California Insider

“The city has always been known for its progressive politics. But I liked that. I lived there until 2021—over 30 years. It’s become a place of such aggressive conformity. And if you don’t uphold whatever the most far-left narrative is, if you dare to ask any questions, you will be smeared and vilified, and pushed out of your job.” Siyamak sits down with Jennifer Sey, former brand president of Levi...

“It’s easy to ignore it when the numbers are small. But not only are the numbers getting bigger, but this cumulative effect is becoming more significant as well.” Siyamak sits down with Jim Doti, an economist and former president of Chapman University. He talks about the growing trend of people leaving California and what impacts it has on the state.

“We’re not leading the way—we’re starting the way. And we’re letting other states lead the way. I consider Louisiana and Georgia to be our main competitors.” Siyamak sits down with David Graves, Political Director with IATSE Local 728, which is a union from Hollywood. Today he will talk about what is happening to the film industry, and why they are leaving California.

“During the eviction moratorium, to ask a tenant to pay rent could be viewed as harassment to the tenant.” Siyamak sits down with Chris Moore, board member of the Bay Rental Housing Association. He shares with us his first-hand experience being a landlord in California and why he thinks the eviction moratorium is hurting the tenants.

“And now they’re boxed into a corner, because now they can’t quite get out of it. Because if they do, if they change how they’re dealing with these issues, they have to admit that they were wrong.” Siyamak sits down with Melissa Melendez, former California State Senator. Today she will talk about what has changed in California’s legislature over the past decade, and why some policies are not deliv...

“Most of us when we use these platforms, we don’t really think we could be the product. It was consciously designed that way. The end funnel isn’t funneling you just something to buy, but funneling you to an ideology.” Siyamak sits down with Nick Janicki, media relations director with Gan Jing World. Today he will talk about what’s behind the algorithm of the big tech. And how it is designed to ge...

“You think prison is bad—no … prison’s got structure … the streets. There’s what they call ‘rules of engagement.’ And if you don’t abide by the rules of engagement, you die.” Siyamak sits down with Lang Martinez, a former homeless man and gang member, and now an advocate in Los Angeles. He joins us on the show to share what he saw on the street, and how the homeless are trapped in the current syst...

“I’ve been doing TV and radio for 40 years, mostly criticizing politicians. I know how brutal it is, I know how your enemies will dissect things that you’ve said and put the worst spin on it, or will even make things up … But I think I bring a couple things to the table the others don’t.” Siyamak sits down with Larry Elder, EpochTV host and political commentator. This is Elder’s first interview af...

“Prisons are a breeding ground, to become institutionalized and to learn, basically, how to do more crime and become worse.” Siyamak sits down with former California inmate, Alfred Lopez. Incarcerated at 18, Lopez spent almost 30 years in prison. Today he will talk about what he saw in the prison system, and why it is so costly to incarcerate inmates.

“Gavin Newsom … has really pushed this notion that the big oil operators are gouging the consumers. People don’t know why things are happening, they’re just told they need to be angry.” Siyamak Khorrami sits down with Mike Umbro, an energy entrepreneur from California. Today he will explain why California’s gas prices will likely keep increasing despite the state’s recent actions to penalize Big O...

“I was fired for what I believe, not what I did. This was absolutely not something I could have ever imagined … 13 allegations made against me.” Siyamak sits down with Jessica Tapia, a former high school PE teacher from California. Her story went viral on Instagram after she got fired by the school district. What really happened to Jessica, and what is making California fire good teachers despite...

“One of my clients, first-generation immigrants from Mexico, came here to have an experience of the American dream. And they find themselves living in an American nightmare, just because a tenant refused to pay the rent, not because they couldn’t afford it.” Siyamak sits down with Jonathan Madison, lead attorney at the Madison Law Firm. He explains why some counties still have the moratorium in pl...

"When I came back to San Francisco, I started seeing things through a different lens, I started seeing it for what it really was. And I, it was really, like jarring to me." Siyamak sits down with Ricci Wynne, a San Francisco resident, and videographer. He was once a drug addict and labeled a career criminal but has since turned his life around and has become an advocate for the homeless and sober...

