Fighting The Crypto Cult with Ben McKenzie

Fighting The Crypto Cult with Ben McKenzie

From Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know by 186k Films

April 22, 2026 · 52 min

About this episode

Hasan Minhaj interviews Ben McKenzie about his documentary on crypto and its implications.

Hasan sits down with former teen heart throb and current cypto skeptic, Ben McKenzie, to talk about his new documentary “Everyone is Lying To You For Money”, how the main use case for crypto is still basically a crime, and to roast our fellow celebrities who endorsed it.You can try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at https://ziprecruiter.com/hasan.Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan MinhajCo-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth VenkataramanujamExecutive Producer/Director: Tyler BabinExecutive Producer/Showrunner: Scott VroomanProducer: Kayla FengProducer/ Copywriter: Annie FickCinematographer: Austin MoralesEditor: Tyler BabinTalent Coordinator: Tanya SomanaderExecutive Assistant: Samuel PilandYOU CAN WATCH ON CNN.COM/WATCH OR THE CNN APP. Thanks so much for listening to Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know. If you haven’t yet, now is a great time to subscribe to Lemonada Premium. Just hit the 'subscribe' button on Apple Podcasts, or, for all other podcast apps head to lemonadapremium.com to subscribe. That’s lemonadapremium.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Hasan Minhaj

Guest: Ben McKenzie

Topics covered

  • crypto skepticism
  • documentary
  • celebrity endorsements
  • financial crime
  • interviews

Keywords

  • crypto
  • Ben McKenzie
  • documentary
  • financial crime
  • celebrity endorsements

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN

Books & works: Everyone is Lying To You For Money

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