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Fake the Nation

245. Too Fungible (w/ Bassem Youssef, Benari Poulten)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, Panel, News, Politics, Comedy

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Bassem Youssef and Benari Poulten join Negin to talk about hate crimes against Asians and gun violence. They also dive into the weird world of NFTs, the other weird world of Chuck Lorre shows, and discuss what they'd do differently if they had a pandemic year re-do.

Follow Baseem @baseem on IG and check out his new children’s book, “The Magical Reality of Nadia.

Follow Benari @benarilee on IG and Twitter and order his new comic book, “True War Stories." 

And please let us know what you think! Follow Negin @neginfarsad, write to her at [email protected] and support her Patreon www.patreon.com/NeginFarsad

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0:00.0

Hey folks, Nagin here to let you know that we had some audio issues in today's show.

0:10.3

So you're going to hear some glitches here and there, but it is altogether a fun show.

0:14.3

Sorry about the glitches, and we'll enjoy the show.

0:19.3

Fick the nation episode 245.

0:23.2

Hello, hello, this is Fick the nation where we talk about news, we talk about politics,

0:26.6

and where we go from St. Patrick's Day to Persian New Year right into my birthday.

0:32.5

I am your host, Nagin Farsad, and if you need a dumb reason to celebrate today, it's my

0:36.6

birthday!

0:37.6

Eat an extra pastry in my honor and be merry because every time you celebrate a holiday that

0:41.4

technically has nothing to do with you, a coronavirus variant loses its wigs.

0:45.8

I've read that on the CDC website, it's true.

0:48.8

Today, we're going to talk about the total union's gun violence in America, we'll also

0:53.0

talk about NFTs, what are they, and why is everyone talking about them, and finally,

0:57.9

after a year of panty, what would you do differently?

1:00.8

I am so excited by today's panel.

1:04.8

Weird, they're both, they've both been on the show before, I have known and loved them

1:09.1

both for very many years.

1:11.5

We have joining us from his porch in California, the author of the new children's book,

1:22.6

The Magical Reality of the Nadia, but oh my God, he is a comedian of many, many, many

1:30.4

works from here to Egypt.

1:34.2

He is the one and only boss of use of hey, boss, thank you, and it's always also my birthday

1:40.4

because, never did it in 21st of March, which is also the Navy rules, but it's really

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