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Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Deeyah Khan

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Prufrock LLC

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week on Reclaiming, Monica welcomes Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker and activist Deeyah Khan for a stunning conversation about how she transformed her own trauma of being silenced into a tool for radical dialogu— leading her to create acclaimed documentaries that confront the architects of hate—from former jihadis to American neo-Nazis Deeyah retraces her path from being a successful teenage musician in Norway to being forced to abandon her art after years of escalating threats from religious extremists.. She reflects on the insistence on humanity that allows her to be in conversation with violent ideologies, the delicate line between understanding and endorsement, and the stunning, real-world moments when her approach opened up a white supremacists to receive her beliefs. Along the way, Monica and Deeyah explore what leading with love looks like, the quiet power of listening in a world that demands we shout, and how we can all show up in a moment that demands hope and action. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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He was the leader of the largest and oldest neo-Nazi organization in the U.S. called the National Socialist Movement, the NSM. And I remember waiting there for him, and then suddenly I start realizing, what if they've got weapons? And what if they come and just beat us and take our cameras? And I opened the door and it's just him. And he's wearing his kind of uniform thing. And it was kind of awkward and tense. So we talked for two

0:21.1

hours, three hours, for five hours after we're still talking. And then at the end of that,

0:26.1

he said, you know, why are you still talking to me? And he said, well, I've never been asked some of the

0:30.0

questions that you've asked.

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1:18.3

DIA, I'm so thrilled to welcome you to reclaiming.

1:19.0

Thank you.

1:25.6

You are our first MEPBody BAFTA winner, documentarian.

1:26.5

Something like that.

1:28.4

Whichever order it goes in.

1:29.4

You know what I mean. It's wonderful to be here.

1:31.2

So, and I was thinking,

1:33.3

okay, now you correct me if I'm wrong.

1:35.8

Yeah.

1:36.2

I think we met,

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