Journalist Mehdi Hasan on The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

That Said with Michael Zeldin
Written By Michael Zeldin
A conversation with author Mehdi Hasan

Join me in my conversation with Mehdi Hasan to discuss his new book, Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking. Arguments are everywhere, Hasan argues, and form the lifeblood of democracy as the only surefire way to establish the truth. In this discussion we  explore the art of argument and rhetoric, and  communicating with confidence and success whether around the dining room table or before millions of people on TV or social media.

About the Guest

Mehdi Raza Hasan is a British-American broadcaster and best-selling author. He has presented The Mehdi Hasan Show on Peacock since October 2020 and on MSNBC since February 2021.

In 2015, Hasan moved to Washington, D.C., United States, to work full-time for Al Jazeera on UpFront and host the Deconstructed podcast produced by the online publication The Intercept from 2018 to 2020.

Hasan is the author of Win Every Argument, and the co-author of a biography of Ed Miliband and was formerly the political editor of the UK edition of The Huffington Post and the presenter of the Al Jazeera English shows: The Café, Head to Head and UpFront.

Michael Zeldin

Michael Zeldin is a well-known and highly-regarded TV and radio analyst/commentator.He has covered many high-profile matters, including the Clinton impeachment proceedings, the Gore v. Bush court challenges, Special Counsel Robert Muller’s investigation of interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the Trump impeachment proceedings. In 2019, Michael was a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught a study group on Independent Investigations of Presidents. Previously, Michael was a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as Deputy Independent/ Independent Counsel, investigating allegations of tampering with presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s passport files, and as Deputy Chief Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Foreign Affairs Committee, October Surprise Task Force, investigating the handling of the American hostage situation in Iran.Michael is a prolific writer and has published Op-ed pieces for CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Hill, The Washington Times, and The Washington Post

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