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Indy Audio features local, national, and international reporting from The Indypendent - New York's progressive newspaper - read by the journalists themselves. Also available here: Indy Radio News, The Indy's weekly live broadcast on WBAI 99.5, airing Mondays at 6 p.m.

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    John Tarleton + Nicholas Powers Talk About NYC Mayoral Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 12:32


    We catch up on the mayoral race with Indy Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers. A new poll out shows former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's lead over his top challenger, Zohran Mamdani, shrinking to a mere two points.

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    CUNY Graduate Students Hunger Striking for Palestine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 16:26


    We speak with a participant in the rolling hunger strike by students and faculty at the City University of New York. The hunger strikers want CUNY to cut all ties with Israel and companies that do business with Israel.

    Live Anti-ICE Protest Report + Immigration Updates

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 19:52


    Co-host Amba Guerguerian joins us live from Foley Square, where immigrant rights groups and their allies are rallying today to protest the Trump administration's mass deportation program and the increasingly brazen tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to detain and deport immigrants.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 10 June '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 55:37


    In our first segment, co-host Amba Guerguerian joins us live from Foley Square, where immigrant rights groups and their allies are rallying today to protest the Trump administration's mass deportation program and the increasingly brazen tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to detain and deport immigrants. Then we speak with a participant in the rolling hunger strike by students and faculty at the City University of New York. The hunger strikers want CUNY to cut all ties with Israel and companies that do business with Israel. And in the final part of the show, we catch up on the mayor's race with Indy Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers. A new poll out shows former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's lead over his top challenger, Zohran Mamdani, shrinking to a mere two points.

    Shahana Hanif Takes on Uber, AIPAC Lite in Tough BK City Council Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 21:05


    We speak with City Councilmember Shahana Hanif. She's facing a tough re-election challenge in her Brooklyn district with money from Uber pouring into her district after she backed legislation that would protect the labor rights of immigrant gig workers.

    On the Front Lines: NYC ICE Watch Talks About Its Rapid Response Work in Defense of Immigrants

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 15:34


    We hear from an organizer with NYC ICE Watch, a rapid response network founded in 2020 that responds to incidents of ICE sightings and other emergencies.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 3 June '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 54:20


    In our first segment, we hear from an organizer with NYC ICE Watch, a rapid response network founded in 2020 that responds to incidents of ICE sightings and other emergencies. In our second segment, we speak with City Councilmember Shahana Hanif. She's facing a tough re-election challenge in her Brooklyn district with money from Uber pouring into her district after she backed legislation that would protect the labor rights of immigrant gig workers. And in our final segment, we get the latest on the New York City mayoral race.

    New Poll Shows Zohran Mamdani Narrowing Cuomo's Lead in NYC Mayoral Race

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 21:23


    We look at the latest news from New York City's mayoral race. A new poll shows socialist state legislator Zohran Mamdani rapidly gaining ground on former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. We also take listener call-ins.

    Veterans for Peace and CUNY Grad Students Launch Hunger Strikes for Gaza

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 27:29


    As famine and starvation spreads across Gaza, CUNY students and veterans here in New York have launched separate hunger strikes in opposition to the U.S.-backed genocide. We speak with a hunger-striking veteran and a hunger-striking grad student.

    The Indypendent New Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 27 May '25

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 54:32


    As famine and starvation spreads across Gaza, CUNY students and veterans here in New York have launched separate hunger strikes in opposition to the U.S.-backed genocide. We speak with a hunger-striking veteran and a hunger-striking grad student. Then we take a look at the latest news from New York City's mayoral race. A new poll shows socialist state legislator Zohran Mamdani rapidly gaining ground on former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

    Prof. Nicholas Powers on How Black America is Responding to Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 21:52


    We speak with Nicholas Powers, longtime Indy contributor and African-American Literature Professor at SUNY-Old Westbury, about how Black America is generally responding to Trump's second presidency. His latest article is titled "Under Trump 2.0, Most Black Americans Have Nowhere to Turn."

