The victory of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York's mayoral elections has some heralding the arrival of a new 'progressive playbook' for America's political Left. But can this politics work at scale, beyond the liberal cities? Writer and socialist Bhaskar Sunkara, a long time associate of Mamdani, looks at the best ways forward for the left. 

• Guest: Bhaskar Sunkara, American political writer. Founding editor of Jacobin,  president of The Nation magazine, publisher of Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, and columnist for The Guardian. In Australia hosted by the Search Foundation
• Producer: Ann Arnold