Will Zohran Mamdani's anti-cop past derail his rise to run New York City?

0:00 Intro
0:28 Zohran might become NYC's Mayor
6:24 What the boomers do not understand about populism 
11:18 Have older Americans rigged the system?
13:05 Economic populism on the Right and Left
15:38 Immigration vs Native-Employment
19:15 The failure of rent control 
23:00 Zohran Mamdani's sugarcoated progressivism 
25:52 The Far Right fallout from the Jubille debate 
29:25 Israel vs Palestine and the Horseshoe Theory
38:04 Stephen Colbert's cope after getting cancelled
41:59 Robby is engaged! Social Conservatism, LGBTQ, State Rights
45:35 Donald Trump and the fate of MAGA
50:00 Are podcast bros regretting the Trump endorsements? 
52:28 Did Trump betray MAGA on Epstein? 

Robby Soave hosts the Rising on The Hill and is a senior editor at Reason TV.

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