Next Round

  Attorney, professor and master negotiator John Lowry, author of the new book "Negotiation Made Simple," joins us with advice for listeners on how to maximize your position whether you're haggling over an employment contract or the price of a new car.  He also shares his thoughts on some current negotiations generating media headlines.  Plus, Tim and Ro weigh in on Gov. Newsom's trip to China.

  Attorney, professor and master negotiator John Lowry, author of the new book "Negotiation Made Simple," joins us with advice for listeners on how to maximize your position whether you're haggling over an employment contract or the price of a new car.  He also shares his thoughts on some current negotiations generating media headlines.  Plus, Tim and Ro weigh in on Gov. Newsom's trip to China.

This is a special recording of a recent PRI dinner in San Francisco featuring Professor Charles Kesler, the editor of the Claremont Review of Books, offering his perspective on U.S. politics and the global situation in Israel and China.  Ro and Tim also weigh in on Gov. Newsom's trip to China and Israel.

  sddasdasOur guest this week is Emily Hoeven, opinion columnist at The San Francisco Chronicle . Before coming to the Chronicle, she wrote CalMatters' daily WhatMatters newsletter on California politics and policy and makes frequent appearances on TV, radio, podcasts, panels, and helped launch a weekly political segment on ABC 10. We chat with Emily on a variety of issues affecting San Francisco...

It's that time of the year when the Governor decides which bills to sign and which to veto.  Rowena Itchon, chief operating officer at PRI and Tim Anaya, vice president of marketing and communications have a round-up discussion of the major bills -- from health care to climate change to unemployment benefits for striking workers.  In addition, they give their take on the GOP move to remove Cong. K...

Our guest this week is PRI senior fellow Dr. Wayne Winegarden.  We discuss with Wayne his new study comparing the results of states that had very restrictive COVID-19 policies versus those that did not.  He concludes that while COVID-19 restrictions did lead to some health benefits, they were unfortunately negated by large economic and education losses.  We also discuss with Wayne the policy lesso...

Our guest this week is Kerry Jackson, PRI's senior fellow on California Reform.  Kerry has been following Gov. Newsom's and Attorney General Bonta's lawsuit on oil companies and its implications.  He also discusses SB 253, a corporate climate change disclosure bill; the federal and state push for electric busses including school buses, hydrogen cars, and "Climate Week."

Our guest this week is Clark Judge, founder and managing director of the White House Writers Group and Chairman of PRI.  A former speechwriter to Pres. Ronald Reagan, Clark is a veteran of Washington politics and presidential elections.  We chat with Clark to get his insights on California politics from his national perspective and what we can expect from the upcoming election cycle.

Our guest this week is Steve Greenhut, director of PRI's Free Cities Center and a veteran California journalist.  Steve recaps the legislative session with the highlights and lowlights (unfortunately for Californians, mostly lowlights). He also weighs in on the new Speaker Robert Rivas, the ever-controversial Public Safety Committee, and Gov. Newsom's political prospects.

Our guest this week is PRI senior fellow Wayne Winegarden who discusses his new study "The Free Cities Index."  Many of America's cities have been on the decline for years, while other cities have thrived and attracted more and more Americans.  Wayne examined a multitude of variables – taxes, crime, schools – and ranked the 50 largest U.S. cities in terms of livability and growth.  Not surprisingl...

Our guest this week is Lance Izumi, senior director of education at PRI.  Lance discusses all things education – from the Supreme Court's decision on the Harvard case on Asian American admissions discrimination, to wokism in our schools – including the new woke math in California.  Lance also highlights the results of a recent PRI survey on parents' assessment of their local school boards.

Enjoy the discussion from PRI's recent luncheon with UC Berkeley Law Professor and author John Yoo, discussing his new book "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court," in conversation with PRI senior fellow Steven Hayward.  In addition to the book, they discuss other hot legal topics including the debate over ethics requirements for the Supreme Court and the recent Montana state court...

