Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

- Season 2

(2019)

Hasan analyzes Saudi Arabia's decision to ban his episode about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and covers the rising #MeToo movement in China and how their activists are evading the Communist Party's Orwellian online censorship system.

Hasan explains the broken drug pricing system in America by focusing on PBMs and the two US drug companies that hold the monopoly on insulin production and sales, inflating its price to the point that many people simply can not afford it.

Hasan explains how the student debt crisis is being exacerbated by the incompetency of the Department of Education, predatory loan servicers the department hires to manage loan payments, and the Trump administration's malicious policies.

Hasan shows how Trump's cronies Jeff Sessions (Justice Dept.), Ben Carson (Housing Dept.), Betsy DeVos (Education Dept.), Roger Severino (Health Dept.) and Wilbur Ross (Commerce Dept.) are trying to alter the outcome of the 2020 US Census.

Hasan shows how American rap music influences people around the world, especially anti-government protesters in both democracies like Spain and dictatorships like China and Thailand who use streaming to spread their message of rebellion.

Hasan tackles the extremely divisive topic of Indian elections and explains why it would be bad for democracy in India if the ruling ultranationalist party 'BJP' and their populist leader Narendra Modi win a second term.