Below are archive episodes of City Limits and Gotham Gazette’s weekly city politics and policy podcast, which ran for five years before co-host Jarrett Murphy departed in 2021 to pursue a career in nursing. To listen to current episodes of the Max Politics Podcast, visit Gotham Gazette’s website here.
Kathy Hochul believes the lieutenant governor is there to help achieve the governor’s agenda. Jumaane Williams says he’d use the post to challenge the governor and try to move state policy left.
A former member of the Independent Democratic Conference faces a one-time aide to Mayor de Blasio in one of the tightly contested September 13 primary races.
It’s been 10 years since then-Senator Barack Obama became the first person of color to win a major party’s nominee for president. Max & Murphy invited Fordham University Professor Christina Greer to discuss that moment and the road we’ve traveled since.
Sen. Jesse Hamilton and challenger Zellnor Myrie agree the housing crisis is the biggest issue facing the 20th district. They disagree on what the IDC, real-estate industry donations and Mayor de Blasio’s policies have to do with it.
In a crowded field of Democrats hoping to become the state’s top law-enforcement official, the Hudson Valley congressman is positioning himself as the candidate best suited to take on President Trump.
Many of the races involving a primary challenge to a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference feature political newcomers. Not so in the 11th district in Queens
State Sen. Marisol Alcantara and former Councilmember Robert Jackson joined the show to discuss their competing cases to primary voters in Northern Manhattan and the West Side.
She’s worked for the stalwarts of the Democratic establishment for two decades, but says she is in step with the party’s new embrace of change.
In their WBAI debut, Ben and Jarrett interview Letitia James, the New York City public advocate and Democratic frontrunner for the nomination for state attorney general.
The political podcast will now be a live, drive-time call-in show.
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