This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes the “Egyptian Jon Stewart” Bassem Youssef to the podcast. A decade ago Youssef was a key figure in the Egyptian Revolution, hosting a satirical comedy show throughout it. But more recently Youssef garnered attention for his international viral appearance on Pier Morgan Uncensored. Youssef discusses how he ... Show More
Jul 23
What Happened to Google Search? Cory Doctorow Explains Why All Your Tech Is Getting Worse
Have you had the funny feeling that content online is just a worse than it used to be – that actually a lot of art – movies, TV, music, comedy is just not has good as 3, 5, 10 years ago? Or maybe you are a person who makes art for a living who feels like the frog in boiling water ... Show More
1h 7m
Apr 2021
121: Bassem Youssef - Hero to Villain
My HoneyDew this week is Egyptian comedian, writer, producer, surgeon, and television host, Bassem Youssef! Bassem hosted El-Bernameg (The Show), a satirical news program, from 2011 to 2014. The press has compared Bassem with Jon Stewart. Bassem Highlights Lowlights about going f ... Show More
1h 12m
Jan 2024
HEATED Israel vs Palestine Debate w/ Bassem Youssef | PBD Podcast | Ep. 349
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Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick, and Vincent Oshana are joined by comedian, television host and surgeon Dr. Bassem Youssef!
Bassem Raafat Mohamed Youssef is an Egyptian comedian, television host, and surgeon. He is best-known in his media career for having hosted Al Bernameg ... Show More
2h 2m
Apr 2024
Bassem Youssef: Egypt's Jon Stewart on Palestine, the press and Piers Morgan
In 2011 Bassem Youssef was a little-known heart surgeon in Cairo. A year later, he was hosting his own political satire TV show, Al-Bernameg, drawing in 30 million weekly viewers as he made fun of the Egyptian regime. Bassem's comedy was groundbreaking but it proved too controver ... Show More
52m 23s
Sep 2019
How a Heart Surgeon Named Bassem Youssef Became the Jon Stewart of Egypt
This week on Back To School, political comedian Bassem Youssef talks to us about the Egyptian Revolution, why it's important to make fun of your leaders, and how veganism can cure all kinds of diseases, but it can't fix baldness.
1h 9m