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Podcast: Indy Audio
Episode: Dec. 2, 2025: Brandon West Talks About New Council Speaker Julie Menin & The Power She Will Wield
Description: Following right-wing Democrat Julie Menin’s victory in the race for City Council Speaker, we spoke with Brandon West, a former member of the City Council’s central staff, about how Menin and her supporters outmaneuvered progressives, the powers she will wield as speaker and how she might try to obstruct Zohran Mamdani when he is mayor.