Politicology

The Last Institutionalists—The Weekly

2026-06-26

Mike Madrid (Author of The Latino Century) joins Host Ron Steslow to dive into how populism is consuming both parties and the institutions meant to contain them, from a socialist sweep in New York to a building debt-and-oil crisis. They begin with New York's primaries, where DSA-aligned candidates won and Zohran Mamdani emerged as a kingmaker—signaling the Democratic party’s “Tea Party moment.” From there, they ask whether the party is radicalizing or whether its establishment wing is the last refuge of institut...