Podcast Episodes

Episode 450: The Election Day That Never Ends

Episode 450

It takes weeks for California to count votes (because math is hard). But Lance Christensen joins Will to unpack early results from June 2 voting, fea…

5 hours ago

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Episode 449: Whence Xavier Becerra?

Episode 449

How California’s leading do-nothing gubernatorial candidate moved from dead last to first in just a few weeks. Leaders of the state’s government unio…

2 days, 19 hours ago

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Episode 448: Spencer Pratt is All That

Episode 448

The Trump-adjacent candidate for mayor of Los Angeles has raised the hopes of moderate Angelenos – and terrifies the beneficiaries of the city’s Chic…

1 week, 1 day ago

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Episode 447: What Xavier Becerra Knew

Episode 447

The Democrats’ leading candidate for governor, Xavier Becerra, claims he was the victim of a financial fraud directed by his own chief of staff in th…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Episode 446: Life Is Like a Box of Diapers

Episode 446

Governor Gavin Newsom says his delivery of free diapers is another win for affordability -- “a first-in-the-nation program” to deliver the things new…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Episode 445: Heroes and Neros

Episode 445

In this special episode, Will talks with Sheila Bowen, whose Central Valley family is at the center of Remnants, a new documentary about the challeng…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Episode 444: Rorschachian Xavier Becerra

Episode 444

In the simmering race for governor, Democratic Party insiders are coalescing around Xavier Becerra, a lifetime placeholder who is neither left nor ri…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

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Episode 443: SoCal’s Solipsistic Shooter

Episode 443

We discuss the bizarre manifesto of Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, Calif. Music by Metalachi.

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1 month ago

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Episode 442: The Wizard of Oz Wrap Party

Episode 442

Just six weeks from the California gubernatorial primary, Democrats are still auditioning for a lead — and risk watching Republicans steal the show. …

1 month, 1 week ago

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Episode 441: Making a Federal Case of It (Emergency Episode)

Episode 441

United Teachers of Los Angeles activists are celebrating the massive salary hike they won on Tuesday, but Lance Christensen says all Californians wil…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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