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National Review's Radio Free California Podcast

Episode 438: Maybe We Call This ‘Jaime Escalante Day’?

National Review's Radio Free California Podcast

National Review

Politics, News, National Review, Conservatism, Government, California, Conservative

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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0:00.0

Bienvenidos. That's California for welcome to the March 31st edition of National Reviews, Radio Free California Podcasts. I'm Will Swain, CEO of the California Policy Center. You can find my colleagues in me at California PolicyCenter.org. You can find my friend and co-host David Bonson right here. He's an economist. He's host of the Capital Record podcast. He's author of the book, full-time, work and the meaning of life. And, of course, he's founder of the eponymous investment firm, the Bonson Group. Hello, David. Hello, Will. How are you, my friend? Good.

0:41.2

Um, of life. And of course, he's founder of the eponymous investment firm, the Bonson Group. Hello, David.

0:43.9

Hello, Will. How are you, my friend? Good. I hope you're proud of me that I cut this list from 60 to just about a million. But most of these are just quick updates, and I hope you'll humor me on this.

0:51.3

Later in the show, by the way, I've got an interview with former LA Times reporter Bill Labdell, a guy who helped break the Catholic Church scandal. We'll talk about

0:59.0

Sazar Chavez and other issues there. And then Red States investigative reporter managing

1:04.6

editor Jen Van Lahr. She's talking about the corruption inside. Get this, the United

1:09.7

Teachers of Los Angeles.

1:11.5

So there's lots to get here, David.

1:13.6

How about we start with the fact that today, March 31st, would be a California state

1:19.1

holiday memorializing, recognizing, commemorating the great contributions to this state

1:24.3

of one, Cesar Chavez.

1:26.4

That's gone.

1:27.6

Today is now officially Farm Workers Day, David.

1:31.1

So he renamed it.

1:33.6

So Newsom capitulated.

1:35.1

That's one thing I'll say about Newsom,

1:36.6

and I know a lot of our listeners don't care for him,

1:38.5

but that guy's not going to tolerate any kind of sexual excess.

1:43.4

Okay.

1:48.0

Ouch, wait. tolerate any kind of sexual excess okay out way too close for him do you think um yeah that's a yeah i guess farmworkers day is a good

1:54.5

little compromise a little a little turn and pivot kind of move on this yeah um it is is funny to hear folks like Robert Revis. He's the

2:03.2

assembly speaker. And Monique Limon, she's the Senate president, pro tem, say in a joint release,

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