Dang Mamdani, Dang Pardons, Dang Yankees

3 Martini Lunch

Radio America

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4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Craig Collins remains in for Greg Corombos, and he and Jim wrap up the week by looking at the lighter side of the likely national repercussions if, as expected, Zohran Mamdani is elected as mayor of New York City, examine an unjustifiable pardon from President Trump, and close out by questioning the choices of an allegedly “woke” update to the musical Damn Yankees.

First, Craig and Jim start off with the inverse of yesterday’s bad Martini, looking at polling numbers that indicate Mamdani is exceptionally unpopular outside of New York City, even among independents and Democrats. “The results are grim for Mamdani. Among self-identified Democrats and Independents alike and among voters at large, his numbers are actually considerably worse than those of Newsom, Ocasio-Cortez, and Harris.” And let’s face it, it’s not easy to be less popular than Kamala Harris these days.

Next, President Trump has made an unpardonable pardon of Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the crypto exchange Binance,. There aren’t a lot of large financial institutions that are willing to do work with al-Qaeda, ISIS, Hamas, ransomware hackers, and kiddie-porn enthusiasts, all simultaneously; these are the kinds of guys who usually end up portrayed as the villains in Jason Statham movies.

Finally, in more discussion of musical theater than you ever expected on this podcast, Craig and Jim examine a new revival of the musical Damn Yankees that adds a new racial component to the story, making the main character, Joe Boyd, take the deal because of memories of his father, “a minor league baseball player who was kept out of the major leagues because he was black.” Jim notes this undermines the musical’s original theme that our family and loved ones are more important than the temptations fame and fortune, while Craig observes that the devilish seductive harlot being played by a white actress now adds an uncomfortable implication to Boyd’s temptation.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:05.1	Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.5	Three martini's coming up.
0:13.7	And welcome back to another three martini lunch.
0:16.4	My name is Craig Collins filling in for Greg.
0:18.7	And then you have Jim Garrity, of course.
0:20.5	The Jim Garrity, as always hanging out with us. How are you doing on a Friday, Jim? Craig, I have enjoyed you being here, but I can't, you know, TGIF, can't wait for the weekend to get here. Yes. Unfortunately, a pile of things that need to get done until I can mentally detach. But, yeah, I'm reminded of the line from Kramer and Seinfeld. In my mind, I'm already gone. That's great. That's perfect. Well, we have a lot to talk about three different martinis to get to. The first one, thank God, there seems to be some intelligence beyond New York City out there in the world. I'm very happy about that. Before we dive into that,
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2:06.2	All right, it's time to move on to our first martini.
2:08.8	The first martini, as I said, a bit ago is the good martini.
2:12.4	And man, oh man, is this taste good?
2:14.1	This makes me feel very happy.
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