Everyone's asking if the election will be "stolen." Niaz argues that's the wrong question; the real story is legal, structural, and has been building for years: gerrymandering and mail-ballot restrictions rigging outcomes before a single vote is cast. In minutes, Niaz breaks down what's actually happening on both fronts, including a Supreme Court fight over mail-in voting, and gives you concrete steps to actually protect your vote. Recorded 8/26/2026.

A viral photo. A war that's killed a head of state. A regime that has oppressed its own people for almost five decades. Niaz refuses to pick a side and argues that this refusal is the point. This episode breaks down what's really happened in the war on Iran this year, argues that opposing the war and condemning the regime aren't contradictory positions, and explains why she believes both the U.S./Israel and Iran's government have blood on their hands. Drawing on her own childhood in Iran and years of human rights work, she makes the case for centering the Iranian people themselves, not either side's political narrative.

A letter published in The Guardian in late August sparked a firestorm and forced an uncomfortable question on people on every side of the Iran debate. Niaz breaks down the controversy, then turns her sharpest critique on her own side: the progressive left. Is it possible to oppose an illegal war on Iran and refuse to stay silent about the Iranian regime's brutality toward its own people? Niaz argues yes and pushes back just as hard against the right's blanket condemnations. The real question isn't which team an argument comes from. It's whether it's true.