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Hazmat Hotel

by Lea Goldman

Interviews from inside the quarantine bubble with experts across a range of industries. Straight talk about how coronavirus is permanently changing the way we work, live and succeed.

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  1. The Secret Trump Voter Next Door: Are the Polls Once Again Discounting His Silent Supporters?

    The season 2 premiere of Hazmat Hotel features a wide-ranging interview with The Lincoln Project co-founder Reed Galen on the group's unrelenting campaign to unseat Donald Trump. Are their incendiary viral videos actually moving the needle among Republicans, or are the polls discounting voters...

  2. If Trump loses, can Americans rely on law enforcement to show him the door?

    Come November, if Trump loses, can Americans rely on law enforcement to ensure a peaceful and seamless transition of power? Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to national security expert and CNN analyst Asha Rangappa, a senior lecturer at the Yale Institute for Global Affairs, about the…

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  3. Does True Economic Recovery Depend on Black Lives Matter?

    Coronavirus and the resulting economic fallout have decimated jobs around the country. And while both presidential candidates are promising a recovery, the communities hardest hit by the pandemic could be excluded from seeing any stimulus unless more black experts have a seat at the table,...

  4. A City in Crisis: Errol Louis on Protests, Politics and Pandemic

    Just hours before Minneapolis erupted in flames, Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman sat down with quintessential New York reporter Errol Louis, host of NY1's "Inside City Hall", to pick his brain about the city’s own criminal justice reform movement; whether New Yorkers are likely to elect another...

  5. Governor Cuomo is Comedy Gold So It's OK To Laugh During the Pandemic

    These are dark days, and laughs are hard to come by. Which is why we need comics like Maria DeCotis, who has won fame and accolades on social media for her parodies of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to DeCotis about what inspired her to take on one of the...

  6. RIP Fitting Rooms, Long Live Lycra: What Becomes of Fashion When We Have Nowhere to Be?

    If your personal style these days can best described as 'elastic waist', you are not alone. Stay-at-home orders and shutdowns of non-essential businesses have all but capsized the retail and fashion industries. Will we ever want to get dressed up again? And what will that mean post-pandemic?…

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  7. Are You Hollywood's Next Big Thing? Your Odds Have Never Been Better

    Sidelined by coronavirus, Hollywood talent-spotters with time on their hands are now on the hunt for fresh ideas and new voices. Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to Franklin Leonard, creator of The Black List, the legendary annual compendium of the industry's hottest unproduced screenplays and...

  8. Soledad O'Brien is the Conscience of Media (Whether You Like It Or Not)

    Former CNN anchor turned media critic Soledad O'Brien has become the conscience of media, an unwavering (and unrelenting) critic of the failures of journalists and outlets overwhelmed by the Trump misinformation machine. On this episode of Hazmat Hotel, she sounds off on why cable news is blowing...

  9. Will Broadway's Theater Business Ever Be The Same After Coronavirus?

    Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to Tony-nominated director Sheryl Kaller (Bliss, Mothers and Sons, Next Fall) about the fallout from coronavirus on the theater world, both in New York and the rest of the country. When will the curtains rise again—and will the tourists return when Broadway…

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  10. Who gets a ventilator, who doesn't—and who decides?

    Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to bioethicist Beth Roxland, the former Executive Director of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, which was responsible for the state's much-discussed Ventilator Allocation Guidelines. Roxland unpacks the guidelines, how they came to be and what...

  11. Divorce and Custody in the Age of Coronavirus

    Hazmat Hotel welcomes family lawyer Jacqueline Harounian to talk about the legal issues families needs to consider in the wake of Covid-`19: Is it ok to change your custody agreement? What if I need an order of protection and the courts are closed? Who needs a will--and is it too late to get one...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Interviews from inside the quarantine bubble with experts across a range of industries. Straight talk about how coronavirus is permanently changing the way we work, live and succeed.

HOSTED BY

Lea Goldman

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Interviews from inside the quarantine bubble with experts across a range of industries. Straight talk about how coronavirus is permanently changing the way we work, live and succeed.

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