The season 2 premiere of Hazmat Hotel features a wide-ranging interview with The Lincoln Project co-founder Reed Galen on the group's unrelenting campaign to unseat Donald Trump. Are their incendiary viral videos actually moving the needle am

If Trump loses, can Americans rely on law enforcement to show him the door?

Jun 15th, 2020 36m 19s

Come November, if Trump loses, can Americans rely on law enforcement to ensure a peaceful and seamless transition of power? Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to national security expert and CNN analyst Asha Rangappa, a senior lecturer at the

Does True Economic Recovery Depend on Black Lives Matter?

Jun 4th, 2020 39m 12s

Coronavirus and the resulting economic fallout have decimated jobs around the country. And while both presidential candidates are promising a recovery, the communities hardest hit by the pandemic could be excluded from seeing any stimulus unle

A City in Crisis: Errol Louis on Protests, Politics and Pandemic

May 29th, 2020 44m 58s

Just hours before Minneapolis erupted in flames, Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman sat down with quintessential New York reporter Errol Louis, host of NY1's "Inside City Hall", to pick his brain about the city’s own criminal justice reform movement

Governor Cuomo is Comedy Gold So It's OK To Laugh During the Pandemic

May 22nd, 2020 26m 31s

These are dark days, and laughs are hard to come by. Which is why we need comics like Maria DeCotis, who has won fame and accolades on social media for her parodies of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to DeCot

RIP Fitting Rooms, Long Live Lycra: What Becomes of Fashion When We Have Nowhere to Be?

May 15th, 2020 35m 49s

If your personal style these days can best described as 'elastic waist', you are not alone. Stay-at-home orders and shutdowns of non-essential businesses have all but capsized the retail and fashion industries. Will we ever want to get dressed

Are You Hollywood's Next Big Thing? Your Odds Have Never Been Better

May 6th, 2020 33m 3s

Sidelined by coronavirus, Hollywood talent-spotters with time on their hands are now on the hunt for fresh ideas and new voices. Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to Franklin Leonard, creator of The Black List, the legendary annual compendium

Soledad O'Brien is the Conscience of Media (Whether You Like It Or Not)

Apr 27th, 2020 43m 41s

Former CNN anchor turned media critic Soledad O'Brien has become the conscience of media, an unwavering (and unrelenting) critic of the failures of journalists and outlets overwhelmed by the Trump misinformation machine. On this episode of Haz

Will Broadway's Theater Business Ever Be The Same After Coronavirus?

Apr 17th, 2020 40m 57s

Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to Tony-nominated director Sheryl Kaller (Bliss, Mothers and Sons, Next Fall) about the fallout from coronavirus on the theater world, both in New York and the rest of the country. When will the curtains ris

Who gets a ventilator, who doesn't—and who decides?

Apr 8th, 2020 39m 10s

Hazmat Hotel host Lea Goldman talks to bioethicist Beth Roxland, the former Executive Director of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, which was responsible for the state's much-discussed Ventilator Allocation Guidelines. Roxland

Divorce and Custody in the Age of Coronavirus

Apr 1st, 2020 35m 34s

Hazmat Hotel welcomes family lawyer Jacqueline Harounian to talk about the legal issues families needs to consider in the wake of Covid-`19: Is it ok to change your custody agreement? What if I need an order of protection and the courts are clo

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