The Backgrounder Podcast
1) Episode 82: Loretta Weinberg
When Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg began attending Port Authority meetings, she began uncovering the scandal that we’ve come to know as “Bridgegate.” On this episode, the incomparable and in...Show More
2) Episode 81: Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin, Montclair’s man on the moon, has led an extraordinary life in the years leading up to – and since – his historic voyage on Apollo 11. Just days before he returns to Montclair for the dedi...Show More
3) Episode 80: Benjie Wimberly
If you don’t know N.J. Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly through his political and government credentials, you almost certainly know him as the legendary football coach who brought Super Bowl Champion Victo...Show More
4) Episode 79: Heather Howard
Heather Howard rose to prominence when she served as New Jersey’s State Health and Senior Services Commissioner in Governor Jon Corzine’s administration during the height of the national health care r...Show More
5) Episode 78: Gordon MacInnes
Gordon MacInnes, President of New Jersey Policy Perspective, knows Trenton and Jersey politics. He served two terms in the Statehouse, first as an assemblyman and later as a state senator – no small f...Show More
6) Episode 77: Student Loan Debt with Deanna Maria Norcross & Vincent Cimilluca
School may be out for the summer but New Jersey’s student loan program has come under fire since a July 3 Propublica/New York Times story. “State sanctioned loan sharking” was how one person quote in ...Show More
Episode 77: Student Loan Debt with Deanna Maria Norcross & Vincent Cimilluca
39:12 | Aug 5th, 2016
7) Episode 76: Harry Pozycki
Anyone with a political hangover from the past two weeks’ conventions will want to hear from Harry Pozycki, founder and chair of The Citizens Campaign. He has a lot to say about how much power we the ...Show More
8) Episode 75: Cathleen Lewis
Cathleen Lewis holds a unique position in Transportation Trust Fund/Gas Tax debate as Public Affairs Director for the American Automobile Association in New Jersey. While she is a known proponent of r...Show More
9) Episode 74: Jennifer Beck
N.J. Senator Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) has been making headlines this year opposing a 23-cents-per-gallon gas tax hike and being among the first Republicans to not support Donald Trump’s presidential...Show More
10) Episode 73: Julia Sass Rubin
Two roads to school reform have diverged in New Jersey and Dr. Julia Sass Rubin of Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy isn’t thrilled with the choice. Dr. Rubin explain...Show More