Friday Focus: Diplomacy with Iran and a Democratic socialist stuns New York City

June 27, 2025
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Friday Focus: Diplomacy with Iran and a Democratic socialist stuns New York City

Rudyard and Janice start today’s show unpacking the intelligence information about the effectiveness of America’s attack on Iran’s nuclear sites. While centrifuges at Fordo have been rendered inoperable, a significant amount of enriched uranium has been moved from the site to an unknown location. A diplomatic solution should be explored to prevent Iran from rebuilding their nuclear program, but will Iran trust the US and move towards non-enrichment, or go the way of North Korea and secretly sprint towards a bomb? In the second half of the show Rudyard and Janice turn to the surprising Democratic mayoral primary in New York City where Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani upset former NY governor Andrew Cuomo. Mamdani’s affordability message resonated with voters and showed that Trump and MAGA do not have a monopoly on the public’s growing frustration with economic inequality. This crushing defeat of an established politician reflects a powerful desire for change that party elites – on both sides of the aisle – ignore at their peril.

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