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Oct 2024
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks to Mehdi About Is...

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In this week's episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates to discuss his new book 'The Message', what it took for him to publish a book critical of Israel at a time like this, and what he says that makes Mehdi "feel seen." 

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