<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Zeteo: Two Outspoken]]></title><description><![CDATA[A US-UK political conversation between two friends on the left, Owen Jones and Mehdi Hasan.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/s/twooutspoken</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5OyY!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5807300c-3f3c-4f58-aa47-e56389681c9e_328x328.png</url><title>Zeteo: Two Outspoken</title><link>https://zeteo.com/s/twooutspoken</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:23:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://zeteo.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Zeteo]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[info@zeteonews.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[info@zeteonews.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[info@zeteonews.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[info@zeteonews.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[‘One of the Great Journalistic Crimes of Our Age’: BBC Resignations, Trump’s Billion-Dollar Threat, and the Maccabi Fan Scandal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mehdi and Owen also reveal how pro-Palestine some in Starmer's cabinet used to be before their rise to power.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/owen-jones-bbc-trump-maccabi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/owen-jones-bbc-trump-maccabi</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:09:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/178741405/1cb97429180805cd006c71735cdaef53.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This past week, Trump took his crusade against the free press all the way across the pond, threatening the BBC with a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-bbc-legal-threat-litigation-lawsuit-a12558769faa1063e8c7e0dfd6d8c333">$1 billion lawsuit</a> over an edit of his Jan. 6 speech. </p><p><strong>&#8220;Not only are they [the Trump administration] reshaping the media landscape in the US in their image &#8211; they&#8217;re now boasting of taking down a foreign news broadcasters&#8217; leadership. A broadcast, of course, with global reach,&#8221; </strong>Owen says to Mehdi.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>In this episode of &#8216;Two Outspoken,&#8217; <strong>Mehdi </strong>and <strong>Owen </strong>meet in London to explain why the BBC is only helping Trump by <strong>&#8220;rolling over&#8221; </strong>and having their executives <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/uk/bbc-leaders-resign-amid-scandal-over-trump-speech-latam-intl">resign</a> over the scandal. They also debunk claims of the BBC&#8217;s leftist and pro-Palestine bias &#8211; revealing that it&#8217;s actually the other way around.</p><p>The two dive deep into the Labour government&#8217;s dishonest portrayal of the Maccabi fan ban in Birmingham &#8211; which police have now <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/significant-hooliganism-within-maccabi-tel-aviv-fan-base-is-reason-for-aston-villa-match-ban-13465257">confirmed</a> was put in place due to &#8220;significant levels of hooliganism&#8221; from the fan base, rather than antisemitic threats from inside the UK.</p><p><strong>&#8220;Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy, the British government, as well as the British media, decided to throw Birmingham under a bus&#8230;to protect racist football hooligans from a state committing genocide,&#8221; </strong>Owen says to Mehdi.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Mehdi and Owen also expose just how pro-Palestine some in Keir Starmer&#8217;s cabinet used to be, with Mehdi telling Owen that they, <strong>&#8220;threw their own views under the bus for power.&#8221;</strong></p><p>Paid subscribers can watch the full interview. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA['It's Fascism All Over Again': The UK Is Following the US Down a Dark Path]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mehdi and Owen discuss the Tommy Robinson far-right rally in London, the crackdown on pro-Palestine protesters by the unpopular Starmer government, and Owen's recent visit to the occupied West Bank.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/are-british-politics-becoming-too-american</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/are-british-politics-becoming-too-american</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:01:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/173972207/d369f8111c16172a01e9536c8728e6ec.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last weekend, more than 100,000 protesters marched on the streets of London for a &#8220;Unite the Kingdom&#8221; anti-immigration rally organized by far-right thug and convicted criminal <a href="https://zeteo.com/p/who-is-tommy-robinson-5-things-you-need-to-know?utm_source=publication-search">Tommy Robinson</a>. Yet part of the event quickly devolved into chaos as protesters clashed with some 1,600 police officers who were deployed to the scene, resulting in the arrests of at least 24 individuals.</p><p><strong>Mehdi</strong> and <strong>Owen </strong>unpack the growing anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim rhetoric, as Owen warns, <strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s fascism all over again. It&#8217;s the same tune they sung in the 1930s and 1940s. They just swapped, this time, Jews for Muslims. And they&#8217;re also talking about the left in exactly the same way.&#8221;</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>But the rally wasn&#8217;t just about immigration, because Robinson also used it to honor US right-wing activist <a href="https://zeteo.com/p/breaking-charlie-kirk-shot-dead-at?utm_source=publication-search">Charlie Kirk</a> and Elon Musk joined via video link. Despite most Brits being unfamiliar with Kirk before his assassination, Mehdi asks one major question: Are British politics, especially British conservative politics, becoming Americanized? MAGA-fied?</p><p>Owen notes, <strong>&#8220;One of the quite sinister things I heard being yelled at that rally was &#8216;God is king,&#8217; which is this term which is being used by the US far right&#8230; it&#8217;s got nothing to do with British culture. That phrase has just been imported, and it&#8217;s associated with the likes of Charlie Kirk.&#8221;</strong></p><p>The two also break down the glaring double standard between the policing of far-right and pro-Palestine protesters in the UK, after 890 people were arrested the week prior at a Palestine Action protest. Mehdi asks, <strong>&#8220;24 people arrested at a violent rally. 890 people arrested at a nonviolent rally. How do we explain that disconnect?&#8221;</strong></p><p><em><strong>Paid subscribers</strong></em> to <strong>Zeteo</strong> can watch the full episode of &#8220;Two Outspoken&#8221; above to also hear the two discuss Keir Starmer and his cabinet reshuffle, Jeremy Corbyn&#8217;s new party, the future of the Labour Party, and Owen&#8217;s recent trip to the occupied West Bank, where he says he witnessed <strong>&#8220;apartheid&#8221; </strong>and the way in which Israel s trying to <strong>&#8220;get rid of the Palestinians between the river and the sea.