Latest Errollouis Podcast Episodes
Douglas Brinkley: A Presidential Historian Reflects on Donald Trump’s Legacy
You Decide with Errol Louis - January 13, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsPresidential historian Douglas Brinkley joined Errol Louis to discuss the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol and analyze whether the riots and subsequent calls to remove President Trump from office will define his legacy. He also weighed in on the future of the Republican Party and looked ahead t...
Matthew Yglesias: Can Universal Basic Income Solve the City’s Economic Challenges?
You Decide with Errol Louis - January 06, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsJournalist Matthew Yglesias, a Vox co-founder and editor of the newsletter Slow Boring, joined Errol Louis to discuss different ideas to help solve New York City’s budget hole and economic crisis. That includes potential mayoral candidate Andrew Yang’s idea of universal basic income, the debate ...
Errol’s Message to New York
You Decide with Errol Louis - December 23, 2020 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIn the final “You Decide” episode of the year, Errol looks ahead to the 2021 campaign for New York City mayor. With the Democratic primary six months away, he explains what he thinks the candidates should be focusing on and he shares some of your thoughts on the race so far. Check out Errol’s ...
What’s Next for NYC: Richard Ravitch Explains How the City Can Survive a Historic Crisis
You Decide with Errol Louis - December 16, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsFormer Lieutenant Governor and MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch joined Errol Louis to weigh in on New York’s fiscal crisis and the rise in New Yorkers leaving the five boroughs. He discussed what actions the city should be taking and had some advice for the incoming Biden administration to help stru...
Luis Miranda Jr.: A Political Life, from Puerto Rico to New York
You Decide with Errol Louis - December 09, 2020 06:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsLuis Miranda joined Errol Louis to discuss his journey from Puerto Rico to New York and how he got his start as a political consultant. Miranda reflected on his days working in Mayor Ed Koch’s administration and with David Dinkins. He also talked about his attempts to get more diverse candida...
What’s Next for NYC: Jennifer Jones Austin on the Fight for Equality
You Decide with Errol Louis - December 02, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsJennifer Jones Austin, the longtime CEO of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, joined Errol to talk about the disproportionate effect the pandemic has had on low-income communities in New York and what can be done to achieve equality in the city. She shared her ideas to end systemic...
The Making of a Mosaic, Part 3: A Re-Election Fight & Looking Back, Three Decades Later
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 25, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsEarlier this week, Mayor David Dinkins passed away at his home on the Upper East Side. Dinkins made history when he was inaugurated on January 1, 1990, as New York City’s first Black mayor. As New Yorkers remember Dinkins, we wanted to revisit our podcast special which originally aired in Januar...
The Making of a Mosaic, Part 2: David Dinkins Leads a Divided City
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 25, 2020 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsEarlier this week, Mayor David Dinkins passed away at his home on the Upper East Side. Dinkins made history when he was inaugurated on January 1, 1990, as New York City’s first Black mayor. As New Yorkers remember Dinkins, we wanted to revisit our podcast special which originally aired in Januar...
The Making of a Mosaic, Part 1: The Historic Dinkins Campaign Comes Together
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 25, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsEarlier this week, Mayor David Dinkins passed away at his home on the Upper East Side. Dinkins made history when he was inaugurated on January 1, 1990, as New York City’s first Black mayor. As New Yorkers remember Dinkins, we wanted to revisit our podcast special which originally aired in Januar...
Randi Weingarten: Getting Educated About the Biden Administration’s Plans for Schools
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 18, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsRandi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, joined Errol to talk about how teachers and schools are coping with the recent coronavirus surge. As the head of a union that represents 1.7 million educators and school staff across the country, she weighed in on Education ...
Jeet Heer: How Joe Biden Defeated Donald Trump
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 11, 2020 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsJeet Heer, the national-affairs correspondent for “The Nation” magazine, walked Errol through Joe Biden’s path to victory, including efforts to court Republican voters, and explained the historical significance of Biden’s win. And he discussed the debate over the future of the Democratic Party a...
Lawyer Explains the Ballot Count and the Legal Fights as Biden vs. Trump Remains Uncertain
You Decide with Errol Louis - November 04, 2020 21:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs the country awaits results in some critical states, veteran election attorney Jerry Goldfeder joined Errol to walk through the process of counting mail-in ballots, possible legal fights that could arise, and the recount procedure. They also took a closer look at Pennsylvania’s election laws a...
Ari Berman: Voting Rights in an Election Unlike Any Other
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 28, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs states see a record number of early voters, including New York and key battleground states, Ari Berman, who covers voter access as a senior reporter at Mother Jones, joined Errol to discuss how the Trump administration has been restricting access to the ballot box. And he explained the conseq...
Bill Kristol: Inside the Republican Support for Biden
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 21, 2020 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsBill Kristol, a long-time conservative political analyst and the editor-at-large of the Bulwark, joined Errol to weigh in on the upcoming elections and the effort by some Republicans to get Joe Biden elected into office. As a former staffer in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush adminis...
