Oct 12, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 13 segments
In this episode we discuss two very different aspects of family. First up is our conversation with former Sacramento Bee editorial columnist Tom Philp, who joins us to talk about his moving five-part…
Tom PhilpGuestKen MonroeGuestTim FosterHostLeah OteroHostAll right, well, you heard the music, so that means it is time for who had the worst week in California politics.
We generally like to find a particular person and there's, you know, we talk about this all the time.
This week, we're gonna take a slightly different tack on this because, you know, I think any of us who have been watching television you have seen the absolute glut of ads being sent our way by the candidates as we approach the election.
You know, one ad tells me Richard Pan is the devil himself, followed by an ad telling me, no, Richard Pan is not the devil.
How much AI is in this commercial? Because I'm watching it going, how did they get these put together? It's a little crazy.
Well, you know, what that leads me to is our we're not even going to debate this.
Our winner for this week for who's having the worst week in California politics is undoubtedly all of us who are enduring these ads.
Because I was in I was still working and living in D.C. in 2012 when Obama was running for reelection.
But there was a ton of other really critical issues around Maryland and Virginia.
But this election feels like we're getting close, right? It's just nonstop, nonstop.
I've talked with... you know government affairs people and i've talked with the campaign people and that's does anybody really even pay attention to these flyers anymore that these mailers
i don't do you no i don't i sadly they go right into the recycle bin so like that's right feels very much just like junk mail that i don't i don't need to read a flyer so i i yeah i agree
You know, Richard Penn is the devil incarnate or Kevin Kiley is the devil incarnate.
All right, well, you heard the music, so that means it is time for who had the worst week in California politics.
We generally like to find a particular person and there's, you know, we talk about this all the time.
This week, we're gonna take a slightly different tack on this because, you know, I think any of us who have been watching television you have seen the absolute glut of ads being sent our way by the candidates as we approach the election.
You know, one ad tells me Richard Pan is the devil himself, followed by an ad telling me, no, Richard Pan is not the devil.
How much AI is in this commercial? Because I'm watching it going, how did they get these put together? It's a little crazy.
Well, you know, what that leads me to is our we're not even going to debate this.
Our winner for this week for who's having the worst week in California politics is undoubtedly all of us who are enduring these ads.
Because I was in I was still working and living in D.C. in 2012 when Obama was running for reelection.
But there was a ton of other really critical issues around Maryland and Virginia.
But this election feels like we're getting close, right? It's just nonstop, nonstop.
I've talked with... you know government affairs people and i've talked with the campaign people and that's does anybody really even pay attention to these flyers anymore that these mailers
i don't do you no i don't i sadly they go right into the recycle bin so like that's right feels very much just like junk mail that i don't i don't need to read a flyer so i i yeah i agree
You know, Richard Penn is the devil incarnate or Kevin Kiley is the devil incarnate.
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