Max Politics

Ben Max

maxpoliticspodcast@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

Max Politics is a New York–focused politics show that offers PR and public affairs professionals a platform to reach listeners interested in NYC and state policy through substantive, detail-heavy conversations. The guest slate appears to prioritize active political leaders and policy experts—ideal for candidates, elected/appointed officials, and stakeholders with concrete policy involvement.

Metrics

Episodes: 500

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

maxpoliticspodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Ben Max - Journalist and host of Max Politics, a New York politics podcast. The show features in-depth interviews about New York City and State politics and policy, produced at New York Law School and its Ce...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Elected or appointed officials, candidates, and policy advocates; policy board members, scholars, and other stakeholders with direct involvement in NYC/NY State governance and regulation.
Required Achievements:  
Holding public office (elected or appointed), Authoring or influencing policy positions, Serving on policy boards or commissions, Producing policy research or academic expertise relevant to NYC/NY State governance

Recent Guest Discussions

Matt Wing - Mayor Mamdani’s First Six Months In Office, Budgeting, Campaign Promises, Administration Relationships, And New York Democratic Primary Races

Jordan Wright - Winning His Assembly Primary, Uptown Politics, Shifting Democratic Politics, And Results In Related Congressional And Overlapping Districts

Arpit Gupta - Rent Guidelines Board Decision-making (including A Dissenting Vote), Implications Of A Rent Freeze, And The City’s Rent-stabilized Housing System

Recent Topics

Politics, Public Policy, Housing, Government, Elections

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Max Politics
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Taking Stock of Mayor Mamdani's First 6 Months, with Matt Wing

July 10, 2026

Strategist Matt Wing joined host Ben Max to analyze Mayor Zohran Mamdani's first six months in office, which included staffing up his administration, his first state and city budget cycles, attempting to follow through on major campaign promises, dealing with unexpected challenges and key relationships, celebrating a Knicks championship, and getting involved in a series of Democratic primary races. (Ep 602)

Jordan Wright on Winning His Assembly Primary, Uptown Politics, & More

July 06, 2026

New York State Assembly Member Jordan Wright, a Democrat representing Manhattan's 70th Assembly District, based in Harlem, joined the show to discuss his win over a DSA-backed challenger, shifting Uptown and Democratic politics, the results in the overlapping 13th Congressional District (where Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat), and more. (Ep 601)

Arpit Gupta on Opposing Mamdani's Rent Freeze & Securing the Future of Rent-Stabilized Housing

July 01, 2026

Arpit Gupta, a member of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) and an associate professor of finance at NYU's Stern School of Business, joined the show to discuss his lone dissenting vote as the RGB approved a rent freeze for rent-stabilized tenants, fulfilling a key campaign promise made in 2025 by Mayor Mamdani. Gupta also discussed a variety of aspects of the city's rent-stabilized housing stock and system, and what comes next for the roughly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. (...

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