# Confronting 'The Emotional Machine of Fascism' - Turkish Author on Lessons for America

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Podcast: [Mehdi Unfiltered](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mehdi-unfiltered-6939607)
Published: 2026-03-18T20:52:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 949

## Resource

In this week's segment from Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Turkish journalist and author Ece Temelkuran to discuss her new book, Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century , what it means to be physically and politically 'unhomed,' and the rapid steps the US has taken towards fascism. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH 'MEHDI UNFILTERED' ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews FIND MEHDI: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/Zeteo

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