    Pro-Palestine Activism Continues at CUNY and Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 22:49


    We look at the pro-Palestine activism that continues roiling New York City college campuses from CUNY to Columbia. We speak with Naomi Schiller of CUNY Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine and Josh Dubnau and Lillian Udell, two Columbia alumni who will burn their diplomas outside the campus gates on the morning of May 21 before the university holds its graduation ceremony.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 20 May '25

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 54:50


    Co-hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian look at the pro-Palestine activism that continues roiling New York City college campuses from CUNY to Columbia. We speak with Naomi Schiller of CUNY Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine and Josh Dubnau and Lillian Udell, two Columbia alumni who plan to burn their diplomas outside the campus gates Wednesday morning before the university holds its graduation ceremony. In the second half of the show, we speak with Nicholas Powers, longtime Indy contributor and African-American Literature Professor at SUNY-Old Westbury, about how Black America is generally responding to Trump's second presidency. His latest article is titled "Under Trump 2.0, Most Black Americans Have Nowhere to Turn."

    Former Cuomo Aide Lindsey Boyland Explains Why a Cuomo Mayorship Would Be a Disaster

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 25:14


    We talk about former governor Andrew Cuomo, who is now the frontrunner in the New York City mayoral race. Our guest, Lindsey Boylan, was an economic development advisor to then-Gov. Cuomo. Boylan became the first of 11 women to go public with claims of sexual harassment against Cuomo that led to his resignation in August of 2021. In addition to her personal experiences with Cuomo, she got an up-close look at his vindictive governing style and is urging New Yorkers to reconsider putting him back in a position of power.

    NY Sen. Jabari Brisport Breaks Down New State Budget, Explains Why He Voted Against It

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 17:25


    We speak with democratic socialist State Senator Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn about the recently approved $254 billion-dollar New York State budget which was passed 38 days after its April 1 deadline. We talk with Brisport about the good and the bad of the new budget and why he ultimately voted against it. We will also talk about the convoluted process that led to the final agreement and the Governor's outsized role in causing the delay. power.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 13 May '25

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 54:10


    In our first segment, we speak with democratic socialist State Senator Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn about the recently approved $254 billion-dollar New York State budget which was passed 38 days after its April 1 deadline. We talk with Brisport about the good and the bad of the new budget and why he ultimately voted against it. We will also talk about the convoluted process that led to the final agreement and the Governor's outsized role in causing the delay. In the second half of the show, we talk about former governor Andrew Cuomo, who is now the frontrunner in the New York City mayoral race. Our guest, Lindsey Boylan, was an economic development advisor to then-Gov. Cuomo. Boylan became the first of 11 women to go public with claims of sexual harassment against Cuomo that led to his resignation in August of 2021. In addition to her personal experiences with Cuomo, she got an up-close look at his vindictive governing style and is urging New Yorkers to reconsider putting him back in a position of power.

    May 6: Get Ready to Die

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 22:36


    Ariana Orozco will be speaking with an actor and director for a new play chronicling the history of Black midwifery in the U.S., she will also will be talking to a death doula about our relationship to death and how we might better accept the inevitable, and finally with Popular Democracy about the relationship between poetry and political education

    NYC Tenants to Hold Citywide Assembly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 15:23


    We speak with two organizers from NYC-DSA's Independent Working Class Organizing Initiative, which is organizing tenants to directly resist the landlord class. IWCO will be holding a citywide tenant assembly this Sunday, May 4, from 1–6 p.m. at the Sixth Street Community Center in the East Village.

    Why a Rent Freeze is Needed in NYC + Rent Control History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 16:53


    We speak with journalist Steven Wishnia and Alina Shen, organizing director of CAAAV Voice, a group that fights against gentrification in working-class Asian communities, about the history of rent control and why a rent freeze is needed now.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 1 May '25

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 53:51


    We were talking tenants rights on this week's Indypendent News Hour. In our first segment, co-hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian speak with journalist Steven Wishnia and Alina Shen, organizing director of CAAAV Voice, a group that fights against gentrification in working class Asian communities, about the history of rent control and why a rent freeze is needed now. In our second segment, we speak with two organizers from NYC-DSA's Independent Working Class Organizing Initiative, which is organizing tenants to directly resist the landlord class. IWCO will be holding a citywide tenant assembly this Sunday 1-6 pm at the Sixth Street Community Center.

