With less than a month to Election Day, a new Supreme Court justice nomination on hand, and political turmoil around every turn, Dan and Asher sit down to discuss what it’s like to be a close follower of the political news cycle in 2020. Spend the...

Twenty-two years ago today, Daniel Feldman, Melina Katz, Noach Deer and Anthony Weiner participated in the Democratic Primary for the 9th District Congressional seat in New York. Early Pollsters gave Dan’s campaign cigars after conducting its first...

The long-serving Congressman Schumer has set off to pursue a seat in the U.S. Senate. Who will replace him? Hear the foundational elements of the 1998 Congressional Primary to fill the Congressional seat for the 9th District of New York and the...

As the 1980s turned into the 1990s and the political landscape in New York continued to shift, Dan exits his largest-profile race to date with a new perspective and an appreciation for what’s to come. Hear how, even in the span of less than a decade,...

New York City’s most populous borough needed a new District Attorney in 1989. Who better to pursue the seat than Dan Feldman? After a few consecutive terms of success in the New York State Assembly, hear the trials of the 1989 District Attorney race...

Dan recalls his dozen-year stint as chair of the Correction Committee and the massively complex and evolving relationship the state of New York has with the prison and correctional systems. Learn about motivations, changes, undertakings and reforms...

Being a politician makes a person accountable too many groups simultaneously. But few politicians experienced the multifaceted nature of political responsibility like New York City politicians of the 1980s and 1990s. While Dan’s making headway in...

Sure, elective politics appears to be glamorous and making important laws feels like the kind of fulfilling work anyone could want for themselves. But what are the ins and outs of the game that politicians need to keep in mind? How do you balance the...

Making laws in any context is difficult, but when it comes to organized crime and New York state, the pressure is especially tense, and the “tinkering” is especially vital. Hear about the “hundreds” of hours it took to help get the New York State...

So Dans an Assemblyman! How does a legislator make laws in Albany? What drives that desire to make specific laws? Hear Dan and Asher discuss some of the inner workings of making laws in the 80s in N