How Big Tech Lost the Midterms

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.

Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president of Health Initiatives at the Community Service Society and co-founder of the Health Care for All New York Campaign talks about the jumps in price for ACA insurance and other health insurance premiums.Photo: Participant seen holding a sign at the protest. New York patients, union members, and health workers gathered across from Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, to celebrate the 61st anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket 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.

Voters sent several NYC Democratic Socialists of America members to Congress, and sixteen up to Albany. Grace Mausser, NYC-DSA co-chair, and Gustavo Gordillo, NYC-DSA co-chair, reflect on their wins, and talk about what their policy priorities will be on both the state and federal level.Photo: Democratic Socialists of America at rally in Columbus Circle. (Photo by Andy Katz/Corbis 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.

Internet culture reporter Jessica Lucas talks about the phenomenon of "iPad parents," adults whose adult children are fighting their screen addictions and battling feeds full of AI slop.Photo: This picture shows an elderly woman using a smartphone. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / 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.

Matt Viser, staff writer at The Atlantic, talks about the Democrats' plans for congressional investigations in the upcoming term, as well as Pres. Trump's response.Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump shouts back a response to the media on the South Lawn of the White House after landing aboard Marine One on November 08, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump was returning to Washington after spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. (Tasos Katopodis 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.