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    PSC-CUNY President James Davis on Trump's Higher Ed Attacks + Fighting Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 21:35


    We speak with James Davis, President of the Professional Staff Congress—the union that represents over 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York—about the struggle to defend the City University of New York and other American colleges and universities from President Trump's authoritarian takeover.

    Live Coverage: Protesters Flock to Dan Goldman's Congressional Town Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 23:38


    Outraged Americans have been showing up at congressional town halls over the past couple of months to demand that their representatives do more to stand up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk's dismantling of the federal government. On Aprill 22, New York Congressmember Dan Goldman held a town hall at City Tech College in downtown Brooklyn. The Indy's John Tarleton reports live from the event.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 22 April '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 55:11


    Outraged Americans have been showing up at congressional town halls over the past couple of months to demand that their representatives do more to stand up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk's dismantling of the federal government. On Aprill 22, New York Congressmember Dan Goldman held a town hall at City Tech College in downtown Brooklyn. The Indy's John Tarleton reports live from the event. We also speak with James Davis, President of the Professional Staff Congress—the union that represents over 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York—about the struggle to defend the City University of New York and other American colleges and universities from President Trump's authoritarian takeover.

    Update: Attacks on pro-Palestine Speech in NYC, People Fighting Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 14:07


    We have the latest on the repression of pro-Palestine speech right here in New York and the growing impunity of groups like Betar and other militant Zionists. We cover recent protests by doctors, nurses and professors from Columbia University's medical campus and by Within Our Lifetime Palestine.

    Tax Strike With War Resisters League and Brooklyn for Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 11:36


    Brooklyn for Peace and the War Resisters League held a protest on tax day outside the IRS office in Lower Manhattan. We hear from one of the organizers about the staggering amount of your tax dollars that go to pay for the war machine and what they're doing here at the local level to address this.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 15 April '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 54:31


    Brooklyn for Peace and the War Resisters League held a protest on tax day outside the IRS office in Lower Manhattan. We hear from one of the organizers about the staggering amount of your tax dollars that go to pay for the war machine and what they're doing here at the local level to address this. One of the things your tax money goes to is sending billions of dollars in weapons to Israel to help the Zionist state kill more Palestinians. But it's getting harder to talk about. We have the latest on the repression of pro-Palestine speech right here in New York and the growing impunity of groups like Betar and other militant Zionists.

    Flushing, Queens Community Activists Rebecca Pryor & Howard Wong Speak Out on Citi Field Casino

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 14:58


    In our second segment, the struggle against billionaire oligarchy is unfolding at a hyperlocal level in Flushing, Queens. Mets owner Steve Cohen wants to build a new casino on parkland adjacent to Citi Field. We hear from two local community organizers who are helping lead the opposition to Cohen and the Citi Field Casino.

    Zara Nasir of People's Budget NYC + Students & Teacher from Leaders HS Discuss Adams' Budget Cuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 18:03


    City budget season is underway as the mayor and City Council debate how to divvy up the city's roughly $110 billion annual budget. In our first segment, we hear from students and educators who rallied today outside the Department of Education headquarters demanding that Mayor Adams cease his cuts to their schools.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 8 April '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 54:19


    City budget season is underway as the mayor and City Council debate how to divvy up the city's roughly $110 billion annual budget. In our first segment, we hear from students and educators who rallied today outside the Department of Education headquarters demanding that Mayor Adams cease his cuts to their schools. In our second segment, the struggle against billionaire oligarchy is unfolding at a hyperlocal level in Flushing, Queens. Mets owner Steve Cohen wants to build a new casino on parkland adjacent to Citi Field. We hear from two local community organizers who are helping lead the opposition to Cohen and the Citi Field Casino.

