264: The Mamdani Effect

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Spirituality, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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"Tonight we made history," grinned Zohran Mamdani as his supporters cheered with delight, "I will be your Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City. His victory over disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo in this primary election has made Mamdani, the 33-year-old fresh-faced Indian Muslim assemblyman from Queens, into a national sensation—and one of the biggest news stories in the week when Trump bombed Iran's nuclear facilities. He's used his eloquent, telegenic charisma to make a principled stand for Democratic socialist policies, call for Palestinian human rights, and propose a radical re-envisioning of policing in his city. Which of course makes him the target of conspiracy-mongers and right-wing propagandists, as well establishment Democrats and supporters of Israel. As masked ICE thugs, cynical SCOTUS enablers, movie-villain oligarchs, and MAGA cult ghouls steadily dismantle democracy we'll discuss the Mamdani Effect. Is he the hero we've been hoping for, or are his hard-left positions corrosive to a broader anti-Trump coalition? Show Notes NYC Councilman Brad Lander Is ‘Glad’ To Belong To A Shul That Promotes Toeiva; Adds That Israel Is ‘Occupying’ West Bank Defund the Police? Turning a Slogan into Policy - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Reimagining a More Equitable Policing and Public Safety System in New York City Seven Facts About the NYPD Budget After Winning NYC's Democratic Mayoral Primary, Zohran Mamdani Reaffirms Support For Reparations NYC mayoral candidate Zahron Mamdani vows to 'expand and protect' trans healthcare Democratic NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Is Pledging $65 Million for Trans Health Care Divine Shawarma: NYPD Officer's Halal Lunch Break Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did it occur to you that he'd charmed you in any way?
0:04.0	Yes, it did, but he was a charming man.
0:08.0	It looks like the ingredients of a really grand spy story,
0:12.0	because this ties together the Cold War with the new one.
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1:33.9	Conspiratuality 264. The Mamdani effect. Tonight, we made history, grinned Zoran
1:41.6	Mamdani as his supporters cheered with delight. I will be your
1:45.4	Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City. His victory over disgraced former governor
1:51.0	Andrew Cuomo in this primary election has made Mamdani the 33-year-old fresh-faced Indian
1:56.9	Muslim assemblymen from Queens into a national sensation, and one of the biggest news
2:02.3	stories in the week when Trump bombed Iran's nuclear facilities. That and Zoran's eloquent,
2:09.5	telegenic charisma. He's used those gifts to make a principled stand for democratic socialist
2:14.7	policies, call for Palestinian human rights, and propose a
2:19.0	radical re-envisioning of policing in his city, which of course makes him the target of
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