We’re Not Kidding with Mehdi & Friends

We’re Not Kidding is a show where funny people talk about serious things, hosted by Zeteo founder and CEO Mehdi Hasan and regularly featuring internationally acclaimed comedian Bassem Youssef. Each episode, Mehdi is joined by a renowned guest host for a sometimes lighthearted, sometimes vulnerable conversation about topics they can't discuss anywhere else.

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Recent Episodes
  • The ‘Bullsh*t’ of Bill Maher — Gianmarco Soresi on Israel, Antisemitism, and ‘Anti-Woke’ Comedy
    Apr 25, 2025 – 44:10
  • ‘ICE is a Terrorist Agency’ - Cynthia Nixon on Deportation Raids, Gaza Attacks, and Trump’s War on Higher Education
    Apr 9, 2025 – 42:20
  • United States of ‘Hypocrisy’ – Bassem and Mehdi on College Students, Free Speech, and Gaza
    Mar 28, 2025 – 40:30
  • ‘Ethno-Nationalist, Hard-Right Whackjobs’ - Nish Kumar on Fascism, Starmer, and Being Both Brown and English
    Mar 17, 2025 – 44:58
  • Politics, Sport, and Free Speech Hypocrisy, with Jemele Hill
    Feb 27, 2025 – 47:48
  • Is Trump 'Daddy'? – with Bassem Youssef
    Feb 7, 2025 – 34:58
  • Taking On the Tech Oligarchs, with Taylor Lorenz
    Jan 24, 2025 – 40:07
  • "Holy Sh*t, We're Being Lied To": Huda Kattan, CEO of Huda Beauty, Speaks Out
    Dec 20, 2024 – 39:37
  • The One Where Hasan Minhaj Meets Mehdi Hasan
    Nov 25, 2024 – 50:08
  • Democrats Need To Get A Spine - Amanda Seales & Francesca Fiorentini on Harris’ Loss, Joe Rogan, and Trump 2.0
    Nov 14, 2024 – 38:52
  • ‘Election Anxiety’ and Fears of a ‘Civil War’, with Nick Offerman
    Nov 1, 2024 – 35:42
  • Bassem Youssef, Unlike You’ve Ever Seen Him, on Hope, Despair, and A Year of Genocide
    Oct 24, 2024 – 36:08
  • A Palestinian and a Jew Walk Into a Podcast - Sammy Obeid & Matt Lieb Reflect on the Oct. 7 Anniversary
    Oct 10, 2024 – 48:08
  • Make Nando’s, Not War - with Nish Kumar
    Sep 26, 2024 – 55:17
  • "We've Hit a Tipping Point" - Riz Ahmed on Protest, Joy, and the Power of Story
    Sep 12, 2024 – 46:16
  • ‘We’re Not Kidding’ Will Return in September with a Very Special Guest!
    Aug 8, 2024 – 02:51
  • ‘We’re Not Kidding’ LIVE! - Alana Hadid & Mehdi on Palestine and the Fight for Liberation
    Jul 23, 2024 – 01:03:58
  • "I Will Do the Right Thing for those Children in Gaza." - Hollywood Star Rob Delaney Speaks Out
    Jul 11, 2024 – 44:23
  • The Missing 'Beheaded Babies' - Mehdi & Bassem Debunk Oct. 7 Lies
    Jul 2, 2024 – 01:00:16
  • “Revolutionaries, Not Reformists” - Mehdi and Amanda Seales talk Biden vs Trump, Gaza, and… Jerry Seinfeld
    Jun 20, 2024 – 44:46
  • Gaza, Police Brutality and Batman with Mehdi and W. Kamau Bell
    Jun 6, 2024 – 32:33
  • Red Cows and Religious Extremists, with Bassem & Mehdi
    May 23, 2024 – 46:00
  • On Taylor Swift and Intifada
    May 9, 2024 – 35:33
  • How Mehdi and Bassem Cope with What’s Happening in Gaza
    Apr 25, 2024 – 46:17
  • Announcing 'We're Not Kidding with Mehdi & Friends'
    Apr 23, 2024 – 00:50
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