The Voting by the Numbers

Matt Friedman, reporter for Politico New Jersey and author of the New Jersey Politico Playbook, talks about the election results in New Jersey, where the so-called "blue tsunami" left just one lone Republican House member standing in the garden state.Photo: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), New Jersey Democratic Congressional candidate Rebecca Bennett and Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg gather at the end of a rally at Raritan Valley Community College on October 16, 2026 in Branchburg, New Jersey. Bennett will run against incumbent Rep. (Kena Betancur via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic and host of their 'Autocracy in America' podcast, now in its fourth season, discusses her reporting on the Trump administration's "bullying" of Europe, the ongoing global implications the war in Iran and other foreign policy news.Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on November 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ber Anena, Ugandan-born journalist and author of The Lies We Tell for America: A Memoir (Flatiron Books, 2026), tells the story of leaving Uganda for an MFA at Columbia during lockdown and how it changed her assumptions about America, and more.Photo: People wearing masks are seen on at Columbia University as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on August 06, 2020 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Elizabeth Gunn, contributor to Grub Street and author of the food newsletter Consumed, talks about how AI and technology is making restaurant experiences more and more strange.Photo: Customers eat dinner at the French restaurant Gigi's in the Brooklyn borough of New York on April 26, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jumaane Williams, New York City Public Advocate, provides an update on the fatal building collapse near Bedford and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn.Photo: TOPSHOT - First responders tend to a collapsed building in Brooklyn in New York on November 11, 2026. [Eight people were] killed and several others were injured Wednesday after a three-story building collapsed near a construction site in New York, city authorities said. (kena betancur / AFP via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Carl Heastie, New York Assembly Speaker, talks about the election results and what to expect in Albany in the next term.Photo: New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie speaks during a press conference and signing of legislation creating a commission for the study of reparations in New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ukraine, Russia and the US have returned to the negotiating table after 9 months away from it. As Ukraine braces for another winter under Russian attacks on their energy grid, Oleksiy Sorokin, deputy chief editor of The Kyiv Independent, joins to discuss the state of diplomacy and whether or not an end to fighting is on the table.Photo: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff during a joint news conference outside the Mariinskyi Palace following negotiations in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mayor Mamdani recently traveled to Puerto Rico for the annual post-election SOMOS conference for New York politicos. Alana Casanova-Burgess, co-creator, host and producer of the podcast La Brega, from Futuro Studios, talks about the issues the mayor focused on, including a controversial luxury resort, and ICE raids on the island -- both of which the latest season of the La Brega podcast also covers.Photo: New York City Mayor elect Zohran Mamdani helps handing out lunch after he joined members of the Centro Islamico del Caribe -Masjid Ebadur Rahman mosque in prayer in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Angel Valentin/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sarah Zhang, staff writer for The Atlantic, shares her reporting on the many surveillance apps and gadgets marketed to parents, and how they are fundamentally changing the relationship between parents and their kids.Photo: A 14-year-old teenage boy looks at an iPhone smartphone screen. (Photo by Anna Barclay/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Allison Jaslow, Iraq war veteran, former army captain and former CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) talks about the veterans who were elected in the blue wave in the midterms, and the issues important to vets that they may choose to focus on once they are in office.Photo: Wounded combat veteran and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) addresses fellow veterans, active duty members of the military and their supporters during the Unite For Veterans, Unite for America Rally on the National Mall. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.