Mobilize

Producer Betsy Nagler speaks with Democratic activist and organizer, Lorie Honor, one of the founding members of Staten Island Women Who March, who's now running for Staten Island Borough President. They discuss how Lorie got involved in activism, what she seeks to accomplish as Borough President, and where she sees New York's most conservative borough heading now that we are (hopefully) in the Post-Trump era.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2021-06-20-creating-change-in-new-yorks-forgotten-borough-1/

Producer Betsey Nagler speaks with Democratic activist and organizer, Lorie Honors, one of the founding members of Staten Island Women Who March, who's now running for Staten Island Borough President, about how she got involved in activism, what she seeks to accomplish as Borough President, and where she sees New York's most conservative borough heading now hopefully in the Post-Trump era.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2021-06-20-creating-change-in-new-yorks-forgotten-borough/

Producer Betsy Nagler speaks with 2016 Bernie Sanders delegate and local Democratic party candidate Rachel Eve Stein about working within the Democratic Party while having progressive values.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-10-22-changing-the-party-from-within/

In this episode of Mobilize, producer Betsy Nagler speaks with State Senator Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, two truly progressive leaders in New York who won their races against much more conservative opponents, to learn how the COVID-19 crisis has affected their districts, what they have been doing to help, and the implications for the political landscape moving forward.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-06-30-stepping-up-in-a-time-of-crisis/

Globally, we have reached nearly 5 million cases of COVID-19. The leader in that number is the United States, with over 1.5 million cases and almost 100,000 deaths -- or more because of under-reporting. In this episode of Mobilize, producer Betsy Nagler interviews three medical care workers on the frontlines of the pandemic about what they and their communities are going through, and what they think it means for the country.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-05-22-we-are-all-interconnected/

Mobilize producer Cory Choy engages in a conversation with software developer/activist Justin Frankel about how one of his first programs Ninjam is facilitating remote collaborations between musicians. This episode was recorded using Ninjam.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-05-07-ninjam/

Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler caught up with NYS Assemblywoman & DREAMER Catalina Cruz to discuss some of the challenges she's faced in passing progressive legislation since winning the 2018 race for 39th District Assembly, and what unification of the Democratic Party means to her.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-04-17-catalina-cruz-after-the-win-comes-the-work/

Kristin Mink speaks with Mobilize producer Cory Choy about the Masks 4 America Initiative - a coalition of activists, medical professionals, and suppliers that have come together to get personal protective equipment (PPE) to the doctors, nurses, and first responders who are fighting to slow the spread of COVID 19.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-04-06-masks-4-america/

Kristin Mink revisited the studio with her little baby Nova. She speaks with Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler about her work as an activist, how her eventual split with Lights for Liberty exemplifies some of the challenges facing progressives in 2020 and her advice for people looking to combine political involvement in an election year with parenthood.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-02-27-what-unity-is-and-what-it-isnt/

Alessandra Biaggi speaks with Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler about what it's like being in office as a progressive leader and actually legislating as opposed to running for office as a political upstart.

https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2019-12-12-alessandra-biaggi-doing-the-work/