we have also gotten support from wnyc, which has a national transport reporting project. they are supporting a reporter on transportation issues. because we have something dynamic happening at the station, that is bringing resources in that allow us to leverage what we are doing without increasing our budget. i just want to point out those things before i go into what i want to make sure you all are well informed about that is specifically questions of finances and development at the station. i think the next 18 months are really critical for us. we have an opportunity to capitalize on the dynamism of the work the station has been doing on the side of programming and public service. we have a real story to tell to funders on this community. i think the work we are doing in forming the community has gotten ahead of our development efforts. that strategic position of the workstation is doing to the philanthropic community in this area is where we need to focus now. we have a lot to build on. we can show there is support for this work. in this past year, we have taken some i

green performance space of wnyc in new york city. it's about an hour, 15 minutes. .. that kind of thing. it became a real dynamic hub for political strategies to get those policies put into place. we just incorporated a few months ago and when the process of expanding that this is our first program that we've done in the nature and were delighted to have both of you with us. thank you so much. and just a quick reminder to the folks in the audience, even though i'm sure you party type, check your cell phone when my time and make sure it's off if you don't mind. and then also for those of you in the audience, we have somebody selling both of these great books, so be sure to head they are when done. and so we are here at a really interesting moment. the midterms are mere weeks away and according to polls we have an ecs and gap, which liberals would say is because obama has not done quite what they expect it and conservative democrats and independent voters would say he's been far too radical. so what better time to have the debate than a few weeks before the midterm so p

this takes place at the performance base of wnyc in new york city. it's a hot one hour and 15 minutes. >> hello everybody thinks for being here. the gathering is hosted by the agenda project beast here in new york we focus on the national public policy we started about four years ago and has an informal discussion theory between a group of new yorkers who are interested in what was happening in the country's policy and political debate and getting together in an interdisciplinary group of people so anyone from the writers, a documentary filmmakers, organization leaders, funders, that kind of thing became a real dynamic for interesting conversations around policy in the political strategy necessary to get those policies put into place and we just incorporated about a few months ago and we are in the process of expanding so this is our first program that we have done of this nature and we are delighted to have both of you with us. thank you. a quick reminder to the folks in the audience and sure you already checked just check your cellphone one more ti