One on One with CA Governor Gavin Newsom

From Next Question with Katie Couric by iHeartPodcasts

March 5, 2026 · 1h 21m · Season 12 · Episode 24

About this episode

California Governor Gavin Newsom discusses his memoir and his political vision in a candid interview.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has spent his career outrunning a public image that reduces him to a caricature—slick, ambitious, and impossibly polished. But in this wide-ranging conversation, recorded in-person in Los Angeles, Newsom explains why his new memoir, A Young Man in a Hurry, is an earnest attempt to show people the person behind the persona. (So far, most reviews agree that it is.) Now a leading Democratic voice taking on Donald Trump, Newsom describes his approach (in short: “punch that bully in the face”) and wrestles with how his record in California will play on the national stage—offering a revealing look at his vision for the US in the coming years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Katie Couric

Guest: Gavin Newsom

Topics covered

politics
memoir
California
Democratic party
national vision
public image

Keywords

Gavin Newsom
memoir
politics
California
Donald Trump
public image
interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: iHeartPodcasts

Books & works: A Young Man in a Hurry

Places: California, Los Angeles