Media

021B Media

021B Media is the media company of Makan Mostafavi. It produces Truth Hurts Show and the 021B Show, and cuts the short-form that carries them.

Followers250K+

Monthly views7M+

Videos filmed1,000+

Episodes140+

The shows

Truth Hurts Show

An interview show for a general audience. The guests are former intelligence and law-enforcement officers, and people with firsthand experience of the systems they describe.

YouTube100K+ subscribers15+ clips past a million views10M+ views on its largest clipAs of September 2026

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The 021B Show

Founders interviewed on the road from zero to one billion dollars. Each conversation covers what actually happened on the way, including the failures.

Business and financeFor founders, owners, and operators

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Guests

Guests appear by invitation. Seven of the 140+ episodes recorded since November 2022.

Partnerships

Guests: By invitation, for Truth Hurts Show and the 021B Show.
Sponsors: Partnerships with the shows and the studio.
Production: Mood Studios works for outside clients: commercial, events, social media, and podcasts.

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The advantage

Every part of a show runs in house.

Production: Filming, direction, and photography through Mood Studios.; Filming, direction, and photography through Mood Studios, 021B Media’s production company in Los Angeles and New York.
Editing: Post-production and the short-form cut, from the full recording.
Publicity: Publicity and social for the shows and the portfolio companies. The portfolio
Events: Live events, produced in house.

On the record: Mood Studios, 021B Media’s production company since 2022, in Los Angeles and New York.The studio