Next Round

American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and Philanthropy Roundtable Executive Senior Fellow Howard Husock joins us to discuss his new book on housing policy, The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It. We discuss various “housing reform” movements over the past century that actually wiped away once-thriving neighborhoods and private home ownership for many immigrant and minority communities, and what California policymakers can learn form a century of policy mistakes as they seek to alleviate the state’s housing crisis.

Enjoy this recent conversation between Jon Miltimore of the Foundation for Economic Education and PRI’s Evan Harris for our Young Leaders Circle Speaker Series.  They discuss socialism, progressive politics, economic news, and the latest pandemic restrictions.

Our guests in this podcast are Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics and Kerry Jackson, PRI fellow on California Reform.  Wayne and Kerry co-authored PRI’s new study “California Migrating,” which reveals the root causes of the outmigration by California residents and businesses. The state’s detrimental policies have reduced people’s quality of life and inhibited their ability to prosper. Kerry and Wayne discuss the reforms we need to bring people back to the state and reinvigorate the California dream.

Roxana Janka of the new Good4U coalition and campaign discusses their mission to ensure every child has the individualized educational options necessary to meet the demands of the workforce and get a good paying job. She also discusses their new statewide poll and the message that California high school parents upset with the current state of public education have for state lawmakers. The podcast begins with Rowena and Tim discussing the latest bad economic numbers and another big California company announcing their move out of state.

Our guest this week is Zack Smith, a legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Zack has been closely watching the growing movement of progressive prosecutors who flout the rule of law.  In California, we see this in San Francisco and Los Angeles where both district attorneys faced recall efforts.  Zack discusses how these “rogue prosecutors” have resulted in increasing crime in our cities.

This week’s guest is Clark Judge.  In addition to being chairman of PRI, he is the founder and managing director of the White House Writers Group – a high stakes communications firm.  Clark Judge was also speechwriter to Pres. Ronald Reagan.  We discuss Pres. Biden’s handling of the pandemic, the Afghanistan catastrophe, the crisis at the southern border, and the slow economic recovery.  He also offers his perspective on the White House’s ineffective communications strategy.

In this podcast, PRI All-Stars, Rowena Itchon, senior vice president, Lance Izumi, senior director of education, and Tim Anaya, senior director of communications come together to provide their perspective on the California recall election and its defeat. The All-Stars discuss what this means for the direction of public policy in the state and how it impacts the 2022 mid-term elections.

Our guest this week on PRI’s Next Round podcast is Lance Izumi, senior director of education. Lance discusses his upcoming book The Homeschool Boom: Pandemic, Policies, and Possibilities. There’s been a homeschooling boom during the pandemic, as parents have sought ways to improve their children’s education during the school lockdowns. Lance explains why homeschooling is becoming more popular, discusses many of its myths, and profiles a diverse group of families who are homeschooling their children.

PRI’s podcast guest this week is Corey DeAngelis, executive director of the Educational Freedom Institute, director of research for the National Federation for Children, and a fellow at the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation. He is interviewed by PRI’s director of the Young Leaders Circle, Evan Harris. They discuss all things school choice and why it’s even more important now that the flaws in the public school system have been exposed by the pandemic. Ro and Tim also discuss the latest California recall polls.

Next Round’s guest is economist Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in Business and Economics.  Dr. Winegarden discusses some of the key issues being debated in Washington and Sacramento, from the infrastructure bill to the $3.5 trillion budget resolution package to California and the nation’s climate change policies.  As director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, he also highlights his breakthrough research on valuing medicines.