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Hasan sits down with famous biographer, Walter Isaacson, to discuss why biographies are important, why biographies don't tell the whole story, and I ask him about some of the psychos he's spent time with.
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Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj
Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam
Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin
Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scott Vrooman
Producer: Kayla Feng
Producer/ Copywriter: Annie Fick
Cinematographer: Austin Morales
Editor: NV Moore and Will Feinstein
Assistant Editor: Zae Jordan
Talent Coordinator: Tanya Somanader
Executive Assistant: Samuel Piland
0:00 Opening monologue
3:33 Ad
4:43 What Apple didn’t do (yet)
8:16 The “Great Man” approach to history
10:32 Is the good stuff worth the bad stuff?
16:51 Walter isn’t writing “how to” books
18:05 Lessons Walter is trying to get across
19:35 Ads
22:02 Can a non-asshole become a billionaire?
22:58 Is society better off without Elon Musk?
25:04 Walter’s new book “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written”
32:22 Would the Founding Fathers be digging this Supreme Court?
33:38 Hanging together
35:56 Should bazillionaires exist?
44:18 Henry Kissinger: He’s in hell, yeah?
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THE SHOW:
Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know is a long-form interview podcast hosted by two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj. The show features in-depth conversations with politicians, public figures, financial experts, scientists, intellectuals, authors and celebrities. Rather than sticking to standard talking points, Minhaj aims to ask deeper, more probing questions that reveal personal perspectives and challenge conventional narratives. The tone is direct and curious, and focused on uncovering what guests really think beyond rehearsed answers.
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