Will Swaim is the CEO of the California Policy Center and, with David L. Bahnsen, a co-host of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast.
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The Rise of California’s Zombie Cities
Will talks with government finance veteran Mark Moses about the growing number of California cities stumbling toward collapse.
Will talks with government finance veteran Mark Moses about the growing number of California cities stumbling toward collapse. Guest cohost Rick Reiff joins Will to consider a weird week in sports, the legacy of John Wayne (born May 26, 1907), the renaming of Cal State Chico’s Sutter Hall, segregated graduations at UC Berkeley, Gavin Newsom’s misunderstanding of Disney’s business model, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding California pork chops, and California’s continuing war on oil. Music by Metalachi.
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Show notes:
- John Wayne’s Birthday, May 26, 1907
- Chico State to rename Sutter Hall
- UC Berkeley holds segregated graduation ceremony for black students only
- Column: No shame in this sweep. Lakers battle to the buzzer of inspirational season
- Michael Block sinks hole-in-one as dream PGA Championship continues
- Dawn Staley and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed Brittney Griner back to the WNBA
- Dodgers apologize, reinvite LGBTQIA+ group to Pride Night
- Women removed from California high school track event for protesting against male participation in girls’ sports
- Disney scraps $1 billion plan to relocate Imagineering from California to Florida
- Supreme Court rejects big pork producers’ challenge to California animal cruelty law
- Regulator proposes $3.4 million fine over 2021 oil pipeline leak off OC Coast
- Fossil fuel companies to blame for share of California wildfires, scientists say
- Challenging the premises of our destruction
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David L. Bahnsen is the managing partner of a wealth-management firm and a frequent writer and public commentator on matters of economics, faith and work, and markets.




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