It was so terrible for her that she even went into depression. A single mother turns to housekeeping to make ends meet as she battles poverty, homelessness and bureaucracy. Down-and-out musician Bastian battles the blues as he returns home for Christmas and encounters a series of not-so-cheery surprises. As overdoses involving fentanyl continue to skyrocket, Hasan traces the origins of the synthetic opioid and how drug companies profit from its misuse. She tweeted: A lot of people have asked me to talk about Patriot Act. She mentioned how ‘Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj’ was “not just one star’s brilliance and charisma”: That show was not just one star’s brilliance and charisma. Recently, Pakistani writer Nur Nasreen also revealed her disappointing experience while working on the show. I wish we still had Patriot Act. This happened despite the host being a brown man himself. When Hasan went on to start his own path with Patriot Act, I waited for every episode with a fervor of a viewer who needed to go beyond the surface level. With the need for mental health care growing, Hasan discusses how insurance companies get away with denying coverage to Americans who could use it most. Moreover, Sheila mentioned that she isn’t just talking about a few inconveniences she faced on the show. I started watching the Daily Show right around the time he joined, and he and Trevor Noah were important figures in my own journey of writing and journalism. By … The audience editor for the New York Times Magazine, Iva Dixit also tweeted in support of Nur Nasreen. All Rights Reserved. Recently, toxic work culture and work environments on talk shows have been in the news a lot. The episode after George Floyd could have simply been a call to action for the white majority, but Hasan dared to challenge and question the Asian American community, and reminded that we would be hypocrites if we didn’t write and talk about our own faults and biases. A massive but little-known oil spill off the U.S. Gulf Coast prompts Hasan to examine the serious consequences of expanding American oil production. Just before voters head to the polls in India's national election, Hasan explains what's at stake for the world’s largest and most diverse democracy. Hasan examines the major players in America's drug industry, and how the prices of life-saving medications like insulin continue to rise unabated. She revealed how she was “humiliated and gaslit, targeted and ignored” while working on the ‘Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj’. NEW. Let me finish by saying: my tolerance for this industry is very, very high. For millennials and those who are younger, who get their news from social media, who are surrounded by the noise of multiple perspectives, fake news and manipulated history lessons, Patriot Act opened up a platform where things were narrowed down, was specific and most importantly, where news was comprehensive, accessible and was broken down without condescension. I avoided it because each time I relive the experience of being humiliated and gaslit, targeted and ignored, I sink back into days of depression. Sadly, Sheila was not the only employee who had a terrible experience on the ‘Patriot Act’. What was Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj? I didn’t grow up with Jon Stewart and his legacy. I also wish they truly practiced the progressive ethos they cultivated on screen. The Ellen DeGeneres Show has recently been under fire a lot for not treating its employees right.