Listen now (37 mins) | New York City has had a rough few years. It lost nearly four percent of its population during the pandemic. There was a historic crime surge, particularly violent crime. Buildings were empty as people continued to work from home. Pundits all over the world declared New York City “over.”
Disappointed in this interview; not hard hitting at all. Adams comes across as highly political and Barri asks no hard questions. She never makes him uncomfortable. Wasted opportunity.
This was the most disappointing Honestly yet. Eric Adam’s talks like a politician and a NY politician at that. He didn’t offer anything new to the conversation outside of what we already know about NYC and it’s current state of crime, politics, etc. Bari typically has a way with getting her guests to open up and reveal their humanity, but Adam’s just sounds like every other NY Democrat.
One word for Randi Weingarten: “Smart”. OMG. I can’t think of one person in America who has been more harmful to the African American kid. Adams’ answer is obviously nothing other than political. So sad.
I tried to give Mayor Adams the benefit of the doubt, but he stated that shutting down was a good decision by the prior administration - the stupidity continues. We sacrificed kids to protect the elderly, and it did not work. A reminder to myself to never live in a city or state that embraced lockdowns, and have an alternative when the next health "emergency" happens. Dems love bodily autonomy, as long as that means unborn children, but not in any other way.
Have to say I disagree that there weren't any difficult parts at all. She hit school shutdowns, antisemitism, crime, addiction, it's not like she didn't ask any substantive questions. And sure, he gave a lot of politician answers, but he articulated some things in there that could get him banned from a college campus. The fact that she got half an hour with a prominent Democrat when his entire tribe shuns the "heterodox" world is not nothing.
If the Bari Weiss media empire is going to go anywhere, she's going to have to navigate the tension between asking real questions and convincing people to give the interview in the first place. Given where mainstream media is on that question, I don't think she's doing badly.
This is one of the rare moments that I read the comments before considering listening to the podcast. I'm glad I didn't waste my time. I'm sure Eric Adams is a decent man with some good intentions but lacks the intelligence, skills and imagination to pull NYC back from the brink. That would require a very unique individual. But it's over for NYC. The world has moved on. What was once a great city built on excellence in engineering, architecture, the arts with a unique culture and urban experience that was specific to that once great metropolis has been systematically destroyed through incompetence and by demagogues who try as he may Mayor Eric appears to be one.
Thank you, Bari for further confirming why we in NYC have little idea of what our mayor is about. You’re correct, he doesn’t hold regular town halls or radio interviews and I think 30 minutes was more than enough time for this episode.
I’d love it if you could have an interview with Kathryn Garcia. She came a close second to Adams in the mayoral race. Has an interesting background, including head of the NYC department of sanitation (pretty bad-ass in this town, especially for woman), politically moderate and had some really good, practical ideas.
Yes - this was a tremendously disappointing puff piece of an interview. Mayor Adams just replied with platitude after platitude.
Two examples, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is concerned about jobs. So why did she chase off Amazon, a company that would have brought in thousands of jobs that 1) did not require a college degree 2) would help fund a college education 3) paid above minimum wage and 4) paid benefits to people working over 20 hours a week.
Second, Randi Weingarten advocated for remote education 1) long after it we knew if was not needed for the safety of children 2) long after we knew if caused great harm to kids, particularly kids of color. If racism is defined by disparate outcomes that harm people of color and people advocating disparate outcomes like this are racists, then how is Ms. Weingarten not a racist. That may be a bit strong, but you get the point.
Bari, this was beneath you. It would have been better not to talk to the Mayor.
Not the type of interview I have come to expect from Barri. Lots of big words like "justice" but not drill down as to what that means. He admires Randy Weingarten. Does that mean he is aligned with Teachers Unions? If so, how will that improve schools
Where is he on Charters?
He comes across as a typical Democrat who checks all of the boxes
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought I heard him say that the criminal justice system was “more racist than before” because both perpetrators and victims of crime were disproportionately black and brown and that this is now a “generational” thing. So instead of acknowledging the myriad cultural problems in urban black communities we’re gonna blame whitey? Is he willfully blind, captured by ideology, or just stupid....
Disappointing. Barri seems starstruck whenever she interviews a famous person. She's so proud of getting the interview, she seemingly makes it as pleasant as possible. The complete lack of follow up questions just made this an opportunity for the mayor to platform his agenda.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams
Disappointed in this interview; not hard hitting at all. Adams comes across as highly political and Barri asks no hard questions. She never makes him uncomfortable. Wasted opportunity.
