BONUS: I Want My M(amdani)TV
Over the holiday, Will and Chris caught up with Donald Borenstein, Andrew Epstein and Debbie Saslaw of the Mamdani media team to discuss how their video and online strategy helped win the campaign’s stunning victory. We look at their team’s success as the result of years of NYC organizing, how the candidate’s principles and policy informed the media strategy, the right and wrong lessons on political communication from their campaign, and the bizarre outsider art of Adams & Cuomo’s video output. PLUS: production, editing, color grading & gear talk for all you A/V heads.
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man all the mentions of Marshall McLuhan and the Avi Lewis campaign is greatly appreciated from the great white north. great interview and episode
For a guy deep in Trump country hearing about the the networks and organization that exist out in the world is truly heartening
What's the song at the end of this ep?
How to talk to humans like a human: a 2025 Primer
These lisping nerds should stay behind the mic and camera
Chris is 100% on how satisfying it was to see that it was Donald on the come up
Cue the it’s always sunny music: “the dry boys uncritically ask, ‘what’s your secret?!’”
20 minutes in now… do they do anything but let the I guess dozens of guests pat each other’s backs or ask them things like “was it easier to win cuz your guy is cute?”
“Donald what’s your favorite camera?” This is total shit fellas.
Can someone tell me how zohran has been disappointing so far? I heard about Jessica tisch, but I’m not really tapped in with NYC politics so I don’t know what else he’s done since the election.
This is fine and all, but are you going to push back at all?? Mamdani is obviously good but push back on his capitulation to Zionism and the holding of Maduro in NYC, come on man. Sad shit
They recorded this before all that, Will says in the beginning this was between Xmas and the new year
Shoutout my Bernie campaign staffers
Agree this all is giving big Bernie energy which made sense in 2016, but now seems suspiciously naive.
I already cancelled my subscription when Chapo didn't properly condemn Platner. Came back for the slop, but if this is the slop we get I don't need it. I don't care about free busses for US-Americans, when they are so indifferent about their country slaughtering millions of people in the rest of the world.
The comment I left on your first post was meant for this one. Power is the ability to generate slop. Do not confuse the slop for the power. The boys will be there when you need them. Have some faith brother. But spend your money on what pleases you. I’m a loyal dog. Been here for years. And I ain’t got no where else I wanna be. Drebin 4 ever. “We are living in the glimmer man”
I don't know whatever happened on reddit, but this is still incredibly disappointing. Palestine has undoubtedly been the most important issue of this decade, and everyone who is ready to throw it under the bus, is not with the internationalist left, and the very least they should receive is a very harsh response for doing so.
I missed the platner episode. Will chuckling. “His Reddit posts would be worse if he were a Nazi. “goddamn that’s a dense take. Will and Felix are self sucking morons. Felix has been behind some of the most self serious and atrocious garbage put out on the internet. (Seeking a fren the latter eps eg) I still love them tho. The movie review episodes are the only thing that keep me sane. Yes Chapo have power. The content itself is not the power. The power is the manifestation of the content. I know that that is trite. But it’s true. And the boys… eventually …they get it. They’ll be on the right side when it comes time. Have some faith.
So... links? To literally any of these heartstring tugging videos? Am I the only person who wants links?
Didn’t listen (LA) but it reminded me of the best short form politics media of the century bolsonaro’s -Bom vídeo 👍
I listened to this and it honestly made me a jealous that these people got to be a part of something successful and on the right side of history. Like that's really rare in this country. If you want to have a job where you play with cameras and adobe premier and get paid for it you basically have to be doing some sort of evil. So good for them for lucking out like this.
Im not sure if you guys want or need content related to the current nursing strike in NYC, but as a participant, I could give some perspective.
Don’t wait for them. Just produce it dog.
Zio-hran Mussoldani
Zogran Mossadni
Everyone is complaining about policy this, statements that. What we should all be concerned about is our everlasting souls
I see where you’re coming from.
Hell yeah, Micro Four Thirds camera users.
🤏
Debbie was an acquaintance in college, really cool seeing old names pop up in successful places!
When they reviewed the west wing, they mocked Sorks for holding the White House comms team in “disgustingly high regard”… I hope that they recorded this before Z took office… (Full disclosure. I have not listened nor will I…getting Virgil live from AOC’s post-election clubhouse flashbacks)
Fuck zogran
These comments are wild. Its like the meme of the guy at a party saying "no one knows I listen to ween." And the others are like, "we all know you listen to ween." Soc dems/dem soc, socialists, communists in the comments are all cos playing politics and would rather eat shit ad nasuem by the trump admin or any dem admin than actually effect change. U all suck.
Its pretty much exclusively autistic MLs/ accelerationists who deluded themselves into thinking a left wing revolution is possible any time soon. You need to get the cool kids on the your side first and honey, you smell bad
I really appreciate this convo. Shoutout to all the campaign and media folks and Boringstein
SHOUTOUT TO THE PANASONIC GH5
I barely know anything about my own mayor much less this one but you all seem very heated
Do you ask him how they used Palestinian suffering to win an election but throw them under the bus right away?
It’s because Zohran and his stans are deeply unserious LARPers
Personally, I hate Zohran cause he has a hot wife and I don’t
Lots of butthurt DSA Zohran stans in the replies seething because some people care more about Palestine than about free hamburger coupons for single mothers
"Fuck those poors" is certainly an interesting opinion to share in here
I can literally smell the basement dwelling, reddit trawling body odor emanating from this comment section. Mamdani has made inroads towards passing universal childcare. He has rejuvenated city efforts to protect tenants rights. He's been in there less than a month.Yes, he is capitulating to the establishment in some disappointing ways. But are you people arguing that this was all for nothing? That these improvements in material conditions were all in vain?
