Sandy and Nora talk politics · Sandy Hudson & Nora Loreto

Who is Canada's Mamdani?

November 11, 2025·50 min·4 clips
A federal lawyer reveals he hasn't been paid during the shutdown, exposing the human cost of political dysfunction.
Sandy and Nora discuss the recent US government shutdown and its implications for political strategy, using it as a springboard to explore the lack of bold left-wing leadership in Canada. They analyze Zoran Mamdani's successful mayoral campaign in New York as a model, comparing it to figures like Olivia Chow and examining barriers such as media influence, charisma deficits, and internal party resistance within the NDP.

As heard by us

A sharp case for campaign machinery, not just good ideas.

This episode uses Zohran Mamdani less as a subject than as a test case for a bigger question: can the Canadian left build a campaign machine that actually works?

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You want a left-wing argument that campaigns win through competent organizing, not just ideas.

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