Is the AfD a Threat to Germany? Mehdi Hasan & Maximilian Krah | Head to Head

June 26, 2026 | Running on an anti-immigration, pro-deportation platform, the German far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) became the second-largest party in parliament last year and is polling first in 2026.

Critics see the AfD’s rise as a threat to Germany’s multicultural democracy and to the future of the European Union - accusations the AfD rejects.

Mainstream parties have so far kept it out of government by maintaining a "firewall" of non-cooperation, but will it hold?

Mehdi Hasan challenges Maximilian Krah, member of parliament for the AfD, on "Remigration", his views on Muslims, and whether the party should be considered extremist.

Joining the discussion:

Gerald Knaus - Chairman of Berlin-based European Stability Initiative
Deborah Feldman - American German writer and commentator
Ralph Schoellhammer - Head of the Center for Applied History and IR Theory, Mathias Corvinus Collegium

Sadistic And Depraved’ - Journalist Who’s Visited Cuba Describes U.S. Policy

July 23, 2026 | Donald Trump is not just threatening war against Cuba, but his sanctions against the island nation are having severe and deadly consequences. Its power grid is collapsing and Cuba’s most vulnerable are dying.

After a visit from CIA Director John Ratcliffe in May, it is making sweeping economic changes that journalist Abby Martin says could raise inequality.

In the midst of this crisis, Martin became the first U.S. journalist to interview Cuba’s president Miguel Díaz-Canel, as part of a provocative documentary entitled ‘Cuba After Castro.’

Martin’s documentary tells the untold story of the Cuban people. “Death is the policy. Mass murder is the policy that has been stated for decades to make the Cuban people suffer and overthrow their government.”

This in-depth conversation on the consequences of U.S. foreign policy goes beyond Cuba, as Mehdi and Martin also discuss her previous documentaries, centered around Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. Mehdi asks Martin about occupied Gaza, Israel, Marco Rubio and MORE. …

Mehdi Hasan and Shehab Khan Discuss New UK PM Andy Burnham

July 20, 2026 | Mehdi Hasan is joined by Zeteo UK's Political Editor, Shehab Khan, to discuss Andy Burnham's ascent to premiership and Keir Starmer's exit from 10 Downing Street.

How the World’s Worst Person Became the First Trillionaire

July 19, 2026 | “When people can buy elections, when people can buy governments… that for me is a fundamentally a threat to democracy.

Being against billionaires is not a left right issue. This is about whether you care about democracy or not.” The world’s worst person is also the world’s first trillionaire.

In this latest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Naomi Klein and Mehdi Hasan break down what Elon Musk’s trillionaire status means for democracy, capitalism, and the rise of racism.

In the conversation, Naomi and Mehdi explain how political corruption, government subsidies, and IPO promises make up Musk’s new trillionaire status.

They also dive into what the increased influence of billionaires means for the state of democracy, noting how Musk is taking advantage over people’s anger over wealth inequality and directing it to migrants. They also discuss how SpaceX IPO is based on unrealistic goals, Musk’s feud with Ro Khanna and protests in Albania over the Trump family.

Mehdi Hasan: The US Is At War for Israel

Mehdi explains.

"It's All About the Oil, Stupid!": Mehdi Hasan on Trump Attacking Venezuela & Kidnapping Maduro

Jan 6, 2026 | Zeteo's Mehdi Hasan outlines Donald Trump's "Donroe Doctrine," a throwback foreign policy exemplified by the Trump administration's shocking intervention in Venezuela. With his claims of U.S. sovereignty over nations in the Western Hemisphere, "Trump's basically saying, 'Well, this is ours, and China, Russia can have their spheres of influence.' And it is very 19th-century-esque. 'Let's divide up the world between the powers.'" This orientation is a major shift from U.S. foreign policy of recent decades, such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq, when interventionist actions were framed around ideological motivations, explains Hasan. "They said it was WMDs. They said it was democracy. They said it was al-Qaeda. They at least pretended that it wasn't about the oil." Meanwhile, Trump is brazen about his aims to seize control of Venezuela's resources and demonstrate that "might is right."

