Zohran Mamdani

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4 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Zohran Mamdani — the Ugandan-born Muslim socialist making a serious run for New York City mayor — is sparking national debate. Is he the city’s next AOC… or a dangerous radical? In this episode, Henry and Danny break down Mamdani’s platform and persona — from his rent freeze and city-owned grocery stores to his viral exchange on Israel. They debate the so-called “Sharia socialist” narrative, why conservatives are losing their minds over his wardrobe, and how his rise exposes deep shifts in American populism. We explore: 🏙️ Rent freezes, affordable housing, and “cracking down on landlords” 🧾 His plan to tax millionaires + corporations to fund public programs 🚍 Free buses, mental health investments, and “community safety” 💥 The culture war backlash from Fox News and right-wing media 🗽 What Mamdani’s rise says about the future of left-wing populism in America ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Intro & Henry’s tendonitis bench press tangent 03:00 – Cuomo mocks Mamdani’s workout video 07:30 – Who is Zohran Mamdani? From Uganda to Queens 10:30 – The “Sharia communist” smear and Fox News freakout 17:00 – Rent freezes & housing policy breakdown 35:00 – Cracking down on landlords & property control debate 43:00 – Community safety and NY crime myths 58:00 – City-run grocery stores and free public buses 1:14:00 – Taxing millionaires & corporations: the real funding plan 1:22:00 – Populism, prejudice, and the Obama parallel 1:30:00 – Final thoughts: Is left-wing populism the future of NYC? 📺 Full episodes (ad-free) on Substack → https://brohistory.substack.com #ZohranMamdani #NYCPolitics #LeftWingPopulism #BroHistory #NewYorkMayor #AOC #Socialism #UrbanPolitics #FoxNews #HousingCrisis #ProgressivePolitics #NYC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's going on guys? Welcome to another episode of Bro History. It's Henry Zimoda and Danny of Delgabar. What's up, my friend? Jellin, man, as per usual. How about yourself? I'm good. Am I positioned well in the camera? Not particularly, but I could probably fix it. It's fine. Okay. I can zoom in on the both. So I don't feel like moving. Just stay right there. I can fix it.
0:21.6	I'll zoom in on you.
0:22.6	It's fine.
0:23.6	I got like a weird setup because I have tendonitis in my elbow.
0:26.6	So I have to have a pillow on my lap at all times because it gets quite painful in my elbows don't have any support.
0:34.6	Is that like the tennis elbow or whatever?
0:36.6	Yeah. I get that shit too. It sucks. But it sucks. Elbows don't have any support. Is that like the tennis elbow or whatever?
0:37.8	Yeah.
0:38.9	I get that shit too.
0:39.3	It sucks.
0:40.7	But it sucks.
0:43.7	It goes like all the way up to your hand sometimes.
0:45.4	It fucking is terrible.
0:48.0	I've had it for years.
0:50.8	I've had it probably since I was like 19.
0:53.9	Somebody told me it was like I'm benching wrong or something like that.
0:57.3	It, it, I got it when I started like seriously lifting weights.
0:57.8	Yeah.
1:01.3	And I started seriously lifting weights when I was in college.
1:09.4	And it just like, it's just like the stress of like having a big load on your triceps. you know when you're when you're when you're
1:11.6	benching like real heavy weight like you know around 300 then it's just like a lot of stress on
1:17.4	you and i never i've never reached that much in my life that's impressive i mean i never really
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