0:00 Intro
0:55 Will Zohran 'Defund The Police'? 
5:39 Why the boomers do not 'get' Zohran
9:21 The sympathy for Luigi Mangione
13:18 Establishment Democrats vs Populist Progressives 
15:19 Horseshoe Theory
18:20 How the Right and the Left tackle America's populist angst 
19:40 Similarity between Zohran, Bernie, and Trump
22:26 How should New York Jews feel about Zohran
26:48 Why are the New Right and the New Left anti-Israel
29:10 American Dream, economic anxiety, and predictable progress 
32:39 The cultural vibes of Zohran and the progressive Left
37:46 Is Zohran playing it safe?
41:11 Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa
44:37 Will Zohran run NYC? 

Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press. She spent the last few months covering Zohran Mamdani and his rise to run New York City.

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