This was the most disappointing Honestly yet. Eric Adam’s talks like a politician and a NY politician at that. He didn’t offer anything new to the conversation outside of what we already know about NYC and it’s current state of crime, politics, etc. Bari typically has a way with getting her guests to open up and reveal their humanity, but Adam’s just sounds like every other NY Democrat.
One word for Randi Weingarten: “Smart”. OMG. I can’t think of one person in America who has been more harmful to the African American kid. Adams’ answer is obviously nothing other than political. So sad.
I tried to give Mayor Adams the benefit of the doubt, but he stated that shutting down was a good decision by the prior administration - the stupidity continues. We sacrificed kids to protect the elderly, and it did not work. A reminder to myself to never live in a city or state that embraced lockdowns, and have an alternative when the next health "emergency" happens. Dems love bodily autonomy, as long as that means unborn children, but not in any other way.
Have to say I disagree that there weren't any difficult parts at all. She hit school shutdowns, antisemitism, crime, addiction, it's not like she didn't ask any substantive questions. And sure, he gave a lot of politician answers, but he articulated some things in there that could get him banned from a college campus. The fact that she got half an hour with a prominent Democrat when his entire tribe shuns the "heterodox" world is not nothing.
If the Bari Weiss media empire is going to go anywhere, she's going to have to navigate the tension between asking real questions and convincing people to give the interview in the first place. Given where mainstream media is on that question, I don't think she's doing badly.
This is one of the rare moments that I read the comments before considering listening to the podcast. I'm glad I didn't waste my time. I'm sure Eric Adams is a decent man with some good intentions but lacks the intelligence, skills and imagination to pull NYC back from the brink. That would require a very unique individual. But it's over for NYC. The world has moved on. What was once a great city built on excellence in engineering, architecture, the arts with a unique culture and urban experience that was specific to that once great metropolis has been systematically destroyed through incompetence and by demagogues who try as he may Mayor Eric appears to be one.
Thank you, Bari for further confirming why we in NYC have little idea of what our mayor is about. You’re correct, he doesn’t hold regular town halls or radio interviews and I think 30 minutes was more than enough time for this episode.
I’d love it if you could have an interview with Kathryn Garcia. She came a close second to Adams in the mayoral race. Has an interesting background, including head of the NYC department of sanitation (pretty bad-ass in this town, especially for woman), politically moderate and had some really good, practical ideas.
Yes - this was a tremendously disappointing puff piece of an interview. Mayor Adams just replied with platitude after platitude.
Two examples, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is concerned about jobs. So why did she chase off Amazon, a company that would have brought in thousands of jobs that 1) did not require a college degree 2) would help fund a college education 3) paid above minimum wage and 4) paid benefits to people working over 20 hours a week.
Second, Randi Weingarten advocated for remote education 1) long after it we knew if was not needed for the safety of children 2) long after we knew if caused great harm to kids, particularly kids of color. If racism is defined by disparate outcomes that harm people of color and people advocating disparate outcomes like this are racists, then how is Ms. Weingarten not a racist. That may be a bit strong, but you get the point.
Bari, this was beneath you. It would have been better not to talk to the Mayor.
Eric Adams isn't as bad as de Blasio but he still sucks. Insane that he defends school shut downs.
Not the type of interview I have come to expect from Barri. Lots of big words like "justice" but not drill down as to what that means. He admires Randy Weingarten. Does that mean he is aligned with Teachers Unions? If so, how will that improve schools
Where is he on Charters?
He comes across as a typical Democrat who checks all of the boxes
Need a follow-up on this one
Would love to see a word count of the number of times Mayor Adams says "I". Sign of a poor leader.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought I heard him say that the criminal justice system was “more racist than before” because both perpetrators and victims of crime were disproportionately black and brown and that this is now a “generational” thing. So instead of acknowledging the myriad cultural problems in urban black communities we’re gonna blame whitey? Is he willfully blind, captured by ideology, or just stupid....
Disappointing. Barri seems starstruck whenever she interviews a famous person. She's so proud of getting the interview, she seemingly makes it as pleasant as possible. The complete lack of follow up questions just made this an opportunity for the mayor to platform his agenda.