Tue, 15 December 2009
Direct download: Gov_Paterson_on_foreclosures_and_budget_cuts_12_15_09.mp3
Category:Albany -- posted at: 10:08am EDT |
Fri, 20 November 2009
Click here to read the 156-page court decision. Click here for last year's interview with filmmaker Leslie Carde.
Category:Government for Sale
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Tue, 17 November 2009
Gov. Paterson say the state legislature must act quickly. He's said it before, and taken political grief for it.
Direct download: 11_17_09_Paterson_on_budget_and_terror_trials.mp3
Category:Albany -- posted at: 4:31pm EDT |
Tue, 17 November 2009
Direct download: Hero_of_Day_-_Jason_Blanksma_11_17_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 2:06pm EDT |
Tue, 17 November 2009
Direct download: Brian_Quigley_on_ACORN_lawsuit_v_Congress_11_17_09.mp3
Category:Civil Rights/Civil Liberties -- posted at: 2:01pm EDT |
Tue, 17 November 2009
Direct download: Brian_Kavanagh_on_NYCHA_funding_11_17_09.mp3
Category:NYCHA -- posted at: 12:54pm EDT |
Wed, 4 November 2009
The myth that nobody realized the mayor's race would be close underscores a deeper problem with accepting the conventional wisdom at face value.
Direct download: Errol_rant_on_NYC_polls_11_04_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 7:37pm EDT |
Wed, 4 November 2009
Direct download: Charlie_Stile_on_why_Corzine_lost_11_04_09.mp3
Category:New Jersey -- posted at: 7:03pm EDT |
Wed, 4 November 2009
Direct download: Erik_Engquist_with_NYC_Election_summary_11_04_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 6:46pm EDT |
Wed, 4 November 2009
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Tue, 3 November 2009
Direct download: Ethan_Pollock_of_EPI_on_the_economy_11_03_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 6:14pm EDT |
Tue, 3 November 2009
Direct download: Ed_Schultz_on_Election_Day_11_03_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 6:06pm EDT |
Tue, 3 November 2009
The Watertown Times says Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, who doesn't live in the district, doesn't know local issue. He also relies on big national funders. One of them is Matt Wheeler of the National Republican Trust.
Direct download: Conservative_Matt_Wheeler_on_NY_23_race_11_03_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 5:27pm EDT |
Mon, 2 November 2009
Direct download: Michael_Tanner_of_Cato_Institute_on_health_reform_11_02_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 5:14pm EDT |
Mon, 2 November 2009
Direct download: Bill_Thompson_pre-Election_11_02_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 5:03pm EDT |
Mon, 2 November 2009
Direct download: Imran_Anwar_on_Pakistan_attacks_11_02_09.mp3
Category:Pakistan/Afghanistan -- posted at: 4:55pm EDT |
Fri, 9 October 2009
Prof. Elizabeth Warren explains why a new agency is needed. Interview recorded 9/18/09, aired 9/21/09.
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Thu, 1 October 2009
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Thu, 1 October 2009
Direct download: Call_in_with_Marq_Claxton_on_NYPD_misconduct_10_01_09.mp3
Category:Police -- posted at: 8:50am EDT |
Thu, 1 October 2009
Direct download: Gene_Uphoff_of_Mad_as_Hell_Doctors_10_01_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 7:50am EDT |
Thu, 1 October 2009
Direct download: Greg_Floyd_on_Teamster_election_10_01_09.mp3
Category:Labor -- posted at: 6:50am EDT |
Wed, 30 September 2009
The shocking poll has been yanked, but the controversy continues. Jose Vargas of the Huffington Post explains why.
Direct download: Jose_Antonio_Vargas_of_Huffpost_on_cyber_threats_09_30_09.mp3
Category:technology/Web -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT |
Wed, 30 September 2009
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Wed, 30 September 2009
Yesterday's runoff election brought victory to Bill de Blasio and John Liu. Back in March, I described the politics behind John Liu's campaign.
Direct download: John_Liu_the_morning_after_victory_09_30_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 3:48pm EDT |
Wed, 30 September 2009
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Tue, 29 September 2009
Direct download: John_Atlas_on_ACORN_09_29_09.mp3
Category:Progressive Politics -- posted at: 4:11pm EDT |
Tue, 29 September 2009
Direct download: Cary_Stemle_on_Census_worker_hanged_in_Kentucky__09_29_09.mp3
Category:Violence -- posted at: 3:58pm EDT |
Tue, 29 September 2009
Direct download: Heidi_Shierholz_on_unemployment__09_29_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 3:53pm EDT |
Tue, 29 September 2009
The beating death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert of Chicago, captured on video, kicked off a discussion about how we should deal with inner-city violence nationwide.
