1131: Comedy, Money and the Middle East with Negin Farsad

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Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Negin Farsad was named one of the 53 Funniest Women by Huffington Post and her TEDTalk on social justice comedy has been seen by millions. She is author of How to Make White People Laugh, host of political comedy podcast Fake the Nation, regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, and frequent co-host on Neil DeGrasse Tyon’s Star Talk. She’s been on HBO's High Maintenance and Comedy Central’s Nightly Show among others. She wrote/directed The Muslims Are Coming! (Netflix) with Jon Stewart and David Cross. Her latest 3rd Street Blackout is on Peacock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Money
0:00.5	episode 1131, Naguin Farsad, comedian author and filmmaker.
0:05.0	You're listening to So Money,
0:08.0	with award-winning money guru Farnoosh Karabi.
0:11.0	Each day, get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds,
0:16.5	authors, influencers, and from Farnoosh yourself.
0:20.8	Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons?
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0:26.0	Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life.
0:30.0	Welcome to So Money.
0:32.0	Every time I spend money on something Welcome to So Money.
0:37.0	Every time I spend money on something that's like frivolous, I have like a little pang in my heart
0:40.0	because I was taught to just be very serious about expenditures and like never treat
0:44.6	myself to anything. I'm in for a real treat on the podcast today. Welcome to
0:49.5	So Money, everybody. I'm your host, Farnu Shorabi, a treat for me and hopefully for you as well.
0:54.3	Naguin Farsad joins us and Naguin and I share a few traits in common although she is
1:00.0	far better at all of those skills. She is a comedian named one of the
1:04.3	53 funniest women by Huffington Post. She is a speaker. Her TED Talk on
1:09.3	social justice comedy has been seen by millions. She is an author of how to make white people
1:15.3	laugh and she hosts a podcast like I do, but it's a lot funnier, called Fake the
1:19.9	Nation, a show that is the comedy about politics without any of the politics about
1:24.4	politics. She wrote and directed The Muslims are coming on Netflix with John
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