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Today in Albany, New York tenants numbering in the thousands descended onto our State's Capitol Building in a Day of Mobilization, urging the New York Legislature to pass key legislation, such as Good Cause protections for tenants and greater rent support for low-income families facing eviction. Amidst the calls made by tenants and housing justice organizers for greater protections against the worst injustices of the current housing system, there also exists a new transformative vision of what housing could look like in our state. A new bill co-written by DSA-endorsed State Assembly member Emilly Gallagher representing North Brooklyn, would establish the New York Social Housing Development Authority and empower the state to build & maintain substantial new housing developments across the State that will be publicly funded, environmentally sustainable, permanently affordable by law, and democratically-controlled by tenants. If passed, the social housing authority would work to shift the balance of power over our whole housing system towards tenants and the state government and away from wealthy private developers that have no interest in building affordable housing, and the landlords that get rich from its scarcity. Tonight, we will hear from Renette, a DSA member and tenant organizer with HOPE Tenant Union, and Genevieve, a housing justice organizer with Ithaca DSA, on the importance of this new bill and the campaign to build beautiful, abundant, & affordable social housing for the whole working class of New York. 

An underground spill of chemicals in North Brooklyn is the latest focus of community efforts to clean up a neighborhood that's long dealt with industrial pollution. Hear from locals who live on top of the so-called Meeker Avenue Plume and want people to remember, as one neighbor said, “It's more than just a toxic site.” THE CITY's senior reporter Samantha Maldonado and independent journalist Jordan Gass-Pooré dive in on episode two of Hazard NYC, a four-part FAQ NYC Presents limited series exploring the city's Superfund sites.

Hi gang. You ever notice how every generation, in every big city, seems to have a moment when the scene that defined them — the music venues, artists' lofts, dive bars, and misfit inhabitants that collectively forged a cultural zeitgeist — is declared dead? Think: The closure of CBGB in Manhattan, the arrival of Erewhon in Silver Lake, the memeification of Berghain in Berlin. The phenomenon raises some interesting questions: Which came first, the predatory hand of late capitalism, or the generation aging into acquiescence? Are these collapses inevitable, and if so, are they truly as dire as people say they are?So today, we're talking about scenes — how they start, the conditions that make them possible, and why, to the chagrin of so many successive generations of musicians and music fans, they inevitably all come to an end. Our guest, Jesse Rifkin, actually studies this stuff for a living: He's the founder of Walk on the Wild Side Tours NYC, a company that gives walking tours chronicling how different New York City neighborhoods — and factors like cheap rent, geographical proximity, and changing residential and nightlife laws — gave rise to era-defining music scenes like punk, post-punk, hip-hop, disco, and ‘90s and ‘00s indie rock. Of course, he also explores how those scenes helped fuel the process of gentrification that would eventually lead to their own undoing — and what arises, or doesn't arise, in their aftermath.His new book, This Must Be the Place: Music, Community, and Vanished Spaces in New York City (out July 11 via HarperCollins) examines how that story played out in Downtown Manhattan and North Brooklyn over a 60-year period where we see this process play out over and over again. It starts with the 1960s West Village folk scene (à la Bob Dylan and Buffy Sainte Marie playing at packed coffee houses in an area of the city that is now pretty much synonymous with NYU and expensive gyms). And it ends with the 2010s Williamsburg Brooklyn scene, where our millennial-aged listeners remember frequenting venues like Death by Audio and 285 Kent. (Emilie sure does — it was her life for a while.) In his work as an NYC music historian, Jesse noticed a pattern: New Yorkers are always complaining that the city is “over,” and if you ask them when it “ended,” they usually say that happened around the time they hit 35 or 37, precisely at the moment when most of us get a bit tired of going out to parties every night. The book, he says, is an attempt to reframe our understanding of scenes as bygone golden ages made possible by once-in-a-generation artistic geniuses. He wants us to understand that scenes are a product of the specific historical and geographical circumstances in which they arise — and, even more importantly, that of ordinary people figuring out how to tap into the unique opportunities those circumstances afford. He joins us to discuss the geographical history of downtown NYC music, how the internet has transformed how scenes form and broadcast themselves to the world, and what the new downtown scene, centered around a couple blocks in Chinatown, tells us about the moment in New York history — and perhaps culture at large — that we're living through now.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theculturejournalist.substack.com/subscribe

Reese, Jasmin and Matthew discuss rejected plans for new gas vaporizers in North Brooklyn, leaked emails from a secret working group behind anti-trans legislation in the US, and Mexican cartel violence against US citizens vs. Mexican nationals.

