Zohran Mamdani, the Socialist Who Could Be NYC's New Mayor (Rerelease)

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Today's episode is a re-run of our interview from last month with Queens assemblyman Zohran Mamdani. On June 24, Mamdani won the first round of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, making him the presumptive party nominee and the early favorite to win November's general election. So it's the perfect time to revisit the candidate and his unique platform. Endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, he's proposing rent freezes, universal childcare, higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy, free buses, and city-run grocery stores. In this conversation, we talked to the would-be mayor about his socialist vision for New York, including how he plans to fund more public goods, what he would do to ensure that government-run services are up to standard, and why there should be Halal carts on every street corner.

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1:02.3	Hello, Odd Lots listeners. We are re-releasing an episode that we recorded on May 23rd with Zoran Mumdani. That's right. Just last night, Zoran won the Democratic nomination to be the new
1:09.0	mayor of New York City.
1:14.9	He is the massive favorite going into the general election, although, of course, Cuomo was the favorite going into the nomination.
1:17.3	So anything could still happen.
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