Reviving NYC's Spirit: Heroes and Challenges

Hello and welcome to another Max Read of Read Max and Unpopular Front untitled crossover audio product. On this episode, we talked about Ross Douthat’s recent interview with tech investor and possible Antichrist Peter Thiel as well as Zohran Mamdani’s upset win in the New York City Democratic primary and what it means for the changing character of the city and the prospects (or lack thereof) of sentimental petit bourgeois urbanist socialism in America.

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Here are some links to things we touch on in our discussion:

* “Peter Thiel and The Antichrist” in The New York Times

* My recent piece on Zohran.

* Analyses of Zohran’s win from Adam Tooze and Waleed Shaheed.

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