The Bruce Cook Show

With the California primary elections a little more than two months away, Republican Gubernatorial Steve Hilton takes time from his busy campaign schedule to spend the hour with Bruce from Bakersfield, CA. The self-made millionaire tells Bruce his path to victory, using Proposition 50, the voter ID initiative, to help propel him to victory over a crowded field, including no real Democratic front runner. Hilton believes his working class roots will identify with millions of voters, along with his back to basics approach to running the Golden State.

Jordan McGillis, besides being a well respected author and student of the economy, technology and industrial policy, is a father with a growing family. Bruce talks with Jordan about how the Fellow at the Economic Innovation Group, and other prestigious think tanks, will tackle what every parent is trying to do in these trying times; how to grow your family where schools and the neighborhood will benefit your children while not breaking your bank account!

Regarding the Palisades Fire January, 2025, Bruce's guest Alexandra Pfeifer said LA Mayor Karen Bass is not equipped to handle the situation, before, during and now after the fire. Alexandra Pfeifer, who is not only the number one real estate agent for Sotheby's in Southern California, specifically the Pacific Palisades, but also Bruce's daughter. Ali, as Bruce affectionally calls her, and her award winning musician husband, lost their home in the Palisades, along with over 6,800 other structures. Alexandra gives her unique prospective as a real estate broker, home owner and mom on a myriad of topics facing not only the victims in the Palisades and in Altadena, but everyone in Los Angeles city and county.

What happens when a young, teenaged woman surgically transitions to a man, after her therapist allegedly pressured her to get a double mastectomy as part of her gender transition, and realizes she made a horrible mistake? Soren Aldaco detransitioned after she realized her struggles with gender identity as a young teen was part of growing up with "gender curiosity ", as some youngsters do. Aldaco sued her therapist in a landmark case in Texas, and talks with Bruce about the dangers children and young adults are facing when doctors are to willing to prescribe cross sex hormones and cut off body parts as a quick fix for a larger mental health problem.

Leigh Haber, is one of Bruce's favorite people. One reason is their love of books. Reading, writing, editing and publishing. Both Leigh and Bruce can't get enough! The former Director of Oprah's Book Club talks about just how difficult it is for writers to get published, in this celebrity driven world, and her review of Olivia Nuzzi's steamy memoir, "American Canto", about Nuzzi's romance with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and entrepreneur Steve Hilton join Bruce, as they are the two leading Republican candidates in the race for Governor of California. Both are in a virtual tie with Democrats Eric Swalwell and Katie Porter. While Bianco wants to bring back law and order to the Golden State, Hilton wants to know where the gold has gone, and stop the out of control spending to make California affordable again.

Legendary Los Angeles Times Editorial Columnist George Skelton joins Bruce for a lively hour, displaying the same blunt, unapologetic opinions, (or no BS approach, as he puts it), about everything from the current state of affairs from Los Angeles to across the country, since Skelton started writing for the Times in 1974.

Former California State Senator Josh Newman, who represented Southern California's very diverse 29th Senate District, during two separate, and contentious, terms. Newman visits Bruce to talk about the Yale alum and Army veteran about his current candidacy for the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, among other things. Besides actually wanting to improve the testing skills of students, and improving their learning environments, Newman gives his opinions on the many issues that are literally hot button topics in California.

Carnie Wilson, the bubbly multi-talented singer, TV personality, author and daughter of legendary Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson, stops long enough to chat with Bruce about being honored at the 2026 She Rocks Awards, for her four decades in the music industry, and continuing to inspire young women through advocacy in personal image, overcoming and living with addictions and the music industry. With seemingly endless energy, Carnie continues to perform with Grammy nominated Wilson Phillips, Al Jardine and The Pet Sounds Band and playing with her husband and daughter.

World renowned civil rights attorney and fierce women's rights advocate Gloria Allred joins Bruce for an hour of the life and times of the self made multi-generational legal icon, who has become the go-to face and voice on everything from Roe v Wade to the Jeffery Epstein files. Gloria shows Bruce that she hasn't lost a step in her passion and opinions of the law.