I report on the election of Zohran Mamdani as New York's 111th mayor, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo by nearly nine percentage points. The episode captures the reactions of residents of people in Jackson Heights, Queens at a neighborhood bar. Locals reflect on the implications of electing a 34-year-old Democratic Socialist mayor and looks ahead at the hopes for New York under Mamdani's leadership as well as the challenges posed by the Trump administraiton and the broader political lan...
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I report on the election of Zohran Mamdani as New York's 111th mayor, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo by nearly nine percentage points. The episode captures the reactions of residents of people in Jackson Heights, Queens at a neighborhood bar. Locals reflect on the implications of electing a 34-year-old Democratic Socialist mayor and looks ahead at the hopes for New York under Mamdani's leadership as well as the challenges posed by the Trump administraiton and the broader political lan...
Election Day is finally upon us. Kim and David discuss the state of play going into it.
What's Up With America?
I report on the election of Zohran Mamdani as New York's 111th mayor, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo by nearly nine percentage points. The episode captures the reactions of residents of people in Jackson Heights, Queens at a neighborhood bar. Locals reflect on the implications of electing a 34-year-old Democratic Socialist mayor and looks ahead at the hopes for New York under Mamdani's leadership as well as the challenges posed by the Trump administraiton and the broader political lan...
