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'Succession' Star on Gaza, Iran, and the 10 Rich People Who 'Run Everything'

'Succession' Star on Gaza, Iran, and the 10 Rich People Who 'Run Everything'

We're Not Kidding with Mehdi & Friends vor 10 Monaten

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If you were a fan of the HBO series 'Succession' — then do we
have a treat for you. On this new episode of 'We're Not Kidding',
Mehdi is joined by Iranian-American actor Arian Moayed who played
the scene-stealing character Stewy Hosseini on the hit HBO show.

Mehdi and Arian unpack the ways our reality mirrors the fictional
world of 'Succession', like how pro-Israel billionaire Larry
Ellison, the world's second richest man, is buying up media
companies Paramount, CBS News, and TikTok. Mehdi also challenges
Arian to a new rapid-fire question game called, "Real Billionaire
or 'Succession' Character?"

As two naturalized US citizens, Mehdi and Arian discuss the
recent military-style ICE raids in Arian's hometown of Chicago
and the fears that many immigrant communities are feeling in the
Trump era. Mehdi and Arian also get into the recent political
history of Iran, including the 1979 revolution which led to
Arian's family immigrating to the US when he was a child. Arian,
an outspoken critic of the Iranian government, explains the
importance of Iranian representation and self-determination and
offers his own analogy for why Western governments should stay
out of Iran's affairs.

Finally, the two discuss the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7 and
the ongoing genocide in Gaza. As Arian was one of the earliest
signatories on the Artists 4 Ceasefire letter in October of 2023,
Mehdi asks if he feared retribution from Hollywood and the
entertainment industry for being pro-Palestine.

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CREDITS:

Hosted by: Mehdi Hasan

Guest Host: Arian Moayed

Executive Producer: Kiran Alvi

Senior Producer and Editor: Frank Cappello

Music: Andy Clausen

Design: Alicia Tatone

Mix Engineer: Valentino Rivera

Title Animation: Ehsaan Mesghali