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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

that I am not good enough, or if I am in a position where people think I am, deep inside I am not. Do you know that I have a speech impediment that I was not meant to be a TV presenter? In Arabic it's very obvious. I cannot troll my hours. I cannot say er, I cannot roll it. So in Arabic, like Spanish, it's very obvious.

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

that I am not good enough, or if I am in a position where people think I am, deep inside I am not. Do you know that I have a speech impediment that I was not meant to be a TV presenter? In Arabic it's very obvious. I cannot troll my hours. I cannot say er, I cannot roll it. So in Arabic, like Spanish, it's very obvious.

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

So when I did my first video on the internet that made me famous, and then I got my television deal back there in Egypt, my partner at the time, he took the video and he went to a producer and said like, are you giving me a guy with a lisp? He couldn't, he should, that's why when I came on television, I was the first ever guy with a lisp. I had two things going for me, the lisp and the big nose.

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

So when I did my first video on the internet that made me famous, and then I got my television deal back there in Egypt, my partner at the time, he took the video and he went to a producer and said like, are you giving me a guy with a lisp? He couldn't, he should, that's why when I came on television, I was the first ever guy with a lisp. I had two things going for me, the lisp and the big nose.

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

So when I did my first video on the internet that made me famous, and then I got my television deal back there in Egypt, my partner at the time, he took the video and he went to a producer and said like, are you giving me a guy with a lisp? He couldn't, he should, that's why when I came on television, I was the first ever guy with a lisp. I had two things going for me, the lisp and the big nose.

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

And I was always bullied for two, for these two all the time. So I always felt less.

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

And I was always bullied for two, for these two all the time. So I always felt less.

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

And I was always bullied for two, for these two all the time. So I always felt less.

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

I was in a gym and I was running on the treadmill. And at that time, CNN was coming out on cable. And I was watching and there is this studio. I don't know what it is. So I put the earphones on and I started watching. And I was so taken by this that I stopped the treadmill and I just like stood for the 20 minutes like this on the treadmill. And then I just like standing there.

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

I was in a gym and I was running on the treadmill. And at that time, CNN was coming out on cable. And I was watching and there is this studio. I don't know what it is. So I put the earphones on and I started watching. And I was so taken by this that I stopped the treadmill and I just like stood for the 20 minutes like this on the treadmill. And then I just like standing there.

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

I was in a gym and I was running on the treadmill. And at that time, CNN was coming out on cable. And I was watching and there is this studio. I don't know what it is. So I put the earphones on and I started watching. And I was so taken by this that I stopped the treadmill and I just like stood for the 20 minutes like this on the treadmill. And then I just like standing there.

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

I didn't know what he was saying. I didn't understand what is Democrats, what is Republicans, what is, those names that he's saying, what is Fox News? I don't understand. But I was fascinated. There was something, you know when you don't understand the music, but you get the rhythm? It was that.

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

I didn't know what he was saying. I didn't understand what is Democrats, what is Republicans, what is, those names that he's saying, what is Fox News? I don't understand. But I was fascinated. There was something, you know when you don't understand the music, but you get the rhythm? It was that.

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

I didn't know what he was saying. I didn't understand what is Democrats, what is Republicans, what is, those names that he's saying, what is Fox News? I don't understand. But I was fascinated. There was something, you know when you don't understand the music, but you get the rhythm? It was that.

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

I didn't understand any of the references. But it is the rhythm.

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

I didn't understand any of the references. But it is the rhythm.

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

I didn't understand any of the references. But it is the rhythm.

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

You know sometimes when you even see like a comedy that's a language you don't understand, but there's a rhythm. Boom, boom. There's something in the music. So there's something with the videos and the pictures and he and the face and people reacting. What is this?

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

You know sometimes when you even see like a comedy that's a language you don't understand, but there's a rhythm. Boom, boom. There's something in the music. So there's something with the videos and the pictures and he and the face and people reacting. What is this?

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

You know sometimes when you even see like a comedy that's a language you don't understand, but there's a rhythm. Boom, boom. There's something in the music. So there's something with the videos and the pictures and he and the face and people reacting. What is this?