Reversing the Califailure

The Ricochet Podcast

Ricochet

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

It's been said that California is to America what America is to the world. This is troubling for all parties involved given the current state of affairs in the now-inaptly named Golden State. While today's guest Steve Hilton pulls no punches in his new book, Califailure, he carries some glad tidings in the form of voter trends that magnify what look to be glimmers of hope. Our resident Californians Peter Robinson and Steve Hayward soak up the glad tidings, putting them in a good enough mood to momentarily get over their post-Liberation Day jitters.

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0:00.0	I almost prefer you over Zoom to in-person.
0:05.4	Oh, that's pretty harsh.
0:09.1	Ask not what your country can do for you.
0:14.0	Ask what you can do for your country.
0:16.6	Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.
0:22.0	Read my lips.
0:27.6	Welcome everybody to the Rickishay podcast number 735.
0:32.8	This is Steve Hayward sitting in James Lylex chair on top of a looser seat.
0:36.9	And I'm joined with Peter Robinson today with a special guest who is Steve Hilton.
0:41.5	So let's have ourselves a podcast.
0:43.4	I agree.
0:44.2	You'll never get bored with winning.
0:45.9	We never get bored.
0:48.3	Well, Peter, here we are without the dulcet tones and firm hand of James Lylex for episode
0:53.1	735. That's pretty amazing,
0:56.5	isn't it? Staggering. Absolutely staggering. Oh, here's the good news in Havington, 735.
1:03.1	If we just keep doing these things, John Pot Horowitz and the boys and girls at commentary will never
1:07.5	catch up. I think that's right, yeah. Although, I have to imagine their fore. How do they ever get a magazine out these days? Oh, wait a minute. And of course they will catch up. I think that's right. Yeah, although I have to imagine their
1:11.4	how do they ever get a magazine out these days? Oh, wait a minute, of course they will catch up.
1:15.2	Of course they will. Of course they will. They do it five days a week. In fact, they've probably
1:18.3	done 10,000 already. It could be, but I figured you were, makes sense, I don't know, right? In the new math, I'm always a step ahead of John.
1:28.3	Right, right.
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