Work in Progress: Kathy Hochul
Drama Queens
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 23.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul leads like a mom who’s had enough — protective, outspoken, and unwilling to watch her people get pushed aside.
She opens up about the loving anger that drives her, the urgency of defending families, and what it takes to lead with both empathy and backbone. She also has a message for critics of newly-elected NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, because she believes New York is at its best when we all work together.
It's a candid, clear-eyed look at how she’s fighting for New Yorkers when it matters most.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Hey, everyone. It's Sophia. |
| 0:06.7 | Welcome to Work in Progress. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome back to Work in progress, friends. |
| 0:22.0 | All eyes seem to be on New York right now, and I happen to be in New York and wanted to get to the bottom of that feeling. |
| 0:31.4 | We know that what is unfolding here is going to reverberate far beyond state lines. |
| 0:37.2 | And at the heart of this moment are our New York elected officials. |
| 0:42.5 | And so who better to talk about this very moment with |
| 0:45.8 | than New York's very own governor, Kathy Hochel? |
| 0:49.6 | She's navigating a pivotal juncture where city, state, and federal fault lines converge. We have a |
| 0:55.7 | freshly elected mayor in New York City who's promising bold change. We've got ongoing federal |
| 1:00.8 | pressure on state institutions as the White House is weaponizing New York's power. We've got battles |
| 1:09.0 | over our very social fabric right down to our food security safety |
| 1:13.2 | nets and the integrity of our democratic processes. And all of that means that Governor |
| 1:19.2 | Hockel is really facing intense scrutiny. Her leadership is being measured not just by what she |
| 1:24.6 | does and all of the incredible things that she has done, |
| 1:28.3 | but how she chooses to respond in every moment. |
| 1:31.3 | It's an awful lot of pressure, and I want to ask her, |
| 1:34.3 | not just as one of our incredible female governors here in America, |
| 1:38.3 | but as a human, as a woman, |
| 1:42.3 | how does she define her role in safeguarding democracy and delivering for the more |
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