Indy Audio

Occupy Wall Street began in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan and inspired the creation of similar Occupy encampments in more than 60 cities and towns across the country. Writer Priscilla Grim was there right through the beginning, starting her career blogging, and bridging the gap between activists on the ground and journalists. 15 years later, we talk about what Occupy Wall Street was really abou...

Protesters gathered Tuesday morning outside the New York headquarters of Open AI as concerns grow about the potential dangers posed by Artificial Super Intelligence including the extinction of humanity within the next decade. Assemblymember-elect Brian Romero from Western Queens was among the speakers. He joined us to talk about state-level legislation he is crafting to rein in the worst excesses...

This week's Listener Call-Ins were exciting. We had a call in from Alex Vitale, Brooklyn College Professor and Author of End of Policing who gave us his take on AOC and the language and strategy that can be used to effectively end policing. A fun one to see how your neighbors and fellow listeners think.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration faces a steady string of challenges from the right as his administration continues to implement his progressive agenda. In the first segment we speak with City & State Editor Peter Sterne about the new Mayor's Office of Labor Power, lawsuits challenging his rent freeze, his pied-a-terre tax on second mansions and his plan to open five city run gr...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration faces a steady string of challenges from the right as his administration continues to implement his progressive agenda. In the first segment of today's Indypendent news Hour, we spoke with City & State Editor Peter Sterne about the new Mayor's Office of Labor Power, lawsuits challenging his rent freeze, his pied-a-terre tax on second mansions and...

In the second segment, the Indypendent's John Tarleton turned to Providence, Rhode Island which in today's Democratic primary could become the next city to elect a democratic socialist mayor. He spoke with Keating Zelenke of the Providence Post about the race between centrist incumbent Bretty Smiley and his democratic socialist challenger David Morales.

In this segment listeners call in and speak up against Islamphobic protests that Mayor Mamdani shouldn't speak at the 9/11 Memorial this year with passion, among other poignant conversation. Tune in.

As a hot NY Summer comes to a close, and students of all ages are getting back to school next week, the City's educators are facing unexpected challenges. Expanding the city's Pre-K and 3-K programs has been one of Zohran Mamdani's signature issues since he first ran for mayor. However, the non-profit organizations that are the backbone of the city's early childhood education system are scrambling...

As a hot NY Summer comes to a close, and students of all ages are getting back to school next week, the City's educators are facing unexpected challenges. Expanding the city's Pre-K and 3-K programs has been one of Zohran Mamdani's signature issues since he first ran for mayor. However, the non-profit organizations that are the backbone of the city's early childhood education system are scrambling...

We speak to the Indy's very own contributing author, Theodore Hamm on a stunning update on a murder case he has followed for years and what it says about the Brooklyn DA's office's shady history of false convictions against innocent New Yorkers.

In the first segment, we take a look at how gov. Kathy Hochul is helping trillionaire tech bro Elon Musk expand his empire. Journalist, Luke Goldstein published an article in the Lever titled, "Elon Musk’s Banking Empire Just Got Gov. Hochul’s Blessing". The Indypendent's Allie Tutich sits with Goldstein to unpack what all of this means for Musk and for us. In our second  and third segment, Editor...

In the first segment, we take a look at how gov. Kathy Hochul is helping trillionaire tech bro Elon Musk expand his empire. Journalist, Luke Goldstein published an article in the Lever titled, "Elon Musk’s Banking Empire Just Got Gov. Hochul’s Blessing". The Indypendent sits with Goldstein to unpack what all of this means for Musk and for us.

Editor in Chief of the Indypendent, John Tarleton goes out to the field this episode to report on Day 5 of the 'New York fights AI Data Centers Tour'. The tour has been led by state senator Kristin Gonzalez, Food and Water Watch and New York Renews. They vehemently oppose the expansion of data centers across New York State. The tour comes at a moment when data centers are burgeoning across the cou...

Editor in Chief of the Indypendent, John Tarleton, reports from Orangeburg, New York, a frontline community resisting the prospect of a second data center being built in their town. John reports from Data One, the first Data Center polluting the beautiful lake Tappan. We learn how this data center will have far reaching affects, hurting people beyond the local community. John speaks to grassroots...

August 18, 2026: Parviz Mukhamadkulov of Poetica Coffee and Assemblymember Emily Gallagher by The Indypendent

August 11, 2026: Neighborhoods Resist ICE ier Blocks, Protests against the Death of Palestinian Media's Voices and Indy's Budding High School Journalists by The Indypendent

August 4, 2026: Indypendent Writers Episode featuring Nicholas Powers and Karen Malpede by The Indypendent

July 28th, 2026: Free Mumia Updates, Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, Danny Valdes of Cubans Americans for Cuba by The Indypendent

In our first segment, we speak to State Senator Kristen Gonzalez who is a former tech worker, a democratic socialist, the youngest member of the New York State Senate and she chairs its Internet and Technology Committee. Since first being elected in 2022, she has championed legislation to rein in the excesses of Big Tech companies. In June, she played a key role in shepherding data center moratori...

State Senator Kristen Gonzalez is a former tech worker, a democratic socialist, the youngest member of the New York State Senate and she chairs its Internet and Technology Committee. Since first being elected in 2022, she has championed legislation to rein in the excesses of Big Tech companies. In June, she played a key role in shepherding data center moratorium legislation through the Senate and...

In the summer of 1936, New York City opened 11 large outdoor swimming pools across the city that each could hold upwards of 1,000 bathers. It was the height of the New Deal with ambitious public works projects being carried out across the country. FDR’s administration provided the resources and here in New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia got the job done. Ninety years later, these pools still serve...

July 14, 2026: Palestine Protest Against Smotrich, Mamdani’s Fast Bus Plan & New York in the 1920s by The Indypendent

July 14, 2026: Palestine Protesters Celebrate Thwarting Ben-Gvir Appearance at United Nations. by The Indypendent

July 14, 2026: Mamdani, Hochul Roll Out Plan to Speed Up Service on 50 Bus Routes by The Indypendent

July 14, 2026: Jonathan Ezra Goldman Discusses New Book on the “Hidden History” of 1920s New York by The Indypendent