Direct download: Community_Conversation_-_Neighborhood_Violence_09_29_09.mp3
Category:Violence -- posted at: 7:42am EDT |
Mon, 28 September 2009
Direct download: Hero_-_Jeremiah_Monroe__09_28_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 4:03pm EDT |
Mon, 28 September 2009
Direct download: Jerry_Capeci_on_Chris_Christies_mob_ties__09_28_09.mp3
Category:New Jersey -- posted at: 3:54pm EDT |
Mon, 28 September 2009
Mass. governor Deval Patrick named Paul Kirk as the new Bay State senator. We simulcast with Boston's WWZN to compare the challenges facing Patrick and New York's David Paterson.
Direct download: Jeff_Santos_on_Massachusetts_politics__09_28_09.mp3
Category:Progressive Politics -- posted at: 3:49pm EDT |
Mon, 28 September 2009
Researchers may have made a breakthrough, according to Thomas Hassell.
Direct download: Thomas_Hassell_on_AIDS_vaccine__09_28_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 3:43pm EDT |
Tue, 1 September 2009
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Wed, 26 August 2009
To hear the full 90-minute debate between Democrats Bill Thompson and Tony Avella, click below. |
Wed, 26 August 2009
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Wed, 26 August 2009
A controversy over Councilman John Liu's experience working in a sweatshop raises important issues of New Yorkers being exploited.
Direct download: Errols_commentary_on_sweatshops_08_26_09.mp3
Category:Labor -- posted at: 9:59am EDT |
Fri, 21 August 2009
New York's top pol talks about re-election, court battles and why he thinks the press is being unfair to him.
Direct download: Gov_Paterson_definitely_running_again__08_21_09.mp3
Category:Albany -- posted at: 10:17am EDT |
Wed, 19 August 2009
Direct download: Linda_Fisher_on_NJ_foreclosures__08_19_09.mp3
Category:New Jersey -- posted at: 6:49am EDT |
Wed, 19 August 2009
Direct download: Hero_-_Mayor_Tom_Barrett_of_Milwaukee__08_19_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 6:46am EDT |
Wed, 19 August 2009
Direct download: Charles_Sennott_of_Globalpost_on_Afghanistan__08_19_09.mp3
Category:Pakistan/Afghanistan -- posted at: 6:40am EDT |
Wed, 19 August 2009
We check in with the New Jersey woman who gave herself 52 weeks to find a husband. It's week 20, and Neenah's still looking.
Direct download: Neenah_Pickett_looking_for_a_husband__08_19_09.mp3
Category:Women's Rights -- posted at: 6:34am EDT |
Wed, 12 August 2009
Craig Gurian of the Anti-Discrimination Center describes the lawsuit and the politics behind it. Here is the full text of the desegregation deal. Click here to see maps and a summary of the lawsuit.
Direct download: Craig_Gurian_on_Fair_Housing_lawsuit_08_12_09.mp3
Category:Civil Rights/Civil Liberties -- posted at: 2:26pm EDT |
Wed, 12 August 2009
Direct download: Jeffrey_Young_of_The_Hill_on_health_care_debate__08_12_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 1:21pm EDT |
Wed, 12 August 2009
The mother of the Special Olympics died at age 88.
Direct download: Hero_-_Eunice_Kennedy_Shriver__08_12_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 10:19am EDT |
Wed, 12 August 2009
Direct download: Mark_Hannay_of_UHCAN_on_how_to_get_involved_in_health_debate__08_12_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 10:12am EDT |
Thu, 6 August 2009
The action-movie director got involved in a real-life drama of his own, rescuing boaters in distress on the Hudson river. |
Thu, 6 August 2009
Direct download: Haynes_Johnson_on_the_2008_presidential_race__08_06_09.mp3
Category:Election 2008 -- posted at: 8:45pm EDT |
Thu, 6 August 2009
Direct download: William_Hartung_on_disarmament_08_06_09.mp3
Category:Military -- posted at: 8:39pm EDT |
Wed, 5 August 2009
Direct download: Hero_of_the_Day_-_Jim_Nicholson__08_05_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 8:34pm EDT |
Wed, 5 August 2009
Rep. Ed Towns chairs the Oversight Committee, which is tracking the use of federal stimulus dollars.
Direct download: Rep_Ed_Towns_on_the_stimulus_program__08_05_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 8:29pm EDT |
Wed, 5 August 2009
Direct download: Nancy_Scheper-Hughes_on_organ_trafficking_08_05_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 8:22pm EDT |
Tue, 4 August 2009
This human rights champion died of cancer after toppling a dictator and leading her people to liberty.
