Ira Glass

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They didn't really have friends.

I'm Eric Glass.

Next week on the podcast of This American Life, 10 months after the fall of the brutal dictatorship in Syria, a group of Syrian comedians decides to go on a national tour.

But it is really not clear what they can say with their newfound freedom.

Or it's still going to get them in serious trouble.

Turns out, some people don't want to let them.