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We interview with Nicholas Powers about the Cult of Charlie Kirk and MAGA's fervent play to be the victim in order to justify their own authoritarian power grab.

We take a slew of listener call-ins from people who have a wide range of opinions on the Charlie Kirk assassination and the repression of the Left that has been promised.

We interview with Nicholas Powers about the Cult of Charlie Kirk and MAGA's fervent to play the victim in order to justify their own authoritarian power grab. In the second half of the show, we take a slew of listener call-ins from people who have a wide range of opinions on the Charlie Kirk assassination and the repression of the left that has been promised.

We speak with Minneapolis-based freelance journalist Clint Combs about Minneapolis' hotly contested mayoral race where Muslim democratic socialist state legislator Omar Fateh is mounting a strong challenge against the city's business-friendly Democratic incumbent Jacob Frey which has gained momentum since Zohran Momdani's upset victory over in New York City's June Democratic primary.

The Indy's Lane Dibbler discusses her piece "My View from the Back of an Ambulance: An EMT Describes How Medicaid Cuts Will Impact Low-Income New Yorkers.” https://indypendent.org/2025/08/my-view-from-the-back-of-the-ambulance/

A fired Amazon delivery driver, Latrice Johnson, discusses the recent rally by Amazon workers and their supporters in Maspeth, Queens protesting the company's recent layoffs of 105 workers who had supported union activities at the warehouse.

In our first segment, Latrice Johnson joins us to discuss the recent rally by Amazon workers and their supporters in Maspeth, Queens, protesting the company's recent firing of 105 workers who had supported union activities at the warehouse. Then, we hear from The Indy's Lane Dibbler about her piece "My View from the Back of the Ambulance: An EMT Describes How Medicaid Cuts Will Impact Low-Income New Yorkers.” Finally, we speak with Minneapolis-based freelance journalist Clint Combs about Minneapolis' hotly contested mayoral race where Muslim democratic socialist state legislator Omar Fateh is mounting a strong challenge against the city's business-friendly Democratic incumbent Jacob Frey which has gained momentum since Zohran Momdani's upset victory over in New York City's June Democratic primary.

Host John Tarleton speaks with Dr. Nicholas Powers about his experience at Burning Man throughout the years and the radical, and not-so-radical, vibe at the Nevada cultural festival

Co-hosts John Tarleton and Ariana Orozco speak with Dr. Tami Gold and Indy Contributor Alex Vitale about their new documentary “Sex Work, It's Just a Job” debuting this month at Quad Cinemas.

Co-hosts John Tarleton and Ariana Orozco interview Dr. Tami Gold and Indy Contributor Alex Vitale about their new documentary “Sex Work, It's Just a Job” and then hear from Dr. Nicholas Powers about his experience at Burning Man 2025

Dozens of doctors and others rallied outside 26 Federal Plaza on Monday to demand access to detainees that have been held for weeks on the 10th floor of that building. We speak with Dr. Steve Auerbach of the NY Doctors Coalition about the abuses immigrant detainees are enduring and why doctors are speaking out. We also discuss Zohran Mamdani's canvassing relaunch with Peter Sterne of City & State/

Zohran Mamdani relaunched his massive volunteer canvassion operation on Sunday while Andrew Cuomo continues to warn that New York's streets will be overrun with hookers if his opponent wins City Hall. We discussed this and more with Peter Sterne of City & State.

Dozens of doctors and others rallied outside 26 Federal Plaza on Monday to demand access to detainees that have been held for weeks on the 10th floor of that building. We spoke with Dr. Steve Auerbach of the NY Doctors Coalition about the abuses immigrant detainees are enduring and why doctors are speaking out.

We speak with Eric Thor, the former co-chair of NYC-DSA, about the Zohran Save Calculator, an app which tells you how much you would save under Mamdani's policies.

We speak with Indy editor Nicholas Powers about his cover story detailing how Zohran Mamdani was able to break through idealistic leftist circles to genuinely hear and respond to the needs of working class people of color.

First, we speak with Indy editor Nicholas Powers about his cover story detailing how Zohran Mamdani was able to break through idealistic leftist circles to genuinely hear and respond to the needs of working class people of color. Then speak with Eric Thor, the former co-chair of NYC-DSA, about the Zohran Save Calculator, an app which tells you how much you would save under Mamdani's policies.

We speak with Alex Vitale, the author of The End of Policing, about one of the greatest challenges Zohran Mamdani will face if he goes on to win the November general election: How to deal with the NYPD. Among the hot-button topics Mamdani will have to deal with is whether to keep billionaire heiress Jessica Tisch as his police commissioner, the future of the Cop City training complex being built in Queens and how to dismantle the Strategic Response Group, the special 800-strong battalion of cops notorious for abusing the constitutional rights of protesters. We get Alex's thoughts on Mamdani's proposed new Department of Community Safety that would transfer responsibility for homeless and mentally distressed individuals from the NYPD to trained social workers and mental health professionals.

