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A sit-down with Zohran Mamdani
December 29, 2025·26m
New York City's Democratic socialist mayor takes office on January 1. Can he follow through on all those campaign promises? We ask him. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Danielle Hewitt and Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Astead Herndon. Photo of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani by Spencer Platt/Getty Images.