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Today, Explained

100 days of Mayor Mamdani

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's success may speak to a major shift among liberals on Israel and populism. If the Democratic Party will listen. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during his 100-day address. Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Here's a probably incomplete list of things that Zoran Mamdani either did or announced just last week.

0:05.5

He said he was going to open the first in a series of city-owned grocery stores.

0:11.5

One of those stores will be at La Marquetta in the Barrio.

0:15.0

On Tax Day, in a video that, according to his top press person, got 40 million views in 20 hours,

0:21.6

he said he's going to tax the rich.

0:23.6

When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich.

0:26.6

He redoubled the city's efforts to get rid of the rats.

0:29.6

Everyone that knows me, they know one thing. I hate rats.

0:32.6

And correlation or causation, but the Trump administration said they'd release $60 million in funding

0:38.5

for New York City's subways.

0:40.0

He's a communist.

0:41.2

On the occasion of the completion of his first hundred days in office, we had today explained

0:45.6

are going to take a look at Mayor Mamdani and talk about what he's accomplished because it seems

0:50.2

like a lot.

0:50.8

And we're going to ask if the Democratic Party is taking note because

0:54.1

it seems like they should.

0:59.7

Where do the negotiations with Iran stand? What can a deal actually look like? And does diplomacy

1:05.2

still have a chance?

1:06.9

I personally believe we will get an agreement. I think there's going to be an agreement

1:10.7

forthcoming of one kind or another. I think the world an agreement. I think there's going to be an agreement forthcoming

1:11.3

of one kind or another. I think the world needs that. I think we desperately need to calm things down.

1:17.6

I'm Jake Sullivan. And I'm John Feiner. And we're the hosts of The Long Game, a weekly national

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