Hasan Minhaj

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Hasan Minhaj is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host. Best known for his Netflix show, “Patriot Act”, he sits down with us this week to discuss the difference between living through history and reading it (4:30), having his second child in the midst of a pandemic (6:22), trying to find his footing in stand-up and the little signs of encouragement that kept him going (11:55), why political comedy felt so radical as a Muslim teenager (17:10), a post-college period of “pure hedging” in Hollywood (28:20), when he realized his skin had value (35:49), why the spaces for public failure are vanishing (46:02) and, finally, the legacy he wants to create for his children—on stage and off (51:00).

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0:00.0	Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm San Frigoso. Welcome to the show. Hey yo, yo, you,
0:23.0	yo,
0:24.0	and he Hey everyone. Happy holiday weekend to you and yours. If you're listening to this during the week, I hope you celebrated safely.
0:45.0	We were going to take this week off on the show, but then we thought,
0:49.0	what kind of independence are we actually celebrating right now?
0:54.0	Is this a country worth celebrating right now?
0:57.3	I'll leave that to you to decide,
0:59.2	and I don't begrudge you if you did have a wonderful holiday weekend.
1:04.0	But if we're thinking about this moment as a time to make radical transformative change,
1:10.0	both to our institutions and inside ourselves.
1:14.2	Why not keep the conversation going?
1:16.2	So today on the show is comedian Hassan Minhaj.
1:19.6	In this pandemic, he's recently released volume six of his Netflix original series Patriot Act.
1:26.0	It's a different kind of talk show, one that meets at the intersection of last week tonight and the daily show, where Hassan was formerly a correspondent.
1:36.2	If you're unfamiliar with the program, here's a clip from a recent episode.
1:40.2	I want to talk about American Democracy, you know, Mark Zuckerberg's favorite toy.
1:45.6	Look, 2020 has been a mess, horrific police brutality, the coronavirus,
1:52.1	impeachment, the economy tanking, and of course, this.
1:56.5	Mr. Peanuts, untimely demise, and now he's being remembered this morning.
2:00.1	Clanters confirmed the sad news in a tweet writing it is with heavy hearts that we confirm
2:05.1	Mr peanut has died at 104. Not the first billionaire I thought we'd murder but
2:11.2	when's a win?
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