In our first segment, we speak with Columbia Professor Joe Howley. He has been an outspoken critic of the repression of pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia since the fall of 2023. He has also been watching with dismay as the university's top leaders recently negotiated what he says is a one-sided legal settlement with the Trump administration.

CUNY-Brooklyn College Professor Jeanne Theoharis on CUNY Firing Pro-Palestine Faculty and MLK by The Indypendent

July 29: Professor Joe Howley on Columbia's Settlement and Professor Jeanne Theoharis on the Firing of 4 CUNY Faculty by The Indypendent

In our first segment, we speak with Liaga Guallpa, co-executive director of the Workers Justice Project, which celebrated some big legislative wins for New York City's tens of thousands of bicycle deliveristas on July 14 on the steps of City Halls. In our second segment, Felix Matos Rodriguez, Chancellor of the City University of New York, was hauled before Congress today and grilled about alleged incidents of anti-semitism at CUNY since October 2023. We hear from Jennifer Gabourey, the first vice president of the CUNY faculty union, to get their response to today's show trial and the broader attack on American universities being carried out by the Trump administration. And in the final part of the show, we catch up on the latest news from the mayor's race.

How Zohran Mamdani and New York City DSA pulled off one of the greatest victories in the history of the American Left and the many challenges ahead. Scott Harris hosts Counterpoint Mondays 8-9:30pm on WPKN (Bridgeport, CT.). Interviews from that show are edited and rebroadcast on Between the Lines, a nationally syndicated show that airs on more than 70 radio stations.

In our first segment, we speak with WBAI General Manager Bob Hennelly about the impact of Congress's sweeping cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and how it could impact public radio and television stations across the country. In our second segment, Danny Pearlstein of the Riders Alliance talks about 6 months after it was implemented, congestion traffic pricing has been a smashing success. We also get his thoughts to Zohran Mamdani's campaign promise of fast and free buses. In our third and final segment, Minnesota-based freelance journalist Clint Combs updates us on the surging mayoral campaign of State Senator Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist challenging a two-term incumbent Democratic mayor.

We discuss the new post-election special edition of The Indypendent, take calls from listeners about the mayoral race and Zohran Mamdani and in the second half of the show we speak with two labor activists who are fighting in court to preserve the paid sick day rights of 3.6 million New Yorkers.

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We speak with Peter Sterne, an editor at City & State, about Zohran Mamdani's shocking primary victory and how the New York City's Democratic Party establishment was reacting to it. We also hear from Sam Mellins of New York Focus about how the state legislature he currently serves in might respond to his ambitious agenda. And in our final segment we spoke with two members of Veterans for Peace who just completed a 40-day fast to call attention to Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

On primary day, The Indy's John Tarleton and Ariana Orozco discuss the latest developments in the race between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo. We also hear from voters going to the polls, take listener call-ins and speak with Indy Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers about the affordability crisis.

The Indypendent's John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian speak in the first half of the show with mayoral candidate and former Bronx Assemblymember Michael Blake who cross-endorsed Zohran Mamdani the previous day. In the second half of the show, we talk with Jay Walker, co-founder of the Queer Liberation March who previews this year's march and how the second Trump administration was shaping its message. Founded in 2019 on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, the QLM has become the radical alternative to the corporate-sponsored NYC Pride March.

Felix Matos Rodriguez, Chancellor of the City University of New York, was hauled before Congress and grilled about alleged incidents of antisemitism at CUNY since October 2023. We hear from Jennifer Gabourey, the first vice president of the CUNY faculty union, to get their response to the House Education and the Workforce Committee's show trial and the broader attack on American universities being carried out by the Trump administration.

We speak with Liaga Guallpa, co-executive director of the Workers Justice Project, which celebrated some big legislative wins yesterday on the steps of City Hall for New York City's tens of thousands of bicycle deliveristas.

In our first segment, we speak with Liaga Guallpa, co-executive director of the Workers Justice Project, which celebrated some big legislative wins yesterday on the steps of City Hall for New York City's tens of thousands of bicycle deliveristas. In our second segment, Felix Matos Rodriguez, Chancellor of the City University of New York, was hauled before Congress today and grilled about alleged incidents of anti-semitism at CUNY since October 2023. We hear from Jennifer Gabourey, the first vice president of the CUNY faculty union, to get their response to today's show trial and the broader attack on American universities being carried out by the Trump administration. And in the final part of the show, we catch up on the latest news from the mayor's race.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.