Governor Gavin Newsom blames “Big Oil” for the high gas prices he created. Three cheers for Fremont Democrat representative Ro Khanna in l'affair Hunter Biden. Fast-food businesses are prepared to fight A.B. 257. San Diego’s Measure B reveals the history of the progressive movement — and actual pork-barrel politics. Clovis remains California’s largest non-union school district, and one of its best. Palo Alto faces the likelihood that sorting your trash is bad for the planet. Bonuses! Returning friend of the podcast John Sutter, our USC vs. Utah review, and Charlie Munger’s observation that envy, not greed, drives the world. Music by Metalachi.

Episode 254: Fueling Envy

A show about the perilous state of the Golden State—and what that means for you, wherever you live. California is the hothouse lab of the Left, the nation-state creating the statist policies, art, and lifestyles of the future – and generating the political dollars to make them a reality in a community near you. Hosts Will Swaim (California Policy Center) and David Bahnsen (The Bahnsen Group, Fox Business News commentator, conservative activist) beam this weekly show internationally, from mostly undisclosed pirate-radio platforms west of the Sierra Nevada.   [Intro music graciously provided by Los Angeles-based Metalachi, the metal/mariachi soundtrack of the near-future. Find them at Metalachi.com.]

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Attorney General Rob Bonta turns himself into a cinematic hero of indigenous people in the case of a 2020 deadly domestic dispute. Violence at UCLA was almost a certainty when state officials appeased anti-Israel protests, but the Los Angeles Times knows who’s really at fault: conservatives. Celebrating Cinco de Mayo and Jane Fonda Day. Congress raises the heat on former California labor secretary Julie Su. Bonus: Lance Christensen talks with Jonathan Zachreson and Scott Davison on California’s Protect Kids ballot initiative. Music by Metalachi.

Episode 330: Singing That Killers of the Flowers Tune

David considers the limits of private equity in farming, United Farm Workers union fends off charges it ripped off farmworkers. Gavin Newsom celebrates another bold step for “clean energy” but admits it’s unlikely to stop blackouts. The Democrats’ infinite abortion money-machine revealed, and California’s largest teachers' union calls for an end to capitalism and Jews. Music by Metalachi.

Episode 329: Central Valley of the Dolls

The Supreme Court takes a swing and misses on West Coast homelessness in Grants Pass. Kamala celebrates SEIU, likely undermines elder care. The falling fortunes of California’s Tesla and Fisker. Bonus:  hated illegal immigrants. Music by Metalachi.

Episode 328: How California Became ‘The Home of the Homeless’

The meaning of O. J. Simpson’s life and death. Google, USC, and UC Berkeley restore balance to the universe. Biden’s Health & Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra says he’s coming back to California to run for governor. Gavin Newsom finds a new way to make the state’s housing crisis even worse. Bonus! Will talks with California Policy Center’s Edward Ring about the siren call of “clean energy.” Music by Metalachi.

Episode 327: Run, O. J., Run!

Beset by a historic state budget deficit, Governor Gavin Newsom is brushing back reports that he lied about his college baseball career in order to mask his privilege. In other news, California slides to No. 6 among the world’s economies but remains No. 1 for worst unemployment in the nation. The president of Pomona College tells student protesters that their careers at the school are finished. Bonus: Will talks with Lance Christensen about Edward Duplex, California’s first black mayor. Music by Metalachi.

Episode 254: Fueling Envy

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