The New York Mandate Podcast Media Archive
An archive of interviews and conversations with people whose lives were changed by New York's COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Since 2022, I’ve been talking with people whose lives were changed by New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates on the New York Mandate Podcast. But I’m not the only one having conversations about the New York mandates, so I’m creating this archive as a place where people can find more of these conversations.
I will be adding links to the archive gradually, and I hope you’ll help me build it. Please leave a link to any conversation about the mandates that you think I should include in the comments, or send it to NYMpodcast [at] protonmail.com.
Right now, I’m only including interviews and conversations about the New York mandates and not other issues related to COVID-19. Any format is fine—video, audio, or print. If you have links to conversations about COVID-19 vaccine mandates outside of New York, please go ahead and send those over too so that I can start an “Other States” section.
At the beginning of this archive, I’m also including a Media Sources list. These are podcasts, blogs, and other media created by people who were directly affected by the New York mandates or have covered the issue closely. I hope you’ll check them out and support them.
Media Sources
Teachers for Choice
Michael Kane, who lost his job as a teacher under the mandate, hosts a weekly show and publishes on this Substack for Teachers for Choice, the organization he founded with other New York educators to oppose medical mandates.
New York’s Finest: Retired & Unfiltered Podcast
Podcast hosted by John Macari, who took early retirement as an NYPD lieutenant rather than complying with the mandate. Macari and co-host Eric Dym talk about policing and NYC politics, as well as the mandate.
Jo Speaks Truth
YouTube channel hosted by Jo Speaks Truth (aka Jo Rose), who lost her job as an educator under the mandate and became one of the leaders of the protest movement that opposed COVID-19 lockdown and mandate policies in New York City.
The Social Populist
Garrett Ramirez, an educator who lost his job under the mandate, writes from a humanist left perspective on this Substack.
Diane Pagen
The website of Diane Pagen, a school social worker who lost her job under the mandate.
Modern Heretic
Blog written by Addison Reeves, who lost her job under the New York state agency mandate.
Advocatz
Website of advocate and commentator Betsy Combier.
Joshua Stylman
Joshua Stylman opposed New York City’s mandates as a business owner and resigned from the brewery he had founded as a result of the backlash to his public dissent. He publishes commentary on this Substack.
The State of the Arts and the Clifton Duncan Podcast
Actor and commentator Clifton Duncan writes and hosts a podcast on this Substack, covering the arts and entertainment, as well as performers who opposed the New York and industry mandates that affected his own career.
Teaching Liberty
YouTube channel hosted by Stephanie Edmonds, who lost her job as a teacher under the mandate.
Cafecito Break
NYC independent media commentary and reporting from the Perez Sisters, who have followed and supported the New York medical freedom movement.
Olivia Braccio
Photographer who has followed the New York anti-mandate movement and photographed many protests and events.
Souls of a Movement
Photographer who has covered various protest movements, including the New York anti-mandate movement.
Transcriber B
Transcriber B’s ongoing project produces transcriptions of videos of COVID dissidents speaking, including some who opposed mandates in New York. This Substack offers an extensive archive of the transcriptions.
Interviews and Conversations
This archive is a collection of interviews and conversations with people who were directly affected by the COVID-19 vaccine mandates imposed by New York City and New York State, beginning in 2021. They’re organized by date of publication.
August 2021
#30 of Podcast: Conversation with Addison Reeves
#31 of Podcast: Continued… Conversation with Addison Reeves
Host: Frieda Vizel
Description: “I have another conversation with Addison Reeves from Modern Heretic about the introduction of medical apartheid in NYC. We talk about how shocked we are by the city’s embrace of these measures, which disproportionately discriminate against minority communities.”
May 2022 - Present
The New York Mandate Podcast
You can find all of my conversations with people whose lives were changed by New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates here.
March 2023
A Broadway Star CANCELLED Over Vaccination Status
Host: Clifton Duncan
Description: Duncan talks with Laura Osnes.
2023 - Present
Jo Speaks Truth’s Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020 series
Host: Jo Speaks Truth
Description: Jo, who lost her job as an educator under the mandate and became one of the leaders of the protest movement that opposed COVID-19 lockdown and mandate policies in New York City, talks with New Yorkers about their experiences in this ongoing series on YouTube.
Episode 1 Carla & Violette - Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020
Episode 2 Curtis Orwell - Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020
Episode 4 Fire Fighter Sophy Medina - Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020
Episode 6 Freedom Fighter Carmine - Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020
Episode 7 FDNY Paramedic Carin Rosado - Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020
Episode 8 Freedom Fighter Dana - Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020
Episode 9 Healthcare Worker Reina - Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020
Episode 10 Freedom Fighter Venezolano - Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020
Episode 11 Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020 - Molding Minds Academy Founder Arlene
Episode 12 Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020 - Freedom Fighter Amaya
Episode 13 Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020 - Freedom Fighter Play4Promise
Episode 14 Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020 - Nutritionist Cindy
Episode 15 Surviving NYC Pandemic 2020 - ASL Freedom Fighter Juju
June 2024
Interview of NYPD Detective Marlon Bethel Who Was Terminated in Regard to NYC's Vaccine Mandate
Hosts: John Macari and Eric Dym
Description: “On this episode of #TheFinestUnfiltered John & Eric sit down with 15 Year NYPD Detective Marlon Bethel who was terminated for refusing to comply with NYC's Vaccine Mandate.”
April 2025
Interview of District 46 NYC Council Candidate Athena Clarke
Host: John Macari
Description: “On this episode of #TheFinestUnfiltered John sits down with NYC Council Candidate District 46 Athena Clarke. Athena was a NYC teacher who was terminated by NYC Mayor Eric Adams without due process for refusal to comply with NYC's vaccine mandate. Athena is now fighting back and looking to get elected to NYC Council.”
