Gavin Newsom's Podcast With Guest Ben Shapiro... Pass the Popcorn!
Newsom is still doing his podcast, with various guests, showcasing his "superpower" of talking and not saying anything. It's pretty impressive, actually, when you think about it.
Ben Shapiro has been a personal friend for a very long time (another conservative Jewish kid who, like me, was an early friend of Andrew Breitbart), and he was just a guest on the odd Gavin Newsom podcast. Below are three YouTube videos for you. The first is just a short clip of Ben and Gavin, the next is a segment of the Ben Shapiro show, the first half of which is Ben’s take on the interview, with outtakes. You should watch this for sure. And for those with about two hours, you have the entire Newsom Podcast.
I would offer some commentary on this myself, but this is a crazy day for me, and so Ben is “helping me” provide you with some Friday afternoon content!
Enjoy!
(And I owe y’all a Winners & Losers in California Politics column for this week — they’ve all been picked, but my day job is likely to push it into the weekend or Monday — but fear not, it’s coming.)
Ben’s Take On The Podcast
If you want a preview, here’s just one Ben outtake…
And here is the podcast…
These are the time tags provided by Newsom (you can see his people’s phrasing on many timestamps).
00:00 Intro
00:36 Ben Shapiro Is California Raised
5:25 Law vs. Politics
7:00 How Bullying Shaped Ben
11:26 Breitbart, Bannon & The Birth of a Right-Wing Media Empire
19:02 Are Podcasts’ Influence Overrated?
22:06 ICE in California, The Importance of Immigrants & The Benefits of Sanctuary Policies
30:01 Solving The Housing Crisis & Fighting Crony Capitalism
38:47 California vs. Red States
42:51 Did Ben Actually Support Prop 50
47:33 Is Donald Trump Trying To Kill Free Elections?
54:32 TPUSA’s America Fest Speech, Candace Owens & The Right Wing Influencer Scene
1:00:50 Shapiro’s Relationships With Charlie Kirk & Tucker Carlson
1:03:04 Grievance Based Politics & False Nostalgia
1:08:50 Trump’s Economic Troubles, The Affordability Crisis and The Tariff Failure
1:17:06 Shapiro’s Justification of Trump’s Foreign Policy & The Greenland Question
1:19:49 Trump’s Interference With The Fed
1:21:05 Israel, Hamas, The Devastation In Gaza, & Criticisms of Bibi Netanyahu
1:30:30 Gender Affirming Care Under Trump & The Right’s Weaponization of LGBTQIA Rights
1:41:08 Is Trump The Scavenger in Ben’s Book?
1:45:28 Rapid Fire: Midterm Predictions, Healthcare Subsidies, Vance vs, Rubio, Bondi’s Exit