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We're Not Kidding is a show where funny people talk about serious things, hosted by Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan and regularly featuring internationally acclaimed comedian Bassem Youssef.
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Socialists Are Winning Elections — Mehdi & Sam Seder Explain Why (opens the original)
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There are few people who have worked in progressive media as long as Sam Seder. As the host of the massively popular and long-running YouTube series ' The Majority Report ', Sam paved the way for progressive pundits with his sharp and funny analysis of U.S. politics. That's why Sam was the perfect guest for this week's 'We're Not Kidding' for Mehdi to discuss the wave of progressive and socialist wins across the country. Oh and don't think Mehdi forgot that Sam was the person who told Mehdi to p
'Politics for Hot People' – The Socialist Comedian Making Politics Cool (opens the original)
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This episode is sponsored by Odoo. Go to https://www.odoo.com/notkidding to try it for free. This week's 'We're Not Kidding' guest thinks " hot people " have been excluded from politics for too long — and it's time to change that. Mary Beth Barone is a New York City comedian, actor, socialist, and early supporter of Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign. But before that, she was raised in a Republican household and thought George W. Bush was cool when she was in fifth grade. Mary Beth joined Mehdi i
When Hasan Piker Met Mehdi Hasan (opens the original)
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This episode is sponsored by Odoo. Go to https://www.odoo.com/notkidding to try it for free. "How is it that a 34 year-old Turkish-American socialist Twitch streamer is now a kingmaker in the Democratic Party of the United States?" Hasan Piker says he can take the heat. The famous political commentator has spent the past several months as the primary target of the Democratic party establishment for what they claim are his repugnant views. According to Hasan, the real reason is the success of the
Comedian Adam Friedland on Stephen Miller's Fascism, Israel's Apartheid, and World Cup Politics (opens the original)
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This episode is sponsored by Odoo. Go to https://www.odoo.com/notkidding to try it for free. Stephen Miller's baldness. Donald Trump's theater career. Alexi "DEI hire" Lalas. South African racists. Inept autocrats. Baby Hitler. Osama Bin Laden's favorite soccer team. These are just a few of the many topics that Mehdi and Adam Friedland talked about on the new episode of 'We're Not Kidding'. The comedian and host of the wildly popular YouTube talk show, 'The Adam Friedland Show', sat down with Me
'America, Wash Your Ass!' - Mehdi and Wajahat Ali Call Out Racists' Hypocrisy and Hygiene (opens the original)
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Mehdi and Wajahat Ali have been friends for almost two decades. And just like with any good friend, there's a lot the two don't agree on, from who they think the best Bond actor is to whether there are alliances the left can make with the far-right on Israel. But one thing they do stand together on is just how vital immigrants are to America. In fact, it's the premise of Waj's memoir , Go Back to Where You Came From, which he calls both a "love letter to a country that doesn't love us back" and
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