This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi sits down with top UN official Tom Fletcher, who has traveled to conflict zones across the world but says ‘nothing was as bad as going to Gaza.’ 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...
Jun 12, 2025•30 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this "Mehdi Unfiltered" interview, Mehdi challenges Democratic Congresswoman and ‘Squad’ Member Summer Lee on her party’s dismal polling, with Lee telling Mehdi that her party is, “still waking up late.” 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_ne...
Jun 06, 2025•21 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 UNICEF spokesperson James Elder to discuss his observations from his latest visit to Gaza, the risk of famine in the region, and why aid distribution has become a ‘death trap.’ 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: Twit...
Jun 05, 2025•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 'Game of Thrones' star Liam Cunningham to discuss Gaza and his advocacy for the people of Palestine. 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/zet...
Jun 04, 2025•17 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 law professor and podcaster Leah Litman to discuss her new book ' Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes,' and break down the influence of Republican justices on US politics, why “ they view themselves as victims and use that to victimize everyone else ,” and the decades-long strategy the GOP used to roll bac...
May 29, 2025•20 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, Amanda Litman, co-founder of Run for Something and author of When We’re in Charge: The Next Generation’s Guide to Leadership, speaks to Mehdi about the US’s gerontocracy problem and how younger leadership could revitalize the Democratic Party. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zete...
May 26, 2025•11 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, Greg Grandin, historian and author of America, América : A History of the New World speaks to Mehdi about what the US can learn from Latin America when it comes to fighting fascism. 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....
May 25, 2025•7 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Just weeks before last year’s US presidential election, California Congressman Ro Khanna , the so-called ‘rep for Silicon Valley’, told Mehdi that he’d be “surprised” if billionaire Elon Musk joined the Trump administration in an official role. Now, over six months later, Musk has become perhaps one of the most powerful people in the United States government, with Khanna now saying that Musk – who has said he will be steppin...
May 21, 2025•33 min
In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, surgeon Tom Potokar in Khan Younis says he’s ‘sick and tired’ of describing the horror on the ground to international media, and yet seeing no action from Western leaders. 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....
May 20, 2025•13 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com When Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s extremist far-right Minister of National Security, made a recent visit to Capitol Hill, he ended up crossing paths with a group of pro-Palestine activists. That group included award-winning Palestinian author and journalist Laila el-Haddad , whose books include ‘ Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything in Between. ’ El-Haddad joined Mehdi on set in Washington DC to discuss the ...
May 16, 2025•19 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, children’s educator Ms. Rachel talks to Mehdi about her support for Gaza’s children and being an advocate for vulnerable children worldwide. 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.ins...
May 12, 2025•9 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com As Donald Trump and the Republican Party fight to pass his “big, beautiful bill” to cut taxes for the wealthy and gut federal spending for key federal agencies and social support programs, a new podcast miniseries from The Lever is pulling back the curtain on how Republicans became the face of the anti-tax movement. David Sirota , the founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever and a former speechwriter and senior adviser to Be...
May 09, 2025•19 min
It doesn’t take much under Trump’s authoritarian system of governance for anyone to find themselves in the crosshairs of one agency or the other. For attorney Clay Jackson , it was the simple act of telling an immigrant family their rights and offering to find them pro bono counsel. “I'm licensed in three states. Every one of those states has a rule that says lawyers have an obligation to provide pro bono assistance to people in their community, I thought it was that simple.” Sadly for Jackson, ...
May 08, 2025•11 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com It’s been over a month since shocking footage emerged of masked ICE agents arresting Tufts Doctoral Student Rümeysa Öztürk, after her visa was terminated simply for co-authoring an op-ed in the student newspaper calling for the university to divest in Israel. Since then, Rümeysa has been confined to an ICE detention center in Louisiana, where her US Representative, Ayanna Pressley , met with her late last month. In this powe...
