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Drink Champs

Episode 478 w/ Mo Amer

Drink Champs

The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

Music, Society & Culture

4.6 β€’ 6.9K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 200 minutes

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Summary

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode we chop it up with the legendary, Mo Amer!

In this candid, must-watch episode of Drink Champs, comedian and storyteller Mo Amer sits down with the champs for a no-holds-barred conversation that blends humor, heart, and insight. Across the table — drinks in hand — Mo reveals the journey behind his rise to fame, from grassroots comedy clubs to building his authentic voice in a world that often demands compromise. He opens up about identity, belonging, and what it means to use laughter as a lens for serious topics: immigration, cultural expectations, and the anxiety of representation.

As the conversation unfolds, Mo shares backstage stories from his stand-up career, his creative process, and how his Palestinian-American roots continue to shape his work. He’s funny, raw, and refreshingly honest — taking the listeners behind the curtain of his success and setbacks. The episode doesn’t shy away from tough questions: What happens when being funny isn’t enough? How do you reconcile satire and sincerity in a divided world? And can comedy offer solace while still demanding accountability?

By the end of the episode, Mo Amer proves himself not only as a gifted entertainer, but also as someone wrestling with the weight of lived experience — all while keeping you laughing and thinking long after the final toast.

Make some noise for Mo Amer! πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†

 

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:45.3

We go! No! No! No! No! No! That! And it's And it's a legendary queen's rapist, he's a

0:52.3

He's a Miami hip hop pioneer What up is DJEFN? Together, they drink it up with some of the biggest players. You know what I mean? In the most professional, unprofessional podcast in your number one source for drunk facts. This drink champs, motherfucker. Every day it's New Year's Eve. It's time for drink champs.

1:11.7

Drink up, motherfucker. Motherfucker. What it could be, on this, when it's your boy, N-A-O-N-A-O-N-A. What up, it's DJEFN. And this is military crazy raw. Drink Chaps, Jappi-A-Pi-L. Thatallah. Make some love! Now, we said that we want to, when we do this show, we want to give it to legends.

1:34.9

We want to give it to people who has deserved it, who has earned this right.

1:39.3

His brother here attacks politics, attacks, you know, world world issues direct, straight on.

1:47.2

Got classic stand-up issues, excuse me.

1:52.0

I got issues too.

1:53.0

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:53.9

I got classic issues too.

1:55.1

Got classic two seasons on Netflix.

1:58.7

If you haven't seen it, you must be living under a rock because I'm in shock. So in case you don't know what we're talking about, we're talking about the one and only. Motherfucking, mow in the building! Because I just thought about it, because I'm looking at the cocaine section that we got over there. Cocaine section. That's Colombian right there. And we got, where's Mr. Lee, Dominican? Can you point out the Scarface accent. Are we good if ICE run up in here right now? Probably not. I'm good. I got my paper. Honestly, I've been through enough at this point. Then I'd be like, but I'll just roll with the punches at this point. I'm like, whenever I get out, this is going to be a hot 20 minutes of stand-up. It's how I think about shit. So is it true that you didn't get your papers for 20 years? That's absolutely true. So how does that work? How do you navigate being in this country without papers? Because I'm going to give you my London story. I like your London story. Jesus. Well, the thing is, is that you, you know, I was documented. It wasn't undocumented. So the way you do is you file for asylum and the asylum proceedings take quite some time. So before I even have my asylum granted, it took 10 years. And people think like when you get your asylum granted, you become a citizen. Well, no, it's not the case. You get your asylum granted. You wait five years to get your green card. And once you get your asylum granted you become a citizen well no it's not the case you get your asylum granted you wait five years to get your green card and once you get

3:10.8

your green card you have to wait four years and nine months before you apply for citizenship so in

3:15.5

totality it took me almost 20 years are you just shy of 20 years so let me ask you then this is out

3:19.6

of stupidity no it's fine does that happen for for everybody getting their citizenship, or does the guy from Scotland get his in six months?

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