Socialist mayor, banning cigs for 2007 babies + are tiny homes out of reach?
Update: 2025-11-05
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It's official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York.
The Muslim Democratic socialist and outspoken critic of the war in Gaza used his victory speech to take aim at Donald Trump. So is the political tide turning in the US?
Also, the Maldives just banned anyone born on or after 1 January 2007 from buying tobacco. Will it work?
Plus: could tiny homes be the solution to the housing crisis? They're getting more popular, but a lot of people have doubts.
Listen now:
01:09 - Mamdani wins NYC mayor race
13:40 - Banning cigs for anyone born since 2007
20:30 - Tiny homes: yes/no/maybe?
Guests:
- Jeremy Heimans, co-founder of GetUp! and Purpose + author of 'New Power'
- Becky Freeman, professor of public health, University of Sydney
- Heather Shearer, lecturer in urban planning, Griffith University
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