Lena Khan
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Sep 17, 2026
Tom SchmidtHOST
Seeing Steve...
Tom SchmidtHOST
Yeah, yeah, like seeing Steve Bannon and, and Bernie together versus, like, Lena Khan [laughs] and David Sasson.
Haseeb QureshiHOST
That's true.
Haseeb QureshiHOST
That's true.
Molly Jong-FastHOST
But this is such a great example of why we really, really, really, really, really need to regulate these data centers, and we really, really need to regulate pollution, and what this administration is doing is unconscionable.
Jesse CannonPANELIST
I, I also just think of what Lena Khan wrote the other day about that a normal administration would have literally people inside the offices of these companies going, "What the fuck are you doing?" And a normal administration, as Jon Ossoff would say, would be writing treaties and figuring out things to get this under fucking control.
Molly Jong-FastHOST
Correct.
Molly Jong-FastHOST
Correct.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
Then you have to have the brilliant competence of Prashanth who can write a complete script that is sound and structure in every turn.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
Then you have to have a visionary like Lena Khan who's gonna direct this thing because movies are cinematic, they're visual stories.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
And then you have to have an amazing cast that infuses it with life, that makes it feel like it jumps through the screen.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
And then finally, Lena had to work on this thing in post to make it this beautiful, cohesive, not only visual piece, but sonic piece.
Timnit GebruGUEST
Listen to her.
Timnit GebruGUEST
I miss Lena Khan being in
Saeed JonesHOST
charge.
Timnit GebruGUEST
Oh, my God.
Astra TaylorGUEST
actually think that's not, I mean, but we're seeing that that's kind of like a populist platform.
Astra TaylorGUEST
That's the whole like, you know, stuff around, you know, Mamdani and Lena Khan talking about making it easy to cancel subscriptions and stuff.
Astra TaylorGUEST
Like I actually think there's a lot of rage at just like the stupidity of the technological interfaces.
Naomi KleinGUEST
I mean, feel bad for old people.
Becky SloviterHOST
So four pop culture based questions.
Becky SloviterHOST
Lena Khan, Last Looks.
Lena KhanGUEST
Okay.
Becky SloviterHOST
Here we go.
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Lena KhanGUEST
Yeah.
Becky SloviterHOST
I can't wait to revisit Friday Night Lights.
Becky SloviterHOST
Lena Khan-
Lena KhanGUEST
Yeah
Hasan MinhajGUEST
Just watching them do the backflips, like I already could feel pain in my L4 and my R4.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
Lena Khan, our incredible director from Never Have I Ever and Disney.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
I mean, the music is incredible.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
Kier Lehrman, our musical supervisor from Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse.
A.R. RahmanGUEST
And, uh, so I felt like it's a good team.
A.R. RahmanGUEST
[laughs] And I saw the email of Leena in 2014.
A.R. RahmanGUEST
She had sent me, will you do my music? And then she was directing it.
Hasan MinhajHOST
Yeah.
A.R. RahmanGUEST
And so it's all a whole circle coming into it.
Hasan MinhajHOST
Yeah.
Hasan MinhajHOST
Leena Khan, our incredible director, reached out to you, you know, over a decade ago.
Hasan MinhajHOST
She's been a fan and been passionate a- about your music, obviously, for such a long time.
Julie CesnavichGUEST
I really enjoyed the novel when I read it in high school, and it has August Diehl, who is a talented man.
Julie CesnavichGUEST
So yeah, who knows? Um, there's also Best of the Best, which is a new Netflix movie from Lena Khan about Bollywood dance competitions.
Julie CesnavichGUEST
And I like dance, so-
David BaxHOST
Okay