10-Question Quiz: 2026 News, So Far

Every Thursday from 1 to 2 PM on WNYC, through Election Day, WNYC senior political reporter Brigid Bergin hosts a pop-up local politics call-in show called Who's Running This Place. You can find out more on WNYC.org, and stay tuned to this podcast feed. We'll be sharing Brigid's conversations here every Thursday evening. Congressional hopeful Claire Valdez talks about her race to represent parts of Brooklyn & Queens, and what it might look like to bring Democratic Socialist priorities to Washington. Then, L. Joy Williams, president of the New York State NAACP, shares her thoughts on the importance of grassroots organizing around issues that impact Black New Yorkers.

Sam Kessler, Wall Street Journal reporter, talks about the billion dollar profits the president and his family have made in his second term, especially from crypto-related deals. Photo: Donald Trump reacts at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, TN. (Photo by Johnnie Izquierdo for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Julie Menin, City Council Speaker (D-5, Upper East Side), talks about the latest developments in the City Council and takes calls from listeners in the latest installment of our monthly series.

For this pledge drive, listeners try their hand at a quiz. Today, questions about the TV shows The New York Times listed as the best of the century so far.

Katie Drummond, global editorial director at WIRED, discusses her cover story on Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's widely-acclaimed documentary 'You Can See Everything,' which follows disgraced businesswoman Elizabeth Homes. Photo: Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford in 2003 as a 19-year-old to start Theranos, a company now poised to disrupt the medical diagnostic test market. (Photo by Karl Mondon/MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images)