This week Comedian Tex Eknes joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about the art of roast battling, how gloomy Norwegian people are, Viking descendants, the Dragon Ball series, watching dubbed vs. subbed shows, what makes One Piece so great, and the best anime tropes. Support the show directly at Patreon, Get Exclusive Weekly Episodes. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Tex YouTube / Instagram The Immigrant Section is a weekly show where guests join Abbas Wahab, Su...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 16 min
This week Comedian Amish Patel joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about old-school immigrants resisting pets, brown dads on interracial marriages, the hijab ban in France, Muslim discrimination in India, how great singers get away with crime, men vs. women in court, the way minorities deal with authority, and how staunch anti-gay people are usually deep in the closet. Support the show directly at Patreon, Get Exclusive Weekly Episodes. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instag...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 14 min
This week Comedian Marc-Anthony Sinagoga joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about the stripper construction site scandal in the GTA, how certain ethnicities dominate certain trades, how Greeks and Arabs are similar, the recent shootings in Texas, Ontario's 3rd Lockdown, how siestas work, and Italian superstitions ( the "Evil Eye" ). Support the show directly at Patreon, Get Exclusive Weekly Episodes. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Marc YouTube / Instagram Th...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 15 min
This week Comedian Che Durena joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about how Ontario is butchering the pandemic, conspiracy folk, Genghis Khan versus Elon Musk, Canadian artists going to the US, and how black people love anime. Support the show directly at Patreon, Get Exclusive Weekly Episodes. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Che YouTube / Instagram The Immigrant Section is a weekly show where guests join Abbas Wahab, Sudanese-Canadian Standup Comedian, to tal...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 24 min
"OPEN MIC'RS" is a web series pilot written and created by Abbas Wahab and Max Sheldrick. Abbas chats about how they got the idea originally, the creative process, and trying to pitch it and get it into festivals. Also the difference of having an actual director (Mark Corless) versus just shooting comedy sketches by ourselves. It goes LIVE at 12PM EST today (4/09/21). THE LINK IS BELOW, DON'T MISS IT! https://youtu.be/8vdvQS6cQMk
Apr 09, 2021•15 min
This week is Episode 100! Thanks to all the listeners for tuning in, y'all make the show go on. Make sure to checkout the new studio look on YouTube! This week Comedian Hassan Chaudhry joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about Brampton vs. Mississauga, how to tell Asians apart, what Snapchat is now, the current state of Sudan, stories of getting scammed, horrible comb overs, and going to Turkey to fix your hairline. Support the show directly at Patreon, Get Exclusive Weekly Episodes. www.patreon.com...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 12 min
This week Actor/Comedian Sima Sepehri joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about immigrant career choices, people butchering foreign names, arrogant commercial directors, superstars in the past versus today, everyone becoming an influencer, fuckboy cops, and living in LA during the BLM riots. Support the show directly at Patreon, Get Exclusive Weekly Episodes. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Sima Website / Instagram The Immigrant Section is a weekly show where ...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This week Comedian/Director Conrad Osei joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about the nail salon mass killings, white terrorists, racial overcorrection in television, how corruption looks in Nigeria, being an employee versus consultant, companies that force work community, and what makes people funny. Support the show directly at Patreon, Get Exclusive Weekly Episodes. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Conrad Website / Instagram The Immigrant Section is a weekly...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 23 min
This week Comedian Max Sheldrick (So How Was Your Day Podcast) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about being the only white guy at work, our early content days, having a cursed family bloodline, painful COVID tests, the new South Park vaccination special, his plan if he got airdropped in the middle of Sudan, and the best/worst techniques of panhandlers. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Max Podcast / Insta...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 24 min
This week Comedian George Rivard (2 Tall Dudes Podcast) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about seeing DJ Premier Live, Short Man Syndrome, Lebron James' reign, Kanye and Kim's divorce, learning to forge signatures as a kid, government jobs, US vs Canada's Navy, military hierarchy, and stories from boot camp. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More George Podcast / Instagram The Immigrant Section is a weekly sho...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 5 min
This week Abbas reacts to the new B.I.G Netflix documentary, how his persona compared to 2pac's, Life After Death versus Me Against The World, if they weren't gunned down, and the legacies they left. This is a Clip from this Week's Patreon Episode, get the rest and more at: www.Patreon.com/TheImmigrantSection Enjoy!
