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Foreign Policy recommends: UN-ScriptedThis week on FP Playlist, we're featuring PassBlue's podcast UN-Scripted, which is a monthly podcast that takes you within the U.N. FP Playlist host Laura Rosbrow-Telem sits down with reporter and host Kacie Candela. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Kacie Candela and Andrew Seger, the hosts of WFUV's Prickly Politics podcast, discuss season 3 of their show titled 'Women in the Room,' which chronicles the history of sexual harassment in the New York State Legislature. Kacie and Andrew discuss the reasons why they felt compelled to dedicate an entire season to this issue and how they approached interviewing survivors of sexual harassment and assault. You can listen to Prickly Podcasts here - https://soundcloud.com/pricklypolitics Miranda Warnings is hosted by NYSBA's 118th President, David Miranda
St. Patrick’s Cathedral is a prominent cultural attraction known for its grand architecture; however, it has a rich musical history that is no as prominent. Fordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon revisits a conversation with Salvatore Basile about his book Fifth Avenue Famous: The Extraordinary Story of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Then, WFUV’s Kacie Candela talks with Monsignor Donald Sakano, Pastor of the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. They discuss Archbishop John Hughes who, in the19th-century, laid the cornerstone of St. Patrick's Cathedral, founded Fordham University, and earned the nickname, "Dagger John"
Primary Day in New York has come and gone, and the establishment held out in the big races but the progressive wave had some casualties down ballot. Hosts Andrew Seger and Kacie Candela break down all the major races, from the gubernatorial to the major upsets of most former IDC members.
Could New York State be the first to move to a Medicare-for-all system? In this episode, hosts Andrew Seger and Kacie Candela look at the New York Health Act, the single-payer proposal that has passed the Assembly four times only to stall in the State Senate. We chat with Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, the bill's sponsor, and Jodi Liu from the RAND corporation, whose study looks at whether single-payer is financially feasible for the state. Hint: Yes, only if everything goes right.
This week, hosts Andrew Seger and Kacie Candela profile the women running for major state offices in New York. Following record-breaking numbers of women starting campaigns across the country, New York has a number of female candidates running for governor, attorney general, senator, and other offices. Listen as we take a deep dive into the issues they're running on, the campaigns they're leading, and the problems they're hoping to change-- we're even joined by gubernatorial candidate Stephanie Miner and attorney general candidate Zephyr Teachout.
The WFUV newsroom is excited to present Season 2 of Prickly Politics, our local politics podcast where hosts Kacie Candela and Andrew Seger explore the issues and candidates in New York's 2018 elections. Governor Cuomo is running for a third term against challengers from both sides of the aisle, and there are plenty of battleground seats across the state. For more, check out our Twitter (@pricklypodcast) and our website: pricklypolitics.atavist.com.
Once upon a time, Andrew Cuomo, Sheldon Silver, and Dean Skelos were referred to as the "three men in the room" who held all the power in Albany. Silver and Skelos, along with others in Cuomo's inner circle, have been convicted in trials and retrials this year on federal corruption charges. Prickly hosts Andrew Seger and Kacie Candela break down the most important convictions and the gubernatorial election's most recent campaign finance filing with the help of POLITICO reporters Jimmy Veilkind and Bill Mahoney. We also chat with Chisun Lee from the Brennan Center about money's increasingly hard to track influence on politics.
Where do you think upstate starts? And what do people do with their time if they're not always sitting in a delayed subway car? These are the questions we set out to answer in episode two. Prickly hosts Andrew Seger and Kacie Candela traveled to Kingston, New York to find out the issues people care about outside of New York City. We sat down in a diner and talked with locals about what they'll be thinking about when they head to the polls in the fall. Then we headed over to Faso Friday, a weekly protest outside of Congressional Representative John Faso's office. Tune in to get up to speed with what's happening north of New York City.
Hosts Andrew Seger and Kacie Candela tackle two hot issues unresolved in Albany: legalization of sports betting and recreational marijuana use. Andrew speaks with Fordham University Professor Mark Conrad and Kacie talks to Doug Greene, the Legislative Director of Empire State NORML, an advocacy group that fights for progressive marijuana legislation in New York.
The WFUV newsroom is excited to present Season 2 of Prickly Politics, our local politics podcast where hosts Kacie Candela and Andrew Seger explore the issues and candidates in New York's 2018 elections. Governor Cuomo is running for a third term against challengers from both sides of the aisle, and there are plenty of battleground seats across the state. For more, check out our Twitter (@pricklypodcast) and our website: pricklypolitics.atavist.com.
Tale of Two Cities, ending Stop-and-Frisk, Universal Pre-K...how has Mayor de Blasio lived up to these campaign pledges since he took office in 2013? How has the election of Donald Trump changed the de Blasio mayoralty? What is the mayor's relationship with the press? All these questions answered and more as WFUV's Jake Shore and Kacie Candela sit down with Wall Street Journal City Hall reporter Mara Gay to talk about the mayor ahead of the upcoming election. Listen here!
With 1.1 million students across 1,800 schools, New York City's public school system makes up a sizable portion of how the city's mayor leads and tries to aid low-income New Yorkers. A growing debate over charter schools and permanent fixes for failing schools are topics to consider for New York City's next mayor. Reporters Jake Shore and Kacie Candela sit down with Professor Bruce Berg of Fordham University on how education issues are going to intersect with the 2017 mayoral election.
It's primary time. WFUV reporters Kacie Candela and Jake Shore see how contenders Mayor de Blasio and Sal Albanese fared in the final Democratic primary debate. They run through highlights, winners, and losers of the night with City & State reporter Jeff Coltin. On the other side of the aisle, Kacie interviewed leading Republican candidate Nicole Malliotakis who is expected to breeze through her primary but face a tougher battle in the general election.
On this week's episode, reporters Kacie Candela and Jake Shore tackle the scandal-ridden Rikers Island jail complex. Ever since the suicide of Kalief Browder, a man who helped shed light on the issues and violence plaguing Rikers, his brother Akeem Browder has been an advocate for shutting down the jail complex. Now he's running for office and hopes to unseat Mayor de Blasio who has a Rikers plan of his own.
Track repairs, Penn Station, delays, angry commuters...Jake Shore and Kacie Candela are bringing all these issues to the front lines of New York City's mayoral election. Which candidate is making transit better for the city and who's just taking New Yorkers for a ride..?