&#8221;</strong></p><p><em><strong>Free subscribers</strong></em> can watch the first five minutes of the conversation. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Bans Palestine Action as 'Terror Group' - Mehdi & Owen on Censorship, Silencing of Pro-Palestinian Voices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Including the Bob Vylan Glastonbury scandal and the BBC refusing to air a film on doctors in Gaza&#8230; that they commissioned.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/uk-bans-palestine-action-as-terror</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/uk-bans-palestine-action-as-terror</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:07:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/167453820/b512cb14bb3e7a8e10103af4287f78fd.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE</strong>: This edition of <strong>Two Outspoken</strong> was recorded before British MPs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/02/uk-mps-vote-to-proscribe-palestine-action-as-terrorist-group">voted to proscribe</a> Palestine Action as a terrorist organization and the release of a new Bob Vylan clip calling for the deaths of &#8220;every single IDF soldier&#8230;&#8221; The topics discussed in this episode, and the larger arguments about free speech, censorship, and the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices, still stand.</em></p><p>Despite a horrific attack by Israeli forces on a Gaza cafe frequented by journalists, activists, and local residents that killed at least 30 and injured dozens more, the story making front page news in UK media this week is one condemning a British punk-rap duo over their calls for a free Palestine and &#8220;death to the IDF.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;<strong>The BBC devoted more stories and more words to Glastonbury and &#8216;death to the IDF&#8217; than they did to the actual deaths of Palestinian people on Monday in Gaza</strong>,&#8221; Mehdi says in the latest episode of <strong>Two Outspoken, &#8220;which I think is unforgivable, inexcusable, racist, and the BBC has failed time and again</strong>.&#8221;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Meanwhile, the direct action movement Palestine Action is facing a banning order that would proscribe the group as a terrorist organization, which could result in members or supporters being charged with a criminal offence that carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.</p><p>&#8220;<strong>In a functioning democracy, you'd expect journalists to start asking some pretty searching questions about proscribing a movement which, by standard definition, obviously isn't terrorism</strong>,&#8221; Owen says.</p><p>Mehdi and Owen also discuss <strong>Zeteo</strong>&#8217;s new documentary <em><a href="http://gazadoctors.film/">Gaza: Doctors Under Attack</a></em>, which is available now,<strong> </strong>and the hypocrisy around the BBC&#8217;s decision to shelve it due to concerns of partiality.</p><p><strong>&#8220;That's the Orwellian world we live in now,&#8221; </strong>Mehdi says<strong>.&nbsp;</strong></p><p><em>Paid</em> subscribers to <strong>Zeteo</strong> can watch the full episode of &#8220;Two Outspoken&#8221;, where Mehdi and Owen get frank about what&#8217;s going on in the UK. Let us know what you think in the comments!&nbsp;</p><p><em>Free subscribers</em> can watch the first 8 minutes of the conversation. Do consider <a href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe">becoming a </a><em><a href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe">paid</a></em><a href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe"> subscriber</a> to <strong>Zeteo</strong> and skip the paywall every time! <br></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;1b0bd346-89a9-4e53-be9c-538aea47b217&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The creation of the State of Israel has always been a project of erase/replace: erasing Palestinians and replacing Palestinians with imported Jewish immigrants from around the world. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Gary Lineker and Ms. Rachel Matter So Much]]></title><description><![CDATA[Owen and Mehdi unpack how &#8216;normies&#8217; are turning on Israel over Gaza. The duo also discuss UK leader Keir Starmer&#8217;s anti-migrant rhetoric.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/why-gary-lineker-and-ms-rachel-matter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/why-gary-lineker-and-ms-rachel-matter</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 10:02:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/164116695/627034b5828a533f2b4a7c22a17a6e32.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a big month for UK news.</p><p>Legendary British former football (soccer for Americans) star and sports broadcaster <strong>Gary Lineker </strong>&#8211; who Mehdi <a href="https://zeteo.com/p/i-cry-over-gaza-images-gary-lineker?utm_source=publication-search">interviewed </a>last year &#8211; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/19/gary-lineker-to-leave-bbc">confirmed he would be leaving the BBC</a>, after months of coming under fire for speaking out on Gaza. Hard-right political party Reform UK <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/02/reform-uk-nigel-farage-english-local-elections">made major gains</a> in local elections and even won a fifth MP seat, beating out the Labour Party. And Labour Prime Minister <strong>Keir Starmer</strong> has pledged to <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wgrv7pwrzo">cut immigration</a> in the UK, invoking lazy anti-migrant rhetoric in the process. <strong>Mehdi </strong>and <strong>Owen</strong> discuss it all.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><em>&#8220;Let's be clear, nobody actually thinks there is an antisemitic particle in Gary Lineker. This is all just manufactured,&#8221; </em>Owen says to Mehdi. &#8220;<em>Ever since, of course, Israel's genocide began, there's been a deliberate attempt to turn the world upside down and the people who've been made to lose their jobs, to be silenced, to be de-platformed, to be arrested, to be facing deportation, are the people who oppose genocide.&#8221;</em></p><p>Mehdi brings up how YouTube star and children&#8217;s educator Ms. Rachel &#8211; who Mehdi <a href="https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-the-one-and-only-ms-rachel?utm_source=publication-search">interviewed</a> earlier this month &#8211; has also been receiving ridiculous and unfair accusations of antisemitism, due to her advocacy for children in Gaza. As Owen and Mehdi agree, Lineker and Ms. Rachel have been targeted by apologists for Israel because they have such big platforms, and reach so many <em>&#8220;normies outside of often political circles.