Hasan Minhaj: ‘The King’s Jester’

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🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Hasan Minhaj has had a very busy five years between the release of his first big stand-up special ‘Homecoming King’ in 2017 and the premiere this week of his new hour The King’s Jester on Netflix. The former ‘Daily Show’ correspondent roasted Trump in absentia at the White House Correspondents Dinner, launched and ended his weekly Netflix series ‘Patriot Act’ and found himself in the crosshairs of the Saudis for his unflinching criticism of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. All of it and more form the heart of his new special, which Minhaj discusses at length in this episode. The comedian also opens up about the moment he realized he may have crossed a line with his comedy, reveals an elaborate prank he pitched to Nathan Fielder, addresses the accusations of a toxic work environment at ‘Patriot Act’ and a lot more.

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0:00.0	It's hard to think of a comedian with more drive, ambition, and energy than my guest on this week's show.
0:07.9	Can I trust you, Brooklyn?
0:10.3	Can I really trust you?
0:12.0	All right.
0:13.0	Hear me up.
0:13.7	Fine.
0:13.9	I'll say it.
0:15.6	I know everybody likes Starbucks, but I hate the fact that they have a drink called chai tea.
0:22.3	Chai is tea.
0:24.1	You're saying T-Tee, you dumb, dumb.
0:28.1	Hey man, you want some non-bread?
0:30.5	Fuck you.
0:36.9	This is the Last Laugh.
0:39.0	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and that was a clip of Hassan Minhaj from his new Netflix special, The King's Jester.
0:47.4	It's been five long years since Hassan released his first hour on Netflix, and today, as you are listening to this, his follow-up
0:56.2	has finally arrived. And I have to tell you, I got a chance to see it a couple of weeks ago
1:01.1	and was really blown away. As many of you probably know, Hassan got his start as a correspondent
1:07.2	on The Daily Show, first under John Stewart and then Trevor Noah, before leaving
1:12.4	in 2018 to launch his own show, Patriot Act, also on Netflix. His decision to focus that
1:18.7	first episode on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia set off a wild chain of events that he opens up about
1:26.1	both on stage in his new special and with me in this
1:29.4	episode. It is a story that is almost too crazy to be believed, except that it all played
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