Does Gavin Newsom Have It All Figured Out?

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Everyone assumes the reason Gavin Newsom has had right-wingers like Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon on his podcast is to burn his credentials for an imminent presidential run. But no podcast episode is going to make Republican voters forget that he's a California Democrat.

Guest: Marisa Lagos, political correspondent for KQED and co-host of the Political Breakdown podcast .

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Podcast produced by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Isabel Angell, and Rob Gunther.