New Jersey Exit Interviews

In this episode of New Jersey Exit Interviews, I sit down with Dr. Brad Cohen — the current mayor of East Brunswick, New Jersey and a candidate in the Democratic primary for NJ's 12th Congressional District — for a wide-ranging conversation about New Jersey, public service, affordability, health care, immigration, science, and the future of the district. We talk about Dr. Cohen’s path from medicin...

Episode 6: Eric Conner: Better Blocks NJ, Housing Supply, and the Fight for a More Livable Jersey City Eric Conner is a downtown Jersey City resident, co-founder of Better Blocks New Jersey, and a true believer that evidence-based policy can meaningfully improve people's lives. In this episode, Eric breaks down why Jersey City became one of the most interesting urban growth stories in the Northeas...

In this episode of New Jersey Exit Interviews, host David Piegaro speaks with Joey Fox, the Washington DC correspondent for the New Jersey Globe. They discuss Joey's journey from New York City to covering New Jersey politics, the dynamics of journalism in the state, and the unique access journalists have in Trenton. The conversation also touches on the recent election dynamics in New Jersey, the i...

I n our fourth episode, we sit down with Jay Vaingankar, a 28-year-old congressional candidate running for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. The son of Indian immigrants who grew up in Mercer County, Jay's journey took him from community organizing in his high school to the Biden White House and the Department of Energy before returning home to run for Congress. Jay discusses how growing u...

Rabbi Shlomo Schorr has one of the most interesting career paths in all of New Jersey political media. He spent years as a reporter covering Trenton and the Shore region for outlets ranging from The Lakewood Shopper and Mishpacha Magazine to The New York Times. In January 2023, he made the jump from covering politics to participating in it, joining Agudath Israel of America as Director of Legislat...

Tyler Cowen is an economist at George Mason University. He is also on his way to becoming the world's first information trillionaire, the host of the extraordinary podcast Conversations with Tyler , and a co-author of the MarginalRevolution blog. He is also, of course, from The Great New Jersey. He grew up in Hillsdale, Bergen County, but was born in the working-class Scots-Irish town of Kearney i...

Former Governor Chris Christie holds nothing back in the debut episode of New Jersey Exit Interviews hosted by David Piegaro. In this conversation, Christie discusses: → Why he thinks New Jersey is "about to come in for another spate of bad conduct" on corruption → His blunt assessment of Jack Ciattarelli's campaign ("ill-advised and ill devised... devastating loss") → What went wrong with NJ's en...