#424 – Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame
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The following is a conversation with Bassem Youssef, a legendary Egyptian-American comedian, the so-called Jon Stewart of the Middle East, who fearlessly satirized those in power, even when his job and life were on the line. Bassem is a beautiful human being. It was truly a pleasure for me to get to know him and to have this fun, fascinating, and challenging conversation. And now, a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description. It is the best way to support this podcast. We got AG1 for health, Shopify for shopping, 8sleeve for naps, and Element for electrolytes. Choose wisely, my friends. Also, if you want to get in touch with me or maybe work with our amazing team, go to lexfriedman.com slash contact.
And now, on to the full ad reads. As always, no ads in the middle. I try to make these interesting, but if you skip them, please still check out our sponsors. I enjoy their stuff. Maybe you will too. This episode is brought to you by AG1, an all-in-one daily drink to support better health and peak performance. I got hit pretty hard today by allergies, and I'm just... in this place where nothing makes any sense. Noses running, scratchy throat, all that kind of stuff. Just a mess. Just a beautiful, wonderful mess that makes me appreciate all the other days when such things are not felt. That's what I hear from people who suffer from migraines, that chronic migraines are so terrible that they make you intensely hate when a migraine is going on and intensely love when it's not. Every time anything goes wrong, it's a great chance to celebrate all the times when stuff didn't go wrong.
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Wherever this need for sleep comes from, I think of sleep as a kind of celebration of our connection to nature. It's a mini death, but the beautiful version of that, especially when you dream, you travel to some place where your mind is reconfiguring itself to try to make sense of the world, to try to put together the puzzle in the most hallucinogenic way possible. before you get to return to the real world where everything makes a little bit more sense. Like Alice in Wonderland, but it's Lex in Wonderland in Eight Sleep Wonderland. Check them out and get special savings when you go to eightsleep.com slash Lex. This episode is also brought to you by Element. Electrolytes that I'm sipping on right now, sodium, potassium, and magnesium.
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