Cover of Win Every Argument

Book · 2022 · nyt:advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous=2023-03-19

Win Every Argument

The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

by Mehdi Hasan · Recommended by 3 people on 3 podcasts

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Everyone should buy your book, Win Every Argument, because then you can just beat everyone in your family over holidays or whatever debate you need to do, or ahead of an election if you're trying.
Said on · Pod Save America · Feb 2024 Listen at 59:38

What they say about it

Grouped from 8 mentions
  • Describes book subtitle“art of debating persuading and public speaking”
    3
  • Recommends buying the book“everyone should buy your book”
    2

The best things said about it

4 of 8 · every mention
Recommended
Everyone should buy your book Win Every Argument because then you can just, you know, beat everyone in your family over holidays or whatever debate you need to do.
Tommy Vietor Pod Save America · Feb 2024
Recommended
He is the host of the Mehdi Hasan show and author of the new book Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking.
On the show Pod Save America · Feb 2023
Discussed
I mean he literally wrote a book about how to win arguments, right? Miy wrote a book about how to win arguments years ago.
Emily Jashinsky Breaking Points · Jul 2025
Discussed
Here's a book out next week called Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Feb 2023

Where and when it comes up

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How it comes up

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Most mentions, by podcast

3 shows

Why people recommend it

Win Every Argument by Mehdi Hasan is a comprehensive guide to the art of debating, persuading, and public speaking, written by a prominent journalist and broadcaster. The book was recommended and discussed across Pod Save America, Breaking Points, and The Megyn Kelly Show. On Pod Save America, Tommy Vietor and Jon Favreau repeatedly recommended the book to listeners and introduced Mehdi Hasan as a guest, suggesting that readers could use the text to successfully navigate political arguments or debates with family members over the holidays. Emily Jashinsky brought up Hasan's book on Breaking Points to highlight his formidable debating skills following his public appearances and media debates. In another episode of Pod Save America, the hosts praised Hasan as one of the finest contemporary debaters and discussed the core principles outlined in his book regarding persuasive communication. Conversely, Megyn Kelly discussed the upcoming release of the book on her show while critiquing a media segment featuring Hasan, questioning whether his approach represented effective argumentation or a failure in debate. Across these various podcast appearances, commentators and hosts frequently acknowledged Hasan's expertise in public speaking and pointed to his book as a definitive manual for mastering the mechanics of persuasion, rhetoric, and verbal confrontation in both professional and everyday settings.

Every mention

8 counted mentions · 5 passing or ad reads below
Tommy Vietor and everyone should buy your book win every argument because then you can just you know beat everyone in yo… 2
Recommended
“and everyone should buy your book win every argument because then you can just you know beat everyone in your family over holidays or whatever debate you need to do”
Recommended
“talks to Mary Hassan about his brand new book win every argument”
Emily Jashinsky I mean he literally wrote a book about how to win arguments, right? Miy wrote a book about how to win argum… 1
Discussed
“I mean he literally wrote a book about how to win arguments, right? Miy wrote a book about how to win arguments years ago.”
Megyn Kelly Here's a book out next week called Win Every Argument the art of debating persuading and public speaking an… 1
Discussed
“Here's a book out next week called Win Every Argument the art of debating persuading and public speaking and I wonder if Mehdi Hasan and his audience think that this is winning an argument this is losing an argument”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker4
Discussed
“Uh, and who better to have with us to do this than Mehdi, one of the best debaters and author of How to Win Every Argument? Uh, love it!”
Recommended
“Medi, thank you so much for doing the show today; it's so great to talk with you as always, and everyone should buy your book, 'Win Every Argument,' because then you can just beat everyone in your family over holidays or whatever debate you need to do, or ahead of an election if you're trying.”
Recommended
“he is the host of the medi Hassan show and author of the new book win every argument the art of debating persuading and public speaking”
Recommended
“the book Is Win Every argument uh the art of debating persuading and public speaking”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“and who better to have with us to do this than medy one of the best debaters and author of how to win every argument”
Plugged
“I pitch my company win every argument which is out in paperback this week and I quote a line in there”
Plugged
“And you're so right to remind me of the ad, and I'm going to do a pitch for my book now; I pitch my company, Win Every Argument, which is out in paperback this week, and I quote a line in there: Peter Mandelson, John, you may remember him—very famous British politician, one of Tony Blair's top communications advisers—he used”
Passing
“although I'm a little anxious because you did write a book about how to win every argument that I believe is coming out in paperback soon so I'm worried I'm going to get uh brutalized here in this debate”
Plugged
“I mean as you know John I just wrote a book about arguing debate yeah persuading a lot of social science thank you very much”

Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: Tommy Vietor, Marius Arnesen, nrkbeta / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0); Megyn Kelly, MattGagnon / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).