May 06, 2025•27 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Mehdi speaks to BAFTA-winning, Oscar-nominated Palestinian Director Farah Nabulsi about her latest film, 'The Teacher,' which centers around the struggle of Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank through the lens of a school teacher there. 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 ZETE...
May 06, 2025•19 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, Lindsey Boylan, former Cuomo aide who blew the whistle on his sexual misconduct, speaks to Mehdi about the former New York governor’s mayoral bid. 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://w...
Apr 28, 2025•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 The Atlantic's Derek Thompson to discuss his new book with Ezra Klein, 'Abundance,' and the criticism it's received from progressives. 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 Instag...
Apr 23, 2025•33 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, free speech advocate Nico Perrino talks to Mehdi about the Trump administration’s attacks on student protestors and the media, and the right’s free-speech hypocrisy. 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...
Apr 18, 2025•17 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 MSNBC host Chris Hayes to discuss his new book, ‘The Siren’s Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource.’ 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: htt...
Apr 15, 2025•26 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 Iranian-American relations expert Trita Parsi to discuss the possibility of a US-Israel-backed war with Iran, and the threat of it all going nuclear. 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/z...
Apr 11, 2025•17 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com After enduring almost three months of the Trump-Musk agenda, Democrats finally gained a victory last week, after voters elected Democratic-backed judge Susan Crawford, defeating billionaire Elon Musk’s attempt to flip the court to conservative control. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIN...
Apr 08, 2025•14 min
Ten British nationals are now facing allegations of war crimes over their service in the Israeli military and its war on Gaza. To respond to this groundbreaking news, Mehdi interviews one of the lawyers behind this report: renowned human rights barrister Michael Mansfield KC. 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...
Apr 07, 2025•8 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Mehdi was in New York this past week, and he was joined in the studio for a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation by none other than Molly Jong-Fast, acclaimed author, host of the ‘Fast Politics’ podcast, and a special correspondent for Vanity Fair . You might find this to be a cathartic conversation as Mehdi and Molly unleash on the idiocy of the Trump tariffs - and the Trump administration in general. The two of them a...
Apr 06, 2025•21 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com The United States Constitution was written nearly 240 years ago, laying the foundations for an independent, successful, democratic country. But, like most of the nation’s laws, it was written by and for wealthy white men. To put it simply, the US legal system today feels, in some ways, both outdated and discriminatory – especially when it’s either under attack or weaponized by Donald Trump. It’s this exact issue that Elie My...
Mar 31, 2025•18 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi interviews the lawyer for a Georgetown scholar who is facing deportation for his pro-Palestine views. 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 : h...
Mar 26, 2025•12 min
With the sun setting over Gaza’s skyline and warplanes flying overhead, trauma surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mark Perlmutter huddle in front of their webcam at Nasser Hospital in the south of Gaza to describe some of the horrors they have seen over the last week. 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/...
Mar 25, 2025•22 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered , culture commentator Taylor Lorenz talks about the ‘Misogyny Slop Ecosystem’ and how Republican influencers are using pop culture to funnel women into the right-wing pipeline. 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/z...
Mar 23, 2025•12 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 New York Times business investigations editor David Enrich to discuss his new book, ‘Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful.’ 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:Twit...
Mar 22, 2025•16 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Trump is once again trying to reassert himself as the law and order president. During his recent joint address to Congress, the president called for a mandatory death penalty for anyone who kills a police officer. This of course comes less than two months after Trump himself pardoned more than 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters, including over 300 who pleaded guilty to either assaulting or obstructing law enforcement. One of those law enf...
Mar 18, 2025•17 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Elon Musk gets called a lot of names by a lot of people, but not many elected officials find the courage to call him a “ dick ” without fear of the DOGE bros coming for them, unless you’re Senator Tina Smith that is, the Democrat from Minnesota who sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Mehdi in her office on Capitol Hill. The senator’s harsh words are not exclusively reserved for Musk and Trump though, as the Minnesota ...
Mar 16, 2025•31 min
