Making Fun of Dictators (with Bassem Youseff)
Mar 19, 2021•39 min
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Episode description
Bassem Youseff joins the show to talk about his experience hosting the show, El-Bernameg (The Show), a satirical news program in Egypt, from 2011 to 2014. Youseff is often described as the Egyptian Jon Stewart because his program garnered over 40 million viewers. In 2013, Time named Youseff one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Why are dictators humorless? Do you think that America has a healthy political satire climate? What caused the Arab Spring?
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