“We're closing up shop,” is what they told me. Behind my face mask, my jaw had dropped. But the rest of my body language permeated complete shock and heartbreak. I moved back to Queens in 2020 and 37th Ave Photo had been my local film lab since coming back. But now they're gone. The knowledge of the old man, his son, and their incredible work has disappeared. In over 12 years of running the Phoblographer, the love story involving film labs has surely had its share of heartbreaks. When people want to find a film lab, they often ask friends. Everyone has one that they use and like. Lots of folks like CRC for one reason. I personally used to use Luster. A bunch of folks in North Brooklyn adore Kubus. But things change and the quality tends to shift. Kubus might be great at one point of the year and awful at another point while also selling expired film that isn't refrigerated. CRC might scan your black and whites and have dust all over them. Luster will do a great job but they'll be incredibly expensive. Duggal will do a great job but cost you an arm and a leg. There's always something with film labs. But finding the one for you is sometimes more heartbreaking than actual relationship-based heartbreak. The problem with the film lab industry in NYC is huge. Some of them just send your film to another developer at times. Turnover is also pretty vast. The profit margins are slim because film is such a niche product still. Surely, it's grown over the years as Fujifilm has cited that Millenials and Gen Z alike use it. It's unfortunate, as I've heard of some wages paid are minimum wage. I don't think this is the case with bigger labs, but at the smaller ones, it's probably part of what's wrong with them. This is a compound problem that I think is going to get worse. The manufacturers have raised the prices, and I hope that that will go back into developing new film that can't be duplicated with a digital preset. But when film prices rise, people buy less film. When people buy and shoot less film, they get less developed. So the film labs get squeezed with a big problem. Have you ever tried scanning your film? It's an incredibly annoying process. It can take a really long time to get them right too. And believe it or not, I don't think that film labs charge enough. But if the prices went up, people would complain. I'm sure some of you are sitting there saying “Just shoot digital.” But no. Digital is a great experience, but film is a completely different type of ceremony. I'll liken it to vinyl. When you're listening to vinyl, it makes sense that you'd sit around and do nothing else but listen to the music. After a while, you're going to need to get up and flip the record over. You obviously don't have that issue with digital music. Similarly, with film, you have to experience the ceremony of being careful with your shots. Sure, you can do that with digital, but lots don't. I've seen photographers shoot in burst mode and shoot 500 images of one look. You're not going to do that with film. And a lot of digital photographers don't shoot digital in the same way they do film.

*and Cypress Hills, and Ocean Hill!Believe it or not, 2022 is right around the corner and will bring with it a new electoral cycle and a new slate of DSA-endorsed socialist candidates for office. On tonight's show, we kick off our series of interviews with NYC-DSA's 2022 slate as we speak LIVE with Samy Nemir Olivares, candidate for Assembly District 54 in Bushwick, Cypress Hills, and Ocean Hill. Hear from Samy on their experience as a community organizer in North Brooklyn, the radical legacy of queer and trans people of color, the next steps for socialists in Albany, and smashing gender binaries right alongside capitalism. We also speak to Gabriel Hernandez of NYC-DSA's Queer Caucus on building queer community and mentorship for socialists. Finally, we hear a brief update on the struggle for free, equitable higher education for all from the New Deal for CUNY coalition. To learn more about Samy Nemir-Olivares and support his run for Assembly, visit: https://www.samyfornewyork.com/ To learn more about NYC-DSA's Queer Caucus, sign up for their mailing list here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/queer-caucus-interest-form For more on the December 11 action for a New Deal for CUNY, visit: https://psc-cuny.org/SatDec11

On this week's episode of Working Class Heroes Radio, we speak with organizers from the Frack Outta Brooklyn Coalition and the No North Brooklyn Pipeline campaign about their efforts to stop the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline under Brooklyn by National Grid, a London based energy company that is asking New York State to help pay for its completion. Khadija and Danny give us this week's headlines and take a special on the ground report from Lupita and Mel on the ongoing struggle in New Jersey to shut down the Bergen County Detention Center. Julian speaks with Monique Roberts, a tenant organizer at Housing Organizers for People Empowerment (HOPE), Pati Ankalli, a member of Mi Casa Resiste and the Frack Outta Brooklyn Coalition, which is a Black, Indigenous and people of color-led coalition fighting the pipeline and Fabian Rogers, also a tenant organizer with HOPE as well as with the Brownsville Resident Green Committee. Outro song is Big Big Trouble by Nicole Bus

On this week's show, we speak with members of the revolutionary indigenous organization, The Red Nation as well as a member of the Shinnecock Nation about the struggles of indigenous people in New York, focusing specifically on the struggle waged by the Shinnecock Nation against the settler state of New York. Mel and Julian discuss the plan by a fracking company to build a pipeline through North Brooklyn. Khadija talks with Lou Cornum, the chairperson of the East Coast Freedom Council of The Red Nation, and Savannah, also a member of the Red Nation, as well as Tela Troge, a member of the Shinnecock Nation.

National Grid is expanding a massive fracked gas transmission pipeline in North Brooklyn, also known as the North Brooklyn Pipeline. The disparities between upstate New York and NYC are evident in the cumulative impact of COVID-19, the placement of toxic facilities, and disinvestment. Ali A. Zaidi is the Deputy Secretary for Energy & Environment in the Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo. We caught up with him to discuss the legacy of Cecil Corbin-Mark, a clean energy revolution, and community access to state funds. Listen now! More at TheCoolestShow.com and @Think100Climate. #NoNBKPipeline #Think100

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On the two year anniversary of the deadly attack by a white nationalist on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and the eve of the 2020 election, we’re joined by antifascist organizer and very special guest (you know her better as a host and comrade here on RPM) Amy Wilson to discuss the various organizing strategies and mobilization efforts in the movement to fight back against far right violence here in New York City and beyond. You can follow @UARFNYC on Twitter for updates on this Sunday’s broad-based mobilization. However, first we'll check in on the Socialist Feminist struggle for Reproductive Justice following the confirmation of Amy Coney Barret. We also have a report from the streets on the fight against the fracked gas pipeline in North Brooklyn. Lastly, before we begin we just want to let our listeners know that we will be moving to a new time slot after today’s show. Starting next week we’ll be on Wednesday nights at 9pm. Today we’ll give a preview of some additions to our format, including opening the phone lines earlier in the show so we can hear from our listeners.

When climate collapse strikes home, we’re all we’ve got. On today’s show, we’re learning about two separate but interconnected climate struggles. After getting slammed by two hurricanes just several weeks apart, residents of SW Louisiana have been left to take care of each other and their communities. We'll talk with Megan Romer of SW Louisiana DSA on how people can help from afar and how no matter where we are we can prepare to respond to the many crises we face, with mutual aid and solidarity.We’ll also discuss an ongoing climate struggle right here in our own backyard -- the fight to stop a new fracked gas pipeline in North Brooklyn, where communities are stepping up to stop construction by putting their bodies on the line. Did the message of this show hit home for you? Rally for Public Power and stop National Grid! The rally will be held Thursday 10/22 at 9:30am, outside of National Grid headquarters  in downtown Brooklyn (1 Metrotech Center).For updates on the North Brooklyn Pipeline, follow @frackouttabk on Instagram and @nonbkpipeline and @BVilleGreen on Twitter.Support the comrades in SW Louisiana and follow along with their specific requests at @DSASWLA.

Jasmin Smith hosts an interview with guest Lee Ziesche, Community Engagement Coordinator for the Sane Energy Project, about the work that the No North Brooklyn Pipeline Coalition is doing to try and stop the fracked gas pipeline being built in North Brooklyn. Emily Scott discusses a story on the House Judiciary Committee's report on Big Tech, and a good news story on lacrosse, Ireland, and the Iroquois Nationals. Theresa Robbinson presents a story on the eviction of the Liebig 34, Berlin's "anarcha-queer-feminist" group.

Emily Gallagher joins us to talk about her campaign for New York State Assembly in North Brooklyn’s 50th District, overturning 46-year incumbent Joe Lentol, as well as her platform and views on housing, police reform, the environment, the Mayor, and more. Emily Gallagher for AssemblyThe Policing & Social Justice Project – ReportsAlex Vitale – The […]

Emily Gallagher joins us to talk about her campaign for New York State Assembly in North Brooklyn's 50th District, overturning 46-year incumbent Joe Lentol, as well as her platform and views on housing, police reform, the environment, the Mayor, and more. Emily Gallagher for AssemblyThe Policing & Social Justice Project – ReportsAlex Vitale – The […]

Happy Juneteenth, Friends! On the heels of the first official New York State recognition of this holiday recognizing and celebrating the emancipation of slavery is the 2020 New York Primary Election on June 23. Although I hope you’re all dancing at your BBQs and cookouts over the weekend, there is still work to be done in The Revolution! This week we invited our friend and activist Michele Kaufman on to the show to talk to us about the different positions that are up for our local election, and how they shape the legislation that we want reform on. Michele is a North Brooklyn local activist and democratic community organizer, our local political expert, neighbor, and friend of the show. It’s worth mentioning that even if you catch this episode after June 23, there is tons of information about political seats and positions that you might not know exist, why you NEED to know about them, and how you can be a part of your local political process. As Michele teaches us, if we don’t take care of things on the local level, we can never expect to take care of them on the national level. I know that we are all tired, and stressed, and anxious! I know you have all been marching, and yelling, and picking up the phone! Thank you! The fight for change is just beginning, and we need all hands on deck! Today’s True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast episode is dense with information about our democratic political system because it’s important to know all of the different levels of participation that it takes to truly create long-lasting change both within our immediate communities and on the national level. PollSiteLocator.comCitylimits.org Your Voters Guide to the 2020 PrimarySheShouldRun.orgKnock Down The House To get in touch with Michele, you can send messages to micheleGkaufman@gmail.comPlease send us any questions to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com, add us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn or @truebeautybrooklynpodcast and the studio is back open in Phase 3 of NYC reopening July 6, 2020. To make an appointment, visit www.truebeautybrooklyn.com, if you don’t live locally, please consider joining us for as little as $1 a month as a Patreon Member. To download Michele's North Brooklyn Voter Guide, visit the episode page on truebeautybrooklynpodcast.com/episodes/ep12 and click the link at the bottom for a printable PDF.

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Guest OverviewSerendipity brought Ryan Watson and Henry Sweets together, unified by their vision of the power of urban farming to improve the health of local communities, they spent seven years nurturing and building North Brooklyn Farm, on the banks of the East River in Brooklyn, nestled under the Williamsburg Bridge.This extraordinary Oasis, a gathering place for the local community amid the New York metropolis, recently closed due to the real-estate development. However, in this two-part episode, we discover that Ryan's vision remains evident in the role and need for urban farming.In Part One, we discuss Ryan's upbringing, education, and what influenced him to walk away from a career in Corporate Law to pursue his love or agriculture and farming, and the genesis of North Brooklyn Farms.In part two, Ryan and I discuss his experience and learnings from running an urban farm and community gathering space for seven years and the impact the Farm had on the community in Brooklyn. We discuss his current rural farming adventure at Wild Russet Farms in the Catskills of NY State, how a new generation of millennial farmers could create a more sustainable future beyond industrial agriculture.In this honest and wide-ranging discussion, we also cover his views on Education, technology, curiosity, risk-taking, failure, persistence, work ethic, values, and the future.I hope you enjoy the contemplative perspectives social impact, and community-minded spirit of Ryan Watson.What we discuss:Growing up in Venice Beach California as a single child in a part Jewish and Catholic household.The differing roles of his parents and the influences.His fathers affect his work ethic, leadership skills and being in the Zone.The diversity and world view that developed from his Jewish and Catholic parents and befriending Cuban and Mexican friends.Studying political science at UCLA.Taking a Year out to travel.Working at an office at UCLA and not resonating with office work.Joining the campaigning team for the Obama campaign in 2008.Teaching in Korea.His discovery of his love of growing vegetables and peace and splice on gardening.After traveling he returned to New York amidst the financial crisis to study law and his LSAT's and finally to hit a breaking point.The value of having legal training.The realization of the burden of having a student debt and how that would tie him down.Getting the book the $100 start-up to focus on his venture and his uncle's support for his ambition.New York's culture for community gardening and taking over vacant lots and community activism especially in Greenpoint.His early experience of working in community agriculture in Greenpoint.Quoting his job in 2012 to start his agriculture journey and getting invaluable training at Battery Park Urban Garden.The serendipity of meeting Henry Sweets and having a joint vision for what a farm in the community should be as part of the social fabric of a city.The Two Trees RFP and being selected.The experience of running North Brooklyn Farm and the impact on the community.Links to SocialInstagramRyan's Instagram Links in showNorth Brooklyn Farm Two Trees Wild Russet Farm

This week we discuss the importance of political education, with suggested readings for your personal socialist literacy, and talk with three guests from North Brooklyn's political education committee who just finished their inaugural year of Brooklyn Socialist Night School.

Marleah and James talk about the Living Strange with A Boy Named John and Human Man show, that James saw at The Trash Palace on 8/9/19. James is taken back to the days of his college apartment and rants about the commute from South to North Brooklyn. Marleah is sold on foregoing the creature comforts of an established venue sometime to check out a house show too. Human Man music: https://humanmantheband.bandcamp.com/ Human Man shows: https://www.facebook.com/humanmanband/ A Boy Named John music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fYxDRNZREuC9Dht93kX5G A Boy Named John shows: https://www.aboynamedjohn.com/tour The Living Strange music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3KFCf9WZ1oRE4PQLfUKoHO The Living Strange shows: https://www.bandsintown.com/en/a/10614964-the-living-strange follow us on Instagram @highdecibelspodcast

Members past and present of N.A.G. (Neighbors against Garbage, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, North Brooklyn Neighbors) are interviewed by Acacia Thompson in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on January 31, 2019.

In this ep, Liam McEneaney hangs in Todd Barry's sweet bachelor pad and discusses standup comedy, comedians you only hang with in airports, and his rise from the North Miami comedy scene to comedy star. Also, A Brief View of the Hudson, the band behind the TYF! theme, hang in a North Brooklyn junk shop, talk about touring europe, and sing a couple of songs. And we take another trip down Ted Travelstead's Story Hole Support the podcast here: www.patreon.com/radio Share and enjoy: www.tyfclassic.com  

If Amazon comes to Queens, North Brooklyn would surely see dramatic changes. From rising rents and an increase in development to a potential resurgence of the BQX, we discuss how the new HQ could affect the borough. Plus, a former Seattle resident reflects on how the tech giant changed her city for better or worse.

With this week's news that Amazon’s newest corporate facility- or at least part of it- is likely coming to Long Island City, nervous residents around the Greenpoint area are bracing for what the effects could be for the housing market and community at large. One group in particular that may be nervous is the Polish community, an ethnic group who have called Greenpoint home for over a century but in recent years have been moving out of North Brooklyn.In Chilly Underground's first foray into local culture and history, Geoffrey Cobb joins us in studio to shed light on the roots of the North Brooklyn Polish community and the evolution of the community. Geoffrey is a local historian and high school history teacher-his dedication to local Brooklyn history is nearly unrivaled. You can pick up his latest book, The Rise and Fall of the Sugar King-at Word Book Store located right here in Greenpoint.Listen to Chilly Underground live every Saturday 1pm on Radio RAMPA 620 AMFor more visit: www.ChillyUnderground.com

This weeks edition of Chilly Underground covers a lot of ground, beginning with a full scale analysis and breakdown of the 2018 Midterm and state elections with veteran political analyst “The Political Junkie” Ken Rudin. Who were the big winners and losers, and what will the political road map look like moving forward?Chilly then goes behind the senes with restaurant insider Mike Miranti, to illuminate what actually happens when the department of health appears at restaurants for their critically important health grade which can make or break a business. Is it a fair process and should you be eating at a restaurant with a C grade?And to close out to the program, with News that Amazon is looking to locate one of its new headquarters in the Greenpoint area, Chilly discusses the potential seismic economic changes it could have on the local Polish Community of North Brooklyn and puts it all in perspective with a history of the neighborhoods Polish roots with local historian Geoffrey Cobb.Be sure to subscribe to Chilly Underground on your favorite Podcasting services, including itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Radio.com .Listen to Chilly Underground live every Saturday 1pm on Radio RAMPA 620 AMFor more visit: www.ChillyUnderground.com

Jarret Murphy gets on the phone with one of the co-authors of a report in the Intercept about a recently uncovered collaboration between IBM and the NYPD to develop so-called counterterrorism surveillance technology. Then, Murphy sits down with North Brooklyn politician, Nick Rizzo to discuss Julia Salazar's bid for State Senate and the most recent controversies rocking her campaign.

Tascha Van Auken is the Campaign Manager for Julia Salazar https://salazarforsenate.com/ For State Senate (NY) District 18 representing the North Brooklyn area. https://www.instagram.com/salazarforsenate/ If you aren't registered to vote, please register and vote, use your voice, here's a link: https://dmv.ny.gov/org/more-info/electronic-voter-registration-application 

She wants North Brooklyn to feel the Bern!

Leah Archibald is the front woman of 70s stlye power rock trio Wide Right, she's also a mom of two, and the executive director of Evergreen, North Brooklyn's #1 resource for industrial and manufacturing businesses. How does she do it all? From performing late night gigs to getting the city to help businesses in our neighborhood, Leah is busy, and she wouldn't have it any other way.

This week on Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is joined in the studio by Adele Loux-Turner, a yoga instructor and doula, and Adriane Stare, owner of Wild Was Mama, North Brooklyn's source for baby carriers, cloth diapers, birth education and other natural parenting needs. Tune in to hear them discuss eating habits before and after giving birth, the merits of eating placenta, and more.

Every Sunday, I march down Rugby Road with bags full of frozen food scraps to deposit them in the local compost bins and give a goofy grin to the local compost girl. Lisa sits in the reading chair of her North Brooklyn loft as we discuss dreams, art, communal living, and (yes indeed) compost! Learn about enneagrams.…Read more EPISODE 20: Lisa in the Reading Chair

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This week on Snacky Tunes, Darin Bresnitz invites Lauren Hirschberg of CraftBar into the studio to talk about his beginnings in the food world, and his plans for the upcoming Bar Food Blowout! Tune in to hear about Lauren’s accidental prize-winning wing sauce. Find out what music gets Lauren excited to cook, and why culinary school can never prepare a chef for busy dinner service at a top NYC restaurant. Later, Vinny Milburn and Adam Geringer-Dunn of Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. join the program to talk about the inspiration for their brand of North Brooklyn fish market. Hear about their raw bar/restaurant ideas, and find out why seafood is in Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co.’s blood. Later, Angelica Allen aka My Midnight Heart stops by to play some live music, talk about her set-up, and introduce her upcoming EP! This program has been sponsored by MOOD Magazine. “When I was making this hot sauce, it was all so blurry. The joke is this- I made this award-winning hot sauce, and I don’t know what’s in it.” [15:00] — Lauren Hirschberg on Snacky Tunes

Tao Lin is the guest. His new novel, Taipei, is now available in trade paperback from Vintage Contemporaries. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says "For all its straightforwardness, Lin’s previous work—with its flat, Internet-inspired prose issued by small presses—has presented a stumbling stone for readers who fall outside his North Brooklyn contingent, for whom he is the standard bearer. This will change with the breakout Taipei, a novel about disaffection that’s oddly affecting. . . . Everything about Taipei appears to run contrary to the standard idea of what constitutes art. And yet, the documentary precision captures the sleepwalking malaise of Lin’s generation so completely, it’s scary. . . . Yet for all its emotional reality, Taipei is a book without an ounce of self-pity, melodrama, or posturing, making the glacial Lin (Richard Yates) the perfect poster child for a generation facing—and failing to face—maturity.” And Bret Easton Ellis says “With Taipei Tao Lin becomes the most interesting prose stylist of his generation.” Monologue topics:  Terence McKenna, telepathy, language, evolution, death, getting [your] act together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, as the song says, ‘it’s all over but the crying.’ The national mid-term elections are over, and they panned out pretty much as predicted. But often lost in the frenzy of the national political stage are important statewide elections, which, in many cases this year, were happening at the same time. New York State’s political stage, for example, has been a literal circus for the past two years-- from the 2008 resignation of Governor Eliot Spitzer following a sex scandal (his former ‘madam’ later ran against him for his seat) to the 2009 Albany shut-down lead by former State Senator Hiram Monserrate of Queens (who faced felony assault charges for hitting his girlfriend.) Top all that with a gubernatorial race and all 212 state legislative seats up for grabs this year, and you’ve got the makings of a made-for-tv movie. Pets In the City spoke with newly-reelected Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, who has represented North Brooklyn in the State Assembly since 1972. Having seen pretty much everything in h almost 40 years in politics, we sat down with him on the eve of the election to get his take on the state of New York politics as well as the rest of the United States. Widely known as one of the New York City’s leading ‘pet friendly lawmakers’, Assemblyman Lentol also spoke about important animal-related issues he’s working on. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Brooklyn Assemblyman Joseph Lentol on Politics, Pets, and Albany Pandemonium with Diane West