The Next Mayor of New York? - Olivia Reingold

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Politics, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Olivia Reingold is a journalist and audio producer known for her work at The Free Press and NPR, where she covers politics, indigenous justice, and urban issues Follow Olivia: X - https://x.com/Olivia_Reingold Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/olivia_reingold Free Press - https://www.thefp.com/w/olivia-reingold Triggernometry is proudly independent. Thanks to the sponsors below for making that possible: - GiveSendGo - the free speech crowdfunding platform https://www.givesendgo.com/#triggerpod - We’re honoured to partner with Hillsdale College. Learn for free at https://hillsdale.edu/trigger - Augusta Precious Metals: Protect Your Retirement with Physical Gold. Rated #1. Click to learn more: https://bit.ly/4as3C6J Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Shop Merch here - https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: [email protected] Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 - Introduction 01:21 - Who Is Zohran Mamdani? 10:54 - Palestine Is Why He Got Into Politics 16:29 - Cracks Are Already Beginning To Show, For Example With Israel... 19:42 - Why Is His Message Of 'Free Stuff' Working? 32:30 - Will Many Wealthy People End Up Leaving New York? 42:51 - Are Conservative Commentators Wrong To Think They'll Benefit From Mamdani Being Mayor? 46:38 - How Much Experience Does Zohran Mamdani Have Of Running Things? 51:21 - What's The Difference Between A Democratic Socialist And A Communist? 55:13 - Is Zohran Mamdani The Future Of The Democratic Party? 01:00:43 - What Do They Actually Mean By Socialism? 01:04:15 - What's The One Thing We're Not Talking About As A Society That We Really Should Be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Who is Zoran Mandani?
0:03.0	The second you ask about him, they're smiling.
0:06.0	They love this guy.
0:08.0	His signature promises are a rent freeze.
0:11.0	If you're noticing a common theme, it's free or subsidized services.
0:16.0	The real connective tissue of his politics is Israel and Palestine. I've heard this talking point often from
0:25.0	conservative commentators that we hope he's mayor because he's going to make our job easy,
0:30.5	because we're going to run on him in 2026 during the midterms, he's going to make our job easy
0:35.5	for the presidential race in 28. I think that's totally misguided,, he's going to make our job easy for the presidential race in 2028.
0:38.0	I think that's totally misguided.
0:40.6	Who he's resonating most with are these people who are really struggling to kind of break into the hallmarks of adulthood.
0:51.1	The charisma is next level.
0:53.3	And I do think that helps explain so much of the
0:57.3	overnight success. How much experience does he have running things? This episode is sponsored
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1:13.6	free at Hillsdale.edu slash trigger.
1:17.6	Olivia, welcome to Trigonometry.
1:19.6	Thanks for having me.
1:20.6	Oh, it's great to have you on.
1:21.6	You have done something that very few people have done, which is you read every single one
1:25.6	of Zara and Mamdani's tweets
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