This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Sayeeda Warsi , the British baroness and former Conservative cabinet minister, to discuss her new book 'Muslims Don't Matter' and how Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, in the wake of the Oct 7th attacks, has resulted in further hatred directed at Muslims across the globe. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/sub...
Oct 29, 2024•5 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Michigan native, Michael Moore , to discuss why Kamala Harris is losing voters in that key swing state, and what a lot of Arab-American voters are telling Michael Moore is their preferred alternative to the two-state solution in the Middle East. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo....
Oct 25, 2024•7 min
In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna of California’s 17th congressional district to discuss the options the US has when it comes to holding Israel accountable and why it doesn’t use them, what Democrats are and not doing in the campaign, and why he thinks Elon Musk could have been on the side of the Democrats this election. Also on the show, Mehdi speaks with Palestinian-American political analyst Omar Baddar to discuss the current situa...
Oct 22, 2024•52 min
Last week, we shared a wide-ranging exclusive interview with John Legend that covered a lot of ground: from homelessness and criminal justice, including current propositions on the ballot in California, to the 2024 presidential election and the war in Gaza. We thought it’s worth re-sharing the section on Gaza, Israel, and Kamala Harris in particular. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zete...
Oct 21, 2024•6 min
In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to discuss Kamala Harris’s performance among Arab Americans, AIPAC, and Omar’s own re-election campaign. Also on the show, Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha , who managed to escape occupied Gaza at the beginning of the war, talks to Mehdi about Israel’s continued assault on the strip, as well as the US media’s failure to uplift Palestinian voices during the war. Additionally, Mehdi interviews Sudanese...
Oct 18, 2024•52 min
In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Lebanese academic and London School of Economics Professor Fawaz Gerges to discuss Israel’s new front of the war in Lebanon. Also on the show, human rights activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch tells Mehdi the story of how after being named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Next , the Pakistani government barred her from traveling to New York to be recognized by Time and attend their gala this week. Additionally, Ryan Mac and Kate Conger discuss thei...
Oct 11, 2024•48 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by award-winning musician John Legend to discuss calls for conditions, as well as prison reform, abortion rights and Kamala Harris’s campaign. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news I...
Oct 09, 2024•11 min
In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Zahiro Shahar Mor, the nephew of former Israeli hostage Avraham Munder, to share the story of his uncle who was taken hostage by Hamas. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com...
Oct 07, 2024•11 min
In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Palestinian journalist Hind Khoudary to discuss putting her life on the line as she reports on the frontline of an ongoing genocide. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@z...
Oct 06, 2024•16 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates to discuss his new book ' The Message' , what it took for him to publish a book critical of Israel at a time like this, and what he says that makes Mehdi “feel seen.” SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://ze...
Oct 05, 2024•6 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to discuss his fascinating political journey; his growing ties to Russia and China; Trump, Islam and Islamophobia; and of course, his ferocious criticisms of the Gaza genocide and Western support for Israel. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTER...
Oct 04, 2024•10 min
On this week’s ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ Mehdi unpacks Israel’s “ violent and reckless ” assault on Lebanon and the false propaganda behind it. “ The Israeli government wants you to believe that this is all about security, about protecting ordinary Israelis at the Northern border. And that this war isn’t against Lebanon or the people of Lebanon, but only against Hezbollah ,” Mehdi explains. “ The problem is that, like with Gaza, their ministers can’t stop sounding genocidal in public when they talk ab...
Sep 27, 2024•51 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Bomb threats to schools in Ohio attended by immigrants, an assassination attempt on a presidential candidate, and an increase in threats to federal judges are just a few examples of the heightened level of political violence in the United States. Much has been written about Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric and incendiary language but what will happen if he loses the election? A study last year showed that violence is gaining ...
Sep 19, 2024•3 min
On October 14, 2023, a week after the Hamas attacks on Israel, and just days after Joe Biden falsely claimed he had seen photos of beheaded Israeli babies, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy called Wadee Alfayoumi was brutally murdered in his home after being stabbed 26 times. His mother, Hanaan Shahin, was also stabbed and left critically injured. Shahin’s landlord, 71-year-old Joseph Czuba, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery ...
Sep 18, 2024•14 min
This week, we have a bonus episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ because there’s no shortage of news to cover. On Sunday, we saw another assassination attempt on former President Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, with the alleged shooter having an AK47-type rifle on him. As upset as the Republicans are, their outrage over this second assassination attempt on Trump has its limits. It stops at gun control. Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Democrat from Florida, the first member of ...
Sep 17, 2024•49 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this special episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’, Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein and her running mate professor Butch Ware join ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ for a wide-ranging and challenging interview. Stein sat down for an hour-long interview with Mehdi where he covered her stance on Israel and Gaza; whether she helped Trump in 2016 and whether she is helping him again in 2024; her own controversial record on Russia ...
Sep 16, 2024•1 min
The Occupied Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank are home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. But today in Gaza, the Israeli bombardment of churches and Palestinian Christian neighborhoods is pushing that community to the brink of extinction. And in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settler expansion and travel restrictions not only make it difficult for Palestinian Christians there to practice their faith, but can even classify them as illegals in their own home...