    NYC Mayoral Race: Zohran Mamdani in Second Place After Andrew Cuomo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 11:20


    We catch up on the latest news in the mayoral race and take listener call-ins.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 25 March '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 53:56


    The Democrats lost to Donald Trump for a second time in November. And now the party's leaders are rapidly losing the trust of some of their most loyal rank-and-file supporters. Our co-hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian speak with Brioney Romer and Liat Olinick of Indivisible Brooklyn about their recent protests outside Senator Chuck Schumer's home in Brooklyn and the growing demands for Schumer to step down as the Senate's top Democrat. We also speak with The Indypendent's Janavi Kumar about exciting news for a world-famous basketball court in Harlem and catch up on the latest news in the mayor's race.

    Rucker Park Enshrined as National Commemorative Site

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 11:05


    We also speak with The Indypendent's Janavi Kumar about exciting news for a world-famous basketball court in Harlem.

    Indivisble Brooklyn is Calling Out Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 19:10


    The Democrats lost to Donald Trump for a second time in November. And now the party's leaders are rapidly losing the trust of some of their most loyal rank-and-file supporters. Our co-hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian speak with Brioney Romer and Liat Olinick of Indivisible Brooklyn about their recent protest outside Senator Chuck Schumer's home in Brooklyn and the growing demands for Schumer to step down as the Senate's top Democrat.

    Robert Snyder's New Book on Essential Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 14:24


    We speak with historian Robert W. Snyder about his new book on the essential workers who kept New York running when the pandemic exploded five years ago this month.

    Columbia Professor and Student Discuss Unprecedented Attacks on Their University

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 26:26


    We speak with Professor Joseph Howley and student journalist Eric Santomauro-Stenzel about the continually exploding crisis at Columbia University which is on the cutting edge of the Trump administration's plans for higher education in this country to no longer be a bastion of free speech and political protest.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 18 March '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 54:07


    In the first half of the show, we look at the continually exploding crisis at Columbia University which is on the cutting edge of the Trump administration's plans for higher education in this country to no longer be a bastion of free speech and political protest. Then we speak with historian Robert W. Snyder about his new book on the essential workers who kept New York running when the Covid-19 pandemic exploded five years ago this month.

    Nicholas Powers' Black Psychedelic Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 23:21


    We then speak with Indypendent Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers about his latest book, 'Black Psychedelic Revolution: From Trauma to Liberation.'

    Jessica Ramos Talks About Why She's Running for Mayor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 23:08


    We speak with Queens State Senator and NYC mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos, who is running as a pro-labor progressive.

    The Indypendent News hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 11 March '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 54:07


    Our co-hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian speak with Queens State Senator and NYC mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos, who is running as a pro-labor progressive. We then speak with Indypendent Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers about his latest book: Black Psychedelic Revolution: From Trauma to Liberation.

    Cuomo Can't Be Mayor Again: A Conversation with John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 21:42


    Indypendent co-hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian discuss Andrew Cuomo entering the NYC mayoral race and why we think he shouldn't be elected again. We also take listener call-ins.

    Chinatown Home Care Workers Continue to Fight 24-Hour Workdays

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 13:34


    On Feb. 26, more than 100 home care workers were attacked by the NYPD and seven were arrested at a protest outside a fancy Wall Street fundraiser for the Chinatown non-profit that controls their working conditions. The workers from the Ain't I A Woman campaign say that the Chinese-American Planning Council, or CPC, owes them $90 million in back pay. The focus of the protesters' ire is a law that allows their employer to assign them 24-hour home care shifts for which they only receive 13 hours of pay. We speak with Vicki Niu, a volunteer with the Ain't I a Woman Campaign and Alberto Neri with the Youth Against Sweatshops. They were both present at the gala protest and have been organizing the home care workers and other workers to end the 24 hour shift.

