Episodes

  • Howard Wolfson & Amit Singh Bagga on The New York Times and the 2025 Race for Mayor

    Howard Wolfson & Amit Singh Bagga on The New York Times and the 2025 Race for Mayor
    Jun 19 2025
    Howard Wolfson and Amit Singh Bagga — two political strategists, former city government officials, and members of The New York Times' 'The Choice' opinion panel — joined the show to discuss their experience as part of the Times' mayoral race assessment, the state of the race with a week until primary day, their thoughts on individual candidates, and more. (Ep 510)
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Mayoral Primary Preview with FAQ NYC & Kathryn Garcia

    Mayoral Primary Preview with FAQ NYC & Kathryn Garcia
    Jul 1 2025
    The hosts of the FAQ NYC podcast - Christina Greer, Harry Siegel, and Katie Honan - joined host Ben Max for a big 2025 New York City mayoral primary election preview at New York Law School on May 29 in front of a live audience. They were joined by 2021 Democratic primary runner-up Kathryn Garcia for the first 30 minutes of the program, then the four hosts talked about the 2025 mayoral race and took a bunch of great questions and comments from some of the 150 New Yorkers in attendance. They talked state of the race, candidate strengths and weaknesses, ranked-choice voting, and much more. (Ep 502)
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    1 hr and 52 mins
  • Brad Lander on His Campaign for Mayor

    Brad Lander on His Campaign for Mayor
    Jun 17 2025
    Brad Lander, the city comptroller running for mayor in the June 2025 Democratic primary, joined the show to discuss his mayoral campaign, cross-endorsement with Zohran Mamdani, and more. (Ep 509)
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    58 mins
  • Analyzing the Second Democratic Mayoral Debate, with Harry Siegel

    Analyzing the Second Democratic Mayoral Debate, with Harry Siegel
    Jun 14 2025
    Harry Siegel — co-host of the FAQ NYC podcast, an editor at The City, and a columnist at The Daily News and Vital City — joined the show to analyze the second televised Democratic mayoral primary debate. Just after the debate among 7 "leading candidates" that aired on NY1 TV and WNYC radio, Siegel joined host Ben Max to discuss how the candidates performed, the most interesting moments, and how the debate fits into the state of the primary with under two weeks until primary day, June 24. (Ep 508)
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    53 mins
  • Black Voters and the 2025 Mayoral Race, with L Joy Williams

    Black Voters and the 2025 Mayoral Race, with L Joy Williams
    Jun 13 2025
    L Joy Williams — president of the NAACP New York State Conference, a political strategist, and host of Sunday Civics — joined the show to discuss the future of the NAACP in New York, the priorities of Black New Yorkers, the role of Black voters in the 2025 New York City mayoral race, and more. (Ep 507)
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Ana Maria Archila on the Working Families Party's Mayoral Race Push

    Ana Maria Archila on the Working Families Party's Mayoral Race Push
    Jun 12 2025
    Ana Maria Archila, co-director of the New York Working Families Party, joined the show to discuss the WFP's mayoral candidate rankings, the push to elect Zohran Mamdani as mayor, ranked-choice voting strategies, and more. (Ep 506)
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Scott Stringer on His Campaign for Mayor

    Scott Stringer on His Campaign for Mayor
    Jun 7 2025
    Scott Stringer, a former New York City Comptroller and Democratic candidate for Mayor in the June 2025 primary, joined the show to discuss his campaign for Mayor and the state of the race with just over two weeks until primary day, June 24. (Ep 505)
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    53 mins
  • Analyzing the First Democratic Mayoral Debate, with Bob Hardt

    Analyzing the First Democratic Mayoral Debate, with Bob Hardt
    Jun 6 2025
    Bob Hardt of Spectrum News NY1 joined the show to analyze the first of two official televised debates in the Democratic primary for mayor. Hardt, the New York political director for Spectrum News, and host Ben Max talked right after the 9 qualifying Democratic candidates left the stage in the Wednesday June 4 2025 debate that was hosted by NBC, Telemundo, Politico, and other partners. (Ep 504)
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    41 mins
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