&#8221;</em></p><p>On the topic of Keir Starmer and his anti-migrant rhetoric, Owen talks about how the prime minister&#8217;s recent shift is <em>&#8220;even worse&#8221; </em>than previous Labour leaders&#8217; pivots to the right, which is emboldening Reform even more.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><em>Paid</em> subscribers to <strong>Zeteo</strong> can watch the full episode of &#8220;Two Outspoken&#8221;, where Mehdi and Owen chat about the latest in UK news and whether there will be a reckoning in our politics and media, on both sides of the Atlantic, over Israel&#8217;s genocide in Gaza.</p><p>Free subscribers can watch the first 6-minutes of the conversation. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The Journalists Who Stayed Silent Should Never Be Forgiven’]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; Live in London! Owen and Mehdi sound off in front of a UK audience on Gaza media coverage, Trump&#8217;s deportations, and whether Mehdi can get back into the US.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/the-journalists-who-stayed-silent</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/the-journalists-who-stayed-silent</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:49:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/161534880/0b476d08b05ab6176fcbc101bdf71dba.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h5><em><strong>Correction: There was a technical error with the video in the earlier version of this email that went out to subscribers.</strong></em></h5><div class="pullquote"><p><em>&#8220;Hope is not some end goal. Hope is a process.&#8221; - </em>Mehdi Hasan</p></div><p>You&#8217;ve seen in the past what happens when our two hosts, <strong>Mehdi</strong> and <strong>Owen Jones</strong>, are outspoken in front of a camera, but what happens when they&#8217;re let loose in front of a live audience of hundreds? <strong>Zeteo</strong> kicked off our <strong>one-year anniversary multi-city tour</strong> by taping this episode of <strong>&#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217;</strong> with a fantastic crowd of our subscribers in London!</p><p><em>&#8220;It's our first event of our five-city tour&#8230; It's amazing to be starting the tour in London with you. And I would say this: in the UK, we have built up a presence, slowly but surely, challenging a lot of what's going on,&#8221; </em>Mehdi tells the lively audience in Notting Hill, in the video above.</p><p>Owen kicks things off by addressing the elephant in the room: Will Mehdi be allowed back into the US under deporter-in-chief, Donald Trump? <em>&#8220;I'm one of these people who thinks if it can happen to green card holders, it can certainly happen to naturalized citizens,&#8221;</em> Mehdi replies. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>From deportations to tariffs, Owen and Mehdi go through Trump&#8217;s most alarming and destructive actions and talk about how the UK has been dealing with the US president. According to Owen, the UK&#8217;s strategy is to <em>&#8220;disappear up Donald Trump's ass.&#8221;</em></p><p><em>&#8220;Disappearing up the ass of a bully is always a very effective strategy, but he [Keir Starmer] went there [the US] and he did that whole performance and he got nothing out of it. I mean literally no concessions on Ukraine or anything whatsoever, and he got tariffed anyway.&#8221;</em></p><p>The pair go on to discuss Britain&#8217;s version of Donald Trump, how authoritarians try and neuter mainstream media organizations, and why speaking up against the genocide in Gaza is not just helping Palestinians, but everybody. <em>&#8220;I genuinely believe this depravity being normalized would be a precursor for much worse. So that's why we have to speak at this time,&#8221; </em>says Owen, adding: <em>&#8220;The journalists who stayed silent [on Gaza] should never be forgiven.&#8221;</em></p><div class="install-substack-app-embed install-substack-app-embed-web" data-component-name="InstallSubstackAppToDOM"><img class="install-substack-app-embed-img" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5OyY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5807300c-3f3c-4f58-aa47-e56389681c9e_328x328.png"><div class="install-substack-app-embed-text"><div class="install-substack-app-header">Get more from Mehdi Hasan in the Substack app</div><div class="install-substack-app-text">Available for iOS and Android</div></div><a href="https://substack.com/app/app-store-redirect?utm_campaign=app-marketing&amp;utm_content=author-post-insert&amp;utm_source=zeteo" target="_blank" class="install-substack-app-embed-link"><button class="install-substack-app-embed-btn button primary">Get the app</button></a></div><p>The audience got the chance to be outspoken in their questions to the hosts on stage as well, asking about a variety of topics including the media, the BBC, double standards, Gaza, the US, the UK, and even whether Mehdi or Owen plan to run for elected office one day (they seem to have some votes already!).</p><p><strong>Paid subscribers</strong> can watch the full discussion above to hear who Mehdi&#8217;s dream interviewee would be, why Owen believes Gen Z might save us, and whether Elon Musk is buying <strong>Zeteo </strong>(LOL!).</p><p><strong>Free subscribers</strong> can watch a 10-minute preview. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Is Fascism on the Rise Right Now?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mehdi and Owen Jones discuss the authoritarianism spreading across the West and react to what they describe as Elon Musk&#8217;s &#8220;coup&#8221; in the US.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/why-is-fascism-on-the-rise-right</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/why-is-fascism-on-the-rise-right</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Team Zeteo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:03:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/156813938/b625f35cd6ad4e10cd21ee470867f050.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Donald Trump's <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-hannity-dictator-authoritarian-presidential-election-f27e7e9d7c13fabbe3ae7dd7f1235c72">&#8220;dictator for a day&#8221; promise</a> is seemingly stretching in to weeks, with each one feeling like an eternity. Meanwhile, leaders and parties across Europe are applying their own versions of MAGA at home. With the world in such a bitter spot, <strong>Mehdi</strong> and <strong>Owen Jones</strong> have no plans to sugarcoat our new reality in this latest episode of &#8216;<strong>Two Outspoken&#8217;, </strong>filmed last week in London.</p><p>Since taking over Twitter, Elon Musk weaponized the social platform in ways that make the truth debatable, facts irrelevant, and honesty a mirage. The tech billionaire&#8217;s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he leads, was recently granted access to a federal system responsible for $6 trillion in annual payments, and with it, the private information of millions of Americans.