Celeste Katz Marston lends her voice to fundraising for listener-supported, commercial-free WBAI New York. Be heard: Go to give2wbai.org, text WBAI to 41444, or call 516-620-3602 to become a BAI Buddy in the name of your favorite program today!

WBAI 99.5 FM Driving Forces Host Jeff Simmons interviews Jamaal Bowman, who is running against Congressman Eliot Engel in NY's 16th Congressional District, and Boris Santos, who is challenging New York State Assemblymember Erik Dilan in the 54th Assembly District in Brooklyn.

WBAI 99.5 FM Driving Forces Host Jeff Simmons interviews Jamaal Bowman, who is running against Congressman Eliot Engel in NY's 16th Congressional District, and Boris Santos, who is challenging New York State Assemblymember Erik Dilan in the 54th Assembly District in Brooklyn.

Host Jeff Simmons speaks with Loree Sutton, former commissioner of New York City’s Department of Veterans Services and NYC mayoral candidate; Ron Carver, co-editor of the book "Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War" (by New Village Press); and William Short, contributor to the book. Plus, the news with WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston.

Driving Forces returns to the locally controlled WBAI airwaves! Host Jeff Simmons catches up with Queens Borough President (and Queens DA-elect) Melinda Katz, WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston, former NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks III, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. give2wbai.org

On WBAI's City Watch, host Jeff Simmons focused on mental health issues, with guests New York City Council Member Donovan Richards; David Woodlock, President and CEO, Institute for Community Living (ICL); and, Justin Barron, Director of Community Engagement Services at Community Access. The show also featured a weekly news report from correspondent Celeste Katz.

Celeste Katz delivers the newscast for WBAI's "City Watch," October 6, 2019.

Host Jeff Simmons focuses on immigration with in-studio guest Mazin Sidahmed, co-founder and senior reporter at Documented, and interviews with Yaritza Mendez, Lead Immigration Organizer at Make the Road New York, and Anand Balakrishnan, Staff Attorney with the ACLU’s Immigrant Rights Project, on Thursday, October 3, 2019.

WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz presents a news roundup for the September 29, 2019 edition of City Watch.

Host Jeff Simmons was joined in studio by City & State Reporter Jeff Coltin, and guests: former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Baruch College Marxe School of Public and International Affairs Dean David Birdsell, to discuss the latest developments regarding Donald Trump, the whistleblower complaint, and impeachment.