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The Indypendent News Hour airs Tuesdays 5–6 p.m. on WBAI-99.5 FM. Check out our archives to listen to past interviews with movement organizers, authors, elected officials and others fighting for justice in New York City and beyond.

  1. MAR 19

    March 17, 2026: Albany Budget Talks, Lindsay Boylan's City Council Run & Eli Smith of Jalopy Theatre

    With negotiations on New York State's annual $250 billion budget in the final home stretch, we spoke with Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest, a socialist from Brooklyn. Topics discussed included the fight to get Gov. Kathy Hochul to agree to tax hikes for the rich, how the state will make up for federal cuts to Medicaid funding and the governor's push to roll back historic climate mandates that were passed in 2019. Former Andrew Cuomo staffer and urban planner Lindsey Boylan set in motion the events that led to her boss's resignation as governor in 2021 when she became the first of 13 women to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment. In last year's mayoral race, Boylan continued to speak out against Cuomo while many Democrats rallied to his side thinking he was certain to be the next mayor. Now, she is running for an open City Council seat on Manhattan's West Side in a special election that will be held on April 28. As the weather gets nicer, New Yorkers are looking for things to do outside of their apartments that have doubled as caves these past couple of months. For our final segment, Ernasto Gomez and Eli Smith of Jalopy Theater joined us live in the studio to talk about the The 9th Annual Brooklyn Jug & String Band Rendezvous that is being held this Friday and Saturday at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn. They also played a couple of their favorite jug and string songs. The two-day festival will include eight jug and string bands taking a deep dive into 20th-century North American jug and string band music.

    54 min

  2. MAR 19

    March 17, 2026: Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest Gives Update from Albany Budget Talks

    With negotiations on New York State's annual $250 billion budget in the final home stretch, we spoke with Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest, a socialist from Brooklyn. Topics discussed included the fight to get Gov. Kathy Hochul to agree to tax hikes for the rich, how the state will make up for federal cuts to Medicaid funding and the governor's push to roll back historic climate mandates that were passed in 2019.

    20 min

  3. MAR 19

    March 17, 2026: Former Cuomo Nemesis Lindsey Boylan Running for City Council Seat, Vows to Support Mamdani Agenda

    Former Andrew Cuomo staffer and urban planner Lindsey Boylan set in motion the events that led to her boss's resignation as governor in 2021 when she became the first of 13 women to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment. In last year's mayoral race, Boylan continued to speak out against Cuomo while many Democrats rallied to his side thinking he was certain to be the next mayor. Now, she is running for an open City Council seat on Manhattan's West Side in a special election that will be held on April 28.

    19 min

  4. MAR 19

    March 17, 2026: Jalopy Theater's Eli Smith and Ernesto Gomez Talk About Jug & String Bank Festival, Perform in Studio

    As the weather gets nicer, New Yorkers are looking for things to do outside of their apartments that have doubled as caves these past couple of months. For our final segment, Ernasto Gomez and Eli Smith of Jalopy Theater joined us live in the studio to talk about the The 9th Annual Brooklyn Jug & String Band Rendezvous that is being held this Friday and Saturday at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn. They also played a couple of their favorite jug and string songs. The two-day festival will include eight jug and string bands taking a deep dive into 20th-century North American jug and string band music.

    15 min

  5. MAR 11

    March 10, 2026: Women Rising: On Fighting Abusers and Standing in Power

    On this episode of the Indypendent News Hour, we spoke with three women who are fighting abusers and for their own empowerment. In our first segment, we spoke to Addison Turek, a freshman at Barnard College, and one of the organizers protesting the college’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein. In our second segment we spoke to Ximena Bustamente, founder of the Undocumented Women’s Fund which held the 10th annual NYC Women’s Strike Fest on Sunday in Bushwick’s Maria Hernandez Park. In our final segment, we spoke to author, activist, playwright and radical feminist Karen Malpede on her upcoming Indypendent article, “Reclaiming Mothers as an Antidote to the Epstein Class".

    54 min

  6. MAR 11

    March 10, 2026: Addison Turek on Protesting Against Barnard College's Ties to Epstein

    In our first segment, we speak to Addison Turek, a freshman at Barnard College, and one of the organizers protesting the college’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

    16 min

  7. MAR 11

    March 10, 2026: Ximena Bustamante on the NYC Women’s Strike Fest for International Women’s Day

    In our second segment we speak to Ximena Bustamente, founder of the Undocumented Women’s Fund which held the 10th annual NYC Women’s Strike Fest on Sunday in Bushwick’s Maria Hernandez Park. We listen to some snippets of the music played at the event and learn about why this programming is a powerful place for women and the communities held together by women to celebrate each other in this way.

    15 min

  8. MAR 11

    March 10, 2026: Karen Malpede on "Reclaiming Mothers as an Antidote to the Epstein Class"

    In our final segment, we speak to author, activist, playwright and radical feminist Karen Malpede on her upcoming Indypendent article, “Reclaiming Mothers as an Antidote to the Epstein Class". We discuss the desire of the elite to use women’s wombs as the vessels to birth a ‘superior’ race, on mothers who were denied their motherhood and what it means to reclaim mothers in our societies and within our own hearts and communities.

    23 min
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The Indypendent News Hour airs Tuesdays 5–6 p.m. on WBAI-99.5 FM. Check out our archives to listen to past interviews with movement organizers, authors, elected officials and others fighting for justice in New York City and beyond.

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  • Creator
    The Indypendent
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    500
  • Rating
    Clean
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