👆 Western leftist moment
All you ppl who are bashing Zohran for his messaging on various topics.... Has he folded on any of the material issues he was voted in on? Has he actually endorsed Israel or denied the genocide? Has he had the chance to try to arrest Netanyahu? You fucks are getting twisted up by words. The campaign was about words. Government is about actions. And there's a lot of powerful people ranged against him; if he can bamboozle them like he did Trump, he might actually get something DONE. In this world, in America.
Grow up lol
Ziohran
Bro what in gods name has Zohran done to be called a zionist lmao
This compelled me to dig back into the Matt Archives for a Marxism hit
Gonna get one of those classic mom-in-a-heart tattoos but it’s “MAM” in either a Star of David or a swastika. Undecided atm.
What’s all this lol shit lately? I can’t tell if I’m surrounded by really old people or literal babies. 👍
rip bwf 😭😭😭
Well, we finally found something ppl hate more than movie episodes
Comments time
Hot damn
Lav Diaz pull was 🔥. People can be as cynical as they want, but I’m still heartened by the Mamdani win and enjoyed this episode.
People are cynical because Zohran kneeled at the tomb of a guy who called palestinians subhumans, keeps on the police commissioner who repressed pro-palestinian protests, calls those same protestors anti-semetic, supports Ladner who while comptroller invested nyc money into elbit DURING the genocide. If you heartened by his victory you are either heartened by these things, or you refuse to live in reality. I dont know whats worse to be honest.
Delete this
'Zohran called me while I was on a treadmill!' Riveting stuff guys
“Workflow deliverables” gross
Deport Michael Rappaport
Laundering
Prognozprodzi shoutout at the 1 hr 1 min mark
“At first, I thought he was just shoveling chili peppers, but when I looked closer—Whoa—it turned out to be a whole boatload of lobsters”
Tell zohran to stop giving af about random antisemitic attacks that happen outside NY. It shows how much he bends over to be accepted by the dem party line and screams how phony he is to the avg New Yorker. He can do a lot of good work compared to what Cuomo would have done, but he needs to be antizionist. He is Obama-ing at a crazy rate, I get he’s only the mayor so he doesn’t have many groundbreaking rule changes he can implement like a governor could, but he can show some more solidarity.
Not impressed with his pro-imperial Venezuela stance either.
Kick the ball, Charlie Brown 🤡
it really feels like AOC 2.0 doesnt it
the libs are back in power!!!
Zohran's been folding on ethical issues faster than I would have guessed... Issues that can only hurt him in the electorate/ can't win him any allies. Makes me nervous about his steadfastness in a real economic fight. Fell for it again award?
looks like its almost certainly a fell for it again award.
Hi, A/V head here
FUCK THIS HORSESHIT
I want my I want my I want my Zogdani
Once Matt got the stroke Chapo has gradually turned into Pod Save America. This is complete dog shit.
if you feel this way and you're still paying for it you're the loser
That Lav Diaz pull was 🤌 cinephiles forever
As far as I can tell Zohran is already implementing the beginning of “Abundance” with the SPEED and LIFT task forces. Notice how he didn’t base his campaign around that or try to explain any boring fire code or zoning bullshit?
(Though I don't expect he'll see this) a happy "Hello!" and big congratulations to Andrew Epstein, from Kainien Morel, your fellow classmate/cohort-colleague/teaching assistant/office neighbor from the University of Georgia History Department at LeConte "Don't drink the water, especially from the first floor fountains" Hall circa 2010 through 2012! It was great to hear about the (now successful) NYC Mayoral Campaign you were working on last year from Jacobin magazine, and even better to hear of your success! Congratulations again!
I wanted to join dsa, but so many people were insufferable, unhappy, and impossibly to please like these comments. Yeah, he is gonna sell out on shit so he can get major agenda passed. He is gonna play politics. But maybe if we elect more zohrans this fucking game of power can stop and government can serve people not money. You are part of the problem!
Actually Eric, you sound like you’d be a great fit for the DSA. (derogatory.)
"Principles" lol the guy is selling palestine out faster than spoiled fish. Hes AOC 2, and now you people have his media team on to make sure people become more invested in this fraud. This podcast is just literally a pro democrat media now, not that different from pod save america.
You’re insane lol
Mamdani the messaging goat during campaign mode, somehow fumbles it constantly after he’s actually in office… hmm
I think the easy way to square that is he was forced into good messaging. Once the pressure was off, same ol lib slop we've heard 1000X
Andrew was my college housemate. What have I done with my life?
Assuming it was circa 2010 to 2012: Hello from the University of Georgia HistoryDepartment! We were part of the same cohort in the graduate program.
When’s the last time we got bonus slop? (Serious question)
Uhh 18 hours ago by my count
Zogran Mamdanjew
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Can we all agree how insane it is that NYC has a Muslim mayor...
I was the victim of three fatal antisemitic attacks there and I'm not Jewish and was never anywhere near New York
Bonus slop? Thanks guys!
Please explain what happened with the subreddit. This will be the final death blow of Chapo’s relevancy and, while I’m unsure you care about it, it’s an ugly stain on your legacy.
Sir, the redditors would like to speak to the manager.
Do we really need to keep having on these rank opportunists?
Chapo occupied Government
Excited to see their newest video about how antisemitism is the greatest threat NYC has ever faced
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i will never forget the AI generated racist cuomo ads. has there ever been a candidate for any public office…. ever(?) with such palpable contempt for the people he ostensibly wants to rule over?
every time i read his name, i hear it in Cuomo’s voice “Mam dam NI”
Dope
My heart goes onnnnn ELVIRA
Mmm poppa mmm poppa mow mow, mmm poppa mmm poppa [lower] mow mow
Hmmmmmmm. Pass.
Lol
Hell yeah