Some unsqueamish souls make whole careers out of dissecting NY's political underbelly. One such fellow is Hofstra University's Dr. Craig Burnett, who brings us his gruesome findings. Can this molder of the minds of the civic leaders of tomorrow help them - and us - learn from the mistakes of the bums of today?

If not, what a waste of time this will be!

We’ve got brand new revelations in the growing scandal involving a politically connected real estate developer who not only quietly defaulted on a project the taxpayers of Glen Cove are subsidizing to the tune of a quarter billion dollars, but seems to have somehow convinced a powerful group of unelected local bureaucrats to cover it up for them.

City Councilmember Marsha Silverman joins us to discuss.

Theme Music by Jay Lifton (www.jaylifton.com)

2018 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Larry Sharpe has a bridge to sell you. Literally.

Larry's going to share some secrets from the campaign trail, where he did well enough in last year's election to earn his party qualified ballot access for the first time in history.

Lesson #1: shut up about corruption.

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Mayor Shawn Morse of Cohoes, NY joins us to tell us why he didn’t love last week’s episode.

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Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse is running for reelection, despite being on federal trial for corruption, the latest chapter in his extensive and violent criminal history. Councilman Randy Koniowka joins us to to explain why Morse is likely to prevail (at the ballot box, if not in court) and to help us get to know the most entrenched politician on the planet.

(If you haven't already, listen to this one first: https://www.graftpodcast.com/e/cohoes/)

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Which town is dirtier - Albany or Washington? Congressman and former State Senator Lee Zeldin is here to help us compare slimes of the Hudson and Potomac varietals.

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Legendary political consultant and columnist Bill O'Reilly joins us to explain why the crusade to get money out of politics is dishonest, foolish, and just another con job.

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"Byron Brown has a problem," says The Buffalo News' editorial board. Actually he's got two. In the wake of being dethroned as NYS Democratic chairman, the accusations of abuse of power and pay-to-play schemes are piling up quickly for the Buffalo mayor.

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Today, we’re talking capitalism. And not the good kind. But authentic New York style crony capitalism. Foolish state laws and sky-high campaign finance limits have enabled this particularly resilient parasite to flourish throughout New York. And nowhere is that truer than the City of Glen Cove, which can’t seem to stop opening its own veins to feed it.

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