Some stories I don't tell because I don't know the, I say it all the time.

I don't know the statute of limitations on that.

I have no idea what the statute of limitation is on that, so that story won't be told.

This is Goodwin.

I am Jesse David Fox, senior writer, vulture, and author of comedy books.

My guest today is Ali Sadiq.

We discuss what it takes to be the greatest storyteller alive, if not the greatest storyteller in the history of comedy book. My guest today is Ali Sadiq. We discuss what it takes to be the greatest

storyteller alive, if not the greatest storyteller in the history of comedy. Most famously,

this has meant the Domino Effect series, an epic, unprecedented collection of four specials

about what led Ali to pursue selling drugs, him eventually getting arrested for selling drugs,

and his time in prison. But Ali is also the most prolific comedian working right now, releasing three specials in the year since wrapping Abdomino Effect, with many more to come. And it's worth noting, Ali's doing all of this independently, releasing these specials on his own YouTube channel instead of on a major streaming service. So, here is Ali Sadiek. I here with Ali Sadiq. Thank you for joining me. Oh, thank you for having me. What's the funniest thing that happened to you this week? I lost the argument to my role manager, Dre. And I was arguing about, like, Dre, you know, I'm not really famous. Dre, like, you are famous. I'm like, Dre, I'm not famous. He's like, you are famous. And as we're riding down the street, we turn a corner and a guy is getting ready to start his route for UPS. And I didn't really think that he saw me because I'm looking down. It's like a really small shot of me, I guess, in his brain. But he noticed and he ran to the corner as we was turning. He was like, yo, flagging him. Yo, I love you, man. I watch all your stuff when I'm, you know, I listen to all your stuff when I'm working. then rolled down the window I gave him some love for

sure and then I rolled the window back up and I look over I didn't want to look I knew dray

was looking at me too much I told you you're famous yeah that doesn't happen to not famous

people yeah that's the thing, you know, I guess.

So when we last spoke, it was a year and a half ago, you're about to put out Domino Effect 4.

Now that you have some distance from that project, what did it mean for you personally to do a series?

Just wanted to make comedic history.

I want to do something to set myself apart from every other comedian that ever existed,

you know, just to do a full-part series of a continuous thing that's not based upon topics,

you know, current topics or politics or any of those things.

I just wanted to do it about myself and long form, you know, just put it in a perspective

where people would listen to long form, not just clips, you know, just, you know, bring somebody into a story

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