I can think of many words that one could use to describe Trump. Just about all of them are uncomplimentary. But, when thinking about Trump’s bold and audacious move on Venezuela, the word which immediately springs to mind is THIEF. — © Mark Alexander

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‘We Are the Majority’: Watch Mehdi’s Rousing Speech at the No Kings Protest in DC

Oct 18, 2025 | Millions across the United States gathered together on Saturday, October 18 to oppose the Trump administration’s authoritarian agenda in a second-round of ‘No Kings’ protests.

There are over 2,500 demonstrations across all 50 states, including Washington, DC where our editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan spoke slamming Donald Trump on his military takeover of Democrat-led cities across the U.S., while also calling out his Gaza ‘peace-plan.’

Trump, Epstein and Immigration Raids: Mehdi Hasan and Mick Mulvaney | Head to Head

Jul 31, 2025 | Donald Trump is back for another four years as president of the United States. The news cycle is moving at a dizzying pace as Trump enacts his America First agenda of deportations, global tariffs and an unpredictable foreign policy.

Much like his first term as commander-in-chief, Trump has ushered in political chaos and controversy as many experts warn he’s leading like an authoritarian.

Mehdi Hasan goes head-to-head with Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s former chief of staff, on Trump’s immigration policies, his fitness for office and whether he’s a fascist.

Joining the discussion are:
George Conway - co-founder of the Lincoln Project
Christina Greer - associate professor of political science, Fordham University
Greg Swenson - chairman of Republicans Overseas UK


Mulvaney is VERY slippery. – © Mark Alexander

Mehdi Hasan Breaks Down His Jaw-dropping MAGA Debate

Jul 23, 2025 | The broadcaster and journalist Mehdi Hasan found himself in a room with self described fascists. Young American men that want him deported. He joins us to tell us what happened next.

“A JERK and THREAT to Democracy” — Democratic Senator Unpacks Elon Musk

Mar 22, 2025 | Watch Senator Tina Smith join Mehdi Hasan in this episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered.’ They discuss the billionaire class running the U.S. government, whether the Democrats have the guts to stand up to Trump, anti-Palestinian rhetoric spreading across America and more.

“I can see this as the kind of the handbooks of an authoritarian leaning regime. What you do is you want to tell people, like your problems are because of those others. This is we've seen this over and over again as you know, as authoritarian regimes have built power and, and we have to stand up to that.”

This episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ was aired on Zeteo.com last week. If you want early access to unfiltered, independent journalism — make sure to subscribe to Zeteo.com for exclusive access to content.


Elon Musk is a DICK! An OBNOXIOUS DICK at that! A PUKE-INDUCING DICK! If you are like me, I am sick to death of seeing his grimace and hearing about him making hard-working Americans poorer. – © Mark Alexander

Mehdi Hasan: Elon Musk Is a ‘White Supremacist and Fascist Enabler’

Jan 15, 2025 | “With Musk, I think he has red-pilled himself in plain sight.”

Mehdi Hasan says he’s always found Elon Musk has become a “white supremacist and enabler of fascists”. In conversation with Hugo Rifkind, they discuss the Israel-Hamas war, Trump, and if he has plans to return to the UK.

Democracy Now! "Instrument of Vengeance": Mehdi Hasan on How Trump & Kash Patel Could Weaponize FBI against Critics

Dec 2, 2024 | We speak with journalist Mehdi Hasan, founder and editor-in-chief of _Zeteo_, about the incoming U.S. administration and President-elect Donald Trump's picks for key roles, including lawyer Kash Patel to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Trump reportedly considered Patel for FBI deputy director during his first term but dropped the idea after pushback from within his own administration. Hasan describes Patel as a "toady" whose threats against political opponents and journalists should be disqualifying, but that he aligns with Trump's goals of further politicizing the FBI. "He wants to use it as an instrument of vengeance."

