The Hell Gate Podcast

AI Threats, Real and Imagined. Plus, Extremely Real NYPD Misconduct

What begins as a quaint story about an upstate bookstore morphs into a depressing vision of the future. Is there anyone who can stop the AI apocalypse? Luckily, Hell Gate

The 9/11 Episode

As Hell Gate surveys the conversation surrounding the 25th anniversary of 9/11, certain (awful) people are spewing 2002 vintage bigotry. The latest scandal: Our mayor pas

Come Get 7SoulsDeep With Us

This Labor Day weekend Hell Gate is celebrating with an episode on the very 2026 form of labor that is social media. Is Mamdani’s Signal group chat with 200 influencers a

Holy Cannoli! Is Robert Moses In Heaven???

Is Robert Moses smiling down on Mamdani’s BQE? Why didn’t Frank Seddio bring cannolis to the Brooklyn Dems function? And what did we uncover when we requested the transcr

President AOC, Senator Chi Ossé?

Editor Holly Pretsky dove into NYC-DSA’s caucuses and found rumblings of a 2028 where charismatic DSA members might try their hand at higher office. Editor Christopher Ro

We Won't Shut Up About Elizabeth Street Garden

Well-connected NIMBYs score another unexpected victory in New York City as the fight over Elizabeth Street Garden reaches its apparent final chapter. Low-level arrests ar

Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has taken on a new role as a traveling salesman. ICE has been crawling around and macing elderly people, harassing children, and hid

Are Sharks Pied-à-Terre-orizing NYC’s Beaches?

This week: Mamdani’s pied-à-terre “hit list,” God’s most beautiful creature (sharks), and some apartment hunting tips for Lebron James. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri

Can Mamdani Arrest Netanyahu? No, and That's Also Not the Point

Zohran Mamdani stole headlines once again, proclaiming he was looking into arresting war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu…which he quickly admitted he couldn't. But are the me

The All-New Hell Gate Podcast (Audio Version)

From the brand new Studio H, Max, Jessy, Julianne, and Nick take on Mahmoud Khalil’s lawsuit against the federal government, a conflict of interest playing out in housing

That’s Beach… Week Live in the Rockaways! feat. Lifeguard Janet Fash

Broadcasting from Rippers at Beach 86th street, Katie, Adlan, and Max contemplate their commune with the infinite. Then Rockaway's first female chief lifeguard tells them

The Tall Ships Are Coming

The tall ships are lowering their anchors on Friday, but for now NYC can rejoice in finally having a budget negotiated. In a big win for Mayor Mamdani, that translates to

10 Days That Shook the Hell Gate Podcast

It's frankly rude that the NYC-DSA keeps winning elections and booting incumbents. It shouldn't be allowed, and until it's outlawed, they better start working on their de

BONUS: Primary Preview feat. Michael Lange

On election eve, we're joined for a special bonus episode with Michael Lange, elections whiz and friend of the show to preview tomorrow's primary elections, share his pic

Mamdanistan’s Canyon of Knicks Heroes

The Knicks won the championship and Hell Gate reporters spent yesterday morning along the ticker-tape parade of champions, basking in glory, standing in throngs of scream

We Live in Sportsball City feat. Alex Shephard and Miguel Salazar

Hug your mom, scream out the car window, put your hand in the cash register, let’s go Knicks. NYC is crawling with cops and the mayor is trying to pretend the World Cup d

There Is No God or Honor In NYC, Let’s Go Knicks

A sprawling discussion on the appeal of Zohran’s back-stabbing behavior, the wasian meetup in Central Park, an Ordinary bus, how to be a fan of local music, and why there

Max and the ‘Mad Dog’ Julianne Knicks Call-In Special feat. Will Menaker, CM Sandy Nurse, Jayson Buford, and Giri Nathan

It’s Hell Gate sports talk radio as Max and Julianne “Mad Dog” Escobedo Shepherd take calls from New Yorkers hoping for, concerned about, and entranced by the glory of Th

The Mayor's Hair Is Living in 1994

Knicks making a deep run to the finals. World Cup in the USA. LIRR Strike. Suspiciously luscious mayor locks? We're going back in time to 1994. Too bad Katie won't be the

The Hell Gate 2026 Judicial Convention

For the past year, Hell Gate and Type Investigations have been working the phones, haunting courtrooms, hanging out in strange outerborough political clubhouses, and fili