</p><p><em>&#8220;It is a complete coup because these people [DOGE] are not elected. They now have control of data. They have control of money&#8230; He's [Musk] just sitting on Twitter, just unilaterally chatting to his rightwing fans going &#8216;What should I cancel next? What should I stop payments to?&#8217; Sorry, Who the f*ck are you?&#8221; </em>Mehdi asks (to which Musk would likely answer with &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqcE0yI2h_k&amp;ab_channel=Reuters">I&#8217;m dark MAGA</a>,&#8221; but that&#8217;s just our guess!)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>The two also discuss &#8220;<em>Trumpism</em>&#8221; and its different mutations across Europe, where Owen argues that <em>&#8220;what Trumpism offers is a coherent vision, whether we like it or not.&#8221;</em></p><p><em>&#8220;People concluded democracy doesn't deliver the goods&#8230; and unless you have something else which explains, no, don't blame the fact that you've got freedom and you're able to decide who rules over you, blame the fact you've got a system which is very good for those who make money but actually is rigged against your interests&#8230; then you get the way for a right wing authoritarian takeover. And that is what is happening</em>,&#8221; Owen<em> </em>explains.</p><p>Mehdi and Owen discuss the rise of the right everywhere from the US to the UK to Germany, while paying special attention to the failures of Keir Starmer&#8217;s Labour government in the UK.</p><p>Also, as you&#8217;ll see in the show &#8212; Mehdi and Owen are sporting our brand new <strong>Zeteo</strong> merch! You can snag your own hoodie, or coffee mug, or tote bag, by heading to <a href="http://shop.zeteo.com">shop.zeteo.com</a>.</p><p><em><strong>(Paid subscribers get a 20% DISCOUNT CODE by scrolling to the bottom of this page.)</strong></em></p><p><strong>Paid subscribers</strong> can watch the full discussion above (<strong>free subscribers</strong> can watch a 10-minute preview). You can also <a href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe">subscribe</a> and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts: &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; is available on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/40Y4V3TQL2270DOgXD5JGI">Spotify</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-outspoken/id1744585661">Apple</a>.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did the Left Fail Syria? | Two Outspoken]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mehdi and Owen unpack the fall of the Assad regime, including the double standards from all sides in reaction to it, and even anti-Arab racism.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/did-the-left-fail-syria-two-outspoken</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/did-the-left-fail-syria-two-outspoken</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:49:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/153284440/2747cdf323f9fcdc8f79dfd8e831f2f9.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Syria is carving a new path forward after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. While the country&#8217;s future remains uncertain, <strong>Mehdi Hasan </strong>and<strong> Owen Jones </strong>have a brutally honest and outspoken conversation in London about how the Western Left has reacted to the fall of the Assad regime.</p><p><em>&#8220;Yes, Israel may benefit from the fall of Assad,&#8221; </em>Mehdi<strong> </strong>argues, <em>&#8220;And yes, the United States did want Assad to fall and spent millions of dollars. But so did Syrian people. And we shouldn&#8217;t strip them of their agency and their desires.&#8221;</em></p><p>Owen adds, &#8220;<em>It is important that we, on the Left, keep our house in order, and we have a universal, emancipatory project which is about freeing people from all forms of oppression, violence, </em>wherever<em> that comes from. You know, the United States of America, they pick and choose. It&#8217;s what they did with Saddam Hussein for a long time &#8230; It&#8217;s Orwellian.&#8221;</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/p/did-the-left-fail-syria-two-outspoken?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/p/did-the-left-fail-syria-two-outspoken?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p>The two also unpack the double standards when it comes to Syria and Palestine. <em>&#8220;On the pro-Palestine side, you have some people who are pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel &#8230; But then when it comes to Syria, they're pro-Assad, which I find inconsistent morally and politically,&#8221;</em> Mehdi says, pointing out that Western powers do the reverse &#8212; backing an al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), while obsessing over Hamas in Gaza.</p><p>As Syria begins to rebuild after Assad, Owen<strong> </strong>emphasizes the importance of anti-imperialism: <em>&#8220;We need an anti imperialism, which is also about consistent liberation and not dictatorship, because the point with Assad is he used that rhetoric for legitimacy rather than actually practical help for the Palestinians.&#8221;</em></p><p><strong>Watch the full show above</strong> to hear Mehdi and Owen get into this lively, impassioned, and timely discussion, including on <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/16/headlines/israel_continues_to_bomb_syria_pushes_ahead_with_plan_to_invade_and_settle_more_of_golan_heights">Israel&#8217;s seizure of Syrian land</a> &#8212; they don&#8217;t hold back! And for those of you who are paid subscribers, join the conversation in the comments. We love to hear what you think of this episode of &#8216;Two Outspoken.&#8217;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Bernie Right that Democrats Abandoned the Working Class?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your favorite progressive pundits have a lively debate about why US workers ditched Harris for Trump.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/bernie-democrats-abandoned-working-class</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/bernie-democrats-abandoned-working-class</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:02:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/151357936/2e9a0456b66558fbb21e2af1c4f2b16e.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What on earth happened on Tuesday? </p><p>In the latest episode of &#8216;Two Outspoken,&#8217; filmed in Washington DC, <strong>Mehdi</strong> and <strong>Owen</strong> sit down together and find plenty to both agree and disagree about, from the role of the economy in the Dems&#8217; landslide defeat, to the impact of misinformation and media bias. Their wide-ranging and thought-provoking conversation comes on the heels of a <a href="https://x.com/BernieSanders/status/1854271157135941698">headline-grabbing statement</a> from Senator Bernie Sanders accusing the Democrats of abandoning the working class.