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Getting SPICY with Mehdi Hasan

April 29, 2026 · 1 h 2 min

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Hasan sits down with journalist, Mehdi Hasan, to give you ALL THE SPICE you demanded: Islamophobia, Pete Hegseth, the attack on Iran, and war crimes.
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Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj
Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam
Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin
Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scott Vrooman
Producer: Kayla Feng
Producer/ Copywriter: Annie Fick
Cinematographer: Austin Morales
Editor: Tyler Babin
Talent Coordinator: Tanya Somanader
Executive Assistant: Samuel Piland
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0:00 Cold Open / Opening Monologue 1:09 Ad 2:24 Connor the fascist 5:14 Turn up the spice!!! 9:20 The DNC and Gaza 11:22 We gotta do something about TikTok… 16:05 Is Tucker Carlson the right ally? 21:18 Accountability 22:50 Hasan Piker on a billboard 24:45 It’s not over in Iran 25:46 MAGA is a cult 29:20 Ads 31:49 The true history of Iran and the US 36:28 Axis of evil 38:07 You are being lied to 41:43 Pete Hegseth is a war criminal 43:24 Genocidal religious zealots are in control 45:58 Oops! All the children are dead 47:48 Collateral damage 49:47 Russia / Ukraine vs. Israel / Palestine 50:46 The media worldwide has egged on this war 55:09 The war on words 57:02 What’s going on in the UK? 58:43 This is about service

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