This edition: Primaries in the Empire State
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Episode Details
Original tape date: March 26, 2012. First aired: March 28, 2012.The New York State primaries are on the horizon--we get into the nitty gritty with Mickey Carroll of the Quinnipiac University Poll, Andrew Hawkins of City & State, and Ben Smith of BuzzFeed. Then, Kenyan Antony Ragui founded a site called "I Paid a Bribe" (ipaidabribe.or.ke/) to fight corruption in his country. It's part of a movement around the world to use the power of the web against bribery. Transparency International's Ben Elers joins the conversation. We take a look at how the Manhattan DA is using Twitter to prosecute Occupy Wall Street protesters with the Wall Street Journal's Tamer El-Ghobashy. Finally, rooftop farming with Brooklyn Grange's Gwen Schantz and Ben Flanner.
Guest List
Mickey Carroll Director, Quinnipiac University Poll
Tamer El-Ghobashy Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Ben Elers Program Director, Transparency International
Ben Flanner Co-Founder , Brooklyn Grange
Andrew Hawkins Managing Editor, City & State
Anthony Ragui Founder, I Paid a Bribe Kenya
Gwen Schantz Co-Founder, Brooklyn Grange
Ben Smith Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed
