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Eric Edwards and Sara Sutherland – How Federal Bureaucracy Hinder Projects to Reduce Wildfire Risk

With California’s fire season in full swing, Eric Edwards and Sara Sutherland, senior research fellows with the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in Montana, join us to discuss their new paper detailing how bureaucratic federal environmental reviews – much like the California Environmental Quality Act – add delay and …

Featured

Wayne Winegarden – Soaring Gas Prices

Our guest this week is Wayne Winegarden, Senior Fellow in Business & Economics at PRI. We discuss with Wayne what’s on everyone’s mind – inflation, rising gas prices, a possible recession, and whose to blame. He cuts through all the finger-pointing in Washington and Sacramento and offers ways that will truly help lower prices.

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Dr. Matt Beech – On Boris, Brexit, and the Brits

Our guest this week is Prof. Matthew Beech, Director of the Centre for British Politics at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom.  Dr. Beech is also a Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies and the Centre for British Politics.  A political scientist and historian, he …

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Randy Hicks – Georgia Center for Opportunity

Former Californian and Georgia Center for Opportunity President Randy Hicks joins us from the Heritage Resource Bank Conference in Nashville to discuss the important work of the Georgia Center in using free market ideas to help lift people out of poverty and up the economic ladder, and the lessons that Californians can learn from their work in Georgia to help positively turn around people’s lives and create safer, more livable communities.

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Robert Alt – President of the Buckeye Institute

Our guest in this podcast is Robert Alt, president of PRI’s sister think tank in Ohio, the Buckeye Institute. Tim Anaya recently attended the Heritage Foundation’s Resource Bank conference in Nashville and caught up with Robert Alt. They discussed the Institute’s work in challenging Ohio’s COVID-19 mandates and lockdowns, and government overreach.

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Post-Election Wrap-Up – PRI All Stars

Our PRI All Stars are back to discuss the results of the California elections. On the panel is Lance Izumi, senior director of education, Kerry Jackson, fellow in California studies, and of course, Rowena Itchon, senior vice president and Tim Anaya, senior director of communications. The All Stars discuss the results of the big races and what it all means for the November election.

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Matthew Hennessey – Visible Hand

Wall Street Journal opinion editor Matthew Hennessey joins us to discuss his new book “Visible Hand,” which breaks down what young people and all Americans should know about economics thanks to some important lessons taught by his parents who bought and operated a bar, his high school soccer coach who painted a mural, ice cream lovers choosing their favorite flavors, and even the lead singer of the Sex Pistols.

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Erik Jaffe – Supreme Court Preview

Erik Jaffe, PRI adjunct fellow in legal studies and one of the nation’s top constitutional lawyers, joins us to give his reaction to the Supreme Court “leak” and previews the major cases that will be decided in the coming weeks.

Featured

Steven Greenhut – PRI Free Cities Project

In this podcast, our guest is Steve Greenhut, director of PRI’s new Free Cities Project. The Free Cities Project will regularly release incisive research and analysis on crime, housing, education, homelessness, social mobility and other urban issues through commentaries, briefs, videos, and webinars. Through the project, PRI aims to foster serious thinking and incubate good ideas that will improve America’s cities.

Featured

Wayne Winegarden – Coverage Denied

Our guest this week is Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow and director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation. Wayne has written a series of papers titled Coverage Denied that analyzes and proposes reforms to fix the problems in the current health insurance system which have threatened patient health outcomes and have led to huge financial risks for patients facing unexpected or chronic health care challenges.

Free Cities

Eric Edwards and Sara Sutherland – How Federal Bureaucracy Hinder Projects to Reduce Wildfire Risk

With California’s fire season in full swing, Eric Edwards and Sara Sutherland, senior research fellows with the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in Montana, join us to discuss their new paper detailing how bureaucratic federal environmental reviews – much like the California Environmental Quality Act – add delay and …

Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden – Soaring Gas Prices

Our guest this week is Wayne Winegarden, Senior Fellow in Business & Economics at PRI. We discuss with Wayne what’s on everyone’s mind – inflation, rising gas prices, a possible recession, and whose to blame. He cuts through all the finger-pointing in Washington and Sacramento and offers ways that will truly help lower prices.

Free Cities

Dr. Matt Beech – On Boris, Brexit, and the Brits

Our guest this week is Prof. Matthew Beech, Director of the Centre for British Politics at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom.  Dr. Beech is also a Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies and the Centre for British Politics.  A political scientist and historian, he …

California

Randy Hicks – Georgia Center for Opportunity

Former Californian and Georgia Center for Opportunity President Randy Hicks joins us from the Heritage Resource Bank Conference in Nashville to discuss the important work of the Georgia Center in using free market ideas to help lift people out of poverty and up the economic ladder, and the lessons that Californians can learn from their work in Georgia to help positively turn around people’s lives and create safer, more livable communities.

Business & Economics

Robert Alt – President of the Buckeye Institute

Our guest in this podcast is Robert Alt, president of PRI’s sister think tank in Ohio, the Buckeye Institute. Tim Anaya recently attended the Heritage Foundation’s Resource Bank conference in Nashville and caught up with Robert Alt. They discussed the Institute’s work in challenging Ohio’s COVID-19 mandates and lockdowns, and government overreach.

California

Post-Election Wrap-Up – PRI All Stars

Our PRI All Stars are back to discuss the results of the California elections. On the panel is Lance Izumi, senior director of education, Kerry Jackson, fellow in California studies, and of course, Rowena Itchon, senior vice president and Tim Anaya, senior director of communications. The All Stars discuss the results of the big races and what it all means for the November election.

Business & Economics

Matthew Hennessey – Visible Hand

Wall Street Journal opinion editor Matthew Hennessey joins us to discuss his new book “Visible Hand,” which breaks down what young people and all Americans should know about economics thanks to some important lessons taught by his parents who bought and operated a bar, his high school soccer coach who painted a mural, ice cream lovers choosing their favorite flavors, and even the lead singer of the Sex Pistols.

Business & Economics

Erik Jaffe – Supreme Court Preview

Erik Jaffe, PRI adjunct fellow in legal studies and one of the nation’s top constitutional lawyers, joins us to give his reaction to the Supreme Court “leak” and previews the major cases that will be decided in the coming weeks.

California

Steven Greenhut – PRI Free Cities Project

In this podcast, our guest is Steve Greenhut, director of PRI’s new Free Cities Project. The Free Cities Project will regularly release incisive research and analysis on crime, housing, education, homelessness, social mobility and other urban issues through commentaries, briefs, videos, and webinars. Through the project, PRI aims to foster serious thinking and incubate good ideas that will improve America’s cities.

Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden – Coverage Denied

Our guest this week is Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow and director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation. Wayne has written a series of papers titled Coverage Denied that analyzes and proposes reforms to fix the problems in the current health insurance system which have threatened patient health outcomes and have led to huge financial risks for patients facing unexpected or chronic health care challenges.

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