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🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Steve and Mark discuss Zohran Mamdani’s policies and their impact on New York City’s economy, expressing concern that Mamdani’s approach as mayor is focused on control and could hurt the city’s finances. They also note Mamdani’s creative social media strategies, which proved highly effective for his own campaign and may have inspired other candidates in California’s governor’s race. Iran, during the ceasefire, has reportedly been rebuilding its military capabilities, especially its missile stockpiles.

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0:00.0	Mark Simone, live from the W-O-R LifeVac Studios.
0:08.6	Well, we bring you the smartest people around.
0:11.5	Steve Forbes, the chairman of Forbes Media and bestselling author.
0:16.5	You should read his latest book, Inflation.
0:18.8	You'll learn a lot.
0:19.8	And, of course, read forbes one of the
0:21.9	great websites in the world steve forbes how you doing uh doing fine thank you looking forward
0:28.9	tomorrow to uh the nicks spurs game uh hopefully the nicks uh win and uh show there's still a good
0:36.5	life in new y York City despite some political
0:39.3	problems.
0:40.2	Well, New York is as crowded as ever, and I think it's going to keep Mom Donnie business.
0:45.5	It seems to be some sort of a Knicks fan, so it'll keep them occupied for a few weeks.
0:52.0	I hope he doesn't jinx them, but anyway.
0:54.4	That's true.
0:55.4	So, hey, but Mamdani, Hockel, what is it with these people and these taxes?
0:58.9	We already got the highest taxes in the world.
1:01.0	Then they got the congestion tax, the pit of terror tax.
1:05.3	Do they just not realize how stupid this all is?
1:09.7	They may, well,
1:12.7	Mamdani is all about control.
1:15.8	He's a committed communist, neo-communist.
1:17.4	Let's call him a neo-communist.
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