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Melissa Mark-Viverito & John Della Volpe; John Dankosky; Max Rose; Jan Ransom; Call-in; John Logsdon. (episode)
A survey of two key demographics in the midterms.
John Dankosky on the gubernatorial race in Connecticut.
Max Rose on his campaign for Congress.
New York Times reporter Jan Ransom talks about her reporting on strength of the case against Harvey Weinstein.
Callers talk about their Halloween costumes and related concerns.
John Logsdon on a potential new branch of the military.
Tanya Gold & Heidi Beirich; Liuba Grechen Shirley; Andrew Gounardes; Julie Margetta Morgan; Marion Nestle. (episode)
On the rise of anti-Semitism in the US and around the world.
The Democratic challenger in NY District 2 congressional race makes her case.
Democratic State Senate challenger for the 22nd District in Brooklyn.
The student debt crisis in America, and why it's an important issue to think about in the days leading up to the midterms.
Turns out... chocolate milk doesn't prevent concussions.
Mara Liasson; Melanie Nezer; Congressman Leonard Lance & Tom Malinowski; Sarah McBride; Rabbi Deborah Waxman; Ben Bradlee Jr. in Luzerne County, PA. (episode)
Mara Liasson: "If it's about border security, that's a good issue for him. If it's about how the president is failing in his job to be consoler-in-chief, that's a bad narrative for him."
Melanie Nezer: We used to help refugees because they were Jewish. Now we help refugees because we are Jewish.
Representative Leonard Lance (R NJ-7) and Democratic challenger Tom Malinowski.
Sarah McBride: "Donald Trump was a con man when he ran for office and he's a con man today."
Rabbi Deborah Waxman talks about Reconstructist Judaism and efforts to combat antisemitism, racism, Islamophobia, and fundamentalism.
In Luzerne County, PA, rural Democrats voted for Trump.
Three of our favorite segments from the week. (article)
Bill de Blasio takes calls; Julian Castro on housing; Nick Miroff on national security; Elliott Forrest from the National Cathedral. (episode)
Bill de Blasio takes your calls.
Former HUD Julian Castro talks about the future of federal housing and a potential 2020 run.
Latest border news and what it means for the midterms.
20 years after his death, a ceremony for Matthew Shepard at the National Cathedral.
PBS Newshour's Yamiche Alcindor, The Plot Against America reading, Marc Molinaro, Senator Gillibrand, and More Perfect producer Kelly Prime (episode)
PBS Newshour's Yamiche Alcindor on suspicious packages and other news.
Revisiting Philip Roth's alternative history novel.
New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro discusses his campaign with under two weeks to go until Election Day.
Kirsten Gillibrand on the issue of paid family leave.
Exploring the 10th amendment through music.
New Yorker's Eric Lach writes The Current, WNYC host Jonathan Capehart, Voting Rights w/ Columbia University professor Jelani Cobb and More Perfect producer Sarah Qari. (episode)
Democrats running for governor in Republican strongholds are surprisingly competitive
How the headlines are playing out in the midterm elections
A neck-to-neck race for New York's 19th Congressional District
Voter suppression not just a southern issue with black Americans
More Perfect producer Sarah Qari on the 4th Amendment track from The Most Perfect Album
NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, 30 Issues: Ethics; the Radiolab's More Pefect album explores the 23rd amendment (episode)
How will the Supreme Court welcome its newest and most divisive member?
#AskTheSpeaker breakdowns the latest bills in the City Council.
Should Trump's threats against the media be taken seriously?
Ethics watchdog Walter Shaub signals the depth of our ethics erosion
More Perfect producer Julia Longoria reviews The 23rd Amendment from The Most Perfect Album
New Yorker's Susan Glasser, AFT President Randi Weingarten, Actor Bradly Whitford, Activist Nadya Tolokonnikova, & Radiolab's Jab Abumrad (episode)
A round up of the latest national political news with New Yorker writer Susan Glasser.
A founding member of the punk/art protest group Pussy Riot draws on her life of activism and offers her "rules for revolution."
Characterizing the education fight with Secretary Devos in charge
Actor and political activist Bradley Whitford talks about his efforts, with his West Wing cast members, to get out the vote ahead of the midterms.
This season, the Radiolab spin-off More Perfect is exploring all 27 Constitutional Amendments in words and music. Jad Abumrad reviews one: the 1st.
Three of our favorite segments from the week. (article)