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The Ad War in the Mayoral Primary

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2025/06/19

Juan Manuel Benitez, professor of local journalism at Columbia Journalism School and member of the New York Editorial Board, and Jeffrey Mays, a New York Times reporter covering politics with a focus on New York City Hall, talks about the broadcast (as well as print and digital) advertisements flooding the zone in the week before the Democratic mayoral primary, many paid for by the deep-pocketed super PAC supporting Andrew Cuomo; plus they discuss how the candidates are reaching out to voters in

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City Politics; Israel's Attacks on Iran; Supreme...

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2025/06/18

Loading... On today's show: With less than a week before primary day, WNYC and Gothamist reporter Elizabeth Kim discusses the latest news from the mayoral campaign trail, including Comptroller Brad Lander's arrest by ICE, Assemblymember Mamdani's decision to hire additional security and what early voters are saying at their poll sites. Israel's attacks on Iran have caused destruction that shows no sign of letting up. Robin Wright, contributing writer and columnist for The New Yorker and

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Israel's Attacks on Iran

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2025/06/18

Israel's attacks on Iran have caused destruction that shows no sign of letting up. Robin Wright, contributing writer and columnist for The New Yorker and distinguished fellow at Woodrow Wilson Center, discusses the conflict and its mounting death toll.

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Legal News Roundup: SCOTUS on Gender Affirming Care...

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2025/06/18

Kate Shaw, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny and a contributing opinion writer with the New York Times, discusses the latest news coming out of the Supreme Court, including the court's ruling in a Tennessee case regarding gender affirming care for minors and more.

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City Politics: The Mayoral Race Heats Up

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2025/06/18

With less than a week before primary day, WNYC and Gothamist reporter Elizabeth Kim discusses the latest news from the mayoral campaign trail, including Comptroller Brad Lander's arrest by ICE, Assemblymember Mamdani's decision to hire additional security and what early voters are saying at their poll sites.

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The NYC Mayoral Candidates on Climate and Public...

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2025/06/17

Loading... On today's show: Julie Tighe, president of New York League of Conservation Voters, and Keanu Arpels-Josiah, climate justice organizer with Fridays for Future NYC, talk about the mayoral candidates' positions on climate change and the environment. Marisa Donnelly, PhD, New York correspondent for Your Local Epidemiologist, talks about the various public health policies the mayoral candidates support, and what the mayor can do about public health more broadly. Jon Cohen, senior

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Your Top Three Mayoral Election Issues

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2025/06/17

As early voting in the Democratic mayoral primary is underway, listeners share their top three issues, and their top candidate or candidates.

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Treating HIV/AIDS Abroad Without US Aid and PEPFAR

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2025/06/17

Jon Cohen, senior correspondent with Science, reports on how countries that suffer high rates of HIV/AIDS are coping now that USAID funding has dried up, and how local governments, especially in places like Lesotho, are attempting to figure out solutions. Plus, Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, Columbia University professor of epidemiology and medicine and director of ICAP, a global health center at the school of public health, discusses ICAP's work in implementing PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDs

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The Mayoral Candidates and Public Health

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2025/06/17

Marisa Donnelly, PhD, New York correspondent for Your Local Epidemiologist, talks about the various public health policies the mayoral candidates support, and what the mayor can do about public health more broadly.

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The NYC Mayoral Candidates on Climate

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2025/06/17

Julie Tighe, president of New York League of Conservation Voters, and Keanu Arpels-Josiah, climate justice organizer with Fridays for Future NYC, talks about the mayoral candidates' positions on climate change and the environment.

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More Primary Debate Analysis; Affordable Housing and...

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2025/06/16

Loading... On today's show: Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, offers analysis of the mayoral primary debate, and talks about the latest news from the campaign trail as early voting is underway. David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, offers analysis of the housing plans the mayoral candidates discussed in the second debate. Susan

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Monday Morning Primary Campaign Politics

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2025/06/16

Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, offers analysis of the mayoral primary debate, and talks about the latest news from the campaign trail as early voting is underway.

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The Rights of Rivers

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2025/06/16

Robert Macfarlane, a fellow at the University of Cambridge and the author of several books, including Underland and his new one, Is a River Alive? (W. W. Norton & Company, 2025), talks about the new book that questions how we treat rivers through the stories of rivers in Ecuador, India and Canada.

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Monday Morning Politics: No More Kings Protests;...

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2025/06/16

Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of a weekly column on life in Washington, and the host of the Political Scene podcast, talks about the latest national political news, including the latest on Los Angeles, President Trump's military parade, the "No More Kings" protests and the politically-motivated shooting of lawmakers in Minnesota.

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The Mayoral Candidates Debate About Housing

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2025/06/16

David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, offers analysis of the housing plans the mayoral candidates discussed in last week's Spectrum News NY1 debate.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: New Jersey Results; Gay...

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2025/06/14

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.New Jersey’s Gubernatorial Primary Results (First) | The Gay Restaurants That Nurtured LGBTQ Americans (Starts at 45:00) | Mapping the Stars (Starts at 59:00)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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Excerpts, and More, from the Mayoral Debate

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2025/06/13

Loading...Hear extended excerpts, and analysis from Brigid Bergin, Gothamist and WNYC senior political correspondent, and Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, from Thursday's debate between the qualifying Democrats running for the mayoral nomination.

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NYC Mayoral Primary Debate: Traffic and Pedestrian...

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2025/06/13

An extended excerpt from Thursday's debate between the leading Democrats running for the mayoral nomination. In this last section of the debate, the candidates discuss traffic and pedestrian safety.

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NYC Mayoral Primary Debate: Cuomo Sexual Harassment...

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2025/06/13

An extended excerpt from Thursday's debate between the leading Democrats running for the mayoral nomination. In the first part of this clip, we hear the candidates discuss Andrew Cuomo's sexual harassment scandal, and then we hear them addressing their approaches to public safety.

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NYC Mayoral Primary Debate: Cross Examination,...

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2025/06/13

Extended excerpt from Thursday's debate between the leading Democrats running for the mayoral nomination: First, the candidates direct questions to each other and then they discuss how they will ensure all New Yorkers feel safe, particularly Jewish and Muslim New Yorkers, in the context of the war in the Middle East.

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