The Anti-Billionaire Billionaire Running for California Governor: Tom Steyer Interview
All The Smoke
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Matt Barnes sits down with businessman, philanthropist, and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer to break down the largest state in the nation, and discuss his vision for California's future.
They cover the housing crisis, a $22 billion corporate real estate tax loophole that's been quietly sitting on the books for decades, and what Steyer would do on day one in office. He also gets into what he thinks the Democratic Party is getting wrong, and why he says fellow billionaires will hate his policies.
They also touch on billionaire-elites buying media entities, AI data centers being built in low-income communities, and the Warriors.
As we approach the Midterm Elections, The Smoke Signal will be bringing prominent voices to the table to have honest conversations about where the country is and where it needs to go.
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| 0:22.4 | Stay tuned, man. We're just getting starting. Welcome back to All the Smoke. Today we're taking a little different angle and |
| 0:27.9 | approach with our conversation. Prolific businessman, philanthropist, climate advocate and leader, |
| 0:35.7 | and potentially, we will see, the next governor of california welcome to |
| 0:41.7 | show tom steyer thank you for having thanks for coming you know what was really cool before we |
| 0:50.4 | even started this is he brought his we believe shirt. You can show him from 2007. |
| 0:56.2 | That's a real one, too. You can tell by the yellow, he had one. Tell by how messy it is. |
| 1:02.1 | It's had some wares. But what do you, let's start with it. What do you remember about that time in |
| 1:07.2 | warrior basketball? So the thing about warrior basketball for so long was that the city of Oakland |
| 1:16.8 | supported those teams in good times and bad. |
| 1:19.7 | That was kind of the Baron Davis years. |
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