Keeping Relevant Podcast
1) Liz Krueger: NYS Senator, Senate Finance Committee, Chair
Liz Krueger, NYS Senator and Senate Finance Committee chair discusses her “two jobs” #1 to be responsive to people-making certain that governance works for them; #2 Albany-and public policy, that affe...Show More
2) Jerry Goldfeder: Election and Voting Rights Attorney
Ronnie and election and voting rights attorney, Jerry Goldfeder discuss what’s going on today, asking if only a constitutional scholar can follow events. Though Americans have never experienced anythi...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Ronald E. Richter: JCCA - Children's Welfare, A Calling
Happily the number of children in foster care has decreased dramatically, yet Ronald Richter, JCCA’s leadership notes challenges today’s kids face, entering foster care: many have never been to a dent...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Tom Robbins: A Man Not To Be Forgotten
In memory of Tom Robbins, Ronnie Eldridge reminds us that he “...could not abide injustice or deceit, nor corruption and greed.” In an earlier conversation,Tom describes his long career as a reporter...Show More
5) Primary Election 2025 and Ranked Choice Voting
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) a new way for NYC to vote in municipal elections may be different/complicated: but it’s the form used on the June 2025, Primary Election to select a candidate for mayor. RCV...Show More
6) Mark Green: New York City's First Public Advocate
Oligarch’s money and voters’ support elected Pres.Trump for a second term. Mark Green asks will people leave him when their parents can’t rely on a social security check; when children’s public school...Show More
7) Steven Zeidman: SecondLookProjectNY-CUNY School of Law
Steve Zeidman’s op-ed on redemption/mercy/clemency/reevaluating sentences and how- with the support of law students, letters from inmates sentenced, at 16 to 75 years to life; and as aging prisoners d...Show More
8) Carol Shapiro: Advocate/Activist for Criminal Justice Reform
Carol Shapiro, an advocate and activist works to reform how we view criminal justice-with programs like La Bodega de la Familia, to help strengthen the family to overcome drug abuse and poverty- and, ...Show More
9) Robert Polner: An Irish Passion for Justice
Ronnie and Robert Polner, writer with Michael Tubridy of “An Irish Passion for Justice,” discuss the life and career of Paul O’Dwyer, an Irish immigrant, an advocate for social justice-the familiar fa...Show More
10) Lisa J. Gugenheim: New York Hall of Science (NYSCI)
Lisa Gugenheim brings us to the NY Hall of Science (NYSCI): its history, its innovative Design, Make, Play exhibits, for all learners, programs-STEM Comes to Life, promoting STEM skills in collaborati...Show More