Feb 28, 2023

Our guest this week is Keith Knopf, President and CEO of Raley’s.  Mr. Knopf was the keynote speaker at this year’s PRI Sacramento conference.  He is a senior retail executive who brings deep expertise in strategic leadership, business transformation, consumer insights, sustainability and governance.  Keith served...

Feb 22, 2023

Our guest this week is best-selling author Michael Shellenberger who gave the closing remarks at this year’s Sacramento policy conference. Michael is the author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities and Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All. He is cofounder of the California Peace...

Feb 13, 2023

Our guest this week is PRI senior fellow in urban studies Steve Smith.  Steve is a former police officer, has helped organize peacekeeping forces abroad, and is a retired professor of justice administration. His new study, “Paradise Lost: Crime in the Golden State, 2011 – 2021” documents how a decade of dramatic...

Feb 9, 2023

Our all-star cast of former speechwriters are back to unpack the President’s State of the Union Address.  Lance Izumi, senior director of Education, was director of Gov. “Duke” Deukmejian’s speechwriting team and was also a speechwriter for former Attorney General Edwin Meese; Tim Anaya, vice president of...

Feb 1, 2023

Our guest this week is one of the nation’s leading experts on China, Gordon Chang.  His analysis and commentary have been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Barron’s, the National Review and other major media outlets.  He’s also appeared in many television news shows – including CNN,...