I ❤️ NY: Mamdani - a Prince Amongst Men… and Then There's Andrew
The Trawl
Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss
4.7 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Marina and Jemma are riding a rare and glorious wave of optimism because on November 5th, New York City elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor. A progressive, principled, hope-restoring human who didn’t just beat the billionaire class - he trounced them. The internet rejoiced, Fox News melted down, and various billionaires were left clutching their pearls.
Marina and Jemma revel in the joy of seeing an actual adult take charge, explore the ripple effects of Mamdani’s win from Mississippi to Manhattan, and ask the big question: could Britain ever have its own Mamdani moment? Over to you Zack Polanski.
Plus: Prince Andrew’s latest rebrand, a Piers Morgan self-own and a glorious Cody Dahler pudding.
A hopeful scroll through the best kind of timeline where decency wins, billionaires sulk, and Jemma cries more than she did at the John Lewis Christmas ad.
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| 0:00.0 | Turn the volume up! |
| 0:13.0 | Hello and welcome to The Troll, where we scroll through socials so you don't have to. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm Gemma Forte. |
| 0:19.1 | And I'm Marina Perkis and trawlers. |
| 0:21.7 | Are you as thrilled as we are? |
| 0:24.4 | Because on Wednesday the 5th of November a day already very closely associated with revolution, of course, |
| 0:31.5 | we woke up to the incredible news that Zoran Mamdani was officially the mayor-elect of New York. |
| 0:43.5 | Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. |
| 0:47.6 | Yes, indeed, Sky News reported, Zoran Mandani has won the race to become the next mayor of New York City, |
| 0:55.5 | Mr. Mamdani, who will be the first Muslim, first South Asian and youngest person in a century |
| 1:00.9 | to be elected as the famous city's mayor, used a victory speech to throw down the gauntlet to |
| 1:07.3 | Donald Trump. Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you. |
| 1:17.5 | Turn the volume up. |
| 1:44.4 | Wow. Oh, what a moment. Just incredible. I've seen this morning as well, Trump's reaction to that, because he was asked, because Mom Darnie went on and he said, you know, if you're going to get to one of us, you're going to have to get through all of us. |
| 1:47.4 | Like it was quite a, what's the word? |
| 1:49.2 | It was bold. |
| 1:53.0 | Yeah, bold, maybe tiny bit antagonistic. |
| 2:01.1 | And Trump was asked about it and he said, well, you know, he's basically got to be nice to me to get things done because Trump approved stuff. |
| 2:03.3 | So he's going to have a bit of a challenge on his hands. |
| 2:06.8 | But anyway, let's enjoy and save the moment, shall we? |
| 2:12.8 | Yeah, and of course Trump had a terrible night overall, and we will get to some of the detail. |
| 2:17.4 | But just the fact that he said, yeah, it's because I wasn't on the ballot. |
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