Ep. 4 | Gavin Newsom’s Reinvention: The ‘Wonder Bread Hustler’

In this episode of On Background with Susan Crabtree, Crabtree and Eric Eggers expose Gavin Newsom’s latest reinvention after his viral All the Smoke podcast appearance, where he claimed a blue-collar, “hustlin’” childhood. Crabtree dismantles that narrative, revealing Newsom’s lifelong ties to the Getty and Pelosi families and the elite network that built his career. The hosts also debunk Newsom’s mythic baseball backstory and uncover how his carefully crafted image masks privilege, political ambition, and manipulation ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run.