Mar 08, 2021•17 min
This week Khardiac (Bass House Artist) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about their first experiences after arriving in Canada, going to school for sound production, making Bass House music, what happens back stage at EDM festivals, why nightclubs turn over so quickly, and the reality of performing in the middle east. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Khardiac New Single / Instagram The Immigrant Section ...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 17 min
This week Falafel Kimchi (Content Creator) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about his recent Al Jazeera and BBC Arabic interviews, what the next big thing is after TikTok, why the Clubhouse app is strange, the gorilla glue girl, fun facts about Korean culture, people with too much plastic surgery, and when electric cars will take over the roads. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Falafel Kimchi YouTube / I...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 17 min
This week Comedian Guled Abdi (CBC's TallBoyz) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about the release of the new Season of TallBoyz Sketch Comedy Show, how his team got the network's attention, writing for TV, being born in Somalia but growing up Kenya, and things you'll only see in those countries. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Guled Twitter / Instagram The Immigrant Section is a weekly show where guests...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 13 min
This week Investor Tay Moore (Moore Money with Tay Moore) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about why investing simulators don't work, how Best Buy has managed to stay alive despite Amazon, the bad thing about unions, a step-by-step look at the GameStop stock fiasco, and Warren Buffett's 4 investing rules explained. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Tay YouTube / Instagram The Immigrant Section is a weekly...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 27 min
This week Podcaster Annick Bissainthe (Immigrant Dilemma Podcast) joins Abbas Wahab to chat about the new curfew in Quebec, growing up in Haiti and the culture, moving to Montreal during high school, the English vs French cliques, people who immigrate physically but not mentally, and the possible end of the work-from-the-office era. Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Annick Podcast / Instagram The Immig...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 9 min
This week Comedian Black Zeus joins Abbas Wahab to chat about our childhoods as a single child versus one of six, Lebron James in the upcoming Space Jam Movie (8:30), the Andrew Schulz Netflix special (16:30), social media becoming too demanding (25:00), great old movies and the rise of Jim Carrey (42:00), and the return of stand-up and life after the pandemic ends (1:01:00). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagr...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 25 min
This week Comedian/Teacher Moe Ismail joins Abbas Wahab to chat about teaching kids via zoom (3:00), anti-maskers and contrarians (23:00), meeting all his heroes (Mike Tyson, Zinedine Zidane, Bill Burr, and Louis C.K.) (34:50), the UFC and new string of "Clout Fights" (54:00), and things you didn't know about Egyptian culture (1:07:00). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas YouTube / Instagram More Moe Instagram The Immigrant Sect...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Abbas chats about reading William Kamkwamba's The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind and remembering his home village in Sudan, African level of ingenuity, and the stark difference between growing up there versus Canada. ----more---- Want an extra episode every week? Join The Immigrant Section. www.Patreon.com/TheImmigrantSection ----more---- ------------------- A Sample from This Week's Patreon Episode --------------------- This week Abbas talks about the reality of censorship, the most recent podcast ...
