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Deconstructed

A Goodbye Message from Mehdi

Deconstructed

The Intercept

News

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

A special message from Deconstructed host Mehdi Hasan. Mehdi talks to Intercept DC Bureau Chief Ryan Grim about where he's headed and what's next for the podcast.

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Mayor D. Hussain and this is a message for the deconstructed audience and audience

0:10.4

that I have great fondness for. I appreciate you all tuning in week after week, month after

0:16.2

month, year after year. We've been running, we've been on air for over two and a half

0:20.1

years now since the start of 2018 and it has been a fantastic journey building this show

0:26.6

with all of your engagement, involvement, feedback. And you may have noticed in recent weeks

0:33.6

that I haven't really been around, my colleague, the DC bureau chief for the Inset Ryan Grimm,

0:39.6

has been managing the shop he's been hosting this show brilliantly on my ad. And the reason

0:44.5

for that is that last week's show about whether Donald Trump will go or not, which I did host,

0:51.8

is actually going to be my last show. I won't be back for any future shows. I'm very, very sad to tell you.

0:58.8

It's actually upsetting for me to do this message. I didn't realise it would be because I've

1:04.3

been recording this show for so long and enjoyed it so much that to tell you all that I'm leaving,

1:10.3

I'm off to new pastures and I won't be able to present deconstructed any longer. It's something

1:16.3

I maybe haven't fully digested yet, but that's what I wanted to tell you in this special message

1:20.8

to all of the deconstructed audience. I wanted to say a big thank you to all and a goodbye

1:26.2

from the bottom of my heart because it has been a lot of fun and I hope you've enjoyed it.

1:31.5

And Ryan has been doing a great job of presenting the show. I'm going to be handing over to Ryan Grimm

1:38.5

who actually is with me on the line right now. Ryan, are you going to take care of my baby?

1:43.5

We promised not to trash the place. I believe you, Ryan. I fully believe you. I know you've done

1:50.6

a great job. How much of you enjoyed presenting the show in recent weeks?

1:54.3

I've liked it a lot and my favourite part about it is that you've set up a relationship with your

1:59.8

audience where they expect not to be treated like children, not to be spoken down to. And so that

2:08.1

means that we can pick topics that we otherwise might avoid. For instance, we did an episode on QAnon

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