August 01, 2018
Pod Save The World
Bassem Youssef: doctor, comedian, enemy of the Egyptian state
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In This Episode
Tommy talks with Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef about his improbable path to comedy, fame, and becoming an enemy of the Egyptian state.
Show Notes:
- PRI’s The World: After the Egyptian military took away a political satirist’s show, he podcasts about his new life in LA
- Little Village Magazine: Bassem Youssef, the ‘Egyptian Jon Stewart,’ is taking on Trump’s America
- BBC: Bassem Youssef: The wild story of ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’
- Los Angeles Times: ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’ is living in exile and trying to make his satire work in America
- UPROXX: Bassem Youssef Thinks We’re All Outsiders, And That’s What Can Unite Us
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Bassem Youssef first came to Philly as a surgeon. He returns as the ‘Egyptian Jon Stewart’
- AM to DM: Video: Bassem Youssef On “Remade In America” And Trump
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Radio Interview: Bassem Youssef on the State of America (A Comedian Talks to Fellow Immigrants)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Video: Youssef Is No Longer The “Jon Stewart of Egypt”
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Video: Bassem Youssef Worries He’s In The Middle Eastern Version Of ‘Get Out’
- FUSION: Video: It’s a Free-Speech Country • Democracy Handbook with Bassem Youssef Ep.7
- The Daily Show: Video: An Egyptian Satirist in America – Bassem Youssef