# Jonathan Mahler and Alec Agree, “New York or Nowhere”

An episode of [Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/472939437), 16 Dec 2025, 39 min.

Audio: https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/53726b04-3b06-43b5-b265-ae3300346e4e/56ae5dc7-11b5-4211-b5c8-b3b4014b7d70/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=add8ee8b-ff73-4b72-a3ee-ae3300346e5c

Jonathan Mahler is a longtime staff writer for the New York Times Magazine and the author of the best-selling book Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning, New York Times notable book The Challenge: Hamdan V. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power, and recently published book The Gods of New York: The Tumultuous Eighties, from Donald Trump to the Tompkins Square Riots. Mahler’s first book was adapted into a mini-series for ESPN and his second book, The Challenge, won The Scribes Book Award in 2009. Formerly a columnist for Bloomberg View, Mahler’s writing has also appeared in Slate, the Daily Beast, and New York Magazine. Mahler’s work in sports journalism has been featured in the anthology book series The Best American Sports Writing and received numerous journalism and media awards, including the Gerald Loeb Award and the Mirror Award. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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