National Review's Radio Free California Podcast

David and Will explore the art and science of crafting a California ballot initiative and offer their recommendations.

Will and guest Luke Thompson consider President Trump’s picks for the infamously liberal Ninth Circuit; express dismay at the tech billionaire who hopes to aid San Francisco’s homeless through higher taxes; and cheer the California civil rights activists who are (at last) fighting America's most powerful climate bureaucracy, the California Air Resources Board.

Diversity, net neutrality, cosmetics, union power, and technology taxes: California lawmakers spin new laws as epic battles in the Resistance.

Can Central Valley farm workers beat back the once-powerful United Farm Workers? Will Swaim and guest Dan Gerawan discuss this on today's episode of Radio Free California.

Five years later, Central Valley farm workers finally get their Election Day results, union-backed lawmakers erect more barriers to worker freedom, and we remember the gloomy week ten years ago when California’s housing boom went bust -- and took the world with it. Intro music by Metalachi, the LA-based mariachi/metal band.

Siding with California state officials -- Democrats all -- the federal Ninth Circuit orders conservative charities to hand over the names of donors; housing prices are killing Californians before they’re even conceived; and California becomes the first state in the nation to end “money bail.”

Governor Brown looks ready to sign a bill requiring at least one woman on every company board, Republican Representative Duncan Hunter blames Mrs. Hunter for his legal troubles, the increasingly crazy bullet train, and the last-minute blizzard of bizarre bills to blunt worker freedom.

Why Trump was right about California wildfires, our out-of-control water policy, teacher strikes reveal unions’ real ambition, and L.A.’s million-dollar cop.

Five young people from five universities (Hillsdale, LaSalle, Rhodes, Missouri, and Oregon) spent their summers working for the California Policy Center -- and learning about state-mandated cancer warnings, plastic bag bans, the power of government unions, and California's influence on national politics.

David and Will discuss the much-rumored Los Angeles teachers strike and explore the dark money behind a statewide ballot measure to resuscitate rent control. Special bonus track: You can’t be trusted with plastic straws or shopping bags in California, but the state is handing out free hypodermic needles.

David and Will discuss the Silicon Valley revolt against Facebook, a ban on stuff you’ll find on the streets of San Francisco, and the damage done to students by the powerful California Teachers Association.

David and Will discuss Luke Thompson’s tour de force history of California politics and culture – and consider his prescription for a conservative comeback.

David and Will discuss the cornucopia of bad legislation pouring out of Sacramento, the meaning for California of President Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, and summer reading (including C.S. Lewis's "That Hideous Strength").

David and Will discuss this week’s historic Supreme Court decision eliminating mandatory government union membership – and what that means for the future of California.

Will talks with Cecilia Iglesias, a Santa Ana school official, about her unusual political rise – and her vision for California.