</p><p><em>&#8220;The real hourly wages of most American workers are the same as they were when Richard Nixon was in the White House half a century ago. Yeah, that has political consequences,&#8221; </em>Owen argues, agreeing with Sanders.</p><p>Mehdi pushes back, arguing that there were other factors at play.</p><p><em>&#8220;It depends where you start the clock. If you start the clock in September 2020 and compare it to September 2024, real wages are up&#8230; Don't forget there was a pandemic and the pandemic actually messed up all the numbers.&#8221;</em></p><p>The pair also discuss Harris&#8217; failure to offer an ambitious economic agenda to the American people; the anti-incumbency effect both in the United States and across the post-pandemic democratic world; and the power of right-wing messaging and - let&#8217;s be honest - propaganda.&nbsp;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><em>&#8220;The problem is a lot of Americans don't have a clue what the Democrats actually did for them,&#8221; </em>Mehdi says. <em>&#8220;See, Trump is a master of doing very little but exaggerating the shit out of it.&#8221;</em></p><p>Adversarial till the end, Mehdi even proposes a sportsman's bet with Owen about what might happen on January 20th, 2025 when it comes to Trump voters and their attitude towards the economy. Stick around to the end of the show to see what the bet is - and whether Owen accepts.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Watch the full &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; episode above </strong>and let us know what you think in the comments! Free subscribers get a 10-minute preview.</p><p>&#8212;</p><p><em>&#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; is a monthly conversation between Mehdi and political commentator, author, and activist Owen Jones. Catch the two every month, debriefing, venting, analyzing and sometimes even grieving, really, about the news in the US and the UK. No holds barred, always outspoken.</em></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[“We Have Normalized the Mass Slaughter of Arabs”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Owen and Mehdi discuss Israel&#8217;s massacring of Lebanese civilians - plus the growing accusations of corruption against the UK&#8217;s new Labour government.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/we-have-normalized-the-mass-slaughter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/we-have-normalized-the-mass-slaughter</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:03:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/149471866/25900ce4ee79b6996d4a053d6d3d1291.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the latest episode of &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217;, Mehdi and Owen get outraged about the lack of outrage in the US and UK in the wake of Israel&#8217;s ongoing aerial bombardment in Lebanon, attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians, with many calling it the deadliest week in the country in decades. (This conversation was recorded just before Israel announced it was also preparing for a <em>ground invasion</em> of Lebanon as well.)</p><p>The normalization of these tragedies raises serious questions about the value placed on Arab lives. Drawing parallels to past conflicts, they shed light on the systematic indifference shown by governments and media alike, as the specter of genocide looms large. Will Israel repeat in Lebanon what it has done in Gaza?</p><p>&#8220;<em>We have opened the gates of Hell well beyond Gaza,</em>&#8221; says Mehdi. &#8220;<em>We've basically said anywhere around the world, you can do this, you can get away with it</em>.&#8221;</p><p><em>&#8220;What we're talking about here is the normalization of the mass slaughter of Arabs,&#8221;</em> says Owen. <em>&#8220;The world is being told no uncertain terms by Western governments, and much of the Western media, that Arab life means absolutely nothing.&#8221;</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>The two also talk about the UK&#8217;s limited suspension of arms sales to Israel under the new Labour government (only 8% of licenses have been suspended). &#8220;<em>The bar really is on the floor, isn&#8217;t it?</em>&#8221; Mehdi says, with Owen pointing out that Britain supplies crucial components for the F-35 jets, which are raining death and destruction on Gaza.</p><p>They also cover the latest controversies swirling around Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer &#8211;&nbsp;including the fact that, according to at least one poll, he&#8217;s already less popular than his Tory predecessor Rishi Sunak. &#8220;<em>The problem is there's no vision hanging it together,</em>&#8221; Owen says. &#8220;<em>They were handed power because the Tories destroyed themselves.</em>&#8221;</p><p>Paid subscribers can watch the full discussion above (free subscribers can watch a 7-minute preview). You can also subscribe and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts: &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; is available on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/40Y4V3TQL2270DOgXD5JGI">Spotify</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-outspoken/id1744585661">Apple</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>And for <em>paid</em> subscribers, don&#8217;t forget to join the conversation in the comments! Including what Mehdi and Owen should discuss in the next episode!&nbsp;</p><p>&#8212;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><em><strong>&#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; is a monthly conversation between Mehdi and political commentator, author, and activist Owen Jones. Catch the two every month, debriefing, venting, analyzing and sometimes even grieving, really, about the news in the US and the UK. No holds barred, always outspoken.</strong></em></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[America in Decline and Why ‘Burning the System Down' Won't Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mehdi and Owen talk future of democracy, JD Vance&#8217;s nomination, and the hypocrisy of the UK and Germany on genocide in Gaza.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/america-in-decline-and-why-burning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/america-in-decline-and-why-burning</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:10:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/146764606/7b560739a3fa4e243cf039aa0c71b589.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the latest episode of &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217;, Mehdi and Owen talk through what this historic period in American history means - what many are calling the decline of the U.S.. From how it resembles the former Soviet Union in its dying days; to how Donald Trump - if he wins! - is planning to rebuild the nation in his autocratic image; to the implications around the world for human rights and international law, especially when it comes to Israel and Palestine.