National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast
Episode 161: The Engine That Devours America
The death at 101 of San Francisco poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti has David and Will thinking of the conservative response to California’s revolutionary artists.
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Episode 160: Eine Klein Not Music
Kevin D. Williamson educates New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, who just wants California to stop embarrassing the progressive project.
Episode 159: The Internal Contradictions of the Progressive State
Gavin Newsom finds himself in a knife fight with the California teachers union that brought him to the governor’s mansion. San Francisco mayor London Breed reveals her mettle. State lawmakers ...
Episode 158: Frickin’ Laser Beams & Other California Conspiracies
As Gavin Newsom’s popularity plummets, Van Jones and the LA Times echo false claims the recall effort is “tied” to QAnon and white supremacists.
Episode 157: Shocking, Not Shocking
Governor Gavin Newsom eases COVID restrictions, but he’ll have a tough time persuading his allies in the teachers union that it’s safe to reopen schools.
Episode 156: So Close to Newsom, So Far from God
Gavin Newsom adds 'failed vaccine rollout' to his catalogue of failures, monarchical power saves ex-congressman Duncan Hunter, and more.
Episode 155: The Clampdown
David and Will consider California reactions to the pro-Trump mayhem at the U.S. Capitol, including Trump-free Facebook and Twitter.
Episode 154: The Madness of Crowds
David and Will discuss the relationship between this week’s events in Washington, D.C., and California’s ongoing dysfunction.
Episode 153: Not the Book of Revelation, but a Remarkable Facsimile!
David and Will review pandemics, wildfires, utility regulation, school lockdowns, the fall and rise of Kamala Harris, and much (much) more.
Episode 152: Riding Shotgun with the Pope
State treasurer wagers California cash in Pope Francis’s “inclusive capitalism” initiative, Alex Padilla named to replace Kamala Harris, and more.