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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

And so but I can't, I mean, I've been doing that for two years. And I kind of just like, say, Bye, bye, guys. I have a responsibility, I have a team, I have people working for me. And I also, I cannot just like disappear. And he said the most interesting thing ever. And say, if you're afraid of something, make fun of it.

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

about the fact that you're afraid of it, instead of talking about that something. So there was like a whole episode that we did not even mention Sisi. We did not even mention him, but the videos did all the thing. And the whole episode was me trying to avoid talking about him. And that how the comedy was created. The fact that I don't wanna be here.

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

about the fact that you're afraid of it, instead of talking about that something. So there was like a whole episode that we did not even mention Sisi. We did not even mention him, but the videos did all the thing. And the whole episode was me trying to avoid talking about him. And that how the comedy was created. The fact that I don't wanna be here.

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

about the fact that you're afraid of it, instead of talking about that something. So there was like a whole episode that we did not even mention Sisi. We did not even mention him, but the videos did all the thing. And the whole episode was me trying to avoid talking about him. And that how the comedy was created. The fact that I don't wanna be here.

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

So he said like, you will be surprised how people can relate to that because there was a lot of kind of like, oh, we love him, but we feel we cannot speak. So just by doing the simple thing about mirroring the society, that goes a long way. And I kind of tried to do what I can under the military. I mean, they came up with...

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

So he said like, you will be surprised how people can relate to that because there was a lot of kind of like, oh, we love him, but we feel we cannot speak. So just by doing the simple thing about mirroring the society, that goes a long way. And I kind of tried to do what I can under the military. I mean, they came up with...

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

So he said like, you will be surprised how people can relate to that because there was a lot of kind of like, oh, we love him, but we feel we cannot speak. So just by doing the simple thing about mirroring the society, that goes a long way. And I kind of tried to do what I can under the military. I mean, they came up with...

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

a machine that treats AIDS and hepatitis C virus, and basically every single, and I went to town with that. Because people think, it doesn't really have to go in, to go to the bigger parts like, you're an asshole, no. You talk about their propaganda. You talk about what they want people to perceive them at. And it's a failure. And for that, that kind of hit them even more.

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

a machine that treats AIDS and hepatitis C virus, and basically every single, and I went to town with that. Because people think, it doesn't really have to go in, to go to the bigger parts like, you're an asshole, no. You talk about their propaganda. You talk about what they want people to perceive them at. And it's a failure. And for that, that kind of hit them even more.

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

a machine that treats AIDS and hepatitis C virus, and basically every single, and I went to town with that. Because people think, it doesn't really have to go in, to go to the bigger parts like, you're an asshole, no. You talk about their propaganda. You talk about what they want people to perceive them at. And it's a failure. And for that, that kind of hit them even more.

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

Because what do authoritarian figures do? They work on two things. Fear. and propaganda, and from that, it gets the respect. So when you go into their propaganda and expose them, they have nothing else.

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

Because what do authoritarian figures do? They work on two things. Fear. and propaganda, and from that, it gets the respect. So when you go into their propaganda and expose them, they have nothing else.

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

Because what do authoritarian figures do? They work on two things. Fear. and propaganda, and from that, it gets the respect. So when you go into their propaganda and expose them, they have nothing else.

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

And this is why comedy is very specific, because people say, you were not as hard on him as you were on the Muslim Brotherhood. Yes, because on the Muslim Brotherhood, we were just like saying shit for each other. Yeah. But now the ceiling was like here. So it's kind of like, how can you do something from here? Yeah, exactly.

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

And this is why comedy is very specific, because people say, you were not as hard on him as you were on the Muslim Brotherhood. Yes, because on the Muslim Brotherhood, we were just like saying shit for each other. Yeah. But now the ceiling was like here. So it's kind of like, how can you do something from here? Yeah, exactly.

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

And this is why comedy is very specific, because people say, you were not as hard on him as you were on the Muslim Brotherhood. Yes, because on the Muslim Brotherhood, we were just like saying shit for each other. Yeah. But now the ceiling was like here. So it's kind of like, how can you do something from here? Yeah, exactly.

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

That means other stuff.

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

That means other stuff.

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

That means other stuff.

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

And that's why I was canceled twice.