#402 - “Pure Evil” Bassem Youssef BLASTS Israel’s Plot Against America

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones

Documentary, Society & Culture, Comedy

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🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Bassem Youssef is a former heart surgeon turned comedian & political commentator from Egypt. Dubbed the "Jon Stewart of the Arab World," he was forced into exile in 2014 after legal harassment under military rule. SPONSORS https://irestore.com/danny - Use code DANNY for HUGE savings on iRESTORE. https://stopboxusa.com/danny - Use code DANNY for 10% off firearm security redesigned. https://takeultra.com - Use code DANNY for 10% off. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS @bassemyoussefofficial https://www.instagram.com/bassem FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - From heart surgeon to stand-up comedian 07:50 - Gad Saad & s**cidal empathy 09:59 - APAC spending vs. Thomas Massie 16:26 - Evidence Trump is compromised 24:22 - Israel's plan to sow anti-semitism 27:55 - Israel's secret base in Iraq 34:10 - Building 7 38:06 - October 2023 43:58 - Jewish community in New Jersey 52:07 - Las Vegas sting operation on an Israeli official 54:12 - 2024's anti-semite of the month 57:19 - Future 'Muslim majority' 01:01:18 - Palantir surveillance state 01:05:08 - Bassem hasn't been to Egypt in 12 years 01:06:32 - How much of our money goes to Israel 01:12:48 - What's happening now in Gaza 01:15:47 - Why Netanyahu brings dirty laundry to the White House 01:24:02 - The biggest argument against Islam 01:30:59 - What happened to Epstein 01:33:13 - Hasbara & Israel's PR budget 01:37:08 - The Riyadh comedy festival backlash 01:40:21 - The Israel end times propehecy 01:48:21 - Palantir's unsettling new partnership 01:52:40 - The data center water crisis 01:55:28 - The expiration date for free speech in America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shout out to Beck Lover for hooking us up.
0:08.5	Shout out for Beck.
0:09.8	Beck is the man.
0:10.8	Love you, Beck.
0:11.8	Back, the Albanian.
0:13.4	Yes, yeah.
0:14.6	The Albanian.
0:15.6	He's a wild boy.
0:16.6	Yeah.
0:17.6	But it's nice to meet you, man.
0:18.4	Thank you for coming.
0:19.2	No, thank you for having me.
0:20.3	You have a, I think we should start this thing out by explaining, like, your insane backstory,
0:25.5	how you started as a heart surgeon and ended up in stand-up comedy.
0:29.4	Has anyone ever done that before, or are you the first?
0:32.8	That particular trajectory, I think I was the first.
0:44.9	Because I, so I um I was a doctor 20 years in medicine
0:52.2	seven years studying 13 years operating and I hated every second of it hated every second of. But you know why we're going to medicine in the
0:54.6	Middle East? Because you want to please your parents. Because in the Middle East, you're
0:57.8	allowed to be one of three things. A doctor, an engineer, or a disappointment. So I didn't
1:03.4	want to disappoint my parents. So I went into medicine and I was never happy. It was a line of work that I was never happy.
1:12.6	And so I always wanted to have event and I wanted to try things to kind of like get me out of that.
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