The Agenda with Joe Solmonese was back in DC this week after a great show in New York last Monday. Since there was so much to cover in the Big Apple and we couldn’t do it all, we had a decidedly New York flair to our show last night as well.

Kicking off, we looked at a recent controversy that started when the president of Poland used a gay New York couple’s wedding video in a speech against marriage equality. Brendan Fay suddenly found himself in the center of a trans-Atlantic firestorm and he was our guest to talk about it.

Then we looked at the continuing question of gender in this political season with Faye Wattleton, the co-founder and president for the Center for the Advancement of Women. Previously she was the head of Planned Parenthood and she had some interesting insights into the presidential race. Listen to parts one and two.

When we were in New York we were disappointed that former Mayor Ed Koch was to cancel his appearance on The Agenda to attend the swearing in of New York’s New Governor that day. But thankfully the Mayor rescheduled and we had him live on the show last night. We talked about everything from his early support of GLBT equality as a Congressman in the 1970s to his time as Mayor to the current Presidential race. Listen to parts one and two.

Switching gears, we welcomed back Agenda regular and travel guru Ed Salvato. He’s the editor of Out Traveler and their newest issue just out has some great ideas about summer getaways and road trips. Listen in.

Finally, we wrapped up with some religion. Rev. Cyndi Love is the executive director of the Metropolitan Community Churches and has a new book out, Would Jesus Discriminate? We talked about her path from being a business executive to a spiritual leader and their campaign to encourage dialogue on GLBT issues in communities of faith. Listen in.