Latest Errollouis Podcast Episodes
Casey Seiler: The journalist who took on Team Cuomo
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 12, 2021 20:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIt was a historic week for New York politics: Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation a week after a report by State Attorney General Letitia James found he sexually harassed 11 women and created a toxic work environment. Casey Seiler, editor-in-chief of The Albany Times Union, joined Er...
Susan Arbetter: What’s next for Gov. Cuomo?
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 05, 2021 18:49 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAfter a report by state Attorney General Letitia James finds that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, Errol breaks down the investigations with Spectrum News political anchor Susan Arbetter. They discuss the fallout, including Cuomo quickly losing the support of top labor unions and lo...
Seth Barron: Is New York City dying?
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 28, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsNew York City’s pandemic recovery may be underway, but with a rising crime rate and some businesses unable to keep their doors open, the five boroughs are still struggling. How did we get here? Veteran journalist Seth Barron tackles that question in his new book “The Last Days of New York,” an...
Leah Daughtry: The crossroads of Black politics and faith
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 21, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsEric Adams first began his career in law enforcement after being persuaded to change the NYPD from within, during a meeting at the House of the Lord Church in Brooklyn. Reverend Leah Daughtry is the presiding minister of the church now, and she joined Errol to weigh in on Adams’ primary victory ...
Reihan Salam: An urban conservative’s vision for rebuilding New York City
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 14, 2021 20:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsReihan Salam, the president of the Manhattan Institute, joined Errol to discuss Eric Adams’ Democratic primary win and what he thinks the next mayor should be prioritizing, including public safety – as Adams finds himself in the national spotlight after meeting with President Biden over a rise i...
Harry Siegel: What kind of mayor would Eric Adams be?
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 07, 2021 20:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsTwo weeks after primary night, Eric Adams is declared the winner of the Democratic primary for mayor. Harry Siegel of “The Daily Beast” and the “New York Daily News,” joins Errol to analyze the new results, talk about what an Adams’ mayoralty will look like and how he plans to tackle concerns ov...
Melissa Mark-Viverito: Women prepare to make history in the New York City Council
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 30, 2021 18:27 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWhile final results from the primary may not be known for weeks, preliminary numbers show that women could soon hold the majority of seats in the New York City Council. Former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito joined Errol to discuss her campaign to get more women elected to the legislative ...
What happened in the New York City primary for mayor
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 23, 2021 20:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAfter a memorable primary night, NY1 political director Bob Hardt joined Errol to analyze the initial results of the Democratic primary for mayor, from Eric Adams’ sizable lead in the unofficial tally of first-choice votes to Andrew Yang conceding after coming in fourth. They discussed what co...
Howard Wolfson: Election season begins in New York City
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 16, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith election season officially in full swing as New Yorkers begin to hit the polls for early voting, Howard Wolfson, former adviser to Mayor Bloomberg, joined Errol to discuss what voters should be looking for in their next mayor and where candidates should be focusing their efforts in the fina...
Christina Greer: Is New York about to elect a former cop as mayor?
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 09, 2021 21:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThis week, our exclusive Spectrum News NY1/Ipsos poll in the race for mayor shows Eric Adams leading the crowded field, followed by Andrew Yang and Kathryn Garcia. Christina Greer, a NY1 political commentator and Fordham University associate professor, joined Errol to break down the results and ...
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Will New Yorkers elect a progressive mayor?
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 02, 2021 22:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith just weeks to go until the primary election, left-leaning mayoral candidates have been looking to consolidate support. Errol analyzed the progressive landscape and the campaigns of Maya Wiley, Dianne Morales and Scott Stringer, with Katrina vanden Heuvel, the editorial director and publishe...
Tom Doherty: Does the Republican party have a future in New York?
You Decide with Errol Louis - May 26, 2021 17:45 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAhead of NY1’s Republican primary debate for mayor between Curtis Sliwa and Fernando Mateo, veteran political consultant Tom Doherty joined Errol to talk about the state of the Republican Party in New York. And as a former top aide to Governor Pataki, he shared his experience working on the 1994...
Bill Thompson: What it’s like to run for mayor of New York
You Decide with Errol Louis - May 19, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs the race for mayor heads into the final weeks of the campaign, former mayoral candidate Bill Thompson joined Errol to share his experience running for mayor, from the day-to-day and the strategy behind campaigns. He reflected on how this year’s race is similar and different than 2013’s contes...
An expert's analysis of the race for mayor
You Decide with Errol Louis - May 12, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAhead of the first official mayoral debate of the primary season veteran Democratic strategist Bruce Gyory joined Errol to analyze where things stand in the campaign and discuss how ranked-choice voting could change everything this year. He also discussed whether newspaper endorsements will sway...
The race for mayor: Dianne Morales has a progressive vision for New York
You Decide with Errol Louis - May 05, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith the June Democratic primary just seven weeks away, mayoral candidate and political newcomer Dianne Morales joined Errol to discuss what’s motivating her to run for mayor, including her journey through the city’s public schools to her first job in the child welfare system and eventually runn...
