About this episode

Freddie Sayers discusses the political rise of Zohran Mamdani and the implications of his policies with guest Ross Barkan.

Freddie Sayers is joined by UnHerd columnist and author Ross Barkan - a former campaign colleague of Zohran Mamdani - to discuss the New York Mayor’s rapid political rise and the controversies defining his tenure. They unpack Mamdani's anti-capitalist economic policies, his radical stance on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and assess what his brand of democratic socialism signals for the future trajectory of the Democratic Party and American politics as a whole. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Freddie Sayers

Guest: Ross Barkan

Topics covered

• politics
• socialism
• New York Mayor
• economic policies
• Democratic Party
• American politics

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Organizations: Democratic Party, UnHerd

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