Newark Today

['What does it mean for Newark to once again have a police chief? This was one of the topics we covered on the most recent Newark Today. In addition to Mayor Cory Booker, we were also joined by Police Director Samuel Demaio and Police Chief Sheilah Coley, both of whom has just been sworn into office by the Mayor a few hours before the start of the show. The discussion included how the chief and the director will work together to continue to reverse the upswing in crime earlier in the year.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "WBGO's monthly call-in show with Mayor Cory Booker, hosted by Andrew Meyer")])]

["It's crunch time for Newark's budget. On this edition of Newark Today, we talked with Mayor Cory Booker about what the city is doing to close its budget deficit this time around. We were also joined by the city's Business Administrator, Julien Neals.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "WBGO's monthly call-in show with Mayor Cory Booker, hosted by Andrew Meyer")])]

['A new leader for the Newark PD. We were also joined by acting police director Samuel Demaio for a discussion of crime and public safety in Newark and his ideas for reversing a spike in crime.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "WBGO's monthly call-in show with Mayor Cory Booker")])]

['A new public school superintendent, a change of leadership at the Newark PD, and a peace summit in Brick City. These are some of the many issues we covered on the May edition of Newark Today.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "WBGO's monthly call-in show with Mayor Cory Booker")])]

['Education, Public Saftey, and much more. On the most recent Newark Today, we were joined by Mayor Cory Booker and Police Director Garry McCarthy. The discussion included the first of the Facebook donation to be spent on the Newark Public Schools,what lasting effects the Newark Police layoffs might have had, and the fallout from the animal abuse case involving Patrick the pitbull.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "WBGO's monthly call-in show with Mayor Cory Booker")])]

["Taking some big projects off the boards and making them a reality. On the March edition of Newark Today, host Andrew Meyer and Mayor Cory Booker are also joined by Newark's Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, Stefan Pryor, for a discussion of some big new developments mentioned in the Mayor's recent State of the City Address.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "WBGO's monthly call-in show with Mayor Cory Booker")])]

["Education is our focus for the February show. Joining us in addition to Mayor Cory Booker is New Jersey's acting Education Commissioner, Chris Cerf. That's Newark Today, February 17th at 8pm! You can also get your question in the mix now by e-mailing it to us at [email protected].", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Newark Today with Mayor Cory Booker')])]

['The cleanup from the latest snowstorm, the fallout from the layoff of 167 Newark police officers, and Go Newark Hoopfest. These were among the many topics host Andrew Meyer covered with Mayor Cory Booker on the most recent Newark Today, January 27th.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Newark Today with Mayor Cory Booker')])]

["Looking for a way to make the holidays brighter. The December show will include a conversation of programs in Newark intended to help Newark families during these tough economic times. Also joining Mayor Booker will be his senior policy advisor on homeless issues, Tonya Bryan. Doug Doyle is your guest host for this month's show.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "WBGO's monthly call-in show with guest Mayor Cory Booker")])]

["The proposed layoffs of Newark police officers, the civic outreach effort on how to best spend the Facebook donation to the public schools, Michelle Obama's visit to Newark as part of efforts to fight childhood obesity. These were among the topics that came up on the November program. Joining host Andrew Meyer was Mayor Cory Booker and the city's acting business administrator, Julien Neals.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Newark Today with Mayor Cory Booker')])]