Latest Errollouis Podcast Episodes
Susan Arbetter: Hochul and Zeldin come out swinging in Spectrum News debate
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 26, 2022 21:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThis week, incumbent Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican challenger, Rep. Lee Zeldin, squared for the first and likely only time in a televised gubernatorial debate hosted by Spectrum News NY1. Moderators Errol Louis and Susan Arbetter of Spectrum News' "Capital Tonight" weighed in ...
Michael Cohen: Talking Trump with his ex-attorney
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 20, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsMichael Cohen rose to fame as Donald Trump’s attorney and worked in the Trump organization for over a decade. In 2018, after things disintegrated between the two men, Cohen found himself in a heap of legal trouble which eventually landed him in rison and cost him his ability to practice law. He’...
Julie Tighe: will New Yorkers vote to protect the environment?
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 13, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThis November, New Yorkers will be weighing in on a ballot measure that will determine if the state can borrow up to $4.2 billion to finance environmentally friendly projects. Julie Tighe, the president of the New York League of Conservation Voters, joined Errol to explain the importance of th...
Mayor Eric Adams talks migrant crisis, housing plans and crime
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 06, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe wave of migrants being bused to the city from Texas and Florida has pushed the shelter system to its breaking point. The Adams administration recently announced it will moved a planned emergency relief tent from Orchard Beach to Randall’s Island. Mayor Eric Adams joined Errol for the first...
Andrew Kirtzman: The rise and fall of Rudy Giuliani
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 29, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsA few decades ago, Rudy Giuliani was known as “America’s Mayor” with an approval rating of over 90%. His response to the tragedy of 9/11 made him a national hero. The fame he garnered, however, ultimately became the seeds of his undoing, leading to a lengthy series of moral compromises. Author...
Craig Newmark: Craigslist founder fights to protect democracy
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 22, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsCraig Newmark founded Craigslist in San Francisco in 1995. It was an immediate sensation, and has become one of the busiest digital marketplaces in the world, currently covering 70 countries. His attention however, has most recently turned to protecting the future of democracy, focusing most spe...
Darren Walker: Philanthropy and the push for systemic change
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 15, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsDarren Walker knows philanthropy. After a lengthy tenure at the Rockefeller Foundation, he is currently the president of the Ford Foundation. Walker is actively working on fighting urban poverty on a national level, while examining the root causes of it. He sat down with Errol Louis for a disc...
Carolyn Maloney: Reflecting on a trailblazing career from City Council to Congress
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 08, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsRep. Carolyn Maloney lost a highly competitive primary in the 12th Congressional District to her colleague and friend Rep. Jerry Nadler, ending a thirty year run on Capitol Hill. But she’s not dwelling on that. Maloney sat down with Errol Louis to discuss her storied multiple decade career, whic...
Brad Lander: Hurricane Ida one year later
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 01, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs the city marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ida and more than 100 families remain displaced, city Comptroller Brad Lander joined Errol to discuss the push to legalize basement apartments in the five boroughs and explain why the city denied thousands of property damage claims. He al...
Ben Max: Why Nadler toppled Maloney
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 25, 2022 15:40 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAfter a competitive election cycle, Jerry Nadler overwhelmingly defeated Carolyn Maloney, ending her three-decade career in Congress. Errol analyzed the results of primary night with Ben Max of Gotham Gazette. They discussed what led to Nadler’s victory in the hard-fought matchup. And in the 10t...
Brigid Bergin: Candidates for Congress spar in NY1 debate
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 12, 2022 00:28 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThis week, six of the leading Democratic candidates for New York's 10th Congressional District squared off in a primary debate, co-hosted by Spectrum News NY1 and WNYC-Gothamist. Moderators Errol Louis and Brigid Bergin of WNYC weighed in on the highlights of the showdown, including the moment...
Clash of the titans: Democrats face off in NY1 primary debate
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThis week, longtime political titans Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Jerry Nadler, along with challenger Suraj Patel, squared off in a lively Democratic primary debate, hosted by Spectrum News NY1 and WNYC-Gothamist. Listen to the full showdown, co-moderated by Errol Louis, in which the candidat...
Keith Wright: Harlem roots, decades in Albany and leading Manhattan Democrats
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 28, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs Mayor Eric Adams calls for Albany lawmakers to act on New York’s bail laws, former Assembly member Keith Wright joined Errol Louis to weigh in on the debate over bail reform. A Harlem-native and the son of a judge, Wright also shared his early start in politics, discussed his time in Albany a...
Remembering the life of Brooklyn political giant Al Vann
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 21, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsLongtime legislator and politician Al Vann died at the age of 87, forever leaving his mark on central Brooklyn, an area he represented in the state Assembly and City Council for almost four decades. He mentored a generation of New York politicians, including current state Attorney General Letiti...
Audrey Edwards: Leaving America under Trump and pursuing happiness abroad
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 14, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs the presidential race got underway in 2016, some said that if Donald Trump won the election, they’d leave America. But how many people actually did? Audrey Edwards kept to her word and moved across the Atlantic Ocean. She wrote about her experience in a book titled “American Runaway: ...
