The Mamdani moment

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Democrats had a very big night and now need to figure out how to make it last. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Denise Guerra, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Noel King. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event in Brooklyn, New York. Photo by ANGELINA KATSANIS/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty.
0:05.1	Zoramam Dhani will be New York City's 111th mayor.
0:10.4	He celebrated his win last night by thanking some of his constituents.
0:13.8	I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas.
0:21.3	Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses.
0:27.6	Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties.
0:32.0	In other races last night in New Jersey, in Virginia,
0:35.6	the Democratic candidates weren't firebrands like Mom Dani,
0:38.6	but they won anyway.
0:40.7	Reporters asked President Trump about the little blue wave this morning.
0:43.8	We had an interesting evening, and we learned a lot.
0:47.7	Coming up on today, explained, have the Democrats learned how to stop losing?
0:59.7	Yeah. learned how to stop losing. I'm going to tell you exactly what you need to do.
1:01.9	Dominate your finances.
1:04.2	Sunday morning, listening to questionable financial advice from the Fintock Bros on his
1:09.9	social feed.
1:10.8	Drowning in green.
1:12.5	Scales, scale, scale, scale, scale.
1:14.6	This is the moment Isaac chose to search Barclays life skills,
1:18.1	get some better money intel, and save up for that new skateboard.
1:22.2	We're helping young people become money confident.
1:25.2	Search Barclay's life skills.
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