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All Episodes

Juan Manuel Benítez Wants to Know — 30 episodes

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1

The Cover Story Is Politics — the Actual Subject Is People (Season 2 Recap)

2

Chuck Park Quit the State Department to Protest Trump. Now He's Running Against Grace Meng

3

Frank DiLella on Broadway's Affordability Problem (and Why It's Not Dying)

4

"Still Worthy" — Alister Martin on Fathers, Patients, and the Next NYC Health Crisis

5

He Hired Mamdani to Run His Campaign. Now Ross Barkan Is Writing His Book

6

What Congestion Pricing Proved — Julie Tighe, the Accidental Environmentalist

7

Micah Lasher on Trump, Iran, Columbia, and the Fight for NY-12

8

"You Are Light" — Antonio Reynoso on Congress, Mamdani, and What's at Stake for the Democratic Party

9

Julie Menin on Taxes, Mamdani, Trump — and Why She Reads Kundera

10

"This Guy Is Just Pure Evil": Luis Miranda on Trump, the Latino Vote, and Building Power in New York

11

State Senator Erik Bottcher on Survival, Power and What Government Is Actually For

12

Christine Quinn: Why New York City Can't Fix Homelessness

13

Christina Greer: "Black Americans Aren't Surprised" by Trump's America

14

"I Was Once That Child": Fired Immigration Judge Carmen María Rey on Witnessing Cruelty in Her Court

15

The Off Topic Reunion: Grace Rauh and Zack Fink on Mamdani, Democracy and Life After NY1

16

The Gods of New York: Jonathan Mahler on the 1980s That Built Today’s City

17

Alex Bores on AI, Democracy, and the Fight for NY-12

18

The Books My Podcast Guests Are Reading

19

Ben Smith on Mamdani, Trump, and the Future of Journalism and NYC

20

Antonio Delgado on Running Against Hochul, Trump’s Comeback, and His Kendrick Lamar Playlist

21

Mamdani’s Moment? NYC’s Election Eve Predictions

22

Listen to Grace Rauh before You Vote in New York City

23

Zohran Mamdani's Vision in the Candidate's Own Words

24

Brian Lehrer, the Mayor of NYC Radio, on Voting, Local News and 36 Years of Improv Journalism

25

What the Hell Happened to Jessica Ramos?

26

Republican Curtis Sliwa takes on Trump, Cuomo and the Billionaires

27

Eric Adams vs. Cuomo, Campaign Cash and the Media

28

Mark Levine, the NYC comptroller who won't run for mayor

29

Why are business leaders freaking out about Zohran Mamdani?

30

Will Brad Lander be Zohran Mamdani's choice for first deputy mayor?