Best Max Bloom Podcasts (2025)

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Long Island ICE tracker says this service isn't going anywhere

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A Long Island organization that runs an app helping locals report and track Immigration and Customs Enforcement sightings tells WNYC it isn't going anywhere. The organization Islip Forward runs one of many apps that give people information about ICE's whereabouts — which the Trump Administration says "put ICE agents at risk just for doing their job…

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Campaign Catch-up: Nancy Solomon on the Latest on the Race for NJ Governor

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In four weeks, voters in New Jersey will elect their next governor. While the Garden State is often thought of as a blue one, the race remains extremely close between Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli and Democratic Representative Mikie Sherrill. Nancy Solomon is the host of WNYC's Ask Governor Murphy and the podcast "Dead End: a New Jersey Polit…

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Campaign Catch-up: Katie Honan on the Latest on the Race for NYC Mayor

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In four weeks, voters in New York City will vote for their next mayor. Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani maintains his big lead in the polls over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, with Republican Curtis Sliwa in third. Katie Honan is a reporter for THE CITY and co-host of FAQ NYC podcast. She spoke with WNYC Morning Edition host Michael Hill about th…

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In Season: Beans

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Local farmers are reporting the first frost of the season, signaling the end of the growing season for most tender plants like tomatoes, peppers and string beans! Amelia Tarpey, program and publicity manger for GrowNYC Greenmarkets, said it's last call for many summer varieties. Those range from the classic green beans to dragon tongues to noodle b…

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Deadly e-bike crash in Brooklyn highlights NYC regulatory flop

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The death of a 60-year-old woman who was run over by a pair of riders doubled up on an e-bike cruising in a bike lane outside the Brooklyn Navy Yard highlights a crisis that city officials have let simmer for years. That an more in this week's On The Way roundup of New York City transit news.

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A New York City construction calamity

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City contractors hired to replace a crumbling, century-old elevated stretch of Riverside Drive West in Washington Heights walked off the job last year, leaving behind an unfinished construction site and hundreds of residents stuck in a public works purgatory. The work began in late 2019, when the city transportation department hired the company Jud…

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Inside Zohran Mamdani’s strategy to protect his front-runner status

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With four weeks to go until the election, Mamdani’s campaign is in a new phase as he seeks to protect his front-runner status: risk minimization. That and more in this week's Politics Brief roundup.

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EpiDose 700- Origin Stories

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It's a trip down memory lane Family photos on fall days The origin stories of the show (and Jimmy Kimmel) The way that microphones and cameras change people *** Submit Your Topic - Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - [email protected] Ignorant and Uninformed

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Jung, Pauli, and the Mathematical Atom - James P. Dowling, DemystifySci #371 2:42:09

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In this episode James P. Dowling talks us through the unlikely friendship between physicist Wolfgang Pauli and psychologist Carl Jung. Their dialogue on quantum mechanics and archetypes pulled science and myth into the same room, forcing each to reckon with the other’s language. Out of their exchanges came visions of atoms haunted by the unconsciou…

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Talent Is Timeless puts NYC's seniors in the spotlight

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Tensions remain high at Columbia. This experiment asks students to come to the table.

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We Need to Delete 500 Years of Fake History - Lance Weaver, DemystifySci #370 2:12:19

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Geologist Lance Weaver steps back into the circle, carrying a wild heresy: that five centuries in the Egyptian record are ghosts, smoke, a trick of the scribes. Strip them away, he says, and the Bible and the Pharaohs suddenly stare eye to eye, like two old enemies who’ve just remembered they were brothers. We walk with him through the obscurely so…

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Where Biology Goes Off the Rails - Dr. Michael Levin, DemystifySci #369 1:06:19

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Michael Levin is a synthetic biologist at Tufts University who believes that asking questions about “life” is a fruitless project. Instead, he argues that we ought to be trying to understand the emergence of cognition - a feature that he believes appears long before cells emerge. As part of this project, Levin has started to pull on a series of thr…

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NYC Acting Sanitation Commissioner Javier Lojan talks about what's next for rat mitigation after NYC's "rat czar" resigns

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Trump tries to kill NYC's biggest public works projects

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In this week's episode of On the Way, WNYC's transportation team goes over President Donald Trump's push to cut $18 billion in mass transit funding for New York City following the government shutdown.

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Campaign Catch-up: Madison Fernandez on the Latest on the Race for NJ Governor

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Campaign Catch-up: Ben Max on the Latest on the Race for NYC Mayor

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Campaign Catch-up: Charles Stile on the Latest on the Race for NJ Governor

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Campaign Catch-up: Errol Louis on the Latest on the Race for NYC Mayor

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Campaign Catch-up: Mike Hayes on the Latest on the Race for NJ Governor

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Campaign Catch-up: Brian Lehrer on the Latest on the Race for NYC Mayor

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In Season: Apples (and cider)

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It's peak apple season! New York State is the second-largest apple producer in the country, right behind Washington State, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Amelia Tarpey is a program and publicity manger for GrowNYC Greenmarkets. WNYC joined her at the Union Square Greenmarket for a tour of the apple stands, where shoppers can…

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Advocating for Climate Justice in Central Harlem

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WNYC and the nonprofit Street Lab regularly team up to highlight stories from neighborhoods across New York City. We recently set up shop on St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem, and though we didn’t set out to talk about climate and the environment, it was on people's minds. As Climate Week continues at the UN General Assembly, here's some of what we hea…

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A chance encounter with Curtis Sliwa

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The Guardian Angels founder was speaking outside the 96th Street station on Monday morning, one day after Mayor Eric Adams had dropped out of the race. Bill Apple, 76, emerged from the station and ran into Sliwa. The registered Democrat donated twice to Sliwa, whom he described as someone who “knows the city.” “I detest Andrew Cuomo,” Apple said, c…

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The Mets will miss the playoffs, the Yankees make it in

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The Major League Baseball regular season has come to an end, and it's been a roller coaster of emotions for New York baseball fans. The New York Yankees are gearing up for their 60th playoff appearance in franchise history, all while their captain Aaron Judge vies for the American League MVP award. The Mets will miss the playoffs this year in a stu…

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EpiDose 699- PeakD&D Chat Vol 4

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Max comes in hot Ben has come a long way. Discussing our YouTube Channel We're proud of our Dungeons & Dragons x Hot Ones crossover - Signed, Seared, Delivered Shout out to Critical Role, Brendan Lee Mullligan, Pocket Dimension *** Submit Your Topic - Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - [email protected]…

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Ask a Super: Heat season, leaves, and pests — oh my!

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New York City living comes with its own set of challenges, especially if you're a renter. WNYC’s Morning Edition is back with another installment of “Ask a Super,” answering your questions about making city living work for you.Ron Pioquinto is a building super in Long Island City and a member of the 32BJ labor union. He joined WNYC’s Michael Hill t…