Next Round

By Pacific Research InstituteNews Government Politics

Next Round episodes

August 06, 2018 Dean McGrath – Supreme Court Battle, Part 2 – What Will Brett Kavanaugh Be Like on the Supreme Court?
In part 2 of our discussion with PRI general counsel Dean McGrath, who is a veteran of past Supreme Court nomination fights, we discuss the Brett Kavanaugh nomination in depth, and explore how he might rule on some of the key issues to likely come before the Supreme Court in the coming years.
21 min
July 30, 2018 Dean McGrath – An Insider’s View on the Kavanaugh Nomination
PRI’s general counsel Dean McGrath – and who also served as counsel to President Reagan – joins us to discuss the battle for the Supreme Court. He gives us an inside look at what goes into nominating and confirming a Supreme Court justice, and shares his thoughts on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Kennedy’s legacy. Part 1.
24 min
July 24, 2018 Nick Loris – Why Are California Gas Prices So High?
Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation joins us from Vancouver to discuss why California gas prices are so much higher than the rest of the nation, and what reforms would make a real difference in giving drivers some relief at the pump.
16 min
July 16, 2018 Michael Anton – former Communications Director for the National Security Council
Michael Anton recently stepped down as the communications director of the NSC. He joins us to discuss Pres. Trump’s foreign policy and what he sees as the biggest threat to the U.S. He’s also a native of the Bay Area, so he offered his perspective on California’s political environment and the future of the state.
24 min
July 09, 2018 Marlo Lewis – Embracing a Free-Market Environmental Future
Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute joins us in Vancouver for a discussion on how the free-market is a more effective way to achieve a global, clean energy future than new clean energy laws or excess regulations.
14 min
July 02, 2018 Tia Boatman Patterson – Addressing California’s Home Affordability Problem
California Housing Finance Agency Executive Director Tia Boatman Patterson discusses the efforts of the self-supporting state agency she runs to help people find an affordable place to live, and gives her thoughts on what should be done next to address the state’s housing affordability and homeless problems.
28 min
June 25, 2018 Special Guest George Gilder on Technologies in the Future
For PRI’s 50th episode, our special guest is George Gilder. We asked him about his views on Silicon Valley (“in the process of having a nervous breakdown”), the threats to innovation (“the world’s $253 trillion debt”) and his view of Basic Income (“preposterous”). And that’s not even the fun stuff. George also gives us a glimpse of future technologies to come.
26 min
June 18, 2018 Todd Gaziano of Pacific Legal Foundation on Bureaucracies Making Laws
Our guest in this podcast is Todd Gaziano of the Pacific Legal Foundation. As director of the newly created PLF Center for the Separation of Powers, Todd is working on a long-term project to roll back the power of unelected government administrators. Over many decades, Congress has handed more and more of its lawmaking responsibility to the bureaucracy. Todd discusses his current cases pending in the courts and PLF’s goal of reversing bureaucrat power creep.
31 min
June 12, 2018 Chuck DeVore – Catching Up With a Former California Lawmaker Now Living in Texas
Former California Assemblyman and now Texas Public Policy Institute VP Chuck DeVore joins to talk about his experiences relocating to the Lone Star State, the advantages that Texas has over California, how the states differ on economic and energy policy, and what he thinks from afar about politics and policy in the state he used to call home.
30 min
June 06, 2018 What Does It All Mean? The PRI All Stars Post-California Primary Wrap
Now that the voters of California have spoken, what does it all mean? The PRI all stars analyze the results of the California primary, preview the major fall contests and initiative battles, and ponder the future of the Top 2 primary.
26 min