WBAI-FM Upcoming Program
Radio Free Eireann

Sun, Nov 30, 2025 11:00 AM

BHAIRAVI DESAI’S ON MAYOR'S MAMDANI’S TRANSITION TEAM

I’ll be airing Bhairavi Desai’s powerhouse speech from the NY Taxi Workers Alliance — delivered at the Unisphere in Queens during the press conference for Mayor-elect Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s transition team. And then, we kick off the Malachy McCourt Festival — every Sunday on WBAI — celebrating the man, the myth, and the mischief. I’ll be sharing Malachy’s greatest hits: the tale of the Christmas train set he never got in Limerick but finally received 70 years later in the middle of Grand Central Staion; his unforgettable reading at Symphony Space of John Cheever’s 1949 New Yorker classic, “Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor”; and of course, the greatest story ever told — the night Malachy checked his coat at an Upper East Side restaurant… and revealed he was stark naked underneath. What happened next has gone down in New York City lore.
Tune in — it’s Malachy, so you know the stories only get better with time.

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