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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 44: High School History...

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2023/08/25

“The type of groupthink, witchhunt mentality, the sort of uncritical views that many have taken during this time are reminiscent of the times of ascendancy for the Bolsheviks in the Soviet Union, or the Nazis in Germany, or the CCP in communist China. So that's what frightens me, as a history teacher. We study these things and we go, ‘How could everyday people go along with this oppression?’ . . . But we see it time and time again in history. We see the common tools being used—fear, censorship, the

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97:28

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 43: Hair & Makeup...

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2023/08/07

“I'm waiting for people to take accountability and say, ‘Listen, I messed up,’ or ‘I'm so sorry that I judged,’ or any of that. I don't think that's really ever happened. . . . It's just like, poof, it's gone, and everyone's supposed to get back to their normal lives. And there's no normalcy for those of us who lost our careers. Some people have lost their homes. The connections that I've lost, and having to work to build again—it’s really, really sad.” - Hilary ShawnThe New York Mandate Podcast is

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109:18

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 42: Restaurant Server...

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2023/08/03

“What people don't understand is that this plandemic has ruined lives, has made us destitute, has evicted some of us, made some of us homeless, has had a lot of us commit suicide. This is very real, and it's not over. It's not over by a damn sight. We have to keep fighting.” - Virginia AlleyneThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, become a free or paid subscriber.In this episode of the New York Mandate podcast, I talk with Virginia Alleyne, a

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78:33

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 41: Attorney Sujata Gibson

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2023/07/22

“This is still really impacting thousands of people's lives. And it's not something we can just brush under the carpet and pretend never happened. This ruined lives unjustly and we have to make it impossible to ignore that.” -Sujata GibsonThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, become a free or paid subscriber.In this episode of the New York Mandate podcast, I talk with civil rights attorney Sujata Gibson, who is representing

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128:51

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 40: Entertainment...

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2023/07/15

“Hollywood told everyone, ‘You cannot work without this vaccine.’ And everyone fell right in line. Even if it was a fake card, you were complying under pressure just in kind of a surreptitious way. So what are they going to ask next? What are they going to require next? They already know that they can do it. All they have to do is just hold the paycheck. That's all it took. So, you know, people have to start questioning.”The New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new posts and

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73:29

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 39: Fitness Instructor...

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2023/06/12

“Don’t think that politics doesn’t work, or that it’s so compromised up at the top that you can’t chip away from the lower levels. Because we can make a difference, and we’re seeing it. We’re seeing it with the people we’ve elected, in little ways. . . . We’ve beat back Hochul on a lot of things here. So we just have to stay involved at the local level.” - AudreyThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new episodes and support my work, become a free or paid subscriber.In this

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126:16

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 38: Attorney Jo...

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2023/05/31

“Lawyers have believed that Jacobson versus Massachusetts is still good law, and it's not. It has been overturned, or overruled, by the 1944 [Public Health Service] Act and by the OSHA Act, which set forth rules and protections that require states and employers to respect the First Amendment right of an individual to refuse medical care.” - Jo Saint-GeorgeThis post is public, so feel free to share it.In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I talk with Jo Saint-George, an attorney who is

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66:48

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 37: Attorney Austin Graff

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2023/05/19

“God forbid we have another outbreak of something and a vaccine comes along, and all these people who fought for now years—we don't want this to happen again. . . . We still have liberty, we still have property rights, and our due process can't be taken away from us because we have an emergency situation.” - Austin GraffThis post is public so feel free to share it!In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I talk with Austin Graff, an attorney who is representing New York City workers who were

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142:56

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 36: Advocate Betsy Combier

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2023/05/05

“People, you can do it. You can get what you want and need, so go for it. . . . Because you are unique and there's no one like you, and you have special skills and life experiences that are needed and necessary. So go after what you want and go after it with a lot of thought, creativity. Don't believe what you hear, read, or see. Believe what you think is the right thing.” - Betsy CombierThis post is public so feel free to share it!In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I talk with Betsy

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108:00

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 35: Psychoanalyst in...

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2023/04/10

“It just doesn't make sense anymore. . . . Maybe early on there was an excuse for them to have these policies. But I feel that if someone is continuing to mandate these things, that they had a responsibility to look into: Is there any purpose at all to these? I mean, they've had ample time to be informed that these don't stop transmission, that they don't stop you from getting the illness.” - psychoanalyst in training The New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new posts and

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 34: “Nothing's Really...

