Driving Forces on WBAI

On Sunday, May 10, 2020, WBAI 99.5 FM City Watch Host David Brand talked with Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech, who discussed the impact of the coronavirus on local businesses, and Daily News courts reporter Noah Goldberg, who talked about changes to the criminal justice system to prevent the spread of COVID-19. WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston provided the latest installment...

On May 7, 2020, WBAI 99.5 FM Driving Forces Host Jeff Simmons spoke with Dr. Mitchell Katz, President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, and Elinor Tatum, Publisher and Editor on Chief of the New York Amsterdam News. The show also features a coronavirus diary dispatch from WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston, an interview with Dr. Rafael Hernandez, who agreed to go straight from graduating med...

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 11: Dr. Rafael Hernandez shares his experience of going straight from medical school to caring for Covid-19 patients as a junior physician at a New York hospital.

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 10: Danielle Oteri, founder of Arthur Avenue Food Tours, talks about adapting a business in the Bronx to a changed world.

Celeste Katz Marston speaks with Rod Quinn of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, April 30, 2020.

On Sunday, April 3, 2020, WBAI 99.5 FM’s City Watch host Jeff Simmons focused on the impact of COVID-19 on animals in this episode. He talked with: Dan Ashe, President and CEO, Association of Zoos & Aquariums; Dr. Ann Hohenhaus, Animal Medical Center; Joanne Yohannan, SVP, Operations, North Shore Animal League America; and Tiffany Lacey, President and Executive Director, Animal Haven. The show als...

On Thursday, April 30, 2020, WBAI 99.5 FM Driving Forces Host Jeff Simmons focused on healthcare amid the coronavirus pandemic with guests New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera and New York State Nurses Association Executive Director Pat Kane. The show also featured a coronavirus diary dispatch by WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston.

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. WBAI is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 9: Shari Beatty, a neonatal intensive care nurse from Manhattan, shares what it's like caring for the city's most fragile newborns amid the Covid-19 crisis.

On Sunday, April 26, 2020. City Watch host David Brand focused on sports with writers Bradford William Davis of the Daily News and JT Torenli of the Brooklyn Eagle, who discussed how their work has changed as leagues around the world suspended indefinitely. Transit reporter and avid Mets fan Dave Colon also described efforts to improve biking in New York City and gave his take on J-Lo and A-Rod's...

On Sunday, April 26, WBAI 99.5 FM presented a special show: Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee, in partnership with faith leaders and elected officials, held a Queens Virtual Interfaith Vigil for the thousands of lives lost in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the frontline and essential workers upon whom the borough relies. The show - hosted by WBAI host Jeff Simmons - was h...

On Thursday, April 23, 2020, DWBAI Driving Forces host Jeff Simmons focused on housing and homelessness amid the coronavirus pandemic. The show featured conversations with former Obama advisor Shaun Donovan and The Partnership for the Homeless President and CEO Áine Duggan. The show also featured the latest New York in Crisis: Coronavirus Diary dispatch from WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston...

Celeste Katz Marston speaks with Rod Quinn of Australian Broadcasting Radio, April 17, 2020.

On Sunday, April 19, 2020, City Watch host Jeff Simmons talked with New York State Senator Julia Salazar, Queens Theatre Executive Director Taryn Sacramone, and Girl Scouts of Greater New York CEO Meridith Maskara. The show also featured WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston’s latest coronavirus diary dispatch with John Oswald.

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. The battle against the virus has profoundly changed Americans’ way of life. WBAI is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 8: David German of Long Island shares what it's like caring for his wife, Linda, who has Alzheimer's, in the age of social distancing.

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. The battle against the virus has profoundly changed Americans’ way of life. WBAI is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 7: Alex Aronovich, a married gay man who lives in Manhattan, talks about being turned away after being asked to donate plasma after recovering from Covid-19.

On Thursday, April 16, 2020, WBAI 99.5 FM Driving Forces host Jeff Simmons spoke with NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, NYC Transit Interim President Sarah Feinberg, and US Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney. The show also featured the latest coronavirus diary installment - an interview with NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer - by WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston.

On Sunday, April 12, 2020, City Watch host David Brand spoke with former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who now serves as president and CEO of homeless services agency Win; Brooklyn Diocese Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio about the impact of the coronavirus on the Catholic Church in Brooklyn and Queens; Mayors Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Bitta Mostofi about Immigrant Heritage Week; an...

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. The battle against the virus has profoundly changed Americans’ way of life. For some, it means death. WBAI is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 6: Manhattanite John Oswald, a double amputee, shares what it's like dealing with dialysis and trying to learn to walk again as cor...

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. WBAI is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. This is New York in Crisis: WBAI's Coronavirus Diary. Episode 5: J., a Manhattan gynecologist and abortion provider, discusses the professional and personal challenges of doing her job during the outbreak.

New York is the epicenter of the #coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. The battle against the virus has profoundly changed Americans’ way of life. For some, it means death. WBAI's Celeste Katz Marston is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 4: New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer speaks about losing his mother, Arlene Stringer-Cuevas, to COVI...

New York is the epicenter of the #coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. The battle against the virus has profoundly changed Americans’ way of life. For some, it means death. WBAI's Celeste Katz Marston is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 3: Joelle Sedlmeyer of Brooklyn talks about getting sick amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. The battle against the virus has profoundly changed Americans’ way of life. For some, it means death. WBAI's Celeste Katz Marston is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 2: Juan Galloway, president and CEO of New York City Relief, a non-profit which serves the homeless.

On Sunday, April 5, 2020, WBAI 99.5 FM’s City Watch, cohosted by Jeff Simmons and David Brand, featured interviews with Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, and Center for an Urban Future’s Jonathan Bowles. The show also featured WBAI Correspondent Celeste Katz Marston’s "New York in Crisis: WBAI's Coronavirus Diary."

New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. The battle against the virus has profoundly changed Americans’ way of life. For some, it means death. WBAI's Celeste Katz Marston is collecting the stories of New Yorkers fighting their way through the storm. Episode 1: New York City Council Member Danny Dromm.

Celeste Katz Marston discusses the latest on coronavirus in the U.S. with Rod Quinn of Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio, April 2, 2020.