Raging Moderates: How Obamaworld is Elevating Zohran Mamdani (ft. David Axelrod)

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Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as a Democrat willing to fight dirty against Trump — but will he and the Democrats win? Jessica is joined by David Axelrod, CNN chief political analyst and former senior advisor to President Obama, to talk about their chances. They also discuss the Trump-Zelensky meeting in Washington, which comes on the heels of the disappointing Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska. And David dishes about his recent meeting with Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York. Follow Jessica Tarlov, @JessicaTarlov. Follow Prof G, @profgalloway. Follow Raging Moderates, @RagingModeratesPod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:05.7	Welcome to Raging Moderates. I'm Jessica Tarlov. Today I'm joined by the one and only David Axelrod.
2:16.8	He's the former senior advisor to President Obama, founding director of the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics, CNN chief political analysts, and the host of a Haxon Tapp podcast, which I absolutely love.
2:34.4	David, welcome to the show. How are you? So good to be here. I'm pretty good. Yeah? Pretty good, yeah. Like, you could be better. Well, there are things that are up in the air as we speak today, including the Cubs and the Brewers. Is that ahead of Russia and Ukraine for you, or is it about the same? It's very close.
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