Mehdi Unfiltered

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_new...

On this episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, David Sirota, the founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever and a former speechwriter and senior adviser to Bernie Sanders, joins Mehdi to discuss the podcast, " Tax Revolt ", and the surprising state where the movement took off in the 1970s: California. SUBSCRIBE TO  ZETEO  TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM:  https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH 'ME...

On this episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, attorney Clay Jackson talks to Mehdi about how he was targeted for simply telling an immigrant family their rights and offering to find them pro bono counsel. 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:...

On this episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Rep. Ayanna Pressley talks to Mehdi about the arrest of her constituent, Tufts Doctoral Student Rümeysa Öztürk, whose her was terminated simply for co-authoring an op-ed in the student newspaper calling for the university to divest in Israel. SUBSCRIBE TO  ZETEO  TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM:  https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH 'MEHDI UNFILTE...

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/...

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/zet...

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://t...

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: htt...

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.c...

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: Tw...

On this episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Rep. Mark Pocan talks to Mehdi about voters electing 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 FIND ZETEO: T...

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' O...

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...

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 t...

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.insta...

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 UN...

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: Tw...

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/mehd...

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 enfor...

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 Tr...

In this week's episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Democratic Rep. Jim Himes to discuss his censure vote for Rep. Al Green, the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, and the 'pro-fascist instincts' of Elon Musk. 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:...

On this episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Lara Friedman talks to Mehdi about the conservative moment in the US declaring liberal Jewish critics of Israel as not Jewish enough and warns against the conflating of antisemitism with anti-Zionism. SUBSCRIBE TO  ZETEO  TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM:  https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH 'MEHDI UNFILTERED' ON SUBSTACK:  https://zeteo.com/s/meh...

In  Part Two of Mehdi's interview with Joe Walsh , the former Republican congressman turned Never-Trumper, Mehdi challenges Walsh on his support for Israel's war on Gaza.  Mehdi presses Walsh on his use of the term "genocide" to describe Russia's attack on Ukraine but his refusal to apply it to Israel's attack on Gaza; on his smearing of the International Criminal Court for having "anti-israel bia...

Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh was once a proud ally of the right-wing Tea Party – the movement that many believe paved the way for Donald Trump. But today, Walsh is no fan of Trump. In fact, he's become one of the most vocal 'Never Trump' Republicans and is now officially an independent. In this first of a two-part interview , Mehdi and the former Congressman discuss the fallout from Tru...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' days seem to be numbered as he faces mounting pressure – from New Yorkers and beyond – to resign . The embattled mayor had faced charges related to bribery, campaign finance violations, and conspiracy offenses - until that is, the Trump DOJ stopped the charges against Adams just two months before his trial, in return for the mayor's support for the administration's...