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Bassem Youssef

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1347 total appearances

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

And there's a guy who's spreading sort of conspiracy stuff? He's a little bit kind of cloned everywhere. Oh, really? Yes. Even in sports programs. Imagine Glenn Beck actually doing a sports show, and that's what you'll get. That was a foul because...

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

And there's a guy who's spreading sort of conspiracy stuff? He's a little bit kind of cloned everywhere. Oh, really? Yes. Even in sports programs. Imagine Glenn Beck actually doing a sports show, and that's what you'll get. That was a foul because...

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

Yes.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

Yes.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

And Hamas. Oh, really? And them too? And Iran. Ah. All these people. Can you imagine Israel, Hamas, Iran, Israel, and America are actually all unified.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

And Hamas. Oh, really? And them too? And Iran. Ah. All these people. Can you imagine Israel, Hamas, Iran, Israel, and America are actually all unified.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

Yes, against Egypt.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

Yes, against Egypt.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

The problem is that, like, people want to believe. They want to believe, but, like, when you have the media kind of pounding on them with all these conspiracies, you will find people that will fall for that. I mean, for example, you have, what's his name, Kramer, like, Mad Money? Yes, yes, yes. People still watch him. I mean, the guy kind of, like, bankrupted the whole country.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

The problem is that, like, people want to believe. They want to believe, but, like, when you have the media kind of pounding on them with all these conspiracies, you will find people that will fall for that. I mean, for example, you have, what's his name, Kramer, like, Mad Money? Yes, yes, yes. People still watch him. I mean, the guy kind of, like, bankrupted the whole country.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

And still people watch his show.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

And still people watch his show.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

Yes, because it has been extremely funny and hilarious to watch the media right now. I mean, back in Egypt, it's the same. We're not very much different.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

Yes, because it has been extremely funny and hilarious to watch the media right now. I mean, back in Egypt, it's the same. We're not very much different.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

It's in Armani. Look at you. Very sharp. I had to pay for it. He gets his for free.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

It's in Armani. Look at you. Very sharp. I had to pay for it. He gets his for free.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Well, the thing is, every day, every minute of the day in a married life is a negotiation. Everything can blow up into a full-scale war, starting from a simple sentence like, good morning, what should we do with the kids today? What should we do with that piece of furniture? Any sentence can lead you to heaven or to hell at the same time. So you do negotiate with terrorists. Oh yeah, yeah, 100%.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Well, the thing is, every day, every minute of the day in a married life is a negotiation. Everything can blow up into a full-scale war, starting from a simple sentence like, good morning, what should we do with the kids today? What should we do with that piece of furniture? Any sentence can lead you to heaven or to hell at the same time. So you do negotiate with terrorists. Oh yeah, yeah, 100%.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Well, the thing is, every day, every minute of the day in a married life is a negotiation. Everything can blow up into a full-scale war, starting from a simple sentence like, good morning, what should we do with the kids today? What should we do with that piece of furniture? Any sentence can lead you to heaven or to hell at the same time. So you do negotiate with terrorists. Oh yeah, yeah, 100%.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

If I'm allowed to use a curse word, I was like... As many as possible. I was like, oh shit. Part of my stand-up comedy is I describe a situation where I was in a restaurant with producers and there was a bombing two blocks away in Chelsea, New York in 2016. And of course, this is the like, damn, what's gonna happen to us now? And there's like two different reactions.