Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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(Many) Candidates for Public Advocate Debate
Errol Louis, political anchor for NY1 News and host of Inside City Hall, recaps the first televised debate among 10 of the 17(!) candidates on the ballot in the special election for NYC public advocate.
→For more information about the candidates and the special election on Feb. 26, check out Who's on the Ballot (a not-for-profit voting guide from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs).