Hour 1: The Horror of the Undecideds | 10-20-25

Lionel plunges into the brutal strategy—or utter lack thereof—driving the current New York City election. Lionel debunks the notion that politics is about facts, declaring, “It’s visceral… facts mean nothing to you”. He uses a stark, sometimes terrible, analogy involving amputation and death to illustrate the choices: Voting for Mamdani is “death,” while sacrificing Curtis Sliwa’s candidacy (“amputation”) is the only viable path to survival against certain electoral doom. Lionel confronts callers who confuse loyalty with strategy, prioritize their feelings over results, and struggle to understand the cold, brutal reality of “how the game works”. Discover why many politicians prefer to be right instead of winning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices