New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif (District 39, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington) talks about her win against a well-funded challenger in a high-profile race, as well as the coalition that voted for Mamdani, plus the policies she thinks resonated with voters. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 27, 2025•6 min•Ep. 1426
Kate Shaw , professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny and a contributing opinion writer with the New York Times , talks about recent Supreme Court decisions including Medina v. Planned Parenthood , which permits South Carolina to deny Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, and another decision from the shadow docket that allows the Trump administration to deport migrants to countries where they have no connections. Hosted ...
Jun 26, 2025•31 min•Ep. 1425
Kirsten Gillibrand , U.S. Senator (D-NY), talks about why she's referring to President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" as the "big, beautiful betrayal," comments on New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani's win in the New York City mayoral primary race and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 26, 2025•31 min•Ep. 1424
Will Bredderman , veteran political journalist covering New York City, talks about the history of matchups between New York City political party machines and highly engaged voters and how this dynamic created a victory for the Democratic Socialist assemblymember Zohran Mamdani against former governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary race. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 26, 2025•47 min•Ep. 1423
President Donald Trump’s order to strike Iran was without first seeking congressional approval. Carol E. Lee , Washington managing editor for NBC News, explains how U.S. presidents have been deploying the military more and more, without congressional authority and reports on the political fallout following that action. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 25, 2025•25 min•Ep. 1421
Listeners who voted for Zohran Mamdani call in to share how they are feeling today, and their actual hopes for what he can accomplish if he goes on to become the mayor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 25, 2025•11 min•Ep. 1420
On the day after the primary election, Gothamist and WNYC reporter Elizabeth Kim and Christina Greer , associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams (Cambridge University Press, 2024) offer analysis of Zohran Mamdani's likely win, his chances in the general election and the future paths Andrew Cuomo may take after this stunning upset. Hosted by Sim...
Jun 25, 2025•46 min•Ep. 1418
The Adams administration announced earlier this week that the plan for affordable senior housing at the Elizabeth Street Garden was dead. David Brand , housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on how that happened, plus explains why some lawmakers and residents are skeptical of a proposed massive redevelopment - also including affordable housing - at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Red Hook. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collectio...
Jun 25, 2025•17 min•Ep. 1419
Zohran Mamdani , New York State assembly member (D-36, Queens), talks about his big win in last night's Democratic primary election for mayor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 25, 2025•10 min•Ep. 1422
Listeners call in to share who they ranked in the primary election, including in races besides just the mayoral, and Brigid Bergin , WNYC's senior political correspondent, shares her most recent reporting on the election, including the latest on what we know about early voting numbers. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 24, 2025•14 min•Ep. 1414
As our centennial series continues, Marc Stein , the Jamie and Phyllis Pasker professor of history at San Francisco State University, director of the OutHistory website , author and editor of many books, including Queer Public History: Essays on Scholarly Activism (University of California Press, 2022) and The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History (NYU Press, 2019), takes us through the history of LGBTQ rights in the US, from the founding of the first, though short-lived, gay rights organizatio...
Jun 24, 2025•29 min•Ep. 1415
Listeners call in to share who they ranked in the mayoral primary election, and Brigid Bergin , WNYC's senior political correspondent, shares her most recent reporting on the election, including the various campaigns' "get out the vote" efforts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 24, 2025•46 min•Ep. 1412
Black lung had largely been eradicated by the end of the last century. Now, the disease has reemerged in coal country, and federal cuts threaten at-risk miners. Kate Morgan , Pennsylvania-based freelance journalist, talks about her reporting on black lung for the New York Times . → How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 24, 2025•19 min•Ep. 1413
The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning for the area through 8pm Tuesday. Zach Iscol , NYC Emergency Management commissioner, talks about what New Yorkers can do to stay safe. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 23, 2025•10 min•Ep. 1411
Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent shares her reporting on the early voting numbers so far, plus listeners call in to react to the mayoral candidate interviews from the first hour of the show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 23, 2025•35 min•Ep. 1410
On the day before the primary election, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams , former State Assembly Member Michael Blake , former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo , New York City Comptroller Brad Lander , State Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani , State Senator Zellnor Myrie , State Senator Jessica Ramos , former New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer , and Whitney Tilson , former hedge fund manager and philanthropist, make their final pitch to voters who haven't cast their ballots yet. Hos...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 1409
Emily Bazelon , staff writer for The New York Times Magazine , co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019), discusses the latest news coming out of the Supreme Court, including President Donald Trump's legal battle for control of the California National Guard and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz co...
