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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Conan and Sona in Morocco

25 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What makes this podcast episode special?

3.811 - 37.731 Conan O'Brien

Hey there, welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend. I'm joined as always by Sona Movsesian. Hello. This is kind of a special moment in our podcast because we, at the moment, are in a car in Morocco. Sona and I are in the backseat of the car. Yep. Blay is in the front seat shooting us, I think, for video capture. And Rashid is our driver. Hello, Rashid. Hello. Rashid is helping us out.

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37.751 - 44.558 Conan O'Brien

He's driving. And I may occasionally ask Rashid for any kind of help we might need, like content or humor.

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44.818 - 45.299 Sona Movsesian

That's good.

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45.439 - 55.57 Conan O'Brien

Yeah. So here's the story. Shooting an episode, along with Sona, of Conan O'Brien Must Go, I visited a fan who lives in Casablanca.

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56.05 - 56.431 Sona Movsesian

Yeah.

56.491 - 62.117 Conan O'Brien

So we flew into Casablanca, right? And we shot there for, what, two days?

62.3 - 63.983 Sona Movsesian

Yeah, we were there for two nights.

64.043 - 69.391 Conan O'Brien

And we hung out with our fan, who was very cool, and we had a good time with him.

69.872 - 73.518 Sona Movsesian

Yeah, sir. Then... Can you say his name? Are we allowed to?

Chapter 2: What adventures did Conan and Sona experience in Casablanca?

116.894 - 122.522 Conan O'Brien

And I asked you why. And you said, because there was that famous song, right? This is how we do it.

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122.542 - 124.024 Sona Movsesian

This is how we do it.

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124.044 - 131.514 Conan O'Brien

And then you said online there was a guy whose name is How We Do It. Right? And why don't you tell a song when you get yourself under control?

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131.855 - 144.873 Sona Movsesian

There's a picture of this guy. He's just a guy. And his name is Howie. His first name is Howie. And his last name is Do It. And then it just has the song looping that's just saying, this is how we do it.

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144.893 - 150.12 Conan O'Brien

Right. And how long were you watching that for?

151.366 - 157.958 Sona Movsesian

It's not how long I watched it one time, it's how many times do I watch it in like a week.

157.978 - 164.99 Conan O'Brien

And what made you start laughing about this now, deep in Morocco near the Algerian border?

166.693 - 175.889 Sona Movsesian

I don't know. I have no idea, but it was also, somebody sang the song and it makes me instantly think of that. I'm sorry, you know what? Ooh.

175.909 - 178.773 Conan O'Brien

Oh, wow, that was cool. We almost hit the car ahead of us.

Chapter 3: What unique customs and traditions did they encounter in Morocco?

254.552 - 257.62 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, she, yeah, she, you know, just said, yeah, she.

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257.721 - 261.411 Sona Movsesian

Yeah. No, you should have done that. We were there for, what, four hours.

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261.391 - 275.308 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, but we're only supposed to be there 20 minutes. And anyone who knows me knows I can do Peter Lorre going, I need my papers. I can do that for four hours easily. I could have done it for three days.

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275.829 - 276.45 Sona Movsesian

You could.

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276.47 - 282.117 Conan O'Brien

And you know what? When people don't get something I'm doing, I love it. And I do it. I go twice as hard.

282.097 - 285.364 Sona Movsesian

I know. I know. Do you ever get tired of your own bits?

285.604 - 286.105 Conan O'Brien

Oh, God, no.

286.185 - 289.653 Sona Movsesian

Is there ever a time when you're like, oh, I've been doing this for a long time?

289.713 - 300.475 Conan O'Brien

Nope. Nope. No. No. I'm always just so happy to be trapped inside this guy. Okay. What a weird way to put it. Finally, we get out of Casablanca. Right?

Chapter 4: How did the heat affect their filming in Merzogat?

816.662 - 818.945 Sona Movsesian

It's nice that you didn't fall off the giant camel.

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818.965 - 838.072 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, it's really funny to put a sound effect to someone not falling off a camel. That's hilarious. How are you doing up there? Well, I'm perfectly comfortable and I'm sitting very steady on this camel. That's not funny. Come on. You can't do that yo-yo sound. I didn't think I would enjoy the desert as much as I did.

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839.194 - 850.433 Conan O'Brien

If you had done America's Funniest Home Videos, but all the videos were a kid walking very carefully around a pool and not falling. Someone walking in with a tray of meatballs and none of them fall off.

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850.733 - 852.195 Conan O'Brien

But you put funny sound effects to it.

852.455 - 852.776

Yeah.

852.796 - 862.307 Conan O'Brien

Here's some meatballs and they look just fine. Boing, boing, boing. As they set them down on the table and nothing bad happens. Wouldn't that be a great America's Funniest Home Videos?

863.308 - 865.491 Sona Movsesian

That would. You just make normal mundane videos.

865.511 - 883.61 Conan O'Brien

Yeah. Uh-oh, there's Grandpa on the diving board. And, oh, that was a nice simple dive. And he seems fine. Boing, boing, boing. I'm gonna have a sex sesh in Marrakesh. Wait. Gonna have a sex sesh in Marrakesh.

Chapter 5: What humorous incidents occurred during their travel?

940.479 - 941.541 Conan O'Brien

We're on our way.

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941.521 - 963.647 Conan O'Brien

to the next flight this has been a lot of travel but you know what i've noticed when we sit down and have the food yeah i keep thinking the same thing and i'm i keep saying sona is this what it's like in your family because it's lots of plates that are filled with various dips and breads and everyone reaches in and gloop gloop gloop and i thought this must be very much your home and everyone's sort of shouting and having fun i mean our crew you

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963.627 - 967.671 Sona Movsesian

You were asking this question. I couldn't tell if you were like making fun of me.

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967.691 - 968.152 Conan O'Brien

No, no, no, no.

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968.292 - 969.774 Sona Movsesian

Or if you were actually saying it.

969.794 - 971.535 Conan O'Brien

You are Armenian. You are not Moroccan.

971.756 - 971.976 Sona Movsesian

Yes.

971.996 - 985.671 Conan O'Brien

But I've noticed that there are certain similarities. There's baba ghanoush, which you love. There's various flatbreads. There's a lot of, you know, fresh, wholesome vegetables. Yeah. And, of course, the chickens are amazing.

985.711 - 986.912 Sona Movsesian

Yeah, they're so good.

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