Our guest this week is New York Times bestselling author Carol Roth She discusses her newest book  You Will Own Nothing  with PRI senior fellow in business and economic studies Wayne Winegarden. Carol examines global inflation, government spending, and a growing trend in Western countries to not accumulate wealth. She cautious that this is the perfect economic environment for the rich and powerful...

Our guest this week is Heather Mac Donald, bestselling author and Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute. This is a recording of a luncheon discussion on her new book "When Race Trumps Merit." Heather argues that racial disparities at universities, executive suites, the medical and legal professions and other fields are due to the academic skills gap that causes the current lack of prop...

Our guest this week is Paul Atkins, CEO of Potomak Partners, a financial services consulting firm in Washington, DC.  Paul was also a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2002 to 2008.  We discuss with Paul ESG – environmental, social, and governance – investing and its negative impact on shareholders, retirement investors, and the investing public, as well as governmen...

On this week's episode, we talk with Bob Spano and Carl Olson, whose beloved family members were tragically murdered decades ago, and who have recently been forced to relive these traumatic memories when the individuals who murdered their family members were granted parole.  PRI senior fellow Steve Smith discusses how misguided policy changes and executive actions are contributing to the state's b...

Our guest this week is Kerry Jackson, PRI senior fellow at our Center for California Reform. He and senior fellow in business and economics Wayne Winegarden, Ph. D. co-authored PRI's new study "Enriching Lawyers and Not Helping Victims: Why tort reform will help grow the economy and address injustice. The study found that Americans pay a "tort tax" of $1,300 per person thanks to lawsuit abuse. Ref...

This week, we're joined by Bill Meehan, editor of the new book on William F. Buckley's travel writings, Getting About.  He discusses Buckley's passion for travel writing, some of the most entertaining moments from his global journeys, and what advice today's travelers can take away from Buckley's years of travel adventures.

On this Independence Day week our guest is Ken Pope, CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. It's been nearly 35 years since the Berlin Wall has fallen, but communism continues to thrive in many areas around the world.  Ken discusses the continuing threat of communism, why it's important for our young people to know its history of devastation and suffering, and the work of the Foundat...

Stephen Soukup joins us this week to discuss the newly released paperback edition of his book The Dictatorship of Woke Capital, which explores how Wall Street and corporate investing has gone woke on issues like ESG.  We discuss the evolution of American business and the economic philosophies that shaped the push for woke capitalism, the players advocating for investing based on social issues, and...

Transportation expert Marc Joffe of the Cato Institute joins Steven Greenhut of PRI's Free Cities Center for a discussion of how to transform transportation policy in California to better serve customers and focus on transportation engineering rather than social engineering.  They also discuss the current state budget debate over a bailout for state transit.

In September 2020, Gov. Newsom signed an executive order requiring all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. Wayne Winegarden, PhD and co-author of PRI's new study "Sapping California's Energy Future" discusses why this and other policies from Sacramento are jeopardizing California's energy security and could lead to future energy shortages. T...

Erik Jaffe, PRI adjunct fellow in legal studies and one of America's top constitutional lawyers, joins us for his annual preview of the hot Supreme Court cases that will be handed down before the end of the term.  They discuss cases involving private property rights, tech, college admissions policies, legislative gerrymandering, and more.  They also explore the controversy over Supreme Court ethic...

Our guest this week is Hoover Institution senior fellow and UCLA professor Dr. Lee Ohanian.  He and host senior fellow Dr. Wayne Winegarden discuss California's growing outmigration problem and its contributing factors including unaffordable housing, the high cost of living, homelessness and other problems plaguing California.

Bill Smith of the Pioneer Institute in Massachusetts joins Wayne and Tim to discuss his important new book "Rationing Medicine", which focuses on an obscure economic concept called QALYs – or quality adjusted life years.  Government bureaucrats in Europe use QALYs to deny access to life saving medications for patients.  Some in the U.S. are pushing for the adoption of QALYs as a way to address hig...