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June 26, 2025 94 mins

This one gets heated. From a raw, first-hand account from family on the ground in Iran to the future of New York City's economy, this Alfalfa pod covers it all.


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Episode Highlights:

🗽 NYC’s Socialist Savior? Free buses, gov groceries & no cops

🇮🇷 “We’ll take anything”: Raw voices from inside Iran

💸 Why millennials are turning on capitalism

📈 Market hits all-time highs — so why does everyone feel awful?

👨‍🍼 New dad goes from “I’m done” to back in the markets in 2 months

🧀 Are you eating soup wrong? It's all in the wrists

💰 Shitcoin or 400% moonshot? This week’s Crypto Corner


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Timestamps:·

· 00:00 - Intro: The Most Authentic Trump Moment Ever?

· 00:41 - The Unwritten Rules of Etiquette: Cheese Slicing & Soup Spooning

· 03:45 - Are You Holding Your Wine Glass Wrong? (ft. Brad Pitt in Ocean's 11)

· 05:57 - The Hemingway Daiquiri That Inspired a Resignation

· 07:09 - ZBiotics: The Pre-Alcohol Probiotic for a Better Morning (Sponsor)

· 08:56 - Public Speaking 101: "Practice until you can't get it wrong"

· 11:04 - A New Dad's Confession: "I'll probably never work again..."

· 14:23 - The S-BET Bet: Is This Crypto Play a "400% Juicy" Return

· 17:30 - The Great Disconnect: NASDAQ All-Time Highs vs. Depressed Sentiment.

· 21:04 - Are We Entering a "Roaring 20s" Blow-Off Top?

· 23:28 - Iran Update: "Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter"

· 26:15 - A Grandmother's First-Hand Account from Tehran: "I slept through it all"

· 29:13 - "We'll take a f*cking anything": The Raw Desire for Regime Change in Iran

· 37:32 - MAIN TOPIC: Zoran Mamdani, NYC's Socialist Savior?

· 42:24 - Mamdani's Plan: Government Groceries, Free Buses & Defunding the Police

· 44:40 - Why Millennials Embrace Socialism: The Peter Thiel Explanation

· 54:27 - The Unintended Consequences of Rent Control & Price Fixing

· 01:05:14 - The Real Villain Isn't Capitalism, It's the Fed.

· 01:21:40 - Is Wealth Creation About Risk-Taking or Is the Game Rigged?

· 01:33:42 - Outro & Final Thoughts


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