Host Ruben Navarrette explores why California’s Democratic governor Gavin Newsom — who was elected handily — is fighting a recall effort in a dark blue state, and explains why polls show the race to be a toss-up. Newsom would win the recall battle, but still lose the war of public confidence.

Host Ruben Navarrette — the son of a retired cop — unpacks the paradox of pro-cop, back-the-blue conservatives refusing to condemn the Jan. 6 melee at the U.S. capitol which resulted in Capitol Police Officers and DC Metro Police Officers being tased, beaten, sprayed with tear gas and bear spray and threatened with death by an angry, pro-Trump mob of rabid right-wingers.

Host Ruben Navarrette breaks down a couple of bizarre recent events on the immigration front, where the Biden administration has taken a hardline against admitting refugee families while promising to be more accommodating to immigrants and refugees.

Host Ruben Navarrette unpacks one of the exceptions to the "never quit, don't give up" rule: knowing when to get off the hamster wheel or change course or make a u-turn or stop and breathe. That's what gold medal Olympic gymnast Simone Biles did in stepping away from the 2020 Tokyo games, and it's not a bad thing.

Host Ruben Navarrette chats with his friend, and fellow journalist, Macarena Hernandez about the magical power of American journalism to make the country’s largest minority, and its stories, disappear into oblivion.
Guest: Macarena Hernandez

Host Ruben Navarrette examines the public relations mess that California officials created with their on-again, off-again, on-again policy about whether students who return in the Fall will be required to wear masks.

Host Ruben Navarrette tackles Americans’ arrogance toward COVID-19, which may be one reason why Los Angeles — a city which was a virus hotspot throughout 2020 — recently went back to mandatory masking for the vaccinated and unvaccinated alike.

Host Ruben Navarrette interviews his friend, Arsalan Iftikhar, about his new book detailing the history and present-day reality of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry in the U.S. and around the globe.

Guest: Arsalan Iftikhar, human rights lawyer, writer and author of “Fear of A Muslim Planet: Global Islamophobia in The New World Order”

Host Ruben Navarrette, the son of a retired cop who was on the job for 37 years, bemoans the fact that so many police officers are quitting and hanging up their badges amid the low morale in the profession following the murder of George Floyd.

Host Ruben Navarrette delves into the controversy at ESPN, over remarks by host Rachel Nichols who griped about the fact that her colleague, Maria Taylor, got a hosting gig she didn’t. Nichols is White, Taylor is Black. And yet, there is no racism here.