The Gavin Newsom Show
The Gavin Newsom Show with Sen. Harkin
Saturday, May 9
Senator Harkin is confident that health care reform will be signed this year.
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. On this week’s show Mayor Newsom talks to Sen. Harkin about the challenges Congress and the administration face.
The Future is Electric
Saturday, May 2
"For electric cars...you need infrastructure that is suitable to make them convenient." - Shai Agassi
Chrysler filed for bankruptcy this week in an attempt to reorganize and relaunch the company. On the show 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. He wants auto companies to make electric cars that plug in to a Better Place electric network of charging stations and battery swap stations.
Digging a Future for New Tech and Newspapers
Saturday, April 11
“The most brilliant and talented engineers in the world are based in the Bay Area.” - Kevin Rose
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.
San Francisco Unites to Provide Health Care For the Uninsured
Saturday, April 4
"[What] was clear to all of us is that someone has to stand up and be the voice and lead and say there's gotta be a better way and we've got to do something." - Lloyd Dean
On this week’s show Mayor Newsom talks with the 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 the City of San Francisco Department of Health and Tangerine Brigham, Director of Healthy San Francisco (Healthy SF). The discussion focuses on what’s being done in San Francisco, what’s being done on the state level, and what’s possible for the new national administration with regards to providing universal health care to the uninsured.
