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“My Name Is Adolph” - Reza Pahlavi PRANKED During Awkward German Interview
07 Mar 2026
Chapter 1: What led to Reza Pahlavi being pranked during the interview?
Apparently, Reza Pahlavi's team didn't filter this podcast that had him on. I'm only showing this for one reason. So he has played a very important role in Iran with, you know, helping out. And he gets on this podcast, and his team is getting him on this interview to be done. He doesn't know these are two pranksters from Russia. And the guy introduces himself as Adolf.
Rob, I don't know if you have the whole interview. I do. You have this? Go ahead. Play it from the beginning so we can just kind of see this and then go to it. Go ahead. That's great. And Reza Pahlavi is coming as well. I was just making sure the line was open. They're in Germany, I believe, while this is happening. He's just finishing another meeting. This guy sounds British, right? Oh.
So, how does your team not filter this out?
Chapter 2: How did the prank unfold during the interview?
Hello. Hello, good afternoon. Good afternoon, dear Prince Pahlavi. So we're waiting for Adolf. No problem. We'll wait. Okay, okay. How do you like Munich? It's cold and rainy, so I can't say the best of times. Yes. Now, this is my, I think, fourth time in Munich in the last year. Oh, Adolf is here. Adolf is here. Nice to meet you. Nice to see you. These are comedians. This is a prank.
I need to tell you that my father knew your father. How come? Really, yes.
Chapter 3: What reactions did the panel have to the prank?
Where was that? Was it... Grandfather, adult grandfather. Yes. My grandfather knew your father. How interesting. Was he stationed in Iran in some capacity? Yes, he was. Did you hear what he just said? He served in German army. You understand what he's saying? He was an agent in Tehran. Anyways, this continues. He's trolling him. Oh, let me tell you. It continues.
By the seventh minute mark or whatever, they figure out. How long was the interview, Ryan? Right now, it's six minutes, 46 seconds long. And then they realize, and they said he's got to go, and they start celebrating like we got him. I can't believe he fell forward.
Chapter 4: What responsibilities does Reza Pahlavi's team have in media vetting?
Pat, who do you put this on, him or his team? I put 90% on his team. I put 10% on him, and I'll tell you why. 90% on his team because the team has to filter out anybody that wants to have you on the show. Remember, Trump got fooled one time with Sacha Baron Cohen. With Borat, yeah. And he says, I'm thinking about creating this business where the ice cream doesn't melt. Yeah.
It was Ali G. Ali G, yeah. He says...
what you think about that within two minutes trump is like i'm out of here i gotta go so by the way it happens to everybody just so you know it's not like hillary was on between two plants no but that was that galifianakis she knew what she was doing with that she thought that was a good idea but if you look at this one here fast forward at the end when trump is realizing this is a game and he goes to it and look how finna finishes it go to the last 10 seconds right there rob
I hope you make a lot of money. Good luck, folks. It's been nice seeing you. You take care of yourself, okay? Is he going to be in on that? Well, it sounds like an interesting... We just got like P. Diddy is going to be in it. Good. How funny was that? I mean, that was 20 years ago.
Chapter 5: How does this incident reflect on political media interactions?
So he got it, and he kind of walked out. But to me, I put 90% on the team, 10% on him. And by the way, the moment that he says... My name is Adolf. You got that mustache. In a German accent. Boom. Six minutes. Because they're all watching. How do you not? And I get what you're saying. The alarm bell should go off immediately. Maybe 20 seconds. I don't know if there's any Adolf.
Hello and welcome to the Adolf show with a little mustache. When he says my grandfather, my father, you're your father.
at that point you have to know where this is going but i'm going to tell you this is going to be no news it's going to go by within 24 hours if it hasn't already moved on and people going to move on uh because it was via zoom no it doesn't matter what it is if this were in real life and you don't see that because you could say oh the lighting this and that he has at least an excuse yeah a little bit more team 90 team filter better filter better filter better i think he's about to go on all in podcast here soon
and he's going to be doing a lot more of these. His team needs to filter these things out better. Generally, don't do an interview with a guy named Adolf from Germany.
Chapter 6: What historical context is relevant to the name 'Adolf' in interviews?
It's a bad idea. I would just say, like, if in the future a host name is Adolf from Germany, I wouldn't do that podcast. That's one of your top seven rules for filtering. Yeah, like we do a podcast course, and I teach people the top 20 rules. I think that's like rule number two or three, right? Never do a podcast with a guy named Adolf from Germany.
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Chapter 7: What lessons can be learned about interview preparation?
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