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The Mark Simone Show

FULL SHOW: Violent protestors; The cost of the ballroom increases.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3695 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Mark breaks down President Trump’s latest comments on the war in Iran. He also discusses reports that the planned ballroom project could cost nearly $1 billion instead of the original $400 million estimate because of additional upgrades and improvements. Questions continue surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s death after a 2019 note resurfaced and sparked new debate over whether he was killed or died by suicide. Mark also talks about violent protesters clashing with the NYPD outside a Manhattan synagogue and criticizes Zohran Mamdani for not speaking out. Mark interviews economist Steve Moore. They discuss New York City’s budget framework and the likelihood of it finally passing after nine attempts. Steve explains why he believes Democrats often ignore economic fundamentals and policy data. They also talk about billionaires potentially pushing back against Mayor Mamdani’s proposed taxes on the wealthy after Mamdani targeted billionaire Ken Griffin in a recent video. The guys also discuss the growing importance of data centers in the U.S. and around the world for the future of technology and business. Mark discusses Zohran Mamdani’s response to accusations of anti-Semitism following violent protests outside synagogues in New York City that sparked backlash and concern. He also talks about political narratives pushed by Democrats, including comparisons between President Trump and Hitler, arguing that those claims have become exaggerated. Mark reflects on how CNN has changed over the years, saying the network was once more balanced in its political coverage. He also continues to remember media pioneer Ted Turner. Mark interviews WOR weeknight host Jimmy Failla. Jimmy shares a story about how Mark’s promotion of his show may have helped bring together a couple in his audience at his show's taping. They also discuss Stephen Colbert leaving his late-night show in two weeks and talk about how the program’s new format will lean more heavily into comedy and how it could change the feel of the show’s audience.

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0:00.0

Now, this is the Mark Simone Show on 710 W.O.R.

0:10.0

Well, hey, it turned out to be a nice day. It's going to be a very nice. A lot of sun today. It'll be nice like that tomorrow and then rain on Saturday. And not bad, not bad. Hey, we've got a lot to get to. We'll get to Crazy Mom

0:21.6

Donnie. These billionaires are banding together and let's see how this war turns out

0:29.5

between them and him. And we'll get to Iran. We'll get to Colbert leaving us, thank God.

0:35.7

And we'll get to Marco Rubio. He's on his way to meet with the Pope as we speak.

0:40.7

We'll get to Jeffrey Epstein, Ted Turner, and a whole lot more.

0:45.6

Iran, well, keep looking for that deal.

0:49.3

And let me see, here's trying.

0:51.3

We plan to arm them soon.

0:53.1

Well, I don't want to say that. But, yeah, I mean, people say, why aren't they protesting? They want to protest. But they don't have any guns. So you could have 200,000 people protesting and have five or six sick people with guns. And when they start shooting them right between the eyes. Yeah, I mean, expecting the people to go out there and take down this regime.

1:14.4

That's a lot to expect.

1:16.4

Who's actually in control?

1:17.7

In the case of Iran, we're not going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon.

1:21.6

We're not going to let that happen, and we won't let that happen.

1:25.5

And so we're uh...

1:28.0

we're dealing with people that want to make a deal very much and we'll see whether

1:31.2

or not they can make a deal that's satisfactory to us

1:34.5

we have it very much under control

1:37.0

yeah well as they say

1:38.2

iran uh... loses every war

1:40.6

and wins every negotiation they are

1:43.1

pretty good at that although they've never been up against a real negotiator.

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