What's Wrong With The Democrats? with Senator Chris Murphy

Hasan sits down with his home state’s senator, Chris Murphy, to talk about why Democrats keep fumbling the ball, whether America is becoming an oligarchy (or already was one), and how broad Democrats should make their tent: All Lives Matter broad? Or like… R.Kelly broad?

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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
Cinematographer: Austin Morales
Producer: Kayla Feng
Associate Producer: Annie Fick
Talent Coordinator: Tanya Somanader
Audio Engineer: Alan Kudan
Executive Assistant: Samuel Piland
Editor: Imran Khan
Assistant Editor: Julian Doan

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Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know is a long-form interview podcast hosted by two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian and noted IBS sufferer Hasan Minhaj. The show features in-depth conversations with politicians and public figures, as well as occasional interviews with 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, focused on uncovering what guests really think beyond rehearsed answers.

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0:00 (Linda McMahon)
1:58 (opening monologue)
4:12 (Sen. Murphy eats trash)
5:21 (post-election tweetstorm)
6:21 (oligarchy)
8:11 (the oligarchy spectrum)
11:56 (was George Carlin right?)
16:30 (corruption)
21:22 (broadening the Democratic tent)
25:06 (on the island or off the island)