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Jerry Brown, former California governor: America then and now

Jerry Brown, former California governor: America then and now

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Former California governor Jerry Brown on five decades in politics and a changing America

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BBC special correspondent James Naughtie speaks to former
Governor of California, Jerry Brown.

He was first elected governor in 1974, succeeding Ronald Reagan,
and went on to serve two eight-year terms in office, separated by
nearly three decades.

Over the course of his public life, he met every US president
from John F. Kennedy to Donald Trump.

Now retired on the California land where his ancestors settled in
the nineteenth century, Brown reflects on a political career
spanning five decades.

He discusses the growing influence of technology and AI, the
spiritual beliefs that shaped how he governed, and the profound
changes he has witnessed in American politics since he first
entered public life.

The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our
world, including episodes with Hunter Biden, the journalist
Maggie Haberman, and former US Secretary of State John Kerry.

You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a
podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get
your podcasts.

Presenter: Jim Naughtie Producers: Cordelia Hemming, Ben Cooper
and Osman Iqbal Editor: Damon Rose and Farhana Haider

(Image: Jerry Brown. Credit: Getty)