California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced that he is launching a podcast.
“I’m launching a NEW PODCAST. We need to change the conversation. I’m talking directly with people I disagree with, people I look up to, and you — the listeners,” Newsom wrote on X.
In a promo video for the new podcast, called “This Is Gavin Newsom,” the governor said, “This is going to be anything but the ordinary ‘politician’ podcast. I’m going to be talking to people directly that I disagree with, as well as people I look up to. But more important than anything else, I’ll be talking directly with you, the listener.”
“Real conversations,” Newsom continued. “What’s going on with the cost of eggs? What are the impacts, real impacts, to you around tariffs? What power does an executive order really have? And what’s really going on inside of DOGE?”
“There’s an onslaught of information we take in, so let’s take it to the sources without the typical political mumbo-jumbo,” he said. “In the first few weeks, we’re going to be sitting with some of the biggest leaders and architects in the MAGA movement. This is Gavin Newsom.”
Earlier this month, Newsom signed laws allocating $50 million for legal funds aimed at defending the state’s policies against challenges from the Trump administration and providing legal aid to vulnerable groups. One law sets aside $25 million specifically to protect California from federal enforcement actions, while the second designates another $25 million for legal services supporting individuals with disabilities, homeless youth, and immigrants.
