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The Gist

Autocrats Can't Take a Joke

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Bassem Youssef hasn't cut open a chest in six years. And he doesn't miss it. "Being into medicine for 19 years, it's a character builder," says the Egyptian comedian, who says his old job prepped him well for his new one. Youssef went from being a surgeon in Cairo to the Jon Stewart of Egypt, a satirist with 40 million views a week. Youssef's brief reign as the king of Egyptian comedy is the focus of a new documentary, Tickling Giants, which is now out on VOD. On the Spiel, Trump has finally accomplished something unthinkable as president. He's got people talking about Shakespeare in the Park.  Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at Slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:07.6

It's Monday, June 12, 2017, from Slated to Digestive Mike Pasca.

0:12.0

You know, the wins of change are blowing throughout Europe.

0:16.0

These ass scruits sound better with an English accent.

0:19.0

The cold wind has blown away the old parties,

0:22.2

and now a soft breeze, dare one's say of optimism,

0:26.8

seems to be wafting in favor of the president.

0:30.2

That is quite a wafting.

0:31.8

So let's examine what is going on throughout the whole world,

0:34.6

well, the part of the world where they have elections.

0:36.4

And okay, Western Europe and here,

0:38.1

let's try to come up with a unified theory.

0:39.9

Here are data points.

0:40.9

We got the Trump election, we got Brexit.

0:43.0

We got the pen in France managing to the final rounds.

0:47.1

Okay, that's kind of on the one hand.

0:48.8

But then we got Macron.

0:50.4

We've got, let's throw the widespread protests in Russia

0:53.8

that we're seeing today.

0:54.8

Let's throw that all in there, try to figure out

0:56.7

what's going on.

0:58.1

Could be populism, very popular explanation.

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