The Cats Roundtable — new interviews

• Odette Wilkens – FCC Wireless Radiation Standards Face Scrutiny Over Safety Concerns
  Odette Wilkens, president and general counsel of Wired Broadband Inc. and the National Call for Safe Technology, tells John Catsimatidis that the FCC has been under a court order since 2021 to explain why it never updated its wireless emission limits. She says the appeals court found the agency arbitrary and capricious for ignoring 11,000 […]
• Ed Randall & Dr. Daniel Petrylak – Prostate Cancer Awareness and Why Early Detection Matters for Men’s Health
  Ed Randall of Fans for the Cure and Dr. Daniel Petrylak of the Yale School of Medicine tell John Catsimatidis why early detection of prostate cancer matters. Petrylak says more than 300,000 American men will be diagnosed this year and more than 36,000 will die of metastatic disease, and explains who should have a PSA […]
• Bonnie Brady – Offshore Wind Projects Raise Concerns Over Maritime Safety and Search-and-Rescue Operations
  Bonnie Brady, policy director of the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association, tells John Catsimatidis what she found in the Coast Guard’s report on the fishing vessel Mistress, lost off Rhode Island seven years ago; a wreck believed to be it was recently located 50 feet from a wind turbine foundation. The report, she says, names […]
• Steve Fulop – New York City Business Leaders Confront Economic Competition and Safety Concerns
  Steve Fulop, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, reviews a busy week with John Catsimatidis: Morgan Stanley’s plan for 3,800 jobs in Dallas, what he calls Ken Griffin’s $3 billion gift to Miami, and a report that the Democratic Socialists intend to target individual CEOs by name. He says the mayor’s […]
• Gordon Chang – Beijing Uses Diplomacy and Trade Pressure to Advance Its Interests
  China analyst Gordon Chang gives John Catsimatidis his reading of President Xi’s visit a week on: Beijing got what it wanted, televised images of President Trump honoring Xi and more time while the United States postpones imposing costs. He says time nonetheless favors America, that purges in China’s military make a 2027 Taiwan invasion unlikely, […]
• Steve Kates – Exoplanet Radio Signals, SpaceX’s Heavy Rocket Test and Nuclear Propulsion
  Astronomer Steve Kates tells John Catsimatidis about radio signals detected from the exoplanet Beta Pictoris b by a 64-dish radio telescope in South Africa, the first ever from a planet beyond the solar system, which astronomers attribute to auroras. He marks 69 years since Sputnik, reviews SpaceX’s 14th Starship flight, which deployed new Starlink V3 […]
• Christine Hanlon – Lieutenant Governor’s Departure Sparks Questions Over Transparency and Accountability
  New Jersey Republican Chair Christine Hanlon tells John Catsimatidis about the resignation of the state’s lieutenant governor after a months-long investigation into ethics violations and alleged misconduct toward women. She says Gov. Mikie Sherrill kept the inquiry from the public while campaigning out of state, notes the NJGOP had called for the resignation weeks earlier, […]
• Joseph Hernandez – Fiscal Accountability and Government Waste Drive Comptroller Campaign
  Joseph Hernandez, the Republican nominee for New York State Comptroller, tells John Catsimatidis about his debate with incumbent Tom DiNapoli and the business record he says sets him apart. He says the state budget has grown to $277 billion with $210 billion in debt, that Medicaid fraud goes largely unprosecuted, and that the pension fund […]
• George Borrello – New York Taxes and Spending Are Driving the State’s Exodus
  State Sen. George Borrello of Chautauqua County tells John Catsimatidis that New York’s state and local governments collect about $12,500 per person a year, the highest in the nation and 22% above California, citing the Citizens Budget Commission. He says the budget has grown from $170 billion to $277 billion under one-party rule, that Medicaid […]
• John E. Sununu – New Hampshire Campaign Centers Economic Policy and Congressional Reform
  John E. Sununu, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, tells John Catsimatidis the race against Rep. Chris Pappas is now a toss-up after trailing by five or six points earlier in the year. He says Pappas voted with Nancy Pelosi 99% of the time and has voted 68 times on taxes, and […]
• Bruce Blakeman – New York Governor’s Race Centers on Public Safety and Economic Relief
  Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for governor, checks in with John Catsimatidis from the campaign trail. He says New Yorkers are fed up with Gov. Kathy Hochul, calls her the most pro-criminal governor in the country, faults her parole board for releasing cop killers, and pledges to end what he says is […]
• John Sarcone – Federal Prosecutors Uncover Nationwide Identity Theft and Benefit Fraud Scheme
  John Sarcone, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, tells John Catsimatidis about a Friday press conference on an identity theft and benefits fraud scheme that spanned 14 states and sought $13 million. He says two now-convicted defendants stole identities to bill federal programs for transportation they never provided, and credits […]
• Ronna Romney McDaniel – Michigan Senate Race Focuses on Costs and Energy Policy
  Ronna Romney McDaniel, the former RNC chairwoman now leading Michigan Forward, tells John Catsimatidis that Mike Rogers is within a point of Abdul El-Sayed in a Fox poll of Michigan’s Senate race. She says the state’s real issue is affordability, blaming nine utility rate increases since a 2023 state Green New Deal, and calls El-Sayed […]
• Alan Dershowitz – Social Media Lies and Leaving the Democratic Party
  Alan Dershowitz tells John Catsimatidis why, after some 70 years as a Democrat, he has written the book “Why I Quit the Dems and So Should You” and left the party. He says young voters are taking social media at face value and electing extremists, that Democrats who stand up to the party’s socialists lose […]
• The Stoler Report with Michael Stoler: Eli Weiss and Andrew Albstein
  On the Stoler Report, Michael Stoler talks with developer Eli Weiss of Joy Construction and his longtime counsel, Andrew Albstein, about how New York real estate has changed over 40 years. Albstein describes a labyrinth of legislation, including a new annual tax on out-of-state homeowners; Weiss explains why the 485-x program, with higher wage rules […]