Americans and their use of that disgusting word “freakin”! What they mean, of course, is f*****g! Both words are typical of American English. Nobody in his right mind would ever accuse Americans of being ‘refined’. That was the least important part of my criticism, of course. The important part is that American politics, which is both disgusting and corrupt, is coming over here. Keep American politics over there, across the Pond, where it belongs! – © Mark Alecander

Is Donald Trump a Fascist Threat to America? Mehdi and Steve Schmidt Discuss

Oct 29, 2024 | “In what world do you see a Donald Trump leaving office? Just going, ‘Yeah, I’m done. See you later, people.’ That he doesn't try and stay on, that he doesn't try and install a family member or a corrupt acolyte. This idea that there will be free and fair elections in 2028 — after four more years of Republican Trump rule — is delusional.”

Mehdi and Steve Schmidt, veteran Republican strategist and ardent ‘Never Trumper,’ talk Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign — and they agree that American democracy is at existential risk from a fascist movement led by the former president. Watch the full discussion on why even House Republicans fear a second Trump term, and why the media is turning a blind eye to fascism – again – when it comes to Trump.


WARNING! This video contains some very strong language. Discretion is advised. – Mark

Cenk Uygur Explains Why He Thinks MSNBC Canceled Mehdi Hasan's Show

Dec 1, 2023 | Mehdi Hasan's MSNBC show will replaced by an ensemble program called The Weekend. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.

Read the Daily Mail’s article on this here »

Blowback: How Israel Helped Create Hamas

Feb 20, 2018 | Did you also know that Hamas — which is an Arabic acronym for “Islamic Resistance Movement” — would probably not exist today were it not for the Jewish state? That the Israelis helped turn a bunch of fringe Palestinian Islamists in the late 1970s into one of the world’s most notorious militant groups? That Hamas is blowback?

Former Israeli official Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Segev, who was the Israeli military governor in Gaza in the early 1980s, told a New York Times reporter that he had helped finance the Palestinian Islamist movement as a “counterweight” to the secularists and leftists of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party, led by Yasser Arafat. Avner Cohen, a former Israeli religious affairs official who worked in Gaza for more than two decades, told the Wall Street Journal in 2009 that Hamas is “Israel’s creation.” Hamas was the result of this, as Mehdi Hasan explains. First, the Israelis helped build up a militant strain of Palestinian political Islam, in the form of Hamas and its Muslim Brotherhood precursors; then, the Israelis switched tack and tried to bomb, besiege, and blockade it out of existence.

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Donald Trump’s Extremely Fascist Week

Sep 28, 2023 | Calling for the execution of Mark Milley, America’s top general; threatening critical media outlets with punishment; visiting a gun shop connected to a white supremacist mass shooter. Mehdi says it’s high time Trump’s fascist playbook got at least as much media attention as Biden’s age.

‘The Hard Truth’: Mehdi Grills Vivek Ramaswamy on His Record and Past Statements

Sep 6, 2023 | Mehdi Hasan’s full interview with GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, ranging from what qualifications he has for the most powerful office in the world, how he squares his past criticism of Trump with his lavish praise today, and why he has made truth the centerpiece of his campaign when his statements are littered with contradictions.

Steve Schmidt Reacts to Vivek Ramaswamy's Embarrassing Interview on MSNBC | The Warning

Sep 7, 2023 | Steve Schmidt reacts to Vivek Ramaswamy's embarassing interview with Medhi Hasan. Steve explains why holding Donald Trump imitators like Ramaswamy to account is essential to saving our democracy.

"Are You an ATHEIST?"- Mehdi Hasan Asks Prof. Richard Dawkins | #shorts

Click here to listen to Professor Dawkins’ amusing answer.

Richard Dawkins Talking about Isra and Mi'raj – Prophet Muhammad’s Night Journey to Jerusalem from Mecca and Then Up to the Heavens and Back, Flying on a Winged Horse by the Name of Buraq | #shorts

Click here to listen to Richard Dawkins telling Mehdi Hasan what he thinks about this mythological journey.
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