Best of 2025: Zohran Mamdani New York's Next Mayor?

Dec 29, 2025

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It's another Best of 2025 episode.

On today's program:

Live-streamed on January 15, 2025

Sam speaks with Zohran Mamdani, State Assemblyman for New York's 36th District & candidate for Mayor, to discuss his candidacy.

https://x.com/ZohranKMamdani

Zohran Mamdani then joins, diving right into his history in progressive organizing spaces after joining the DSA in 2017, working on a city council campaign, as a housing counselor, and helping the NY Taxi Workers' Alliance fight for reparations over the city's Medallion bait-and-switch. Next, Mamdani walks through his campaign's central policies, including launching a rent freeze on day 1 of his administration, pushing for a free bus program, and revolutionizing the city's childcare policies, before he and Sam briefly shift to the overwhelming success of the city's recently launched congestion pricing. Wrapping up, Zohran makes a final pitch to voters and unpacks what we can do to help his campaign. All that and more.

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