Judith Enck: SCOTUS curtails Biden's climate goals
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 07, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe recent decision from the Supreme Court limits the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. It’s being described as a ‘gut punch' by some environmental activists. Judith Enck, a former EPA regional administrator, joined Errol...
Anne Milgram: the DEA’s fight against fentanyl
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 30, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsOver the past few years the number of overdose deaths in America has risen at an alarming rate. More than 107,000 people died last year alone from overdoses, a record-high. Fentanyl, in particular, is largely responsible for the rapid increase. Errol Louis sat down with Anne Milgram, the ...
Eric Holder: January 6th and a democracy under attack
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 23, 2022 11:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs the January 6th hearings continue, Errol sits down with the former Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder, to discuss his brand new, critically acclaimed book, “Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote - A History, a Crisis, a Plan." The conversation...
Live Show: primary prep with Errol Louis
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 16, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAhead of the upcoming primary elections, as well as the NY1 Democratic debate in the race for lieutenant governor, Errol hosted a live edition of "You Decide" on Twitter Spaces. He was joined by Spectrum News political anchor Susan Arbetter and several members of the NY1 political team. The g...
Jumaane Williams meets Tom Suozzi in NY1’s Democratic primary debate
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 09, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsLast week NY1 hosted the first Democratic gubernatorial primary debate. Moderated by our own Errol Louis and Susan Arbetter, the candidates gave their views on gun control, the economy, abortion rights and the absence of Gov. Kathy Hochul. With the Democratic primary right around the corner, it’...
Naftuli Moster: The debate over education standards in nonpublic schools
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 02, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs the New York state department of education proposes regulations for instruction in nonpublic schools, Errol discussed the debate over standards with Naftuli Moster, who has advocated for changes for many years. The executive director of the group Young Advocates for Fair Education was raised ...
Christina Ponsa-Kraus: Why statehood makes sense for Puerto Rico
You Decide with Errol Louis - May 26, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs some members of Congress look to set up a bill that would allow Puerto Rico’s residents to vote on the island’s status, Errol Louis discussed the future of the U.S. territory with Christina Ponsa-Kraus, who is a constitutional scholar and historian at Columbia Law School. She explained the hi...
Nick Suplina: Buffalo shooting renews debate over gun regulations
You Decide with Errol Louis - May 19, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe Buffalo mass shooting has once again sparked calls for stronger gun control, with Governor Hochul outlining stricter proposals in an effort to keep guns out of the hands of people deemed to be dangerous. Nick Suplina, the senior vice president for law and policy at Everytown for Gun Safety, ...
Allen Roskoff: The activist who wants to erase Ed Koch
You Decide with Errol Louis - May 12, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsFollowing a New York Times exposé about former Mayor Ed Koch’s homosexuality, gay rights advocate Allen Roskoff joined Errol to explain why he’s leading a campaign to get Koch’s name off the 59th Street Bridge in Manhattan. Roskoff also opens up about his painful experience as a gay man in the N...
Ali Najmi: Election attorney breaks down New York’s redistricting reversal
You Decide with Errol Louis - May 05, 2022 21:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsNew York’s primary elections have been thrown into chaos and confusion after the state’s highest courts rejected the congressional and state Senate district maps, ruling them unconstitutional. And as the state Assembly maps also make it through the courts, Ali Najmi, a leading election attorney,...
Eddie Bautista: What New York should do to fight the climate emergency
You Decide with Errol Louis - April 28, 2022 22:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsNew York has pledged to reach net-zero emissions by the year 2050. It’s an ambitious goal that will require a total transformation of the state’s economy, which is why environmental activists like Eddie Bautista are calling on the state to drastically boost its investment on green infrastructure...
Terrell Starr: Covering the war in Ukraine
You Decide with Errol Louis - April 21, 2022 21:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsTwo months since Russia launched a full-on invasion of Ukraine, millions of people have been displaced and President Biden is signing off on new aid for Ukraine. For weeks, journalists have been reporting on the humanitarian crisis, including many independent reporters like Terrell Starr, who ha...
Shams DaBaron: a homeless advocate’s firsthand account of living on the streets
You Decide with Errol Louis - April 07, 2022 08:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAmid mounting controversy over Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to clear out hundreds of homeless encampments all over the city, homeless rights advocate Shams DaBaron joins Errol to talk about his own experience living on the streets of New York. Shams, who is commonly known as the “homeless hero,” a...
Rachael Bedard: former Rikers Island doctor details emergency at jail complex
You Decide with Errol Louis - March 31, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAmid a spiraling humanitarian catastrophe on Rikers Island, a doctor shares her experience taking care of the sickest and oldest detainees at the city’s largest jail complex. Dr. Rachael Bedard joined Errol Louis to explain why she sees the COVID-19 pandemic as a missed opportunity to reimagine ...
One-on-One with AOC: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Biden, Rikers Island, and the midterm elections
You Decide with Errol Louis - March 25, 2022 23:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs she seeks a third term, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sat down with Errol at her campaign headquarters in the Bronx to reflect on her time in office, issues in her district and some Washington politics. The Queens and Bronx representative weighed in on the debate over public safety, bail re...
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