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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 kind of face of adoration that goes... Yeah. And I could see it in their face. I think he's gonna drive an Uber in a couple of weeks.

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

That kind of face of adoration that goes... Yeah. And I could see it in their face. I think he's gonna drive an Uber in a couple of weeks.

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

That kind of face of adoration that goes... Yeah. And I could see it in their face. I think he's gonna drive an Uber in a couple of weeks.

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

And then the central, oh, you left. You gave up. You were a sellout. You were a coward. Why don't you speak from abroad? You're safe now. I already spoke. I don't want to be, because I don't want to be an activist. I was doing that for comedy when it was good for everybody. But now they want me to go into YouTube and just like throw rocks from outside. I was like, you know what, I understand.

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

And then the central, oh, you left. You gave up. You were a sellout. You were a coward. Why don't you speak from abroad? You're safe now. I already spoke. I don't want to be, because I don't want to be an activist. I was doing that for comedy when it was good for everybody. But now they want me to go into YouTube and just like throw rocks from outside. I was like, you know what, I understand.

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

And then the central, oh, you left. You gave up. You were a sellout. You were a coward. Why don't you speak from abroad? You're safe now. I already spoke. I don't want to be, because I don't want to be an activist. I was doing that for comedy when it was good for everybody. But now they want me to go into YouTube and just like throw rocks from outside. I was like, you know what, I understand.

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

I have family there. And it was this kind of like thing like that I am being... like attacked for not doing what I should do in their face and attacked for not being funny and not doing good.

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

I have family there. And it was this kind of like thing like that I am being... like attacked for not doing what I should do in their face and attacked for not being funny and not doing good.

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

I have family there. And it was this kind of like thing like that I am being... like attacked for not doing what I should do in their face and attacked for not being funny and not doing good.

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

And now I'm feeling like maybe it was wrong and I was, I didn't know, I really, it was so traumatic that I don't know actually how I went through these years and I blocked so many details from my brain because I have been using this technique for a while now that I have been erasing a lot of my, there is a lot of memory gaps in my brain.

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

And now I'm feeling like maybe it was wrong and I was, I didn't know, I really, it was so traumatic that I don't know actually how I went through these years and I blocked so many details from my brain because I have been using this technique for a while now that I have been erasing a lot of my, there is a lot of memory gaps in my brain.

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

And now I'm feeling like maybe it was wrong and I was, I didn't know, I really, it was so traumatic that I don't know actually how I went through these years and I blocked so many details from my brain because I have been using this technique for a while now that I have been erasing a lot of my, there is a lot of memory gaps in my brain.

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

And I'm trying to suppress it because it was very, very, very traumatic. And a lot of people told me you have to go to therapy, but I don't, I can't, I don't know. I'm worried to open the floodgates. And I'm thinking as if I'm functional and I'm not killing anybody, I'm okay.

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

And I'm trying to suppress it because it was very, very, very traumatic. And a lot of people told me you have to go to therapy, but I don't, I can't, I don't know. I'm worried to open the floodgates. And I'm thinking as if I'm functional and I'm not killing anybody, I'm okay.

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

And I'm trying to suppress it because it was very, very, very traumatic. And a lot of people told me you have to go to therapy, but I don't, I can't, I don't know. I'm worried to open the floodgates. And I'm thinking as if I'm functional and I'm not killing anybody, I'm okay.

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

Imagine when you're 45, 46, and then people are like, is this his midlife crisis? What is this? I went through a lot of pain and a lot of, like, the doubts, and it was terrible.

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

Imagine when you're 45, 46, and then people are like, is this his midlife crisis? What is this? I went through a lot of pain and a lot of, like, the doubts, and it was terrible.

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

Imagine when you're 45, 46, and then people are like, is this his midlife crisis? What is this? I went through a lot of pain and a lot of, like, the doubts, and it was terrible.

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

Because I started that. And the only reason that I could is to continue. I don't know what else to do. I don't want to go back to medicine. I don't want to do that. And I don't know. And bit by bit, bit by bit, I started to kind of like be better, be better, be better.

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

Because I started that. And the only reason that I could is to continue. I don't know what else to do. I don't want to go back to medicine. I don't want to do that. And I don't know. And bit by bit, bit by bit, I started to kind of like be better, be better, be better.