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Bassem Youssef

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1347 total appearances

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

Yeah, like, you know, samba, salsa, pachata, merengue, it's kind of like Latin dances. And it's like, you know, I don't know how you describe salsa. Couple dance on Latin beat. And I did it because... I once, I, and I talk about that in my Arabic stand-up comedy, not the English. I talk about, like, how I was, you know, I didn't have, like, really, like, a great, like, social life.

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

Yeah, like, you know, samba, salsa, pachata, merengue, it's kind of like Latin dances. And it's like, you know, I don't know how you describe salsa. Couple dance on Latin beat. And I did it because... I once, I, and I talk about that in my Arabic stand-up comedy, not the English. I talk about, like, how I was, you know, I didn't have, like, really, like, a great, like, social life.

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

And I, my friends went there one day and I go into a place which, it was called El Gato Negro. No, no, it was called Big Fat Black Pussycat. And then I think they thought it would be, like, racist or something, so they changed it to El Gato Negro. Anyway, so...

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

And I, my friends went there one day and I go into a place which, it was called El Gato Negro. No, no, it was called Big Fat Black Pussycat. And then I think they thought it would be, like, racist or something, so they changed it to El Gato Negro. Anyway, so...

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

And I, my friends went there one day and I go into a place which, it was called El Gato Negro. No, no, it was called Big Fat Black Pussycat. And then I think they thought it would be, like, racist or something, so they changed it to El Gato Negro. Anyway, so...

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

Great, great. I know. Great decision. I know. So I went there.

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

Great, great. I know. Great decision. I know. So I went there.

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

Great, great. I know. Great decision. I know. So I went there.

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

We do everything for that. Even power, even money. All the wars we've been talking about. Women.

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

We do everything for that. Even power, even money. All the wars we've been talking about. Women.

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

We do everything for that. Even power, even money. All the wars we've been talking about. Women.

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

Of course. Like, I mean, that was like, that was like great. But then I, as, as a nerd, I went in so hard and now I became a salsa teacher.

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

Of course. Like, I mean, that was like, that was like great. But then I, as, as a nerd, I went in so hard and now I became a salsa teacher.

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

Of course. Like, I mean, that was like, that was like great. But then I, as, as a nerd, I went in so hard and now I became a salsa teacher.

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

And I earned more money from salsa more than I did as a doctor. I didn't know this part of you. That's hilarious. I was making a killing amount of money, like huge amount of money. And I was just like, you know, I would go finish my shift and I go to the salsa class. And sometimes I would have like 70 people in my salsa class. I had like the biggest salsa class in Egypt in the beginning of 2000.

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

And I earned more money from salsa more than I did as a doctor. I didn't know this part of you. That's hilarious. I was making a killing amount of money, like huge amount of money. And I was just like, you know, I would go finish my shift and I go to the salsa class. And sometimes I would have like 70 people in my salsa class. I had like the biggest salsa class in Egypt in the beginning of 2000.

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

And I earned more money from salsa more than I did as a doctor. I didn't know this part of you. That's hilarious. I was making a killing amount of money, like huge amount of money. And I was just like, you know, I would go finish my shift and I go to the salsa class. And sometimes I would have like 70 people in my salsa class. I had like the biggest salsa class in Egypt in the beginning of 2000.

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

And it was fantastic. And it was an outlet because you go there and there's the shifts and people dying. Damn.

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

And it was fantastic. And it was an outlet because you go there and there's the shifts and people dying. Damn.

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

And it was fantastic. And it was an outlet because you go there and there's the shifts and people dying. Damn.