Hour 1: How long will the Government shutdown last?

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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A government shutdown is underway now. Is Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to blame for this? Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews NY Post columnist Michael Goodwin. Michael recently interviewed Mayor Eric Adams, where the mayor issued a warning to New Yorkers if Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral race. Will Andrew Cuomo be damaged by Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa, who are both good debaters, in this month's first mayoral debate?

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0:00.0	Live from Midtown Manhattan.
0:03.0	Here comes the Mark Simone show on 710 W-O-R.
0:09.4	Well, hey, it's the first day of October.
0:12.4	It's October already.
0:14.1	All right, now here's the question.
0:16.6	Do you remember where you were December 21st, 2018?
0:22.0	Do you remember that day?
0:24.6	What do you remember about December of 2018?
0:30.1	Nothing.
0:31.5	I'll give it to you it.
0:32.4	Nothing.
0:33.0	Well, that was the day the longest government shutdown in history began.
0:37.5	December of 2018, it was Trump's first term.
0:40.4	They did the same thing to him.
0:42.2	And that was a government shutdown.
0:44.0	There went 35 days.
0:46.8	Think back, December 2018.
0:49.6	35 day government shutdown, longest ever.
0:52.4	Do you remember it?
0:54.1	No. It didn't mean anything uh we've had uh dozens and
0:59.2	dozens of government shutdowns they happen all the time it doesn't really affect much of anything
1:05.3	uh i think some museums close and the lincoln Memorial is closed but outside of that
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