Gavin Newsom Show - Green 960

Gavin Newsom 8/8/09

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:32:08 -0400

Today Mayor Newsom talks with Premal Shah and Matt Flannery of Kiva.org. The world's first person-to-person micro-lending website.

Gavin Newsom 07/11/09

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:41:11 -0400

The founder of Tesla, Elon Musk is on the show this week. Tesla is a new car company based in California that produces the only highway legal electric vehicle in the U.S. President Obama has called for one million plug-in electric cars on the road by 2015 to recharge our auto industry, create new jobs and improve the environment. In June, Tesla secured $465 million in federal low-interest loans through the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of the administration's plan to invest in alternative energy vehicles. The Mayor and Elon talk about the future of the car industry and the role of electric vehicles.

Gavin Newsom 06/19/09

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:02:13 -0400

Mayor Newsom is broadcasting this week's show from San Quentin State Prison. His guest is Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Mayor Newsom and Secretary Cate toured San Quentin talking with prisoners and staff about issues facing the biggest prison system in the country and ways to reform it.

Gavin Newsom 05/30/09

Fri, 29 May 2009 20:56:26 -0400

The mayor sits down with the founder and developer of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, to discuss blogging and open source. What is 'open source?" Mayor Gavin Newsom finds out.

Gavin Newsom 05/16/09

Mon, 18 May 2009 23:53:29 -0400

Mayor Newsom talks about California's special election on Tuesday, May 19th with State Senator Alex Padilla. The Mayor and Senator Padilla talk about the need to change the 2/3rds rule in Sacramento to pass a budget. They also talk about Sen. Padilla's efforts to restrict smoking near schools and his groundbreaking 2008 menu labeling legislation making California the first state in the nation to require chain restaurants to post calorie information on menus.

Gavin Newsom 05/09/09

Mon, 11 May 2009 20:02:19 -0400

Mayor Newsom is in our nation's capitol this week meeting with administration officials and congressional leaders about national health care reform. One of the key figures leading the charge to reform our national health care system in Congress is Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.

Gavin Newsom 05/02/09

Sat, 02 May 2009 02:58:37 -0400

Mayor Newsom talks about the future of the car industry with Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place. Shai believes the future is electric. His company Better Place has a revolutionary idea to treat transportation as a service, much like people do today with mobile phones.

Gavin Newsom 04/11/09

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:28:19 -0400

On the show this week Mayor Newsom's guest is the founder of Digg.com, Kevin Rose. They talk about the future of the newspaper industry, the importance of the tech industry to San Francisco's economy and the future of Digg. The Mayor asks your questions from Twitter.

Gavin Newsom 04/04/09

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:55:54 -0400

On this week's show Mayor Newsom talks with the people who helped create San Francisco's universal health care program, Healthy San Francisco. His guests are Lloyd Dean, President & CEO of Catholic Healthcare West, Mitch Katz, Director of of the City of San Francisco Department of Health and Tangerine Brigham, Director of Healthy San Francisco (Healthy SF).

Gavin Newsom 03/28/09

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:01:04 -0400

Mayor Newsom has two leaders from the solar industry, Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Founder and CEO of Suntech and Roger Efird, President of Suntech America on the show this week to discuss the current economic crisis and how it is affecting the cleantech industry internationally, nationally and locally.

Gavin Newsom 03/21/09

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:33:08 -0400

On the show this week the Mayor talks about the state of education and a new program, San Francisco Promise (SF Promise) that guarantees a college education for all San Francisco public school students. His guests are Roberta Achtenberg, chair of the California State University Board of Trustees an architect of the program, Maureen Carew, Director of SF Promise, Hydra Mendoza, the Mayor's education advisor and Joseph Malepeai, a 6th grader from Martin Luther King Middle School.

Gavin Newsom 03/14/09

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:19:25 -0400

Mayor Newsom's guest this week is Mayor Willie Brown. On the show Mayor Newsom makes a major announcement that you can hear only on Green 960 AM.

Gavin Newsom 03/07/09

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:57:21 -0500

On the show this week Mayor Newsom talks about President Obama's environmental agenda and his plan to implement a national cap and trade program. His guest is Peter Seligmann, chairman and co-founder of Conservation International.

Gavin Newsom 02/14/09

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:15:51 -0500

Mayor Newsom hosts a roundtable about the future of the biotech industry onthis week's show. His guests are Corey Goodman, President of Pfizer'sBiotherapeutics and Bioinnovation Center and Regis Kelly, Director ofCalifornia Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3).

Gavin Newsom 02/07/09

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:53:24 -0500

On the show this week is a modern day adventurer, David de Rothschild. This April, David will set sail on a 10,000 nautical mile voyage across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia on a 60-foot catamaran. The boat called the Plastiki is made made from discarded plastic soda bottles.

Gavin Newsom 01/31/09

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:07:31 -0500

The co-founder of Twitter, Evan Williams is on the show this week. Mayor Newsom and Evan talk about using technology, like Twitter to make government more efficient and accountable.

Gavin Newsom 01/24/09

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:51:35 -0500

On the show this week Mayor Newsom talks health care and what needs to be done to reduce costs and expand coverage to millions more Americans. His guests are Brett Johnson, founder and president of One Med Place and Timi Leslie, Managing Director of Manatt Health Solutions.

Gavin Newsom 01/19/09

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:21:56 -0500

In a special inauguration broadcast from the nation's capital Mayor Newsom talks with legendary Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens about creating a new green economy for the United States.

