National Review's Radio Free California Podcast

Following three mass shootings, Governor Gavin Newsom goes on his own spree — blasting “Republicans” for gun violence. Following a series of powerful Pacific storms, Joe Biden promises he’ll help California build back better. Nancy Pelosi hosts an exorcism at her San Francisco home. Music by Metalachi.

A USC academic office bans use of the word “field” because of its unhappy connotation, but "cotton" remains safe for the moment. The Kamala Harris Reset Again. Representative Katie Porter (D-Irvine) says she’s ready to replace Senator Dianne Feinstein. Gavin Newsom’s state budget has a big hole in it -- in the place where common sense might have been. A San Francisco commission proposes $5 million in reparations payments to the city’s black residents. Will talks with Mike “Dirty Jobs” Rowe about A.B. 5. Music by Metalachi.

U.S. Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, visits the Port of Los Angeles, and declares that California’s disastrous A.B. 5 should go nationwide. Aiming for a seat in the U.S. Senate, Representative Katie Porter (D., Irvine) reads “The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F***” while the House of Representatives burns. Gavin Newsom marches halfway for social justice. San Diego governments paid millions to left-wing groups working to influence those governments. Music by Metalachi.

Mark Wahlberg just left the Golden State for Nevada, just one of the hundreds of thousands of Californians who helped lead California to its unprecedented third year of population decline. Speaking of stars, David and Will discuss the execrable “Harry & Meghan”; the fabulous “White Lotus”; and Representative Katie Porter, that darling of Democratic politics -- who just qualified for RFC’s remake of “Horrible Bosses.” Stay till the very end for our roundup of California’s worst new laws. Music by Metalachi.

David and Will revisit the year’s best and worst stories -- a delight for some of the whole family! Music by Metalachi.

David pitches a poverty-reduction program to please California’s marginalized peoples. We’d call Stanford’s language police stupid, but that would violate new campus protocol. Dems stand in the statehouse door, block Republicans from Latino caucus. LA’s rich already working around the new “mansion tax.” Music by Metalachi.

Yes, Madeline, Los Angeles County says you may keep a unicorn -- so long as you follow a strict set of owner regulations. New video shows highlights of fight between African-American activist and L.A. councilmember who participated in recorded racist beatdown. California’s largest government union is melting down. New assemblyman Rick Chaves Zbur wastes no time in making public education worse. L.A. mayor Karen Bass says she’ll end homelessness. U.S. companies are now avoiding California’s ports. California’s Reparations Task Force says victims of systemic racism should get $223,000 each. Bonus: This week in 1818, Argentine pirate Hipólito Bouchard raided California’s biggest Spanish settlements. Music by Metalachi.

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.

David and Will discuss Gavin Newsom’s latest pledge that he won’t run — “against Biden” — and consider how government regulation centralized corporate power in California’s rail, transit, and oil industries. In our Department of Blood Money, the hosts discuss Elizabeth Holmes’s eleven-year jail sentence. Bonus! The virtues of following the University of Southern California football team. Music by Metalachi.

Will talks with now-former congressional candidate Scott Baugh about the constitutional problem underlying public education, Kevin McCarthy’s demons, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s mom, Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s testimony against the monstrous Harvey Weinstein, and the LA County sheriff’s problem with gangs. Music by Metalachi.