Daniel Nichanian, journalist covering criminal justice, voting rights, and local politics and elections, discusses the results of key races and ballot issues in Buffalo, Seattle, Minneapolis, and elsewhere.

Jeffery Mays, politics reporter on the Metro Desk for The New York Times, and Elizabeth Kim, politics reporter for Gothamist and WNYC, talk about what to expect from NYC's next mayor, Eric Adams.

Nancy Solomon, reporter and editor in the WNYC newsroom, and Elena Schneider, national political reporter at POLITICO, break down preliminary results from New Jersey, where the governor's race is too close to call, and races across the nation, including the victory by Republican Glenn Youngkin as governor in Virginia.

Kate Aronoff, staff writer at The New Republic and author of Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet - And How We Fight Back (Bold Type, 2021), reports the latest from the U.N. Climate Chance Conference and discusses the potentially stifling role of nationalist politics as the international community negotiates climate commitments.

Listeners call in and talk about what got them to the polls, even if there is not a competitive race in their district.

If you live in a non competitive district in New York City, where the fate of the election seemed all but decided in the primary in June, why are you voting today -- what’s getting you to the polls?212 433 9692

As the final votes are cast, Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, and Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and editor and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, hear from voters and answer some last-minute questions.

→Gothamist Election Day guide  (NYC)

On Monday, Supreme Court Justices heard two arguments against the Texas abortion law. Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, talks about the Texas case and previews one from Mississippi, slated to head to the Supreme Court on December 1st.

Sandro Galea, physician and epidemiologist, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health and the author of The Contagion Next Time (Oxford University Press, 2021) argues that the problems in U.S. public health systems, including racial disparities, predated the pandemic and need to be repaired before the next crisis.

→EVENT: Dr. Galea has a virtual book event coming up on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 5 pm via the Harvard Book Store where he'll be in conversation with Arianna Huffington.  

Marcela Mulholland, political director at Data for Progress, discusses dissonant priorities in climate policy between older policy makers and younger climate activists as the UN Climate Change conference begins in Scotland.

Thousands of New York City's first responders have yet to comply with the mayor's vaccine mandate. Elizabeth Kim, senior editor for Gothamist, and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky, data reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talk about the latest numbers and how city services might suffer.