If you think the importance of representation, diversity and the arts are some theoretical notions that don’t have real effects on people’s lives and their communities, Talia Young has a story to tell. The President and CEO of Newark Symphony Hall talks with Jersey Angle co-host Mark Bonamo on the stage of the storied century-old theater where everyone from Billy Holiday and the Rolling Stones to Jim Hendrix  and Queen Latifah have performed. She describes growing up in the dizzyingly diverse suburb of Teaneck and how that prepared her first for a career in politics, and now as the leader of one of New Jersey’s most iconic, historic and fabled arts institutions. 

Episode 1: Broken and bonkers: New Jersey politics with Charlie Stile. Nobody has had a front row seat on the famously insane world of Jersey politics like Charlie Stile. A longtime reporter and political columnist for The Bergen Record and northjersey.com, Charlie has plenty of stories to tell and no compunction for calling B.S. in a world where it’s hip deep. That’s what he does on this episode, with a discussion of the current state of affairs, the sudden prospects for real change and the rogues gallery of characters he’s written about and gotten to know over the decades. Episode recorded on location at Charlie's longtime and soon to be bulldozed hangout: A Little Taste of Cuba cigar lounge in Princeton.