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Dan Chiasson discusses the connections between Bernie Sanders' and Z. Zohran Mamdani's socialism.

Dan Chiasson joins me to discuss his combined Bernie and Burlington biography, Bernie for Burlington , and the connections between Bernie's socialism and Mamdani's socialism. You can purchase Dan's book here: https://flyleafbooks.com/book/9780593317495 Here's Dan's article about Mamdani: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/11/06/have-you-met-z-zohran-mamdani/ And we discuss Corey Robin's piece on socialist excellence: https://coreyrobin.com/2025/11/15/excellence-over-mediocrity-from-mamdani-to-marx-to-food/

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