&nbsp;</p><p>Watch the full discussion above, read more about it below, or have a listen wherever you get your podcasts: &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; is available on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/40Y4V3TQL2270DOgXD5JGI">Spotify</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-outspoken/id1744585661">Apple</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>And for paid subscribers, don&#8217;t forget to tell us what you think in the comments - including what Mehdi and Owen should discuss in the next episode!&nbsp;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><em><strong>On J.D. Vance&#8230;</strong></em></p><p>Mehdi and Owen delve into the rise of J.D. Vance as Trump&#8217;s running mate. They discuss Vance's glaring inability to bring in new votes and what that signals about Trump&#8217;s confidence.&nbsp;</p><p><em>&#8220;He's a hardcore, right-wing Republican,&#8221;</em> says Owen, about Vance. <em>&#8220;He talks about sacking all civil servants, replacing them with &#8216;our people&#8217; - basically a coup d'etat!&#8221;</em></p><p><em><strong>On America&#8217;s decline&#8230;</strong></em></p><p>Mehdi and Owen go on to discuss the broader implications of the U.S.&#8217;s decline, comparing it to the late USSR. Owen explains why he&#8217;s likened Biden to Brezhnev and Trump to Putin in a recent <em>Guardian</em> column.&nbsp;</p><p>But what is the cost of <em>&#8220;burning the system down&#8221;</em>? Mehdi cautions against what it could lead to.&nbsp;</p><p><em><strong>On Europe&#8217;s genocide hypocrisy&#8230;</strong></em></p><p>In their discussion on foreign policy, Mehdi and Owen call out the politicians of the West for not seeing the Palestinian people as human beings, and the brazen double standards that have been revealed over the course of the last 9 months of genocidal violence in Gaza.&nbsp;</p><p>From the hypocrisy of figures like new Labour Foreign Secretary David Lammy of the UK, meeting with the same Netanyahu he used to berate on Twitter, to the German government trying to stop the ICC case against Netanyahu and becoming involved in yet another genocide, Mehdi and Owen don&#8217;t hold back in their criticisms of the people in power. They are, after all, &#8216;Two Outspoken.&#8217;</p><p><em><strong>PROGRAMMING NOTE: Mehdi and Owen will be taking a (well-deserved?) break from &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; in the month of August but will be coming back with new episodes in September. Stay tuned!</strong></em></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Election: What the Media Isn't Telling You]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mehdi & Owen on Starmer, the role of Gaza, and fighting the far right]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/uk-election-labour-gaza-mehdi-owen-jones</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/uk-election-labour-gaza-mehdi-owen-jones</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:34:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/146391882/06b53f659bdc51e071c4404b364da144.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mehdi and Owen Jones met up in London this week to debrief the significant UK election results - and to vent about all the things the media hasn&#8217;t been covering about it! </p><p>&#8220;I landed at Heathrow Airport last night, and I had a little spring in my step,&#8221; Mehdi tells Owen. &#8220;England won the quarter final. Liz Truss lost her seat.&#8221;</p><p>Owen&#8217;s equally excited about what this means for the left. </p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really optimistic,&#8221; he tells Mehdi. &#8220;Now these Labour MPs have to look over their shoulders at voters opting for the Green Party.&#8221;</p><p>The truth is, as Owen explains in this episode, Labour won &#8220;a Jenga landslide.&#8221; </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>So, what does that mean going forward? And why is the media obsessed with Nigel Farage and Reform? Where&#8217;s the coverage of the independents who won on Gaza, and the Greens?</p><p><strong>Watch Mehdi and Owen in the video above</strong> discuss everything you need to know about the UK election results in this special episode of <em>Two Outspoken</em>. </p><p>You can also listen to the <em>Two Outspoken</em> podcast on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-outspoken/id1744585661">Apple</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/40Y4V3TQL2270DOgXD5JGI">Spotify</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Gaslighting People To Death”: Owen and Mehdi “Tear Their Hair Out” Over Israeli Propaganda]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plus: What Israel&#8217;s latest massacre tells us about Palestinian dehumanization.]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/gaslighting-people-to-death-owen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/gaslighting-people-to-death-owen</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Owen Jones]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:05:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/145628011/2891b4a1c9e07c960575b94b0faf945f.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the latest episode of &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217;, Mehdi and Owen discuss the rescue in Gaza that saved four Israelis but also killed hundreds of Palestinians in the process, proving how little value Israel&#8217;s far-right government - and its Western allies - place on Palestinian&#8217;s lives. They also debunk U.S. government talking points on how Israel has accepted a ceasefire deal but Hamas hasn&#8217;t.&nbsp;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><em><strong>Palestinian life in ratios&#8230;</strong></em></p><p>With 274 Palestinians killed so as to save four Israelis, Mehdi points to the ugly truth of how Israel&#8217;s government and its allies hailed Saturday's operation a success, despite the grotesque ratio of almost 70 Palestinians killed for every Israeli rescued.&nbsp;</p><p>On terminology, Owen makes it clear that Saturday&#8217;s operation should be referred to as a massacre <em>&#8220;if you value Palestinian human life at all.&#8221;</em> He uses examples within and outside Israel, including an official government tweet that was deleted too late, to show the extent of Palestinian dehumanization and incitement to genocide.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><em><strong>Trump-level gaslighting&#8230;</strong></em></p><p>Between the US gaslighting that Israel accepted a deal with Hamas, and Israeli denying it, the prospect of a ceasefire is in a state of complete confusion. <em>&#8220;Do they think we just don't have eyes? Ears? An internet connection?,&#8221; </em>a frustrated Mehdi asks Owen.</p><p>Mehdi and Owen also argue that delaying a deal is probably a cynical ploy by Netanyahu to get Joe Biden out of the Oval Office, and Donald Trump back in, come November&#8217;s U.S. presidential election.