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2023/03/21

In this episode, I talk with two New York City students and their mother. One of the students goes to a public high school and the other to a City University of New York (CUNY) community college. Both face barriers to pursuing a college education because they have not taken a COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination requirements remain in place at CUNY schools and other colleges.The students talked with me about how vaccine mandates affect their education, what it’s like to attend school remotely, and how

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107:27

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 33: Teachers James,...

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2023/03/18

If you think it’s important for people to hear this conversation, please share it!In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I talk with New York City public school teachers who recently went back to work after extended periods on leave without pay under the vaccine mandate, along with their attorney Jimmy Wagner. James and Christine are both veteran teachers with nearly 30-year careers, but when the mandate for teachers went into effect in the fall of 2021, their requests for religious

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128:06

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 32: Elementary School...

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2023/03/01

“We’re still stuck in a place where we are still financially burdened, we’re emotionally stretched. . . . A lot of people have lost relationships and homes. . . . So this has to continue to be in the mouths of New York City and people around the world, because otherwise we will be doomed to repeat this mistake again.” - Rachelle GarciaIf you think it’s important for people to hear Rachelle’s story, please share it!In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I talk with Rachelle Garcia, an

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95:46

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 31: "Anecdotals"...

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2023/02/16

“There are people right now that are going to commit suicide in three weeks if they don't feel heard. . . . So there's something actively that needs to be done. . . . I think the way to help is to come together and figure out how to make a change. So that's why I have my perspective, because that's what I see every day, is the people that are hurt. And that's what I care about.” - Jennifer SharpIf you think it’s important for people to hear this conversation, please share it!In this episode of the

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 29: NYC Public School...

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2022/12/20

“If the point of these activities is for family involvement and kids to interact with their parents and to see some of the things that have been going on in the classroom, I have been excluded from that. If there's anything good about it, I'm not getting any of that benefit. . . . If the well-being of the kids is really what we're after here, then I should not be excluded from these events.”The New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, become a free

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50:06

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 28: Parent and Advocate...

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2022/12/19

“It’s just a cry for letting our parents to go back in the buildings. Let them volunteer. Let them be a part of their children's education, their daily activities in school. . . . DOE talks about partnership with our families, especially our struggling families. They want to ‘open the bridges’ and have these conversations, but if they're not allowed in the buildings . . . And you're making these obstacles especially for our most marginalized.”The New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To

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121:23

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 27: Special Education...

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2022/12/01

“I'm a 9/11 survivor, so I had a 9/11-related cancer. So I wasn't really prone to being like, ‘Oh yeah, they lied about the air being clean, so let me just run out and take this experimental shot because, you know, we have a great track record with you telling me the truth.’ . . . That would be like, you know, fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” - VanessaThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or

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136:39

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 26: Massage Therapist...

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2022/11/23

“There doesn't seem to be an appropriate level of concern that dissenting views are just shut down with ad hominem attacks on you as a person. . . . What does that mean for our country if we don't have truly free speech? And what does it mean for our healthcare if they're passing actual laws in California that make it unlawful to disagree with what the government says is good for you? That's really scary.” - EricaThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new posts and support

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 25: Attorney Chad LaVeglia

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2022/11/14

“To allow this kind of governing to continue is very, very dangerous, and it will lead to a point where every single person’s rights and liberties will be taken away. . . . This is not the first time in our history that this situation has occurred. . . . If you allow this injustice to occur—even if you like the outcome—you're threatening the foundation and the pillars of justice everywhere else. . . . What I'm doing has nothing to do with my personal beliefs about COVID or vaccines. It has

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69:39

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 24: Education...

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2022/10/18

“I was left with no choice. People say, ‘Oh, you had a choice.’ Yeah. My other choice was not being able to support my daughter or myself, and what—being homeless or depending on social services to help me out? Where does that get me? We're in a city where nobody was allowed to work unless they were vaccinated. . . . Some people did leave the state, but I couldn't do that for different reasons. I have my daughter here. There's a lot of reasons why I couldn't just pick up and leave the state.” -

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