August 01, 2018
Pod Save The World
Bassem Youssef: doctor, comedian, enemy of the Egyptian state
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
