In this podcast, Bartlett Cleland, PRI’s Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation, discusses the state of tech policy including trade negotiations with China on intellectual property, privacy laws, the debate over the possible break-up of social media companies, internet taxation, and regulating the gig economy and the impact on new jobs.

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 – and previews what Californians should know about Mayor Bill de Blasio if he jumps into the 2020 presidential race.

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 his paycheck.

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 the problems at the VA show the nightmare Americans could have in store for them if Medicare for All becomes a reality.

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, and how the free-market is bringing Americans more energy savings and environmental improvement than the type of big government policies pushed in California.

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.

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 Vargas of Father Joe’s Villages, share their experiences on how out-of-the-box thinking can help alleviate poverty.  Part 4 of our 4-part series on how free-market ideas can build new, diverse coalitions in California.  Recorded at PRI’s “California Ideas in Action” conference in Sacramento.

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 explore how market-driven policies can more effectively and affordably chart California’s energy future. Part 3 of our 4-part series on how free-market ideas can build new, diverse coalitions in California. Recorded at PRI’s “California Ideas in Action” conference in Sacramento.

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 series on how free-market ideas can build new, diverse coalitions in California. Recorded at PRI’s “California Ideas in Action” conference in Sacramento.

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 the state’s health care challenges without bankrupting the state. Recorded at PRI’s “California Ideas in Action” conference in Sacramento.