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- DirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajMichelle C. BonillaSean HartmanHasan breaks down how a lawsuit by Asian American students against Harvard could kill affirmative action, and where a conservative activist fits in.
- DirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajAdi AshRahm BraslawIn the wake of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death, Hasan exposes grim truths about Saudi Arabia and the charismatic crown prince known as "MBS."
- DirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajJoyelle JohnsonHasan explains how Amazon's monopoly in various fields and aggressive and sometimes shady business practices threaten to create a future where no one will be able to shop online or use any web service without going through them.
- DirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajJoyelle JohnsonHasan explains how the oil industry is influencing the U.S. Government to protect their interests even when they cover up massive oil spills or continuously help increase the threat of global warming.
- DirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajJoyelle JohnsonHasan explains the strange reasons behind the incredible overnight success of the most popular US streetwear brand "Supreme," and why this is a problem.
- 2018–2020TV-MA8.2 (212)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajJoyelle JohnsonHasan explains how the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), Republican anti-immigrant fear-mongers and Donald Trump's Senior Advisor for Policy, Stephen Miller, aggressively persecute both legal and illegal immigrants.
- 2018–2020TV-MA7.8 (203)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajJoyelle JohnsonHasan explains how social media giants Facebook, Youtube, Instagram and Twitter abuse their right to free speech to prevent anyone from regulating their shady business practices, and does a quick follow-up on his Saudi Arabia episode.
- 2018–202028mTV-MA8.3 (226)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajAurea JollyHasan analyzes Saudi Arabia's decision to ban his episode about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and covers the rising #MeToo movement in China and how their activists are evading the Communist Party's Orwellian online censorship system.
- DirectorRichard A. PreussHasan explains the broken drug pricing system in America by focusing on PBMs and the two US drug companies that hold the monopoly on insulin production and sales, inflating its price to the point that many people simply can not afford it.
- DirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajLori HammelA. Smith HarrisonHasan explains how the student debt crisis is being exacerbated by the incompetency of the Department of Education, predatory loan servicers the department hires to manage loan payments, and the Trump administration's malicious policies.
- 2018–2020TV-MA8.1 (187)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajHasan shows how Trump's cronies Jeff Sessions (Justice Dept.), Ben Carson (Housing Dept.), Betsy DeVos (Education Dept.), Roger Severino (Health Dept.) and Wilbur Ross (Commerce Dept.) are trying to alter the outcome of the 2020 US Census.
- 2018–202023mTV-MA7.8 (193)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajHasan shows how American rap music influences people around the world, especially anti-government protesters in both democracies like Spain and dictatorships like China and Thailand who use streaming to spread their message of rebellion.
- DirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajArnab GoswamiHasan tackles the extremely divisive topic of Indian elections and explains why it would be bad for democracy in India if the ruling ultranationalist party 'BJP' and their populist leader Narendra Modi win a second term.
- 2018–2020TV-MA7.9 (189)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajSonia GuajajaraJoyelle JohnsonHasan explains why Brazil's Trump-like president Bolsonaro and their corrupt largest meat company JBS are waging war on the Amazon rainforest and its peoples, and who the Philippines' Trump-like president Duterte picked for his Senate.
- 2018–2020TV-MA8.3 (184)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsJoyelle JohnsonHasan MinhajHasan shows how the NRA lobbies countries around the world including Australia, New Zealand and most of South America to loose gun and gun-running laws even though it leads to more gun violence and increases illegal immigration to the US.
- 2018–202028mTV-MA7.9 (197)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajHasan Minhaj unravels the climactic rise of Indian cricket and its subsequent hegemony over world cricket. Watch out, this cuts close to the bone.
- 2018–2020TV-MA8.1 (184)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussJim MargolisStarsHasan MinhajVava BuitenkantVinod ChhaprooHasan gives a brief account of the Indian election results including some facts about the worst people who have been elected to the Indian Parliament. He also discussed how Goldman Sachs, allegedly, facilitated a billion dollar scandal in Malaysia.
- DirectorRichard A. PreussJim MargolisStarsHasan MinhajHasan talks about how Sudan, recently, overthrew its dictator and is struggling to become a successful democracy. He talks about the head of the RSF, who can be the face of brutal military dictatorship in Sudan.
- 2018–2020TV-MA8.2 (165)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajJim HandlyDerek McGintyHasan talks about how a big proportion of people in the United States don't have access to internet and how big telecom giants are lobbying the Congress to keep the situation as it is.
- 2018–202025mTV-MA8.0 (206)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussEdmond HawkinsStarsHasan MinhajEmily Grace BuckJacob Dylan IgielskiHasan talks about the growing influence of video games, the toxic, sexist and exploitative side of the industry, and whether unionization could help protect employees from the industry's grueling, malicious work schedules aka crunch time.
- DirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajHasan looks into the makers and distributors of the increasingly deadly drug Fentanyl, from cartels to pharmaceutical companies like Insys and Teva, to discern how it was able to wreak so much havoc on so many lives.
- 2018–2020TV-MA8.0 (163)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussEdmond HawkinsStarsHasan MinhajHasan shows how all across America the fossil fuels lobby personified by the Koch brothers directly influences the politicians and manipulates the public to downgrade the quality of public transportation or even abolish it entirely.
- 2018–2020TV-MA7.9 (161)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajHasan talks about how cruises are becoming a big part of the US tourism industry and how that is affecting the environment, the people who work at these cruises and much more.
- 2018–2020TV-MA8.1 (183)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajJustin TrudeauHasan talks about how Canada grew under prime minister Justin Trudeau. However, due to a recent scandal, Trudeau's popularity is declining.
- 2018–2020TV-MA7.7 (132)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard A. PreussStarsHasan MinhajJames T. ButtsMichael Eric DysonHasan looks at the culture and systems in place that help cops deny accountability for their actions.