The race for mayor: Maya Wiley on a life spent fighting for racial justice and why she’s running for mayor
You Decide with Errol Louis - April 28, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsMayoral candidate Maya Wiley joined Errol to talk about her plans to tackle the rise in gun violence and how she plans to desegregate city schools. As a civil rights attorney who spent years in public service, she discussed how her parents put her on the path to fight for racial justice and how ...
The race for mayor: Scott Stringer on politics, progressive values and why he should lead New York City
You Decide with Errol Louis - April 21, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsScott Stringer recently secured two big endorsements from the left-leaning Working Families and the United Federation of Teachers, giving a big boost to his campaign for mayor. Stringer joined Errol to talk about his Manhattan roots, his decades of experience in public office and why that makes ...
The Race for Mayor: Eric Adams on his Brooklyn roots, his NYPD career and his plans for New York
You Decide with Errol Louis - April 14, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith just two months to go until early voting begins for the June primaries, Eric Adams joined Errol to talk about his Brooklyn roots, why he joined the NYPD and how his time in the department shaped his ideas around police reform. He also discussed his time as state Senator, during what was a t...
What’s Next for NYC: Kathy Wylde Means Business
You Decide with Errol Louis - April 08, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs state lawmakers reach a deal to raise taxes on New York’s highest earners and corporations, Kathy Wylde, the CEO of the Partnership for New York City, joined Errol to explain why increasing taxes will encourage businesses to move their headquarters to other states. Wylde, who has advocated on...
Jose Saldaña: The Fight to Vaccinate New Yorkers Behind Bars
You Decide with Errol Louis - March 31, 2021 22:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAfter months of people incarcerated in jails and prisons being excluded from New York’s vaccine rollout, a judge ruled that the state must allow New Yorkers behind bars access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Jose Saldaña, the director of the Release Aging People in Prison campaign, joined Errol to talk...
The Race for Mayor: Ray McGuire’s Plan for New York’s Comeback
You Decide with Errol Louis - March 24, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith just three months to go until the Democratic primary, mayoral candidate Ray McGuire joined Errol to talk about his path from growing up in a single-parent household in Ohio to becoming one of the few top Black executives on Wall Street. He talked about why he’s leaving a successful career b...
The Race for Mayor: Shaun Donovan Has a Plan to Fix New York's Housing Crisis
You Decide with Errol Louis - March 17, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsMayoral candidate Shaun Donovan joined Errol to discuss his long career as a housing expert, from his first job out of college to serving as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Obama. He talked about his time working in the Bloomberg administrati...
Susan Arbetter: The Scandals Surrounding Governor Cuomo
You Decide with Errol Louis - March 10, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsErrol breaks down the nursing home scandal and the multiple sexual harassment allegations against Governor Cuomo, with Spectrum News political anchor Susan Arbetter, who has covered the state capitol for many years. She offers historical insight into scandals of previous governors, explains the ...
The Race for Mayor: Kathryn Garcia on Picking Up Trash, Life in Brooklyn, and Her Plans for New York
You Decide with Errol Louis - March 03, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs the race for mayor heats up ahead of the June Democratic primary, candidate Kathryn Garcia joined Errol to talk about her Brooklyn childhood, her time as the sanitation commissioner and her experience running the New York City Housing Authority. She also laid out her vision for the city and d...
Bill McKibben: Can Biden’s Climate Policies Save the Planet?
You Decide with Errol Louis - February 24, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIn his first weeks of office, President Biden signed a slew of executive actions aimed at reversing policies Donald Trump had enacted. In addition to pledging to rejoin the Paris climate accord, the Biden administration has also made moves to reduce the country’s dependency on the oil industry. ...
Heather McGhee: The High Cost of Racism for America
You Decide with Errol Louis - February 17, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWhat would society look like if racism was taken out of politics and policy making? Heather McGhee, the former president of the think tank Demos, toured the country in search of answers and wrote about her experience in a new book, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Pros...
Dr. Uché Blackstock: How to Tackle Racial Disparities in Vaccinations
You Decide with Errol Louis - February 10, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs part of Vaccine Education Week on NY1, Errol discussed the glaring racial gap in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in New York and across the country, with Dr. Uché Blackstock, who is an emergency medicine physician based in Brooklyn and a Yahoo News medical contributor. Dr. Blackstock ex...
Jonathan Capehart: A Changing Tide in Washington
You Decide with Errol Louis - February 03, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWashington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart is the anchor of the new MSNBC show “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” and was just named a PBS NewsHour regular contributor. Capehart, who’s covered Washington politics for years, joined Errol to talk about the change of culture in D.C. since Jo...
Josh Dawsey: The Republican Party Looks for a Future Beyond Donald Trump
You Decide with Errol Louis - January 27, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith the Donald Trump presidency officially over and an impeachment trial set to begin, the Republican Party is at odds about its future. Will Trumpism continue to dominate the GOP? The Washington Post’s Josh Dawsey joined Errol to talk about his experience covering the Trump presidency for th...
Dr. Irwin Redlener: Can Joe Biden Defeat COVID-19?
You Decide with Errol Louis - January 20, 2021 05:01 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIn the 100th conversation of "You Decide," Errol discussed whether Joe Biden's policies and the ongoing vaccine rollout will have an impact on the pandemic with Dr. Irwin Redlener, who is the founding director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University's Earth Instit...
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