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Welcome to California Underground, the most trusted podcast for all things California politics. Each week, we tackle the pressing issues facing our state through engaging interviews and roundtable discussions with political candidates and passionate Californians.Join us for clear, rational commentary that helps you stay informed about the complexities of California governance. Tune in for your trusted perspective on the political landscape!
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to California Underground, the most trusted podcast for all things California politics. Each week, we tackle the pressing issues facing our state through engaging interviews and roundtable discussions with political candidates and passionate Californians. Join us for clear, rational commentary that helps you stay informed about the complexities of California governance.
California Underground: Your Sane Insight into California Politics is hosted by California Underground. The show has published 382 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Debate Breakdown: What Becerra Didn't Answer" (7 October 2026, 78 minutes), "Bonta Caves to Newsom on Paramount Deal" (1 October 2026, 71 minutes), and "Ghost Homeless: LA's $118M Fraud, the Rail Nightclub, and California's AI Land Grab" (23 September 2026, 82 minutes).
California Underground: Your Sane Insight into California Politics publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 69 minutes across 382 episodes.
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California Underground hosts California Underground: Your Sane Insight into California Politics, a news show with 382 episodes published.
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California Underground: Your Sane Insight into California Politics
play-by-play of the CNN debate between Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, candidates for California governor. Phil goes through the debate exchange by exchange, tracking whether each answer included something checkable...
Episode #385
California's Attorney General sued to block a $111 billion media merger — then settled it after Newsom, Bass, and Becerra personally pushed him to fold. The deal is being sold as a win for California jobs. It doesn't...
Episode #362
Three stories this week, one pattern: public money and public land moving to insiders through systems with almost no oversight. First — a Los Angeles nonprofit took in $118 million in public funds to house homeless...
Episode #383
Voter ID has passed in 36 states. California could be next — and the measure on this ballot is trailing in the polls even though the same policy wins by a landslide almost everywhere else in the country. Orange County...
Episode #382
LA County set aside $10 million specifically for fire victims. A revised board motion, passed months later with little public notice, cut that fund in half — the same year the county filed a lawsuit publicly branding...
Episode #380
In 2012, California voters approved Proposition 30 — officially titled "Temporary Taxes to Fund Education." The new tax brackets were written to expire in 2018. Voters extended them in 2016. This November, Proposition 3...
Episode #379
A California Assemblyman named his own nonprofit "Nonprofit of the Year" — three weeks before it received a $6 million line item in the state budget he helped pass. In this episode, we pull that exact page of the budget...
Episode #378
Los Angeles pays a qualifying mayoral candidate six dollars in public money for every one dollar an individual donates — and in the current mayor's race, challenger Nithya Raman has drawn more of that taxpayer match...
Episode #377
California's billionaire tax is on the ballot this fall — and almost nobody fighting over it is who you'd expect. The state's own nonpartisan analyst won't back the $100 billion revenue number the sponsors are citing. A...
Episode #376
In 2024, Governor Newsom hired a new CEO to run California's high-speed rail and said the state would "begin to lay track, design and build stations, and buy trains." Two years later: the trainset procurement line in...
Episode #375
Gavin Newsom said his administration's diaper deal with Baby2Baby — a nonprofit tied to his wife's own foundation — was competitively bid. California's own contract database says it wasn't. This week: the receipts on...
Episode #374
Gavin Newsom says he'll campaign for any Democratic nominee heading into 2028 — but his team went quiet when asked if that includes candidates from a self-described "Marxist-Leninist-Maoist" caucus. This week: what...
Episode #373
This week, Phil is joined by guest co-host Randy Wang of KABC Radio for three stories out of Sacramento and LA that all come down to the same question: who's actually accountable when the numbers don't add up? First...
Episode #372
California's proposed billionaire tax says it will raise $100 billion for healthcare, food assistance, and education. New research from Stanford's Hoover Institution puts the real number closer to $40 billion — and...
Episode #371
Spencer Pratt is calling Karen Bass "Karen Basura" over the Boyle Heights warehouse fire — and while his delivery is pure reality TV, the documented $17.6 million fire department budget cut he's pointing to is real. We...
Episode #370
Democrats have held this San Bernardino County Assembly seat since 2022. This week, theRepublican trying to flip it joins us to make his case. Greg Abdouch advanced to the November general election in California's...
Episode #367
<p>California just voted — and the governor's race is shaping up as a matchup nobody fully predicted: Steve Hilton, former Fox News host and Trump-endorsed candidate, leading with roughly 28% in early returns, and...
California Underground: Your Sane Insight into California Politics
<p>One week before the June 2nd California primary, we brought in five guests across the political spectrum to break down every race that matters.</p><p>The governor's race is in chaos. Eric Swalwell resigned from...
Episode #365
<p>Newsom's former chief of staff just pleaded guilty to federal fraud — FBI wiretaps, a $225,000 scheme run through the frontrunner for governor's own campaign account — and Xavier Becerra still won't answer whether he...
Episode #364
<p>Karen Bass just pulled out of tonight's Los Angeles mayoral forum. The primary is in three weeks. The last debate she showed up to, 88% of viewers said Spencer Pratt won.</p><p><br></p><p>Tonight on California...
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