Jan 15, 2021•12 min
This week comedian Ben Bankas joins Abbas Wahab to chat about the COVID vaccine, Chinese troops training in Canada, the effectiveness of the lockdown (15:00), pot dispensaries opening up everywhere (30:30), BLM verus the Capital Hillers (41:00), and the new woke ways (1:05:00). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas Wahab: YouTube / Instagram More Ben: YouTube / Instagram / Podcast The Immigrant Section is a weekly show where guest...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 26 min
This week comedian Hassan Chaudhry joins Abbas Wahab and we chat about the Canada Revenue Agency scam (5:45), how Muslims are easy to trigger (14:40), the immigrant dad character (23:00) , Dugsi Quran teachers (27:00), who tips the most on Uber Eats (34:00), the mentally challenged (47:00), and types of Khutbahs (1:05:00). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Hassan: Instagram More Abbas Wahab: YouTube www.abbaswahab.com The Immigrant ...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Ahmed Abdelrahman, Comedian, zooms into the studio and we chat about becoming a vegan during COVID (6:10), Canadian versus US McDonalds (13:20), if Sudanese people are Arab (22:10), funny conversations in Sudan (37:20), meeting in the SF comedy scene (49:20), and The Punchline and Cobb's Comedy Clubs (1:00:00) Want Weekly Solo Episodes? Join the Patreon, become a Certified RefuG! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Ahmed: www.instagram.com/comicahmed/ More Immigrant Section Content: TheImmi...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Lior Cabessa, Comedian/Hair Dresser, drops by the studio and we chat about getting drafted into the Israeli army (4:00), growing up very orthodox (16:50), getting good at impressions (26:00), Sebastian Maniscalco's comedy (29:00), Mike Tyson reaching guru level (36:30), comedy scene pet peeves (47:20), and becoming a hair dresser (1:01:00). Want Weekly Solo Episodes? Join the Patreon, become a Certified RefuG! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Lior: www.instagram.com/lior618/ www.tiktok.c...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Che Durena, Comedian/Host , drops by the studio and we chat about social media algorithms (7:00), can Chris D'elia return from his cancelling (16:30), stand-up after COVID (30:00), talent vs. personality (41:30), the death of small businesses and theatres (47:00), and the last time his Dad ever hit him (1:07:30). Want Weekly Solo Episodes? Join the Patreon, become a Certified RefuG! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Che: www.chedurena.com/ www.instagram.com/chedurena YouTube Channel More ...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Mark Corless, Director/Photographer , drops by the studio and we chat about the obvious ethnic agenda on TV (7:45), racial dynamics and the fear of cops (19:00), Canada's black history highlights (33:00), Martin Luther King Jr. versus Malcom X (37:30), and why Canada drives our talent to the US (50:00). Want Weekly Solo Episodes? Join the Patreon, become a Certified RefuG! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection | More Mark: www.markcorless.com/ Instagram.com/kalakaboo/ More Immigrant Section Conten...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Salma Hindy, Comedian, drops by the studio and we chat about the youngest-child dynamic, doing therapy and how it works (10:00), the benefits of it (27:00), the "onion" analogy and how shame is formed (43:30), the Muslim "scoreboard" and haram police (1:03:30), and funny Egyptian insights (1:30:30). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection The Immigrant Section is a weekly show where guests join Abbas Wahab, Sudanese-Canadian Standup Comedian, t...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 36 min
SpeakRaw Sammy, Content Creator, drops by the studio and we chat about how we met, his last ass whooping (13:30), things we've only seen in Sudan (18:30), the Israel-Palestine situation (45:00), taking the COVID vaccine (57:30), getting harassed by cops in Cancun and trying to find weed during a Miami layover (1:04:20). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection The Immigrant Section is a weekly show where guests join Abbas Wahab, Sudanese-Canadi...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Jordan Policicchio, Comedian/Actor, drops by the studio and we chat about new iPhone (3:30), people permanently working from home (12:40), what New York represents for comedy (27:00), the value of rest (58:20), and the weird state of the economy (1:11:30). JOIN THE PATREON FOR WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection | More Jordan: www.instagram.com/jordanpolicicchio/ More Immigrant Section Content: www.theimmigrantsection.com https://www.youtube.com/c/AbbasWahab More Abbas Wah...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Dave Merheje, Comedian/Actor (see him on Hulu's RAMY), zooms into the studio and we chat about how he got on Ramy, being a non-muslim playing a devout muslim named "Ahmed" and the reception, his long rise in the world of stand-up, what COVID taught comedians, and stories about working with Mahershala Ali. Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection The Immigrant Section is a weekly show where guests join Abbas Wahab, Sudanese-Canadian Standup Come...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Sammy Edan (Comedian/TikToker) zooms in and we talk about finding your groove on TikTok (05:00), how much people actually make (17:45), getting addicted to notifications (37:00), how parents use WhatsApp (49:20), dealing with imposter syndrome (01:00:40), and supporting our families (1:12:20). JOIN THE PATREON FOR WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection | More Sammy: www.tiktok.com/@thewsammy www.instagram.com/thewsammy More Immigrant Section Content: www.theimmigrantsection.c...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 42 min