Jun 20, 2025•17 min•Ep. 1408
First, Bill de Blasio , former mayor of New York City, explains why he does not think Andrew Cuomo should be the next mayor of New York City, plus responds to the New York Times editorial that blamed his administration for many of the city's problems, then New York State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (D-42) chair of the Kings County Democratic County Committee, offers her reasoning for why she has endorsed Andrew Cuomo to be the next mayor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. S...
Jun 20, 2025•40 min•Ep. 1407
Fred Kaplan , Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), offers analysis of the Iran-Israel conflict and discusses his recent column appraising the odds of the United States joining the fight Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 20, 2025•32 min•Ep. 1405
Stephen Nessen , transportation reporter for the WNYC Newsroom, talks about where the mayoral primary candidates stand on issues related to public transportation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 20, 2025•21 min•Ep. 1404
Nancy Solomon , WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, including the results of the gubernatorial primary election, and the latest new on an immigrant detention center in Newark at the center of a fight between New Jersey Democrats and President Donald Trump. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 19, 2025•24 min•Ep. 1401
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court's decided to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender affirming care for minors in the United States v. Skrmetti case. Jack Turban , MD, MHS, adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist and author of Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity (Atria Books, 2024), offers his perspective on the ruling and how it will affect transgender children and their families. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and ...
Jun 19, 2025•20 min•Ep. 1402
Carl Hancock Rux , poet, playwright, recording artist, essayist and radio journalist, talks about Lincoln Center’s fifth annual Juneteenth celebration, which pays tribute to enslaved people and their use of folklore to survive the trauma of the Transatlantic slave trade. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 19, 2025•15 min•Ep. 1403
Juan Manuel Benitez , professor of local journalism at Columbia Journalism School and member of the New York Editorial Board, and Jeffrey Mays , a New York Times reporter covering politics with a focus on New York City Hall, talks about the broadcast (as well as print and digital) advertisements flooding the zone in the week before the Democratic mayoral primary, many paid for by the deep-pocketed super PAC supporting Andrew Cuomo; plus they discuss how the candidates are reaching out to voters ...
Jun 19, 2025•52 min•Ep. 1400
Israel's attacks on Iran have caused destruction that shows no sign of letting up. Robin Wright , contributing writer and columnist for The New Yorker and distinguished fellow at Woodrow Wilson Center, discusses the conflict and its mounting death toll. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 18, 2025•31 min•Ep. 1396
Kate Shaw , professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny and a contributing opinion writer with the New York Times , discusses the latest news coming out of the Supreme Court, including the court's ruling in a Tennessee case regarding gender affirming care for minors and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 18, 2025•37 min•Ep. 1399
With less than a week before primary day, WNYC and Gothamist reporter Elizabeth Kim discusses the latest news from the mayoral campaign trail, including Comptroller Brad Lander's arrest by ICE, Assemblymember Mamdani's decision to hire additional security and what early voters are saying at their poll sites. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 18, 2025•41 min•Ep. 1397
As early voting in the Democratic mayoral primary is underway, listeners share their top three issues, and their top candidate or candidates. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 17, 2025•14 min•Ep. 1395
Jon Cohen , senior correspondent with Science , reports on how countries that suffer high rates of HIV/AIDS are coping now that USAID funding has dried up, and how local governments, especially in places like Lesotho, are attempting to figure out solutions. Plus, Wafaa El-Sadr, MD , Columbia University professor of epidemiology and medicine and director of ICAP, a global health center at the school of public health, discusses ICAP's work in implementing PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for...
Jun 17, 2025•28 min•Ep. 1392
Marisa Donnelly, PhD , New York correspondent for Your Local Epidemiologist, talks about the various public health policies the mayoral candidates support, and what the mayor can do about public health more broadly. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 17, 2025•28 min•Ep. 1393