Sep 15, 2024•16 min
On this week’s episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’, Mehdi breaks down former President Donald Trump’s “embarrassingly incoherent but shamelessly dishonest” debate performance on Tuesday night, after Kamala Harris successfully baited him and exposed “deluded Trump.” “Trump's people told Trump not to get baited. But the thin-skinned man-child that he is, he just couldn't stop himself. He took the bait. Every time,” Mehdi says. US Congressman and “Squad” member Jamaal Bowman joins Mehdi to discuss his re...
Sep 11, 2024•44 min
Most Zeteo subscribers are already well-aware of Project 2025 and its anti-democratic agenda. But what a lot of people aren’t aware of is all the billionaire oligarchs who are using dark money to fund it. David Sirota, host of ‘The Lever’s’ new podcast series Master Plan , joins Mehdi to explain what these groups have to gain from Project 2025, and how they’ve become so successful when it comes to thwarting democracy and its’ rules. “In a one person, one vote democracy, it's much harder for olig...
Sep 08, 2024•14 min
On this week’s episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ Mehdi breaks down one of Donald Trump’s most fascistic plans yet – using the US military to crush dissent. “It’s not a conspiracy theory, nor is it a secret,” Mehdi says, as he brings the receipts exposing Team Trump’s plan to use the Insurrection Act to crack down on protesters via military force, starting on day one of his second term. “We're not exceptional,” Rosa Brooks, former Obama Defense Department adviser, tells Mehdi. “I think one thing tha...
Sep 05, 2024•56 min
“I was the first president in modern times to start no new wars,” Donald Trump declaimed at the RNC in Milwaukee in July. That statement, like pretty much every statement Trump makes, is false. On multiple levels. And yet, I keep meeting people – in leftwing circles, in Muslim-American circles, in Arab-American circles, and beyond – who tell me that they’re voting for Trump in November because they believe him; they think that he isn’t a hawk and that he killed fewer Muslims than Democratic pres...
Sep 03, 2024•5 min
Twenty years, trillions of dollars, and the longest war in US history failed to eradicate the Taliban. Now, with the Taliban having taken back the country – and having implemented some of the most troubling restrictions on women we’ve seen from them – what’s next for Afghanistan and its people? And what’s been happening since the mainstream media mostly stopped covering the story? The head of foreign relations for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) Ali Maisam Nazary joins Mehdi U...
Sep 02, 2024•21 min
Donald Trump has a seriously abusive relationship with the media. He bashes them as “enemies of the people,” tries to discredit them as “fake news,” and even calls for reporters and anchors to be jailed, yet much of the so-called ‘liberal’ US media seem to give him a pass on so much of the shocking stuff that he says or does. No lessons seem to have been learned from the 2016 debacle, and our media is now bent on trying to find some sort of ridiculous equivalence between the ordinary exaggeratio...
Aug 30, 2024•13 min
In an exclusive interview with ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, speaks to Mehdi on the threats that face both Palestinians in Gaza and his own organization. “ I don't know how much worse it can become, I have to say, we are losing and we are lacking words to describe the situation, ” says Lazzarini. UNRWA is currently fighting a polio outbreak in Gaza, but a successful vaccination campaign there is nearly impo...
Aug 27, 2024•58 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com CHICAGO – In this special episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’, we’re at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, around the corner from the United Center, at the Palestinian-American owned OUD Coffee and Cafe. Mehdi is joined in this exclusive interview with prominent voices from the Uncommitted Movement – and just moments after it was revealed that the DNC would not be allowing a Palestinian to speak at the convention. Join...
Aug 22, 2024•10 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Throughout the course of Israel’s brutal 10-month assault on Gaza, Ami Ayalon – the former head of Israel’s Security Service, Shin-Bet, and the ex-commander of the Israeli Navy – has emerged as one of the Netanyahu government’s chief critics, along with several other former Israeli military officials. In this wide-ranging interview for ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ Ayalon tells Mehdi why he believes Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben-G...
Aug 13, 2024•10 min
In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi speaks to British Member of Parliament Zarah Sultana, who blames politicians and the press for the shocking far-right riots in the UK Plus, Mehdi speaks to YouTube star Bryan Tyler Cohen about his new book on the "shameless" GOP. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_n...
Aug 08, 2024•33 min
Mehdi speaks to 18-year-old conscientious objector Tal Mitnick, who chose to go to prison rather than serve with the Israeli army in occupied Gaza, and calls on the U.S. to stop arming his country. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/...
Aug 05, 2024•10 min
Watch Mehdi break down all 30 chapters of Project 2025’s dystopian manifesto in just two minutes flat. (He speaks very fast!) SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews FIND MEHDI: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitt...
Jul 29, 2024•3 min
In this week’s episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Award-winning journalist and Zeteo contributor Rula Jebreal joins Mehdi to talk about a landmark 83-page opinion from The International Court of Justice asserting Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza as illegal. Plus, Mehdi speaks to Congressman Ro Khanna of California about Joe Biden stepping down as the democratic nominee for president, and being replaced with his second in command, Kamala Harris. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AN...
Jul 23, 2024•43 min
