Next Round

Next Round is a weekly podcast exploring California politics from a free market perspective hosted by the nonpartisan think tank Pacific Research Institute. Each episode features elected officials, media commentators, and policy leaders breaking down the Golden State’s top policy debates and discussing how market-based reforms can improve our quality of life. Past guests include House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, Democratic Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, futurist George Gilder, State Board of Ed Member Dr. Ting Sun, pollster Scott Rasmussen, economist Steve Moore, Politico California’s Kevin Yamamura, and National Review’s Andrew McCarthy.

How Can We Actually Reduce Homelessness in California? – 2024 PRI Sacramento Conference 04/15/2024

Reforming Criminal Justice Policy to Put Victims First - 2024 PRI Sacramento Conference 04/08/2024

Andrew Stuttaford – Electric Cars: Central Planning’s Latest Vehicle 04/01/2024

Mike Gatto – Noir By Necessity 03/25/2024

Robert Bryce and Tyson Culver - Juice, Power, Politics and the Grid 03/18/2024

PRI All-Star Speechwriters on the State of the Union Address 03/12/2024

Rea Hederman – Net-Zero Climate-Control Policies Fail Farmers and Families 03/05/2024

Steve Hilton - Keynote Address: PRI Ideas in Action Conference 02/26/2024

Paul Tice – Race to Zero: How ESG Investing will Crater the Global Financial System 02/20/2024

Jennifer Burns – Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative 02/13/2024

Steve Greenhut and Wayne Winegarden – Giving Housing Supply a Boost 02/06/2024

Roger Simon – American Refugee 01/29/2024

Jeff Anderson – Kicking off the Election Cycle 01/23/2024

The PRI All Stars Respond to Gov. Newsom’s 2024-25 Budget Plan 01/12/2024

The PRI All Stars - 2023 Year End Awards 12/18/2023

Richard Samuelson – What We Can Learn About Today’s Politics from the Boston Tea Party 12/12/2023

Melissa Caen – All Things Politics 12/06/2023

Ben Judge – America’s Foreign Adversaries: What would John Quincy Adams Do? 12/06/2023

Holiday Book Gift Guide – PRI Staff 11/28/2023

Scott Beyer – Latin America’s Urban Experience 11/20/2023

Elizabeth Funk – How Dignity Moves is Reimagining Scalable Solutions to Homelessness 11/07/2023

John Lowry - Negotiation Made Simple 10/30/2023

Charles Kesler - Reflections on Current Contentions 10/24/2023

Emily Hoeven – The Issues Facing San Francisco and California 10/16/2023

Rowena Itchon and Tim Anaya – California New Laws on the Books 10/10/2023

Wayne Winegarden - The Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions 10/02/2023

Kerry Jackson – Climate Change and Big Oil 09/25/2023

Clark Judge – Election Preview 09/20/2023

Steven Greenhut – End of Legislative Session Wrap-Up 09/12/2023

Wayne Winegarden – Free Cities Index 09/05/2023