Episodios

  • Mike Gianaris on the Mayoral Primary, Mamdani's Record, & What Comes Next for New York Democrats

    Mike Gianaris on the Mayoral Primary, Mamdani's Record, & What Comes Next for New York Democrats
    Jun 27 2025
    Michael Gianaris, the State Senate Deputy Leader and head of Senate Democrats' campaign efforts, joined the show to discuss his fellow Queens legislator — Zohran Mamdani — winning the Democratic primary for Mayor, Mamdani's record in the Legislature (including on issues where they partnered like public transit), and how Democrats should respond to Mamdani's success. (Ep 515)
    Más Menos
    50 m
  • Mara Gay on the Mayoral Primary, the Democratic Establishment, & What Comes Next

    Mara Gay on the Mayoral Primary, the Democratic Establishment, & What Comes Next
    Jun 26 2025
    Mara Gay — an opinion writer at The New York Times, a former member of The Times' Editorial Board, and a longtime New York journalist who has covered New York and national politics — joined the show to discuss Zohran Mamdani's victory in the Democratic primary for Mayor, the flaws in the Democratic establishment, the role of the Times, and what comes next. (Ep 314)
    Más Menos
    51 m
  • Susan Kang on the DSA, the Mamdani Campaign, & the Mayoral Race

    Susan Kang on the DSA, the Mamdani Campaign, & the Mayoral Race
    Jun 24 2025
    Susan Kang — a political science professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, member of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, and longtime New York political activist — joined the show to discuss the DSA, the Zohran Mamdani mayoral campaign, and the broader political landscape. (Ep 513)
    Más Menos
    1 h y 10 m
  • Adrienne Adams on Her Campaign for Mayor

    Adrienne Adams on Her Campaign for Mayor
    Jun 23 2025
    Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker running for mayor in the June 2025 Democratic primary, joined the show to discuss her campaign, cross-endorsements, ranked-choice voting, and more. (Ep 512)
    Más Menos
    41 m
  • What the NYC Democratic Primary Electorate Will Look Like, with Evan Roth Smith & Michael Lange

    What the NYC Democratic Primary Electorate Will Look Like, with Evan Roth Smith & Michael Lange
    Jun 21 2025
    Pollster Evan Roth Smith and analyst Michael Lange joined the show to discuss what the Democratic primary electorate in the race for Mayor will look like, including key variables at play along age, gender, racial, ethnic, borough, and other lines, what initial early voting data tells us, and other key factors at play in the race as it approaches primary day. Smith is a founding partner at the political consultancy Slingshot Strategies, where he leads its polling, and Lange is a writer, researcher, strategist, and political organizer, and writes at his substack, The Narrative Wars, where he goes in-depth on New York politics. They joined host Ben Max just a few days before primary day, June 24. (Ep 511)
    Más Menos
    1 h y 8 m
  • Howard Wolfson & Amit Singh Bagga on The New York Times and the 2025 Race for Mayor

    Howard Wolfson & Amit Singh Bagga on The New York Times and the 2025 Race for Mayor
    Jun 19 2025
    Howard Wolfson and Amit Singh Bagga — two political strategists, former city government officials, and members of The New York Times' 'The Choice' opinion panel — joined the show to discuss their experience as part of the Times' mayoral race assessment, the state of the race with a week until primary day, their thoughts on individual candidates, and more. (Ep 510)
    Más Menos
    1 h y 4 m
  • Brad Lander on His Campaign for Mayor

    Brad Lander on His Campaign for Mayor
    Jun 17 2025
    Brad Lander, the city comptroller running for mayor in the June 2025 Democratic primary, joined the show to discuss his mayoral campaign, cross-endorsement with Zohran Mamdani, and more. (Ep 509)
    Más Menos
    58 m
  • Analyzing the Second Democratic Mayoral Debate, with Harry Siegel

    Analyzing the Second Democratic Mayoral Debate, with Harry Siegel
    Jun 14 2025
    Harry Siegel — co-host of the FAQ NYC podcast, an editor at The City, and a columnist at The Daily News and Vital City — joined the show to analyze the second televised Democratic mayoral primary debate. Just after the debate among 7 "leading candidates" that aired on NY1 TV and WNYC radio, Siegel joined host Ben Max to discuss how the candidates performed, the most interesting moments, and how the debate fits into the state of the primary with under two weeks until primary day, June 24. (Ep 508)
    Más Menos
    53 m