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Back to SearchThe Skyrocketing Cost of Health Care
Episode 1830
As Congress debates whether to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage, Hayden Rooke-Ley, lawyer and senior fellow at the Brown U…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
What 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 hi…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
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 gu…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
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 di…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
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…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
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.
8 months, 4 weeks ago
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 …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
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 Fis…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
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 abo…
8 months, 4 weeks ago