from WNYC studios. I'm Brian Lerer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Monday, April 7th.

Corey Booker is here. Senator, we've always appreciated when you've come on with us going back to your time as mayor of newark welcome

back to w nyc thanks brian i hope you don't think this is obsequious but i've said it before

i just really treasure you in our in our metropolitan area you have created a really special community

and are one of those more trusted voices at a time that uh get more entertainment often than really straight

talking news. So thank you. Well, you're way too kind, but thank you very much. Can I ask you

first, how are you? I mean, that was a serious physical ordeal, the no sleep, water, bathroom

breaks, everything. So how are you? My spirit is just soaring soaring and i'm i feel so grateful a lot of

outpouring of just kindness and grace towards me um you know body still sore but i am reminded

especially for my days as a city council person in mayor in newark that there are many people

right now who may be listening to you at their work who stand as long or longer than I do.

I had a dear friend that worked on an I hop on Bergen Street. She's now passed away, but it was 24 hours, and she would catch two shifts.

And if somebody could watch her kids, she'd catch a third

shift just because she was struggling so much just to make ends meet. There are people who work

in hospitals that are held over. There are police officers that I had the honor of being their

mayor who we'd hold over on shifts. So a lot of Americans go three, eight-hour shifts in a row. And in many ways, those were the voices I wanted to center. The voices facing more challenges in that 25 hours on the floor.

So I want to ask you next, what do you think you were accomplished other than maybe reflecting the passion of the base who have wanted to see more fire from

Democratic Party politicians? Well, I think more than the base, frankly, I had hoped to capture

some attention from our larger nation and focus it on what's going on and how this is not a normal

moment in America. There are really abnormal things happening. And to hear from even Republican

people in my world say that they appreciated that it wasn't a sort of a firebrand speech from the left.

It was a deep appeal to the moral conscience of our country.

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