Direct download: Hero_-_Corazon_Aquino_08_04_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 3:08pm EDT |
Tue, 4 August 2009
Direct download: Fitzgerald_and_Gould_on_Afghanistan_Invisible_History__08_04_09.mp3
Category:Pakistan/Afghanistan -- posted at: 3:03pm EDT |
Tue, 4 August 2009
Direct download: Ron_Pollack_on_Health_Reform_myths__08_04_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 2:58pm EDT |
Tue, 4 August 2009
Direct download: Bill_de_Blasio_on_reporting_police_misconduct__08_04_09.mp3
Category:Police -- posted at: 2:54pm EDT |
Mon, 3 August 2009
When a man approached a LaGuardia airport checkpoint with a knapsack, cylinder, wires and a switch this Port Authority officer knew what to do.
Direct download: Hero_-_Officer_Robert_Keane_of_Port_Authority_08_03_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 2:16pm EDT |
Mon, 3 August 2009
New York Times White House correspondent Helene Cooper discusses her memoir and current events in Washington.
Direct download: Helene_Cooper_goes_from_Sugar_Beach_to_the_White_House__08_03_09.mp3
Category:Africa -- posted at: 2:11pm EDT |
Mon, 3 August 2009
Direct download: Seth_Barron_on_City_Council_politics__08_03_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 2:06pm EDT |
Mon, 3 August 2009
Assemblyman Jim Brennan of Brooklyn wants cops to publish statistics on subway harassment and assault. You can post incidents (including photos) at HollabackNYC, a grassroots website.
Direct download: Jim_Brennan_on_subway_perverts_08_03_09.mp3
Category:Mass Transit -- posted at: 12:12pm EDT |
Thu, 30 July 2009
Direct download: Call_in_on_parking_tickets_with_Haskell_Nussbaum__07_30_09.mp3
Category:Listener Call-ins -- posted at: 12:06pm EDT |
Thu, 30 July 2009
Jeff Sharlet wrote a book about the months he spent living inside the secretive C Street power cult.
Direct download: Jeff_Sharlett_on_C_Street_fundamentalists__07_30_09.mp3
Category:Government for Sale -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT |
Thu, 30 July 2009
Israeli journalist Aluf Benn says the president should make better use of his popularity with the Israeli public.
Direct download: Aluf_Benn_on_Israel___07_30_09.mp3
Category:Israel/Palestine -- posted at: 11:45am EDT |
Tue, 28 July 2009
Direct download: Hero_of_Day_-_Judge_Joseph_Dawson.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 9:30pm EDT |
Tue, 28 July 2009
Daily News investigative reporter Greg Smith details how medical errors are going unreported.
Direct download: Greg_Smith_on_medical_neglect_in_city_hospitals_07_28_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 9:05pm EDT |
Tue, 28 July 2009
Direct download: Darius_Charney__Paul_Washington_on_FDNY_discrimination_07_28_09.mp3
Category:Civil Rights/Civil Liberties -- posted at: 8:30pm EDT |
Tue, 28 July 2009
Serge Michel and photographer Paolo Woods talk about their journey through Africa and what it means. |
Mon, 27 July 2009
Direct download: Live_Call-In_with_Dennis_Walcott_07_27_09.mp3
Category:Schools & Education -- posted at: 10:46am EDT |
Mon, 27 July 2009
Direct download: Tom_Hester_on_NJ_politics_07_27_09.mp3
Category:New Jersey -- posted at: 7:41am EDT |
Mon, 27 July 2009
Direct download: Paul_Helmke_on_gun_control_07_27_09.mp3
Category:Government for Sale -- posted at: 7:36am EDT |
Thu, 23 July 2009
Direct download: Listener_Call_in_on_Tenants_Rights_with_Mario_Mazzone__07_23_09.mp3
Category:Listener Call-ins -- posted at: 7:31pm EDT |
Thu, 23 July 2009
A new report by the Sentencing Project contains disturbing data on the high number of prisoners sentenced to life behind bars.
Direct download: Ryan_King_on_prison_sentencing__07_23_09.mp3
Category:Prisons -- posted at: 8:27am EDT |
Wed, 22 July 2009
Direct download: Hero_of_the_Day_-_Marc_DiNardo_07_22_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 8:17pm EDT |
Wed, 22 July 2009
Direct download: Perry_OBrien_of_Iraq_Veterans_Against_the_War__07_22_09.mp3
Category:Military -- posted at: 8:11pm EDT |
Wed, 22 July 2009
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Wed, 22 July 2009
Direct download: Erik_Engquist_on_NYC_politics_07_22_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 7:39pm EDT |
Tue, 21 July 2009
Dr. Amr Morsi got fed up with the Canadian system and moved to the U.S. Then he moved back to Ontario.
Direct download: Dr._Amr_Morsi_on_Canadian_Health_Care__07_21_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 11:56am EDT |
Tue, 21 July 2009
Direct download: Sara_Goldrick-Rab_on_Community_Colleges_07_21_09.mp3
Category:Schools & Education -- posted at: 11:50am EDT |
Tue, 21 July 2009
Direct download: Steve_Early_on_Employee_Free_Choice_Act__07_21_09.mp3
Category:Labor -- posted at: 11:46am EDT |
Mon, 20 July 2009
Direct download: Hero_of_the_Day_-_Neil_Armstrong__07_20_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 9:21pm EDT |
Mon, 20 July 2009
Philip Delves Broughton says his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, promotes ideas and strategies that are harming the US economy.
Direct download: Philip_Delves_Broughton_on_Harvard_Business_School__07_20_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 9:15pm EDT |
Mon, 20 July 2009
Direct download: Veronica_Montgomery-Costa_on_possible_layoffs_at_Local_372__07_20_09.mp3
Category:Labor -- posted at: 9:07pm EDT |
Thu, 16 July 2009
Private Investigator Michael Corwin's Everyday Detective system provides advice for amateur sleuths.
Direct download: Call_in_-_the_Everyday_Detective_07_16_09.mp3
Category:Listener Call-ins -- posted at: 12:17pm EDT |
Thu, 16 July 2009
Rep. Charlie Rangel of the powerful Ways and Means committee of Congress, explains how a tax on millionaires would pay for health care reform.
Direct download: Charlie_Rangel_on_Health_Care_07_16_09.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 10:31am EDT |
Thu, 16 July 2009
Benjamin Todd Jealous, the president and CEO of the NAACP, is attracting a new generation to civil rights.
Direct download: Benjamin_Todd_Jealous_on_the_NAACP_07_16_09.mp3
Category:Civil Rights/Civil Liberties -- posted at: 10:17am EDT |
Thu, 16 July 2009
On the day President Obama drew over 17,000 to a re-election rally for Jon Corzine, columnist Charlie Stile explains why the NJ governor is in political trouble.
Direct download: Charlie_Stile_on_Gov_Corzines_problems__07_16_09.mp3
Category:New Jersey -- posted at: 9:41am EDT |
Wed, 15 July 2009
Wall Street Journal legal affairs reporter Nathan Koppel talks about how, when and why private clubs can have discriminatory admissions policies.
Direct download: Nathan_Kopel_on_exclusive_clubs_and_Sotomayor_hearings__07_15_09.mp3
Category:Civil Rights/Civil Liberties -- posted at: 3:38pm EDT |
Wed, 15 July 2009
Economist James K. Galbraith is one of many economists saying the first stimulus package was too small to bring about a recovery.
Direct download: James_Galbraith_on_Obama_stimulus_plan_07_15_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 11:29am EDT |
Wed, 15 July 2009
Newark's chief lawyer, Julien Neals, responds to the ACLU of New Jersey's recent report criticizing the city's track record on civil liberties and policing.
Direct download: Julian_Neals_on_Newark_civil_liberties__07_15_09.mp3
Category:Civil Rights/Civil Liberties -- posted at: 10:03am EDT |
Tue, 14 July 2009
Direct download: Hero_of_Day_-_Kimberly_Anyadike__07_14_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 11:42am EDT |
Tue, 14 July 2009
Direct download: Kristina_Moore_on_SCOTUS_nomination_hearings__07_14_09.mp3
Category:Courts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT |
Tue, 14 July 2009
Direct download: Rush_Holt_on_secret_CIA_programs_07_14_09.mp3
Category:National Security -- posted at: 10:36am EDT |
Tue, 14 July 2009
Ed Barocas of the ACLU of New Jersey discusses a report by the organization that criticizes Newark government for limiting free speech and failing to discipline the police department in misconduct cases.
Direct download: Ed_Barocas_on_civil_liberties_in_Newark_07_14_09.mp3
Category:Civil Rights/Civil Liberties -- posted at: 10:24am EDT |
Mon, 13 July 2009
Direct download: Hero_of_Day_-_Jesselle_Page__07_13_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 12:20pm EDT |
Mon, 13 July 2009
Rachel Lloyd of Harlem-based GEMS talks about her life-saving work on the streets of New York, which has been captured in a documentary. |
Mon, 13 July 2009
Direct download: Gerson_Borrero_on_Latino_politics_in_NY__0713_09.mp3
Category:Albany -- posted at: 9:03am EDT |
Fri, 10 July 2009
Here's a 1-minute audio mashup about the conclusion of the Albany stalemate. |
Tue, 7 July 2009
Gov. Paterson explains his attempt to cut off the pay of senators and responds to inflammatory charges in a recent NY Post column. |
Mon, 6 July 2009
Direct download: Hero_of_the_Day_-_Seth_Sharp__07_06_09.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 11:05pm EDT |
Mon, 6 July 2009
Sarah Ludwing of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project discusses a proposed law that would let the sharks run amok.
Direct download: Sarah_Ludwig_on_payday_lending__07_06_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT |