30 Issues in 30 Days: Working With Albany; The Jersey City Mayoral Race; Ken Burns on The American Revolution; Your Newsy Halloween Costumes

• Eric Blanc, assistant professor of Labor Studies at Rutgers University, author of several books including We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big (University of California Press, 2025), and publisher of the Substack newsletter Labor Politics, and Michael Aronson, Daily News editorial page editor, debate the mayoral candidates' ability to fulfill their campaign promises, given that many will require action at the state level.
  
  
• John Heinis, reporter for the Hudson County View, talks about the Jersey City mayoral race, which features seven candidates. Polls show the top three are roughly tied. 
  
  
• Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker, and Sarah Botstein, co-director of "The American Revolution," talk about their new, 12-part docuseries on PBS called "The American Revolution," which is being released ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, in July 2026.
  
  
• Ahead of Halloween weekend, listeners call in to share their costumes based on news and current events.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.