Bienvenitos. That's California for welcome to the May 6th edition of National Reviews.

Radio-free California podcast. I'm Will Swam, CEO of the California Policy Center.

You can find my colleagues and me at California PolicyCenter.org. You can find my friend and co-host David Bonson right here. He's an economist, the host of the Capitol Record podcast. He's author of the book, full-time work in the meaning of life. And of course, he's founder of the eponymous investment firm, the Bonson group.

Hello, David.

Hello, Will.

Don't you think that

there should be a way

that you can, course. He's founder of the eponymous investment firm, the Bonson Group. Hello, David.

Hello, Will. Don't you think that there should be a way that you can mute the sound on your iPad by dragging the sound thing down where it doesn't make the noise as you're pulling it down?

Because by definition, people going to mute that I've got are probably looking for a

silent situation. So why would you want a temporary noise on your way to the silence? I didn't hear

it. Is that why you and Lucas were looking each other? Yeah, because I think he caught in the

headphones, the little quick noise thing. It was very quick. Some of our listeners may have got it.

I'm going to ask our producers not to edit it out.

And then please email Will and let him know. God he loves hearing from you. It is true. We have a couple of letters. We'll get to. We have lots of letters. I'm going to just go to two of them. But in the meantime, David, I just wanted to celebrate the May 13th birthday. They were here on May 6, so it's about a week away still, but no time like the present to celebrate the great musical genius of Richie Valens.

He was born, May 13th, as I say, in the San Fernando Valley, 1941. He's a roots rocker, and if you know him at all, you probably know him from his hit single La Bamba.

David, do you remember La Bamba? You were a kid back then.

I do, but like most people of my generation, I know La Bamba. David, do you remember La Bamba. You were a kid back then. I do, but like most people of my generation, I know La Bamba from the movie.

That's right.

Lou Diamond Phillips.

Very good.

1988?

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