A Good Run with Daniel Feldman

A Good Run with Daniel Feldman


Latest Episodes

Episode 10: Allard K. Lowenstein
January 20, 2017

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 life and political history. In Dan's own words: "I went to hear Al Lowenstein speak at the Institute of...

Episode 9: Liz Holtzman
December 08, 2016

A Good Run returns with an introduction to Elizabeth Holtzman, a candidate for State Committeewoman who became a significant influence on Dan's political life. Dan recounts his first campaign with the future Congresswoman, as he wrote: "It was clear...

Episode 8: The Campaigns of 1969-70
November 22, 2016

A Good Run returns with Dan and Asher discussing the end of John Lindsay's successful reelection campaign and the somewhat less successful campaigns led by Robert Morgenthau and Norman Adler. In describing the Morgenthau campaign, Dan writes: "We...

Episode 7: Re-elect John Lindsay for Mayor
November 01, 2016

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: "Years later, when I represented parts of southern Brooklyn in the Legislature, my Democratic district...

Episode 6: City Hall
October 18, 2016

Dan sits down with Asher to discuss how his increased political involvement created a closer relationship between himself and City Hall, leading ultimately to his participation in the Urban Fellowship program. In Dan's own words: "The Fellowship would...

Episode 5: Columbia University, 1968
October 04, 2016

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 clash at Columbia and his involvement. In Dan's own words: "I was among the South Field protesters,...

Episode 4: Henry Feldman
September 27, 2016

Dan discusses his father's influence on all aspects of his personality and politics with Leah, covering aspects of life, community and personal drive. In Dan's own words: "Charming, gentle in manner, and immensely likable, his personal style enabled...

Episode 3: Rennie in Queens
September 20, 2016

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. In Dan's own words: "Years later, in the 1990s, Milton “Mike” Drucker, then an administrator at...

Episode 2: Reformers and Regulars
September 13, 2016

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 own words: "My own political history grew out of the reform movement, the idealistic wing of the...

Episode 1: Introduction
September 12, 2016

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 background. A Good Run Podcast offers pieces of political history as personally experienced by Dan...