Gavin Newsom 01/17/09

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:14:35 -0500

Mayor Newsom talks the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales.

Gavin Newsom 01/10/09

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:22:58 -0500

Mayor Newsom's guests this week are Van Jones, Founder and President of Green For All and Dave Llorens, Founder of 1 Block Off the Grid (1BOG).

Gavin Newsom 12/20/08

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:06:41 -0500

The Mayor talks with SF police chief, Heather Fong. Chief Fong comes on the show to make a big announcement.

Gavin Newsom 12/13/08

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:34:14 -0500

Mayor Newsom is on the road this week in Sacramento talking with former NBA star and the newly elected Mayor of Sacramento, Kevin Johnson.

Gavin Newsom 12/06/08

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:50:18 -0500

MSNBC and Air America host Rachel Maddow joins the mayor to talk about her hugely successful tv show, auto industry bailout, the Obama administration and growing up in the Bay Area.

Gavin Newsom 11/22/08

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:09:40 -0500

This week Mayor Newsom talks with the director of Milk Gus Van Sant. The movie opens nationwide on November 26th.

Gavin Newsom 11/08/08

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:46:53 -0500

This week Mayor Newsom talks about the election, the ongoing fight for marriage equality and bringing about real change to America. His guest is renowned American designer and humanitarian, Kenneth Cole.

Gavin Newsom 11/01/08

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:23:45 -0400

Kate Kendall, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights joins Mayor Newsom to talk about Prop. 8.

Gavin Newsom 10/25/08

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:09:18 -0400

Mayor Newsom talks about the economy locally and nationally in a special one hour broadcast with leading CEOs from the Bay Area. On the show this week are Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com, Warren Hellman of Hellman & Friedman and Simon Snellgrove of Pacific Waterfront Partners.

Gavin Newsom 10/18/08

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:22:39 -0400

The Mayor is joined by Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLC).The Mayor and Carl talk about building a new green economy, while reducing our dependence on foreign oil, slashing the amount of greenhouse gases being released into the environment, and creating new green collar jobs.

The Gavin Newsom Show 10/11/08

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:54:17 -0400

Mayor Newsom talks national politics with Markos Moulitsas, the founder of Daily Kos& state politics with California Senate President pro Tempore-elect Darrell Steinberg.

The Gavin Newsom Show 09/20/08

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:59:10 -0400

The Mayor's guest this week is ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes. In 2006, Dean ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states and then he decided to run back to San Francisco. Check out his new book, 50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days - And How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance.

The Gavin Newsom Show 09/13/08

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:20:52 -0400

California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass is the Mayor's guest this week. They talk state and national politics, about her dramatic rise to one of the most powerful positions in California and when Californians can expect a budget to be passed.

The Gavin Newsom Show 08/30/08

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:16:51 -0400

The Mayor broadcasts live from the Pepsi Center in Denver at the Democratic National Convention. Guests are Denver Mayor, John Hickenlooper and Steve Grove, YouTube News Director.

The Gavin Newsom Show 08/23/08

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:09:43 -14400

The Mayor is joined by chef Alice Waters and Anya Fernald, executive director of Slow Food USA, to talk about the slow food movement and Slow Food Nation, August 29th - September 1st in San Francisco.

The Gavin Newsom Show 08/16/08

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:11:12 -14400

Author Michael Pollan joins the Mayor this week to talk about Slow Food Nation, national food policy and Pollen's latest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.

The Gavin Newsom Show 08/09/08

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:57:25 -14400

Civil rights and environmental advocate, Van Jones joins the Mayor to talk about "green-collar jobs" and working to build a green economy that fights poverty.

The Gavin Newsom Show 08/02/08

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:58:01 -14400

Gavin Newsom and author Dave Eggers talk about education, the beginning and growth of 826 Valencia, teachers and the importance they play in kids lives. They also talk about the pirate store Dave started in the Mission.

The Gavin Newsom Show 07/26/08

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:41:46 -14400

Stewart Brand and Gavin Newsom talk about mass urbanization and the effects on the environment. Stewart also talks about his support for nuclear power.

The Gavin Newsom Show 07/19/08

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:05:16 -14400

Mayor Newsom and author Richard Florida talk about his new book, Who's Your City which takes a look at the way that people choose the places they live and how that affects everything from their real estate to their families.

The Gavin Newsom Show 07/12/08

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:12:00 -14400

The Mayor is joined by the founder of the Daily Kos, Markos Moulitsas. They discuss Obama campaign, McCain's chances and the top Vice Presidential picks for both candidates.

The Gavin Newsom Show 6/28/08

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:39:18 -14400

In the studio today is Simon Rosenberg, the President and Founder of NDN, a progressive think tank and advocacy organization.Gavin Newsom and Simon Rosenberg talk about the 2008 election and the importance of engaging a younger demographic that is bigger then the Baby Boom generation.Also discussed is the increasing importance of the Hispanic vote for Democrats.

The Gavin Newsom Show 6/21/08

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:46:32 -14400

From Green960 in San Francisco, It's the Gavin Newsom Show. In the studio this week is Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Kate Kendell, to discuss the court ruling in favor of gay marriage.

The Gavin Newsom Show 6/14/08

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:22:34 -14400

From Green960 in San Francisco, It's the Gavin Newsom Show. In the studio this week is Nationally Syndicated Columnist & Author, Arianna Huffington.