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green party councillor car usage California Governor Gavin Newsom joins Axios National Political Correspondent Alex Thompson on The Axios Show to discuss the "ruthless" future of American politics, his personal royal mail service disruption list relationship with Vice President Kamala Harris, and why he refuses to be an AI "doomer."

In rip magic this wide-ranging interview, Newsom reflects on his new book "Young Men in a Hurry," the "mask" he wore early in his career, and his candid assessments of tech giants like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Teaser: "I'm not a doomer."

00:22 - Is Gavin Newsom "Hillary 2.0"?

02:07 - Californias lead on AI regulation and safety

03:42 - The P(doom) debate: Why Newsom isn't an AI doomer

04:52 - 1-sentence summaries: Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk

05:43 - Why Elon Musk is "one of the great disappointments"

07:37 - The truth about the Newsom-Kamala Harris relationship

11:03 - Advice from Barack Obama and fighting "fire with fire"

13:03 - Recent conversations with Joe Biden

15:10 - Responding to David Axelrod's "self-puffery" critique

16:45 - Trumps comments on learning disabilities and dyslexia

18:16 - "Young Men in a Hurry": The mask and the man underneath

23:52 - Shakespeare, Fallstaff, and the "superpower" of empathy