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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    ‘Abundance’: The book behind Gov. Newsom’s housing reforms

    A bestselling book argues blue states are undermining their agenda with red tape. Gov. Newsom says he is answering the demand for a “politics of abundance” with new housing reforms.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 1, 2025 • 1 min read

    A bestselling book argues blue states are undermining their agenda with red tape. Gov. Newsom says he is answering the demand for a “politics of abundance” with new housing reforms.

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    ‘Normalize It’ encourages women to speak up about trauma and grief
    1. 0:00Landmark CA environmental law rolled back by Newsom, state legislature
    2. 9:06‘Abundance’: The book behind Gov. Newsom’s housing reformsYou’re reading this
    3. 22:38This psychologist wants women to erase silence and shame in their lives
    4. 38:38Queer cowboy culture makes a comeback
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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    ‘Normalize It’ encourages women to speak up about trauma and grief
    1. 0:00Landmark CA environmental law rolled back by Newsom, state legislature
    2. 9:06‘Abundance’: The book behind Gov. Newsom’s housing reformsYou’re reading this
    3. 22:38This psychologist wants women to erase silence and shame in their lives
    4. 38:38Queer cowboy culture makes a comeback
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand