A Good Run with Daniel Feldman
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A Good Run with Daniel Feldman
A Good Run Podcast offers pieces of political history as personally experienced by Dan Feldman, a New York State legislator between 1981 and 1998 and current public management professor at John Jay College. The series includes revealing encounters between Feldman and such legendary New York politica...
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SPECIAL: 2020, Elections, SCOTUS and America
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 dow...
Episode 28: The 1998 Congressional Primary
Twenty-two years ago today, Daniel Feldman, Melina Katz, Noach Deer and Anthony Weiner participated in the Democratic Primary for the 9th District Con...
Episode 27: Running to Replace Chuck Schumer
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...
Episode 26: New York Politics of the 1990s
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 p...
Episode 25: 1989's Race for Brooklyn D.A.
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...
Episode 24: Chairing the Correction Committee
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 wi...
Episode 23: Brooklyn Politics of the ‘80s and ‘90s
Being a politician makes a person accountable too many groups simultaneously. But few politicians experienced the multifaceted nature of political res...
Episode 22: A "Day" In the Life
Sure, elective politics appears to be glamorous and making important laws feels like the kind of fulfilling work anyone could want for themselves. But...
Episode 21: Making Laws, Part 2
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...
Episode 20: Making Laws, Part 1
So Dan’s 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...
Episode 19: Dan Goes to Albany
Dan returns from the mountains to travel immediately to Albany, NY to begin his time as Assemblyman from the 45th District in New York. Hear what it’s...
Episode 18: Dan Feldman Wins!
The final steps in winning a local election — in this case the Assembly seat in the 45th district of New York — are recounted as Dan and Asher discuss...
SPECIAL: Protests, Movements and America
Dan and Asher sit down for a length discussion about the protests and movements happening around America and how it resembles (or doesn’t resemble) wh...
Episode 17: Dan Feldman for Assembly
We rejoin Dan’s journey into politics during the spring and summer of 1980, as a fresh decade gave Dan a fresh chance at elective office, this time as...
Episode 16: The Unguided Missile
Dan recounts his time working for Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman and Assemblyman Chuck Schumer in the time immediately after his second consecutive electoral...
Episode 15: Daniel Feldman, Candidate Redux
A Good Run is back with a deep dive into Dan's second political campaign after a stint in the working world. A Good Run returns via social distancing...
Episode 14: Daniel Feldman, Candidate Part II
In part two of our two-parter, Dan and Asher wrap up the storyline from last episode, discussing the ins and outs of a campaign from the point of view...
Episode 13: Daniel Feldman, Candidate
Season 2 of A Good Run starts off with Dan coming off the high of Elizabeth Holtzman's campaign victory. Hear how that triumph kickstarts his own poli...
Episode 12: Elizabeth Holtzman for Congress
A retelling of the against-all-odds campaign of Elizabeth Holtzman for Congress and Dan's involvement in the underdog campaign. Hear how a toothpick e...
Episode 11: John Lindsay for President
Leah and Dan reconvene for A Good Run episode about the “extremely unsuccessful presidential campaign” of John Lindsay. Travel with Dan through Indian...
Episode 10: Allard K. Lowenstein
A Good Run returns with some Inauguration counter programming! Leah and Dan sit down to discuss Allard Lowenstein, and his many influences on Dan's li...
Episode 9: Liz Holtzman
A Good Run returns with an introduction to Elizabeth Holtzman, a candidate for State Committeewoman who became a significant influence on Dan's politi...
Episode 8: The Campaigns of 1969-70
A Good Run returns with Dan and Asher discussing the end of John Lindsay's successful reelection campaign and the somewhat less successful campaigns l...
Episode 7: Re-elect John Lindsay for Mayor
Leah and Dan sit down to talk about Dan's early involvement in the 1969 reelection campaign of New York Mayor John V. Lindsay. In Dan's own words: "Ye...
Episode 6: City Hall
Dan sits down with Asher to discuss how his increased political involvement created a closer relationship between himself and City Hall, leading ultim...
Episode 5: Columbia University, 1968
A watershed moment in student interaction with the police force in New York City is discussed as Dan recounts the days leading up to and following a c...
Episode 4: Henry Feldman
Dan discusses his father's influence on all aspects of his personality and politics with Leah, covering aspects of life, community and personal drive....
Episode 3: Rennie in Queens
An episode that dives into the ways Dan's mom, Rennie, and his childhood influenced the way he saw politics in New York as it evolved over the decades...
Episode 2: Reformers and Regulars
Dan sits down with Leah to discuss the beginnings of the modern political movement in New York and concepts of "reformers" and "regulars." In Dan's ow...
Episode 1: Introduction
A Good Run begins with a good warm up, and in this inaugural episode, Daniel Feldman sits down with Asher to discuss his political upbringing and back...