Hasan Minhaj: Are We Getting the Diamond Back?! 10/25/22

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Hasan Minhaj has made his career off of his social commentary; an episode of his talk show “Patriot Act” was even removed by Netflix after a legal complaint from the Saudi government. His second Netflix special “The King’s Jester” is now streaming, poking fun at hedge funds as well as his own life, and he’s bringing his humor to Squawk. In a conversation spanning Yeezy and the Adidas decision to terminate its partnership with Kanye West, the United Kingdom’s new PM Rishi Sunak, and Saudi-U.S. relations. Plus, CNBC’s Dan Murphy reports from Riyadh as global investors convene for this year’s “Davos in the Desert.” In this episode: Hasan Minhaj, @hasanminhaj Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Becky Quick @BeckyQuick Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm C.N.C. producer Cameron Costa.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod,
0:09.0	Adidas terminates its partnership with Kagni West, but it wasn't the first company to cut ties.
0:15.8	Adidas should have figured out zero tolerance, not 0.1.2.
0:21.0	And power shifts in the United Kingdom.
0:23.8	I want to pay tribute to my predecessor, Liz Truss.
0:27.0	Rishi Sunak's first comments as Prime Minister and the work he has ahead.
0:32.0	Plus Davos in the desert kicks off in Saudi Arabia,
0:35.5	CNVC's Dan Murphy. Wall Street has come to Riyadh, but the Biden administration
0:40.7	has not. And comedian Hassan Minhaj, we live in Greenwich, Connecticut.
0:47.0	Ooh yeah, it's get out white.
0:53.3	His Netflix special, of course, but then everything else.
0:57.6	We always talk about human rights violations
1:00.0	until the prices unleaded hits five dollars.
1:02.8	We wrap up the Saudi geopolitics,
1:04.9	the Kanye West drama, even the government handover in London.
1:09.3	Either way, if he drives Britain's economy into the ground, that's great.
1:13.7	Hindus love karma.
1:14.8	If he figures it out and helps the UK, then great.
1:17.9	Clearly immigrants do the job better.
1:19.2	I just want to know Ritchie, are we getting the diamonds back? It's Tuesday, October 25, 2022,
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