Charlie Warzel: Facebook’s Power Over the Election
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 14, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsCharlie Warzel, an opinion writer at large for the New York Times, joined Errol to discuss the growing power of Facebook, its influence on the upcoming elections and what can be done to stop the social media giant from fueling conspiracy theories like QAnon and authoritarian governments. He al...
Rev. Al Sharpton: Debriefing the Vice Presidential Debate
You Decide with Errol Louis - October 08, 2020 20:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsRev. Al Sharpton joined Errol Louis to analyze the vice presidential debate, including how Mike Pence and Kamala Harris handled themselves on the stage and their answers to questions over racial justice. He also discussed his new book, “Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads.” Chec...
What’s Next for New York City: The Hunger Crisis with Joel Berg
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 30, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the already existing hunger crisis across the nation and in New York City. By some estimates, about two million New Yorkers are struggling to put food on the table. What can be done to deal with the problem? Is the de Blasio administration...
David Wallace-Wells: The Immediate Threat of Climate Change
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 23, 2020 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAs wildfires rage through the West Coast, millions of acres have been reduced to ash and thousands of people have been displaced from their homes. The frequency of deadly wildfires have been increasing each year, along with stronger storms and flooding. David Wallace-Wells, deputy editor and c...
Brian Stelter: President Trump and Fox News
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 16, 2020 06:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIt’s no secret that President Trump is a loyal Fox News watcher, but how much influence do they have on each other? Brian Stelter, CNN’s chief media correspondent and the anchor of Reliable Sources, joined Errol to talk about the relationship between the news network and the commander in chief...
Malcolm Nance: Trump, the Military and QAnon
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 09, 2020 12:16 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIn the wake of a report that President Trump disparaged war heroes, intelligence and counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance – who served in the U.S. Navy for two decades – joined Errol to react to the scandal and weigh in on Trump’s relationship with the military. He also discussed how he thinks ...
Elie Mystal: The Supreme Court Hangs in the Balance
You Decide with Errol Louis - September 02, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsElie Mystal, the justice correspondent for “The Nation” magazine, joined Errol to discuss what the outcome of the November election means for the future of the Supreme Court, and he explained why Democrats need to be focusing on the importance of the courts. They also analyzed the recent polit...
Sly James: Lessons From Kansas City
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 26, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith just over two months to go until the November election, Democrats have been working on getting Donald Trump out of office by focusing on his character. In a new book “The Opportunity Agenda,” former Kansas City Mayor Sly James and real estate executive Winston Fisher say the party needs to ...
David Paul Kuhn: How Democrats Lost the White Working Class
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 19, 2020 06:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsIt’s 1970, Richard Nixon is president and the United States is at war in Vietnam. In a new book, “The Hardhat Riot,” author and journalist David Paul Kuhn chronicles a day known as Bloody Friday, when anti-war protesters and construction workers clashed in Lower Manhattan. He joined Errol to exp...
Zephyr Teachout: Big Corporations and Our Democracy
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 12, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsAt the end of July, the CEOs of tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google testified before Congress to answer questions about using their power to crush smaller competitors. Zephyr Teachout, an attorney with a background in corruption and antitrust law, is sounding the alarm about these big...
Jay Jacobs: Are Suburbs the Key to Defeating Trump?
You Decide with Errol Louis - August 05, 2020 05:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWith just three months to go until the November general election, Jay Jacobs, the chair of the New York State Democratic Party, joined Errol Louis to talk about the final push to unseat Donald Trump and upcoming political conventions. He also weighed in on the future of the changing Democratic P...
Wes Moore: On a Mission to Fight America’s Growing Poverty Crisis
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 29, 2020 05:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWes Moore, the CEO of the Robin Hood organization, joined Errol to talk about his anti-poverty work amid a growing hunger crisis and racial wealth gap that’s been exacerbated due to the coronavirus pandemic. And as America confronts systemic racism, he discussed Robin Hood’s new efforts to fund ...
What’s Next for New York City: Rethinking Education with Richard Buery
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 22, 2020 05:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsThe debate over how to reopen schools in the fall is happening in communities all over the country, with educators and families voicing health and child care concerns. But with coronavirus cases continuing to spike in other states, can New York City’s 1.1 million public school students take part...
Tanzina Vega: A Racial Awakening in America’s Newsrooms
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 15, 2020 05:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsTanzina Vega has covered race and inequality for many years, including as the current host of “The Takeaway” on WNYC Radio. As the national conversation around race spurs change across the country, she joined Errol to talk about the fight for diversity in her newsroom and at other news outlets. ...
What’s Next for New York City: Nicole Gelinas on Budget Crisis and Reopening
You Decide with Errol Louis - July 01, 2020 05:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsWhile New York City has been well on its way with reopening the economy and easing social restrictions, city officials have been working on figuring out how to find billions of dollars in savings after the coronavirus pandemic put the city deep in the red. Nicole Gelinas, an urban economics expe...
Michael K. Williams: Advocating Through the Arts
You Decide with Errol Louis - June 24, 2020 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsActor Michael K. Williams, best-known for his portrayal of Omar Little on “The Wire,” joined Errol Louis to talk about his advocacy efforts on criminal justice issues and his work with the nonprofit NYC Together. He also discussed his journey into acting, the story behind his signature facial sc...
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