</p><p>&#8212;-------------------------------------------------------------------&#8212;------------</p><p><em>&#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; is a twice-monthly conversation between broadcaster, author, and Zeteo Editor-in-Chief Mehdi Hasan and political commentator, author, and activist Owen Jones. Mehdi and Owen will be discussing the news of the week, offering their analysis on the state of American and British politics, and even, from time to time, taking questions from Zeteo subscribers.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Crushing the Left’: Why the Labour Party Suspended a Muslim Woman’s Candidacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Owen and Mehdi on Faiza Shaheen, Rafah lies, and the media&#8217;s Islamophobia]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/labour-uk-election-farage-faiza-shaheen-rafah</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/labour-uk-election-farage-faiza-shaheen-rafah</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Owen Jones]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 15:26:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/145168461/847a852b480e320e71ee1cf434572fd1.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this episode, Owen and Mehdi discuss the UK&#8217;s looming July 4th election, the Labour Party&#8217;s decision to suspend Faiza Shaheen&#8217;s candidacy, and Nigel Farage&#8217;s latest attempt to normalize Islamophobia.&nbsp;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Mehdi brings up UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak&#8217;s not-so-hopeful start to the campaign, when he <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/05/rishi-sunak-election-announcement-rain-things-can-only-get-better-1235927328/">got soaked in rain</a> while announcing the early election date. This election comes as Sunak&#8217;s Conservative Party has become widely unpopular, after going through three different prime ministers in the space of one parliament with no election.&nbsp;</p><p><em>&#8220;The Conservatives have just destroyed themselves more comprehensively than any government ever in British democratic history,&#8221;</em> Owen told Mehdi.&nbsp;</p><p>As polls predict a huge defeat for Sunak and the Conservatives in the general election, Mehdi and Owen discuss the current state of the Labour Party, including the party&#8217;s recent decision to suspend the campaign of left-wing candidate <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/faiza-shaheen-banned-from-election-over-jon-stewart-sketch-tweet">Faiza Shaheen</a>. Her wrong doing? Liking a tweet about a Jon Stewart sketch.&nbsp;</p><p><em>&#8220;It's an old clip and a tweet describing what's happening in the clip, and the intensity with which pro-Israel figures, the pro-Israel lobby, people in the media, go crazy if you dare to criticize Israel or say things that people don't want to hear. And that gets her suspended,&#8221; </em>Mehdi said to Owen. </p><p><em>&#8220;What makes their [the Labour Party] heart beat a little bit faster is crushing left-wing opponents. And the fact she's spoken out on Gaza is definitely something which has made them want to get rid of her,&#8221; </em>Owen added.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>On the topic of Gaza, Mehdi called out the U.S. State Department for refusing to call Israel&#8217;s invasion of Rafah a full ground invasion, comparing John Kirby to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jan/13/broadcasting.Iraqandthemedia">Comical Ali</a>. Mehdi and Owen also discussed Nigel Farage&#8217;s Islamophobic comments on Sky News last weekend, as well as the irony of Farage being interviewed by a host with his own history of Islamophobia.&nbsp;</p><p><em>&#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; is a twice-monthly conversation between broadcaster, author, and <strong>Zeteo</strong> Editor-in-Chief Mehdi Hasan and political commentator, author, and activist Owen Jones. Mehdi and Owen will be discussing the news of the week, offering their analysis on the state of American and British politics, and even, from time to time, taking questions from Zeteo subscribers.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA['Two Outspoken' Town Hall On ICC Israel/Hamas Arrest Warrants]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mehdi and Owen host a breaking news town hall with expert guests Diana Buttu and Ilan Papp&#233;]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/watch-the-two-outspoken-town-hall</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/watch-the-two-outspoken-town-hall</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Team Zeteo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 19:37:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/144813726/2b4718eb142cd758a2be19c474c82c56.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor, Karim Khan, announced Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In response, &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; hosted a special breaking news town hall for <strong>Zeteo</strong> paid subscribers where Owen and Mehdi were joined by two guests: former PLO legal adviser Diana Buttu and Israeli academic Ilan Papp&#233;.</p><p>Paid subscribers were able to ask their questions directly to Owen, Mehdi, Buttu and Papp&#233;.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>As you can see in the video above, they discussed how the ICC&#8217;s prosecution team is also seeking warrants for Israel&#8217;s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as two other Hamas leaders &#8212; Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, and Ismail Haniyeh. They also covered what a shock it is for the Israeli political class to find itself held to account by international legal institutions; and whether this move will change anything on the ground for Palestinians.</p><p><em>&#8220;Israel wants to be seen as a democracy, as a normal country. And now drop by drop, step by step. This is being removed,&#8221;</em> Buttu told Mehdi and Owen.</p><p>Professor Papp&#233; also told the hosts of &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; about his bizarre experience last week when he was questioned by the US Department of Homeland Security agents about his views on Gaza and genocide on his arrival at Detroit airport.</p><p><em>&#8220;They asked me whether I framed, the Israeli actions in Gaza as a genocide. I laconically said yes. And then, they asked me about what do I think about the slogan &#8216;Palestine should be free, from the river to the sea,&#8217; and I answered that I think anybody who lives between the river and the sea, anywhere in the world, should be free.&#8221;</em> Papp&#233; told Mehdi and Owen. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>&#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; is a twice-monthly conversation between broadcaster, author, and Zeteo Editor-in-Chief Mehdi Hasan and political commentator, author, and activist Owen Jones. Mehdi and Owen will be discussing the news of the week, offering their analysis on the state of American and British politics, and even, like today, taking questions from <strong>Zeteo</strong> paid subscribers.