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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Debating Reality with Mehdi Hasan

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central

Politics, News, News Commentary, Comedy

4.57.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

As mainstream media finds itself outplayed by Trump, Jon is joined by Mehdi Hasan, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Zeteo. Together, they discuss his experience debating far-right conservatives, explore how Democrats could match Republican ruthlessness and tactics, and examine how America’s failure to stop the crisis in Gaza has undermined both U.S. credibility and Democratic moral authority. Plus, Jon talks Jay Leno and vindictive pricks. Unrelated. This podcast episode is brought to you by: SAILY - Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans when you use code STEWART at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to Saily.com/stewart. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more:  > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast> TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast  > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod   > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Lead Producer – Lauren Walker Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic  Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Researcher & Associate Producer – Gillian Spear Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello everybody. Welcome to the weekly show podcast. My name is John Stewart. We're taping this. It's July 30th, which is a, what is that, like a Wednesday? It's got to be a Wednesday. There's so much going on. I don't want to talk. For those you who are probably listening to this and not viewing it, you might not

0:55.3

realize, I have a giant, like, divot in my, in my forehead, red and all that.

1:01.6

And if you're watching it on YouTube, you probably do see it.

1:04.3

I just want to let people know nothing to worry about.

1:06.5

As you get older, you find that you have to go into the dermatologist on a regular basis,

1:12.3

and he takes out like a freezy ray, and he just points it at your face, a variety of different

1:22.5

ways, to try and keep your face from being consumed by metastasizing skin condition.

1:30.8

So for those you who might be watching this and thinking of herself, hey, does he know

1:34.6

his face appears to be imploding on his forehead?

1:38.6

I do know because this morning somebody shot liquid nitrogen at a wide variety of scaly things that are growing

1:48.4

on an old man's head. But we're not going to talk about that today. Today is going to be a really

1:55.0

a potpourri with just, I think, one of the best communicators that I see in, was in the cable world now in the independent media world.

2:04.4

And I'm just going to get to him because we've got so much to get to within the world from him.

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