Maud Maron: Nikole Hannah-Jones Sacrificed Her Daughter
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Maud Maron, independently unemployed
0:36 – We met at FreedomFest in Memphis
1:42 – The face cream the government doesn't want you to have
3:51 – Keeping tabs on Brooklyn through Nextdoor
4:33 – What happened to the tough New Yorker?
5:43 – Drug dealers on the stoop and two cops in the living room
8:38 – "He looked like Boston Rob from Survivor"
9:37 – Push-in robberies: safety is the baseline
13:03 – What's changed since Maud's public defender days
13:32 – Her grandfather and the old Democratic machine
14:39 – Mamdani, Rikers, and the Trinitario gang member
16:55 – Jumaane Williams vs. Target over ICE
18:28 – Democrats who defend gang members
20:44 – Maud's question: is there a path for NYC Republicans?
21:33 – The registration trap
23:31 – Pataki, Giuliani, Bloomberg, and Larry Sharpe
26:29 – The DSA took over the party
28:13 – Politics is a street fight
28:25 – Nikole Hannah-Jones and her daughter
33:11 – The teachers union nobody mentions
33:45 – $50,000 a year per student
37:18 – Lou's Queens public schools and the SHSAT
40:26 – When Asian kids don't count as people of color
41:06 – Argentina and Tucumán pride
42:41 – Running against Alvin Bragg, and what's next
43:17 – Saritha Komatireddy vs. Tish James
44:57 – Trump cleaned up Union Station
45:33 – Soho encampments with furniture
46:32 – The sidewalks are yours for the taking
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Former public defender and former NYC candidate Maud Maron joins Lou to talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones's confession about her daughter's education, what happened to the "tough New Yorker," drug dealers on her stoop, and why she's done with the Democratic Party.
Maud is a New Yorker, a woman, an independent, and currently "independently unemployed." She ran against Alvin Bragg for Manhattan DA on the Republican line. We get into Mamdani and Rikers, the DSA takeover, why registering as a Democrat is a trap, the teachers union nobody mentions, Lou's Queens public schools and the SHSAT, Soho encampments with furniture, and why the sidewalks are yours for the taking.