Unshocked with Naomi Klein

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this latest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Naomi and Mehdi break down what Elon Musk’s new trillionaire status and the increased influence of billionaires says about the state of democracy. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘UNSHOCKED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo....

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com The online MAGA movement is going through another major meltdown – as far-right influencers and pundits like Tucker Carlson , Candace Owens , and Marjorie Taylor Greene speak out against Trump and Israel’s war on Iran, as well as the administration’s cover-up of the Epstein files. But what does this splintering mean for the le...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this first “Unshocked” episode of 2026, Naomi and Mehdi talk about how people come to believe conspiracy theories, and discuss what the latest Epstein file revelations say about power and wealth, and of course, the people named in it. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/sub...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this second part of Zeteo’s live ‘Unshocked,’ as a part of Zeteo’s one-year anniversary tour, Mehdi and Naomi interview Dr. Yasser Khan, a Canadian ophthalmologist and plastic surgeon who has traveled twice to Gaza since October 7, 2023. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Naomi Klein brings on Albanese to discuss her key findings, what Klein describes as “an economy that is booming off of annihilation.” As Klein explains, Israel is known as a startup nation. And the tech part of Israel's economy is central to why the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has boomed since the O...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this special live recording of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi come together to do their first ever in-person episode in front of an audience of nearly a thousand people in Toronto – most of them Zeteo subscribers like yourself. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WA...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com When Western politicians are asked about Israel’s attacks on Gaza, they tend to start off by talking about October 7th. But as Palestinian foreign policy analyst and Zeteo Contributor Rula Jebreal writes in her new book, Israel’s actions are actually an extension of a decades-long campaign of violence against Palestinians. An...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this special episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Naomi is joined tech analyst, journalist, and author Paris Marx to break down the dangers behind Silicon Valley’s push for an AI-centered world, including for the environment, education, and democracy. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this new episode of ‘Unshocked’, Naomi and Mehdi discuss Trump’s recent assaults on US allies Canada and Ukraine, his growing allyship with Putin, and how Trump’s actions reflect the breakdown of international order, especially since Israel’s war on Gaza. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM:...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Naomi and Mehdi discuss the first ten days of President Donald J. Trump’s second term and his intentional use of “shock and awe” tactics, with his administration issuing a seemingly endless series of draconian and contentious executive orders, including ending DEI in the government, freezing fed...

In this episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works to pressure Israel into complying with international law using some of the tactics of the South African ‘Anti-Apartheid Movement’.  Mehdi and Naomi also get into why the BDS Movement gets so much backlash in the United States;...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com On this episode of ‘ Unshocked’ , Naomi and Mehdi unpack and examine the disingenuous attempts by top Democrats, aided and abetted by the ‘liberal’ media, to give the impression that they are trying to secure a ceasefire deal to end Israel’s war on Gaza. They also get into Israel’s settlement strategy going back to Ariel Sharo...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com NOTE: This discussion focuses on sexual violence. The specifics discussed may be disturbing for some. On this episode of ‘Unshocked’ , Naomi Klein speaks with fellow Zeteo contributor Rula Jebreal about the alarming pro-rape riots in Israel that made international headlines earlier this week. For months now, there have been le...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com Support for Israel, once a bipartisan issue across the West, has now become a wedge issue for the right.  In New York’s 16th district, Republican donors joined with AIPAC to help defeat an outspoken critic of Israel, Jamaal Bowman, in the House Democratic primary there on Tuesday night.  Naomi tells Mehdi on this episode of ‘...

Earlier this month, former President Donald Trump put his brazen corruption on full display for America’s top oil executives, promising to rollback the Biden administration’s environmental policies as he asked for a small campaign donation of $1 billion.  In their latest conversation, Mehdi and Naomi explore what’s really behind Trump’s “drill baby drill” obsession, and what it says not only about...

In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo called ‘ Unshocked, ’ Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis and Mehdi opens up to Naomi about why he decided to boycott the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.  In 2007, Naomi wrote The Shock Doctrine, a best-selling...