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Hady Mawajdeh

Hady Mawajdeh

Producer

Hady Mawajdeh is a producer for Vox.com’s daily news podcast and radio show Today, Explained. Hady has produced shows profiling weapons dealers and the WWE’s Vince McMahon. And when there’s news pertaining to Disney or rap icons, you can bet he’ll be making shows about them too. He’s an audio-obsessed Texan who loves storytelling, sports, and all things pop culture. Some of his other passions include criminal justice, visual arts, and cinema. Before joining Vox.com, Hady worked in public media as an editor, reporter, and producer.

Latest articles by Hady Mawajdeh

Podcasts
How Iran’s cheap drones are changing warfareHow Iran’s cheap drones are changing warfare
Podcast
Podcasts

The drone math giving Iran an edge, explained.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Podcasts
How people are making millions on the Iran warHow people are making millions on the Iran war
Podcast
Podcasts

Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are testing the moral and ethical limits of betting.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Sean Rameswaram
Politics
The mess that Kristi Noem madeThe mess that Kristi Noem made
Podcast
Politics

The drama at the Department of Homeland Security, explained.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Podcasts
“There’s a fight to be had here”: A local reporter on the pain and resolve in Minneapolis“There’s a fight to be had here”: A local reporter on the pain and resolve in Minneapolis
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Podcasts

The Twin Cities were already on edge. Now they’re full of anguish.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Podcasts
Does the fate of the US economy now hinge on one company?Does the fate of the US economy now hinge on one company?
Podcast
Podcasts

The entire stock market, and therefore the entire economy, depends on it maintaining pretty impossible growth metrics.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Podcasts
How Donald Trump and the CEO of the world’s biggest company became BFFsHow Donald Trump and the CEO of the world’s biggest company became BFFs
Podcast
Podcasts

Why has Jensen Huang, co-founder of Nvidia, the hardware of the AI boom, buddied up with Trump?

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Podcasts
Why prices won’t — and shouldn’t — go downWhy prices won’t — and shouldn’t — go down
Podcast
Podcasts

They hardly ever fall. When they do, it usually means serious trouble.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Podcasts
The insidious strategy behind Nick Fuentes’s shocking riseThe insidious strategy behind Nick Fuentes’s shocking rise
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Podcasts

How a neo-Nazi infiltrated so deep into the Republican Party.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Podcasts
What the government shutdown means for air travelWhat the government shutdown means for air travel
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Podcasts

“I literally can’t think of anything that’s been like that since 2001.”

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Podcasts
The real cost of Trump’s $100,000 visasThe real cost of Trump’s $100,000 visas
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Podcasts

This program is likely to hurt American workers — and the whole economy.

By Sean Rameswaram and Hady Mawajdeh