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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

I was in an interrogation for six hours, and they were asking all my jokes, and I used that in my standup comedy, describing exactly what happened in the six hours, and it is so funny.

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

But what? You were interrogated by the Brotherhood.

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

But what? You were interrogated by the Brotherhood.

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

But what? You were interrogated by the Brotherhood.

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

The general prosecutor. The general prosecutor. And it was based because of complaints by the officials in the government. Because in order for the general prosecutor to do it, it has to have a high up mandate to bring that person to questioning.

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

The general prosecutor. The general prosecutor. And it was based because of complaints by the officials in the government. Because in order for the general prosecutor to do it, it has to have a high up mandate to bring that person to questioning.

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

The general prosecutor. The general prosecutor. And it was based because of complaints by the officials in the government. Because in order for the general prosecutor to do it, it has to have a high up mandate to bring that person to questioning.

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

Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, it was official. It was legal. So I went there and I asked, and it's kind of like a bunch of insulting Islam, insulting president, spreading false rumors. And I went there and it was funny because I go into the building where there's police officers and there are judges and all of them are big fans of the show.

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

Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, it was official. It was legal. So I went there and I asked, and it's kind of like a bunch of insulting Islam, insulting president, spreading false rumors. And I went there and it was funny because I go into the building where there's police officers and there are judges and all of them are big fans of the show.

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

Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, it was official. It was legal. So I went there and I asked, and it's kind of like a bunch of insulting Islam, insulting president, spreading false rumors. And I went there and it was funny because I go into the building where there's police officers and there are judges and all of them are big fans of the show.

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

He's just reading your jokes back to you. He was reading my joke and he's reading the jokes and the junior judge is sitting there like cracking up.

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

He's just reading your jokes back to you. He was reading my joke and he's reading the jokes and the junior judge is sitting there like cracking up.

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

He's just reading your jokes back to you. He was reading my joke and he's reading the jokes and the junior judge is sitting there like cracking up.

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

It's like, guys. That's dark. It's kind of like, and I'm laughing, but in the same time, it's like the whole situation is ridiculous. But then at the end, I was released on bail. So I went back to my show and I make fun of that.

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

It's like, guys. That's dark. It's kind of like, and I'm laughing, but in the same time, it's like the whole situation is ridiculous. But then at the end, I was released on bail. So I went back to my show and I make fun of that.

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

It's like, guys. That's dark. It's kind of like, and I'm laughing, but in the same time, it's like the whole situation is ridiculous. But then at the end, I was released on bail. So I went back to my show and I make fun of that.

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

And you have to be honest, the Muslim Brotherhood were in power, but Egypt was like right out of the revolution for there was kind of like an equal spread of power between the people. There was not like someone who would come in and just like, the Muslim Brotherhood didn't have that power yet, but they were kind of, People saw that they were moving towards that. And then the tension rose.

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

And you have to be honest, the Muslim Brotherhood were in power, but Egypt was like right out of the revolution for there was kind of like an equal spread of power between the people. There was not like someone who would come in and just like, the Muslim Brotherhood didn't have that power yet, but they were kind of, People saw that they were moving towards that. And then the tension rose.

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

And you have to be honest, the Muslim Brotherhood were in power, but Egypt was like right out of the revolution for there was kind of like an equal spread of power between the people. There was not like someone who would come in and just like, the Muslim Brotherhood didn't have that power yet, but they were kind of, People saw that they were moving towards that. And then the tension rose.

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

And then there was like a kind of a confrontation between them and the army. And then a lot of people were killed in the street. It was terrible massacre. And then suddenly I am blamed for all of that. It's like, you made fun of us. So now it made it easier for people to kill. It's like, dude, come on. You're doing that to me too. I just did it better than you.