</p><p>You can watch the video above. <strong>Zeteo&#8217;s</strong> live town halls and Q&amp;A sessions are a bonus feature for paid subscribers. If you would like to join the next one live, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription.&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Joe Biden the ‘White Moderate’ that MLK Warned Us About?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mehdi and Owen dissect college protests, a Rafah invasion, and UK elections on &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217;]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/is-joe-biden-the-white-moderate-that</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/is-joe-biden-the-white-moderate-that</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Team Zeteo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 19:25:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/144280007/037c3e0f1847d6312f6ee2ce5a8a3e6f.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>In this episode:</strong></em></p><p>Owen and Mehdi discuss the ongoing misrepresentation of college protests in the mainstream media, the debate over genocide in Gaza, and the London mayoral elections. They discuss how college and antiwar protests have long been demonized to undermine public support for them, and how the term "genocide" is deliberately and conveniently mis-defined by supporters of Israel.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Plus, Mehdi takes us back in time to read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from a Birmingham jail about the &#8220;white moderate,&#8221; and reflects on its relevance to modern-day politicians, particularly in light of recent comments made by President Joe Biden.</p><p>Owen criticizes Biden's approach on all this, accusing him of fetishizing past struggles while vilifying current protests. He highlights MLK's historical unpopularity and draws parallels to contemporary criticisms of activism. Both critique Biden's stance on issues like Israel's actions in Gaza and tie it to broader public opinion trends.&nbsp;</p><p>They also touch on the London mayoral elections and the challenges faced by Sadiq Khan, particularly in the context of his stance on issues like Gaza and Islamophobia. And Mehdi highlights the importance of context in journalism and the need to address misinformation and prejudice in public discourse.</p><p>&#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; is a twice-monthly conversation between broadcaster, author, and <strong>Zeteo</strong> Editor-in-Chief Mehdi Hasan and political commentator, author, and activist Owen Jones. Mehdi and Owen will be discussing the news of the week, offering their analysis on the state of American and British politics, and even, from time to time, taking questions from Zeteo subscribers.</p><p><em><strong>Friendly reminder:</strong></em> <em>All of our content is currently available to all subscribers, free or paid. But this will only be for a limited, promotional period. Building and sustaining an independent media company like this requires, above all else, money. If you appreciate the work our team is doing, and want to be a part of this effort, please consider supporting us by becoming a paid subscriber.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA['We're Moderates in a World of Extremism']]></title><description><![CDATA[Owen Jones and Mehdi Hasan launch &#8216;Two Outspoken&#8217; Ep. 1]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/were-moderates-in-a-world-of-extremism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/were-moderates-in-a-world-of-extremism</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Team Zeteo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:48:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/143711133/592864e32c6c8d3110216c43b39c9f19.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zeteo is excited to present the first episode of &#8216;Two Outspoken,&#8217; a twice-monthly conversation between broadcaster, author, and Zeteo CEO Mehdi Hasan and political commentator, author, and activist Owen Jones. Mehdi and Owen will be discussing the news of the week, offering their analysis on the state of American and British politics, and even, from time to time, taking questions from Zeteo subscribers.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://zeteo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><em><strong>In this first episode:</strong></em></p><p>Mehdi and Owen share the story of how they met over a decade ago on television, and recall those who compared them to a left-wing Batman and Robin (you can probably guess who is who).</p><p>Owen explains why he has recently quit the UK&#8217;s Labour Party, while Mehdi compares current Labour leader Keir Starmer to Tony Blair.&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, both of them discuss the mainstream media's multiple moral failures when it comes to coverage of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza &#8212;&nbsp;and, in particular, how the killing of seven international aid workers from the World Central Kitchen sparked more moral outrage from journalists and politicians than the killing of over 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza.</p><p><em><strong>Friendly reminder:</strong> All of our content is currently available to all subscribers, free or paid. But this will only be for a limited, promotional period. Building and sustaining an independent media company like this requires, above all else, money. If you appreciate the work our team is doing, and want to be a part of this effort, please consider supporting us by becoming a paid subscriber.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Our Newest Contributor]]></title><description><![CDATA[British columnist Owen Jones joins Zeteo]]></description><link>https://zeteo.com/p/meet-our-newest-contributor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://zeteo.com/p/meet-our-newest-contributor</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:38:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/143683767/f21ed225782e37e213bab3c99de5ef4b.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I've had the good fortune of being friends with author, activist, and columnist <a href="https://twitter.com/OwenJones84?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Owen Jones</a> for more than a decade. I have admired his honesty, integrity, knowledge, passion, and especially&nbsp;his humor. In recent months, he has taken unpopular but principled stances on Gaza and Israel.&nbsp;</p><p>But I've never been able to <em>work</em> with him</p><p>Well, Zeteo has changed everything.&nbsp;</p><p>I'm delighted to announce that Owen is coming onboard as our newest contributor and - finally! - he and I will be working together.&nbsp;</p><p>What will we be doing? Well, I'll let him tell you. Do watch&nbsp;the trailer&nbsp;above.</p><p>(And watch for more contributor announcements this week!)</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>