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Back to SearchWhat is Zohran Mamdani's Political Ideology?
Episode 1828
New York City's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani defines himself as a democratic socialist, yet his critics have seized on his leftist identity to paint him as an extremist. Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, profe…
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Penny For Your Thoughts on the End of the Penny
Episode 1831
The U.S. Mint announced it made its last penny this week, in order to save money. Listeners call in to talk about how they use pennies these days, if at all, plus share their favorite penny-related s…
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Latino Voters Shift Back Toward Democrats
Episode 1829
Eli Valentin, assistant dean of graduate studies at Virginia Union University’s Graduate Center in Harlem, contributing writer for City Limits and guest political analyst at Univision, talks about th…
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Meet the Future First Deputy Mayor
Episode 1825
Drawing on his deep city and state government experience, Dean Fuleihan, future first deputy mayor in the Mamdani administration and former budget director in the de Blasio administration talks about…
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Defining the Decade
Episode 1824
Jelani Cobb, dean of the Journalism School at Columbia University, a staff writer at The New Yorker, and the author of Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025 (One World, 2025), …
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Ask Governor Murphy: November 2025 Recap
Episode 1826
Nancy Solomon, host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.
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SNAP and the Cost of Groceries
Episode 1827
As SNAP recipients and many others struggle to afford the cost of food, Karen Yi, WNYC and Gothamist reporter covering homelessness and poverty, and Joe Hong, investigative data reporter for WNYC and…
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Mamdani's Budget Challenges
Episode 1821
Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics reporting program and Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Newmark Graduate Scho…
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The House Returns to Work
Episode 1822
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives is set to return to work after a 54-day hiatus. Nicholas Wu, congressional reporter at POLITICO, talks about the upcoming vote in the House on the funding b…
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Sewer Socialism? Start Here, City Hall
Episode 1823
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has pointed to "sewer socialism"—the early Milwaukee model where socialist mayors treated basic public infrastructure as central to serving working people—as part of the vi…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago