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The Indypendent News Hour airs Tuesdays 5–6 p.m. on WBAI-99.5 FM. Check out our archives to listen to past interviews with movement organizers, authors, elected officials and others fighting for justice in New York City and beyond.
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Columbia Professor Joe Howley Speaks on the University's Settlement with the Trump Administration
In our first segment, we speak with Columbia Professor Joe Howley. He has been an outspoken critic of the repression of pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia since the fall of 2023. He has also been watching with dismay as the university’s top leaders recently negotiated what he says is a one-sided legal settlement with

CUNY-Brooklyn College Professor Jeanne Theoharis on CUNY Firing Pro-Palestine Faculty and MLK
CUNY-Brooklyn College Professor Jeanne Theoharis on CUNY Firing Pro-Palestine Faculty and MLK by The Indypendent

July 29: Professor Joe Howley on Columbia's Settlement and Professor Jeanne Theoharis on the Firing of 4 CUNY Faculty
July 29: Professor Joe Howley on Columbia's Settlement and Professor Jeanne Theoharis on the Firing of 4 CUNY Faculty by The Indypendent

July 8: Deliveristas Celebrate Pay Victory, CUNY Under Attack by Trump, Mayoral Race Update
In our first segment, we speak with Liaga Guallpa, co-executive director of the Workers Justice Project, which celebrated some big legislative wins for New York City’s tens of thousands of bicycle deliveristas on July 14 on the steps of City Halls. In our second segment, Felix Matos Rodriguez, Chancellor of the City Un

July 21: John Tarleton Discusses NYC Mayor’s Race w/Scott Harris of Between The Lines
How Zohran Mamdani and New York City DSA pulled off one of the greatest victories in the history of the American Left and the many challenges ahead. Scott Harris hosts Counterpoint Mondays 8-9:30pm on WPKN (Bridgeport, CT.). Interviews from that show are edited and rebroadcast on Between the Lines, a nationally syndica

July 22: The Future of Public Broadcasting, Mass Transit & Mamdani, Socialist Surging in Minneapolis Mayor’s Race
In our first segment, we speak with WBAI General Manager Bob Hennelly about the impact of Congress’s sweeping cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and how it could impact public radio and television stations across the country. In our second segment, Danny Pearlstein of the Riders Alliance talks about 6 mont