Getting SPICY with Mehdi Hasan

About this episode

Hasan Minhaj interviews journalist Mehdi Hasan about pressing political issues including Islamophobia and the situation in Iran.

Hasan sits down with journalist, Mehdi Hasan, to give you ALL THE SPICE you demanded: Islamophobia, Pete Hegseth, the attack on Iran, and war crimes.Let's cut through the noise together. Go to https://groundnews.com/hasan to subscribe and get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage Plan, which breaks down to just $5/month with my discount.Meet Amazon Health AI by going to https://health.amazon.com/health-aiJoin the millions who are already banking fee free today. Head to https://chime.com/HASAN. Join the millions who are already banking fee free today. Head to Chime.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. 0:00 Cold Open / Opening Monologue 1:09 Ad 2:24 Connor the fascist 5:14 Turn up the spice!!! 9:20 The DNC and Gaza 11:22 We gotta do something about TikTok… 16:05 Is Tucker Carlson the right ally? 21:18…

People in this episode

Host: Hasan Minhaj

Guest: Mehdi Hasan

Topics covered

• Islamophobia
• war crimes
• politics
• media
• Iran
• accountability

Keywords

• Islamophobia
• war crimes
• Iran
• Pete Hegseth
• accountability
• media
• politics

Sponsors

Ground News, Amazon Health AI, Chime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN

Places: Iran

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