Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd kicks off her Meet the Candidates series in preparation for the spring primary election on Tuesday, February 19. On today’s episode, she speaks with two of Madison’s mayoral candidates, Satya Rhodes-Conway and Raj Shukla. They discuss topics important to the city’s future, including affordable housing, improved transit, racial equity, climate change, policing, zoning reform, public health, and making room for change and growth.

Full list of Madison mayoral candidates (in order of listing on the ballot): Satya Rhodes-Conway, Paul R. Soglin, Nick Hart, Raj Shukla, and Mo Cheeks.

Carousel’s interviews with Mo Cheeks and write-in candidate Toriana Pettaway are available here.

Paul R. Soglin and Nick Hart have not been interviewed on A Public Affair as of this time.

The 2019 spring primary election will take place on Tuesday, February 19.