Siyamak sits down with Anthony Kaveh an anesthesiologist in the San Francisco Bay area. "But the body opens up in ways that give us a privileged look into the life of the patient. And things come up that we often don't share with anyone else. So past traumas, maybe you're taking medications, prescription or non-prescription, or illicit substances... These all affect the body ". Today Anthony will...

“Oh, it’s just 1 percent more. It’s 1 percent more, but that extra 1 percent makes somebody say, ‘You know what? I don’t want to pay 13.9. How about I pay you nothing?'” Siyamak sits down with Jim Righeimer, former mayor of Costa Mesa and host of the radio show “Weekend Answer.” California is considering imposing a wealth tax on people who have more than $50 million in assets. It is estimated to g...

“We have people not just living on the streets, but living in low-income supportive hotels who are going through absolute hell.” Siyamak sits down with Deon Joseph, senior police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. He has been working in Skid Row for decades, and he shares with us his first-hand experience helping the homeless and fighting the criminal elements on the ground. Follow Ep...

“We interviewed corporate CEOs as to what’s [their] future in California … What we heard back was, ‘We’re thinking of leaving the state, we can’t survive here.'” Siyamak sits down with Jim Doti, president emeritus and leading economist at Chapman University. His research team has been studying the root cause of why people are leaving California. California Insider show is sponsored by Birch Gold G...

“Seventy percent of African American students are not reading at proficiency levels. It’s higher in math—it’s about 80 percent.” Siyamak sits down with Gloria Romero, former state senator and first female majority leader of the state Senate in California’s history. Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTV Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: https://truths...

“When I was young, we were looking at the gang members and saying, ‘Well, that’s what I want to be.’ When are you going to have these kids out there saying, ‘Oh, no, my uncle is out there. He’s 20-some years old. That’s what I want to be.'” Siyamak sits down with Gil Tejada, founder and host of American Cholo, a YouTube Channel that focuses on helping gang members get back to normal life. Gil talk...

“If you see somebody sleeping during the day, it might not be because they’re lazy. It might be because they feel like they had to be up all night for their own safety.” Siyamak sits down with Brett Feldman, director of Street Medicine at USC. He and his team go out on the street every week and provide treatment to 300 homeless people a year. And they are helping more and more homeless people get...

“If you see the pictures, if you see the video, it looks like a third-world country. The crime is off the charts. We have people getting murdered at marijuana grows.” My guest is Jeremiah LaRue, sheriff of Siskiyou County. In a previous episode, we covered how cartels are taking over land in his county and growing massive amounts of illegal marijuana. Today, we will dive deeper to find out what’s...

“Fentanyl right now is the largest killer of individuals between the age of 18 and 45. It exceeds all other causes of death. Every 8.57 seconds, somebody dies of a fentanyl overdose.” Siyamak sits down with California Sen. Tom Umberg to discuss the impacts of fentanyl and what our state is doing about it. Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTV Rumble: https://rumble.c...

“It was so nice before. It’s really all those things that you pictured in the movies and pictures. It’s not that now, it’s nothing like that. It’s the complete actually opposite of that. And it’s very sad.” Siyamak sits down with Matt Wilson, a videographer and resident from Santa Monica. He shares with us his experience living in the city and what happened behind some of the viral videos he took....

“The criminal justice system has been fundamentally changed in California, not in a good way.” Siyamak sits down with Jeff Reisig, district attorney of Yolo County. He shares with us the latest result of his study on California’s recent policies and why crime is on the rise. * Click the "Save" button below the video to access it later on "My List." - ORDER "The Shadow State" DVD: https://www.epoch...

“There’s a very specific definition [of] what an actual real gang member is. Never existed in the department, but it was useful just for a political game.” Siyamak sits down with Alex Villanueva, former sheriff of Los Angeles County. He explains if there are deputy gangs within the department and what the impacts are. Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTV Rumble: htt...