Attorney Wrecks CNN Anchor Over Trans Sports Policy In Viral ExchangeJulie Hamill discusses Title IX on CNN’s News CentralJohn J. Miller on Louis L’AmourJohn’s websiteThe Last of His Breed
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    2 h y 29 m
  • Episode 392: Remember Picacho Pass!

    Episode 392: Remember Picacho Pass!
    May 27 2025

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    Show Note:

    • Dr. Tony Lima: The Myth of Donor States
    • Senate Votes to End California’s EV Mandate
    • Austin’s Reign as a Tech Hub Might Be Coming to an End
    • Villaraigosa blasts Harris and Becerra for not speaking out about Biden’s decline
    • Kamala Harris takes swipe at Musk and warns world to ‘remember the 1930s’ at Gold Coast real estate conference
    • The Next Tax Reform Glitch Is Coming to Main Street Businesses
    • Barbara Lee Speaks for Oakland
    • Placer County revives homebuyer program eases path to ownership
    • Former LA deputy mayor to plead guilty to reporting fake bomb threat at City Hall
    • L.A. hotels threaten to withdraw from Olympics deal over minimum wage hike
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    1 h y 17 m
  • Episode 391: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Banality

    Episode 391: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Banality
    May 20 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • 25-year-old suspect in fertility clinic bombing left behind ‘anti-pro-life’ writings, officials say
    • Woman connected to the Zizians fired the bullet that killed a Vermont border agent, report says
    • Is the California Dream a Mirage?
    • Dave Eggers: Uncle Patrick’s secessionist breakfast
    • GM Is Pushing Hard to Tank California’s EV Mandate
    • Newsom says bailing L.A. out of budget crisis is ‘nonstarter.’ Bass remains hopeful
    • Got medical debt? LA County may have just paid it off
    • She brought ‘teeth’ as juvenile hall watchdog — but claims state defanged her
    • Video shows L.A. probation officers letting group beat teen in Los Padrinos juvenile hall
    • Gov. Newsom Smears USC Professor Mische for Reporting CA is Facing $8.43/gallon Gas as Refineries Close
    • Salman Rushdie as graduation speaker upsets Muslim students at Claremont Colleges

    Lance Christensen inside the state capitol:

    • Lance Christensen
    • Budget Bloat And Blame Games: Inside Newsom’s May Revision
    • Newsom spends more to educate fewer kids more poorly
    • AB 379 passed out of the Assembly with a 74-0 vote
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