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Each week, we'll tackle an urgent topic shaping life in New York, often joined by MI colleagues and outside experts who help us think beyond the headlines.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEach week, we'll tackle an urgent topic shaping life in New York, often joined by MI colleagues and outside experts who help us think beyond the headlines.
The Bigger Apple Podcast is hosted by Liena Zagare. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Nikole Hannah-Jones' Essay, School Choice, and Accountability in NYC Schools" (8 October 2026, 60 minutes), "Deal or No Deal: Strikes, Budgets, and Unions" (18 May 2026, 70 minutes), and "Deal or No Deal: Strikes, Budgets, and Unions" (18 May 2026, 70 minutes).
The Bigger Apple Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 66 minutes across 16 episodes.
Booking probability for The Bigger Apple Podcast is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Bigger Apple Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Bigger Apple Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
Liena Zagare hosts The Bigger Apple Podcast, a news podcast with 16 episodes published.
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Manhattan Institute's education fellows Danyela Souza Egorov and Jennifer Weber join Nicole and Liena to discuss the federal scholarship tax credit, Nikole Hannah-Jones' essay, school choice, and the challenges facing...
This week, join us for a conversation about the Long Island Rail Road strike, the proposed state and city budgets, and the outsized influence of public- and private-sector unions with our colleague, New York's...
This week, join us for a conversation about the Long Island Rail Road strike, the proposed state and city budgets, and the outsized influence of public- and private-sector unions with our colleague, New York's...
Nicole and Liena talk with Eric Kober, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and former director of housing, economic and infrastructure planning at the New York City Department of City Planning, about rent...
Episode #12
Liena and Nicole talk to traffic guru Sam Schwartz and planner Kelly McGuinness about the good, bad and ugly about self-driving cars and dense, transit-centric cities. Watch this podcast here .
In this episode we talk about Mamdani's plans for municipal grocery stores and whether green carts and farmers markets are already doing this work, the mayor's proposed Pied-à-terre tax, the state's war against...
Episode #10
In this episode, Liena and Nicole unpack Mayor Mamdani's first 100 days, looking at his diluted promises of free childcare, fast and free buses, a rent freeze, and government groceries, as well as his ambition versus...
Episode #9
Rafael Mangual, Nick Ohnell Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of Criminal Injustice , joins Nicole and Liena to discuss the spate of daytime shootings hitting New York, the Raise the Age law and its...
In this episode, we talk with Ken Girardin, our colleague at the Manhattan Institute who covers New York tax, pension, energy, and labor policy, about two very expensive problems facing New York: a legislative push to...
In this episode of The Bigger Apple Podcast, Nicole Gelinas and Liena Zagare talk with former Baltimore police officer and John Jay professor Peter Moskos about Washington Square's social‑media snowball fight, NYPD...
E.J. McMahon, New York's leading budget expert, joins Liena Zagare and Nicole Gelinas to explain what's really happening with the city and state's finances. They talk about why New York seems flush with cash, what's...
Why are so many visibly ill people on New York's streets and trains in a city that guarantees shelter? Liena and Nicole speak with Manhattan Institute senior fellow and Homelessness in America author Stephen Eide about...
In this episode of the Bigger Apple podcast, Manhattan Institute's Liena Zagare and Nicole Gelinas talk with MI fellow and Director of Cities John Ketcham about the general-election results, what they mean for...
Episode #3
In this episode of the Bigger Apple podcast, Manhattan Institute's Liena Zagare and Nicole Gelinas talk with MI fellow Danyela Souza-Egorov about a $41 billion school system in crisis—from chronic absenteeism to falling...
In this episode, Liena Zagare and Nicole Gelinas discuss how regulation, rent, and labor shortages turned child care into a luxury — and plans New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Curtis...
Episode #1
In this episode of the Bigger Apple podcast, Manhattan Institute's Nicole Gelinas and Liena Zagare discuss NYC's crime situation — what's working, what's not, and how the narrative has changed since the last mayoral...
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Nick Ohnell Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Manhattan Institute
Former Governor of New York
Founder of the Guardian Angels, Radio Talk Show Host, and Republican Candidate for NYC Mayor, Guardian Angels
Senior Fellow, Contributing Editor at City Journal, Columnist for the New York Post, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
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