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Krystal Kyle & Friends

Krystal Kyle & Friends

Episode 291: Wajahat Ali

Aug 22, 2026 · 46 min · 12 segments

Wajahat Ali, writer of The Left Hook on Substack, joins the show to discuss Angie Nixon's victory in Florida's Democratic primary race for the Senate, plus the far-right coalition supporting the Trump…

Wajahat Ali, writer of The Left Hook on Substack, joins the show to discuss Angie Nixon's victory in Florida's Democratic primary race for the Senate, plus the far-right coalition supporting the Trump presidency.

Wajahat Ali, writer of The Left Hook on Substack, joins the show to discuss Angie Nixon's victory in Florida's Democratic primary race for the Senate, plus the far-right coalition supporting the Trump…

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Speakers: Wajahat AliGuestKrystal BallHostKyle KulinskiHost

Top entities: United States×64 Donald Trump×60 Angie Nixon×15 China×18 Democratic Party×35

Show signals: SuitabilityLimitedBiasLeftAudience≈628k followers

Introducing Wajahat Ali0:08 – 0:35

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:08

Welcome, everybody, to Crystal Kyle and Friends.

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:09

Very excited to have on the show this week Wajahat Ali from the Left Hook Substack.

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:15

Waj, thanks for joining us, man.

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:16

We appreciate it.

Wajahat AliGuest

0:17

No, no, pleasure.

Wajahat AliGuest

0:18

I've usually talked to each of you separately, so I don't know what's going to happen right now.

Wajahat AliGuest

0:22

This is like the Kyle and Crystal explosion.

Krystal BallHost

0:26

You got to change the name of the pod to that, Kyle and Crystal Explosion.

Krystal BallHost

0:29

Sounds

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:29

vaguely

Krystal BallHost

0:30

sexual.

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:34

Got a lot of stuff to talk about.

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Introducing Wajahat Ali0:08 – 0:35

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:08

Welcome, everybody, to Crystal Kyle and Friends.

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:09

Very excited to have on the show this week Wajahat Ali from the Left Hook Substack.

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:15

Waj, thanks for joining us, man.

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:16

We appreciate it.

Wajahat AliGuest

0:17

No, no, pleasure.

Wajahat AliGuest

0:18

I've usually talked to each of you separately, so I don't know what's going to happen right now.

Wajahat AliGuest

0:22

This is like the Kyle and Crystal explosion.

Krystal BallHost

0:26

You got to change the name of the pod to that, Kyle and Crystal Explosion.

Krystal BallHost

0:29

Sounds

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:29

vaguely

Krystal BallHost

0:30

sexual.

Kyle KulinskiHost

0:34

Got a lot of stuff to talk about.