This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, 23-year-old Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad talks to Mehdi about her experience reporting on the Gaza genocide, which she details in her new book, ‘The Eyes of 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...
Oct 08, 2025•3 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com It has been two years since October 7th, 2023 – when Hamas launched the deadliest attack in Israel’s history. Around 1,200 people were brutally killed – including over 700 civilians and dozens of children. 251 people were taken hostage into Gaza, and over 80 are now confirmed dead, including those killed on Oct. 7. Since then, Israel has used that terrifying day to justify even worse atrocities in Gaza, killing over 67,000 P...
Oct 07, 2025•5 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this week’s segment from Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by the co-founders of ‘We Are Not Numbers,’ a collection of essays, poems, and stories from Palestinians in Gaza since 2015. 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:...
Oct 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, Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh talks to Mehdi about his brand of socialism, the Islamophobic attacks he’s received, and how he plans to deal with the Trump administration. 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....
Oct 02, 2025•24 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this interview, UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder and Mehdi discuss the blocking of aid, the siege over Gaza, and the surge of child illness and trauma in the region, describing what Israel has done in Gaza as ‘the worst of humanity.’ 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:...
Oct 02, 2025•3 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this week’s segment from Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus , a year after student protesters in his country ousted the repressive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and named him interim leader. 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...
Sep 29, 2025•34 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this week’s segment from Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir and 'Succession' star Hiam Abbass to discuss their latest film, 'Palestine 36' 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....
Sep 28, 2025•3 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this week’s segment from Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif to discuss the imprisonment of Imran Khan, ‘Flirtatious’ Relations with US, China’s Treatment of Uyghurs, and More. 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://twitte...
Sep 26, 2025•5 min
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 New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who tells Zeteo that Democrats "need to fight" the "authoritarian administration" and stop "celebrating" Israel's prime minister. 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:...
Sep 25, 2025•36 min
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 Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío to discuss US relations, Cuba’s human rights record, freedom of speech, and the Gaza 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...
Sep 24, 2025•11 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this Mehdi Unfiltered interview, Mehdi is joined by Booker-Prize Winner Arundhati Roy to discuss India’s Hindu Nationalists, Gaza, Kashmir, and the Legacy of Her Late Mother. 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...
Sep 23, 2025•38 min
On Tuesday, in a groundbreaking new report, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory officially concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. This comes ahead of the members of the commission stepping down later this year, after announcing their resignations this summer amid the US’s escalating attacks on UN personnel. “The Commission concludes that the State of Israel bears responsibility for the failure to prevent genocide...
Sep 16, 2025•31 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 Syrian official Qutaiba Idlbi, who discusses Al-Sharaa’s upcoming appearance at the United Nations, responds to Israel’s relentless assault on Syria, and defends the new Syrian government’s track record. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-...
Sep 14, 2025•35 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 Sudan experts Nesrine Malik and Neimat Ahmadi to discuss the dire situation in Sudan. 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: ...
Sep 04, 2025•25 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 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who calls Trump’s presidency a ‘fascist authoritarian takeover’ and reveals what he will do if the president tries to send the military to Minneapolis. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered...
Sep 02, 2025•31 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In one of Zeteo’s most heated back-and-forth interviews yet, Mehdi presses former Israeli ambassador to the US Danny Ayalon on how on earth he can possibly try and defend Israel’s heinous actions in Gaza.
Aug 26, 2025•43 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Where does ICE deport a stateless immigrant to? Wherever they want, apparently. In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi speaks to Ward Sakeik , a stateless Palestinian whom the Trump administration tried to illegally deport not once, but twice. “‘I can send you to China, I can send you to Somalia, I could send you to Congo, I can send you wherever I want to send you,’” Sakeik recalled one ICE official telling her during 1...
Aug 22, 2025•19 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, George Conway, former Republican and Lincoln Project co-founder, talks to Mehdi about how the media continues to normalize Trump, and the double standards on covering his mental fitness. 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://twi...
Aug 13, 2025•26 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Are you one of those people still arguing about the 2024 election? Who can’t help but wonder how Trump got away with staging himself as the “peace” candidate, convincing so many Muslim and Arab Americans to vote for him, as he promised to end the war in Gaza? Well, then this interview is for you! In this ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ segment, Bishara Bahbah , the founder of Arab Americans for Trump (now renamed Arab Americans for Peace...
Aug 12, 2025•33 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 former FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who claims that his firing was a part of Trump’s scheme to, “enrich his billionaire besties.” 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 Instagra...
Aug 04, 2025•18 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 acclaimed Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha to discuss the latest on Gaza and the genocide denialism from media organizations covering it. 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 Inst...
Aug 01, 2025•13 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 former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich to discuss Trump’s assault on democracy, the capitulation by media organizations and universities to Trump, and the complicity of Democrats in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/m...
Jul 31, 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 former Obama speechwriter David Litt to discuss his new book ' It’s Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground,' the Manosphere, and what Democrats can learn from Zohran Mamdani’s successful primary victory. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERE...
Jul 17, 2025•25 min
One of the biggest scandals in recent US history is effectively no longer going to be investigated. Infamous child sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had no client list. His death was just a suicide. Case closed. That seems to be the position President Donald Trump's DOJ is now taking after months of people across his administration suggesting they would release this notorious list that they claim Democrats were keeping secret. (Did you see our video compiling all the statement...
Jul 13, 2025•7 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, journalist and author of ‘Syria: Civil War to Holy War?’ Charlie Glass speaks to Mehdi about the future of Syria after the fall of the Assad regime. 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:/...
Jul 11, 2025•18 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 former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to discuss the New York Times’ coverage of democratic primary winner Zohran Mamdani, false allegations of antisemitism made against Mamdani, and whether de Blasio would ever consider running for political office again. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘...
Jul 10, 2025•4 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Major leaders in the Democratic party – including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and NY Governor Kathy Hochul – have still refused to endorse Democratic nominee for New York Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, despite him winning the primary fair and square. In this ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ interview, Mehdi presses Doug Jones , a former Democratic senator from Alabama, on the matter. SUBSCRIBE TO Z...
Jul 09, 2025•21 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this segment of Mehdi Unfiltered, Libertarian comedian Dave Smith talks to Mehdi about Trump’s strikes on Iran, Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and whether Trump is at risk of losing his MAGA base. 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 Instagra...
Jun 30, 2025•29 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 City Comptroller and former New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander to discuss Zohran Madani’s win in the city’s democratic mayoral primary, his arrest by DHS, and his future in a potential Mamdani administration. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘MEHDI UNFILTERED’ ON SUBSTACK: htt...
Jun 27, 2025•20 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ interview, House Democrat Joaquin Castro does not hold back on criticizing Trump's bombing of Iran, telling Mehdi that Trump and Netanyahu have now given Iran, “an incredible incentive to become like North Korea, that the world feels that it can’t really mess with because they’ve got nuclear weapons.” SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe W...
Jun 26, 2025•31 min
