Zohran Mamdani; Campaign Politics and Analysis; NYC's Animal Shelters are Full; How to Avoid New Scams; The Gen Z Intimacy Recession

• Zohran Mamdani, New York State assembly member (D-36, Queens) and the Democratic nominee for mayor, makes his pitch to voters as he runs for mayor of New York City.
  
  
• Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, offers political analysis of Brian's candidate interview with Zohran Mamdani, and other campaign-related news.
  
  
• The animal shelters in New York are full. There are feral cat colonies around the city. So, what do we do? Will Zweigart, executive director of Flatbush Cats, a nonprofit cat rescue group, explains how we got to this point and makes some suggestions for what New York can do about all the cats.
  
  
• Amy Nofziger, director of victim support at AARP's Fraud Watch Network, discusses the latest trends on how scammers are tricking people into giving them money and personal information and brings tips on how to avoid scams.
  
  
• Carter Sherman, reproductive health and justice reporter at The Guardian US and author of The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future (Gallery Books, 2025), talks about the decline in sex and intimacy among young people and what role the internet and hookup culture have played in shaping a generation's new cultural mores. 

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.