Mehdi Hasan
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Where Politics Meet Sports — Jemele Hill on Trump, Free Speech, and the NFL
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47:49Now PlayingLive from New York — it’s ‘We’re Not Kidding’! Taped in front of a live audience at ‘On Air Fest’ in Brooklyn, Mehdi sits down with award-winning sports journalist and broadcaster Jemele Hill for a wide-ranging conversation about politics and sports. You may remember Jemele from the first Trump administration, when political ‘nepo baby’ and then-White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called for ESPN to fire Jemele for calling Donald Trump a white supremacist.
Mehdi and Jemele discuss Trump and Elon Musk’s recent attacks on the press and the dangerous behavior of mainstream journalists who value access over solidarity. They also unpack Trump’s historic Super Bowl appearance, the capitulation of (some) professional sports leagues, the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics, and whether the NFL is responsible for Trump running for president…
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‘Spolitics’ with Jemele Hill
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Hosted by Mehdi Hasan
Guest Host: Jemele Hill
Executive Producer: Kiran Alvi
Senior Producer and Editor: Frank Cappello
Music: Andy Clausen
Design: Alicia Tatone
Mix Engineer: Valentino Rivera
Title Animation: Ehsaan Mesghali
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