    Pro-Palestine Barnard Sit-In Outside Administration Offices

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 9:19


    On Feb. 26, about 50 students in keffiyehs occupied the hallway outside the offices of Barnard College's top administrators. Barnard is an undergraduate women's college located across the street from Columbia University. Over more than six hours of tense negotiations, protesters demanded that the school's leaders rescind the expulsions of two Barnard student protesters — the first such student expulsions for political activity at Columbia or Barnard since 1968. We speak with The Indypendent's Eric Santomauro-Stenzel, who was on hand during the sit-in. His story, “Inside the Student Sit-in That Rocked Barnard College” is up on indypendent.org.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 4 March '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 54:19


    In our first segment, we get the latest on the bi-partisan repression of pro-Palestine voices on college campuses. We then learn about a campaign by home health care workers who are fighting for fair labor standards. Finally, co-hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian discuss Andrew Cuomo entering the NYC mayoral race and take listener call-ins.

    Peter Sterne on the Ongoing Adams Saga & Upcoming Mayoral Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 15:01


    We focus on City Hall, where Mayor Adams continues on the job but is not out of trouble yet. Adams recently cut a deal with the U.S. Justice Department to have his federal corruption charges dropped in return for assisting the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign here in New York City. The judge in the case, Dale Ho, so far has refused to dismiss the charges. NY Gov. Kathy Hochul has weighed whether she should use her authority to remove a mayor from office but so far refused to pull the trigger. And there's a mayoral primary in four months where the leading candidate to replace Adams — Andrew Cuomo — is not even in the race. To help make sense of all the latest with our embattled mayor, we speak with Peter Sterne, an editor at City & State, a news organization dedicated to covering local and state politics and policy here in New York.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 25 Feb. '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 55:15


    In our first segment, we get the latest on the Eric Adams saga from a reporter who has City Hall covered like a blanket. Then we'll take stock of the Trump-Musk administration's widening attacks on public services. We then speak with Chuck Zlatkin of the American Postal Workers Union which represents more than 200,000 postal workers nationwide. And in our final segment, we talk with journalist Liza Featherstone about why Trump and Musk are targeting many of the most popular services provided by the federal government. It's not a political miscalculation, she argued in a recent essay for The New Republic, but a key part of their plan.

    Chuck Zlatkin on The Fight to Save USPS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 11:38


    We speak with Chuck Zlatkin, a longtime postal worker who is currently the Legislative and Political Director for New York Metro Area Postal Union, the local affiliate of the American Postal Workers Union. The U.S. postal service is older than country itself and provides universal service to every address in the country. While people may not write as many letters as they used to, the Postal Service remains essential to small and large businesses, to elderly who receive their prescriptions by mail, to voters who vote by mail and many others. However, with President Trump and Elon Musk indiscriminately wielding their wrecking ball across the federal government, recent comments by Trump have many concerned that he may try to privatize the post office and dismantled the services we've become accustomed to.

    Liza Featherstone on Why Trump and Musk Are Attacking Popular Programs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 16:54


    We speak with journalist Liza Featherstone about her recent article in The New Republic, "Musk and Trump Are Cutting Popular Programs. That's Deliberate: This is how you sever the positive relationship between people and government — ensuring there's nothing left to defend."

    NY State Sen. Jabari Brisport on Trump's Threats to Cut Federal Funding

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 16:54


    We hear from Socialist State Senator Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn about how the Trump/Musk assault on federal agencies and spending could impact New York State and its 20 million residents.

    Plaza Proletaria on Defending Immigrants in New York City

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 18:13


    We speak with Leo and Maria, organizers with Plaza Proletaria, a working-class, immigrant-led group that is organizing to thwart the ICE raids, which are a part of the Trump administration's campaign to deport millions of undocumented people in this country.

    The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 18 Feb. '25

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 54:08


    Co-hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerin speak with Leo and Maria about the Sunset Park-based Plaza Proletaria is organizing against ICE raids and deportations. In the second half of the show, we hear from Socialist State Senator Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn about how the Trump/Musk assault on federal agencies and spending could impact New York State and its 20 million residents. We also have updates from the streets as New Yorkers hit the streets to protest Trump, Musk and Adams.

    Eric Adams Is Absolved For Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 20:09


    We talk about Mayor Eric Adams, who had his federal corruption charges dismissed yesterday by the Department Justice, and take listener call ins.

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