Check check check check. Hello. My guest this episode began our conversation with an apology. I'm man

It took me so long to get here from so ho it's unbelievable. I'm really really sorry about the tardiness and I it's New York

I'm I'm upset that is a voice of comedian Mo Amher when we spoke he was going from our chat to an international flight

He was slapping around with a bunch of bags

It was all quite stressful and Mo was worried that because he was late we might like cancel the interview

I could be catastrophizing. It's all in my head. I think you're a catastrophizing

I also love that you're using a word that my therapist loves to use about me. He's like Sam you catastrophize

I'm not many people know that we're it's one of my favorite words. It's a real word

It's the best word. It's one of my I think it's probably top five words of all time for me

Well, what's the last thing you actually catastrophized about right now today

From NPR I'm Sam Sanders. It's been a minute this episode Mo Amher

comedian and writer Mo calls himself a global stand-up comedian

He grew up in Texas, but he got there after fleeing Kuwait as a refugee when he was young

In his comedy career Mo has performed hundreds of shows with Dave Chappelle

He's got a Netflix special and he is a member of what's known as the longest running artistic collective of Muslim

comic performers in the world

That group is called a la made me funny

In this chat we talk about all of those things and we also discuss why Mo says his mother is a real OG

All right, as you already heard Mo was in New York fighting traffic. I was in LA. I guess doing the same thing

I

Love it as I've been preparing for this interview with you whenever I type in your name that wants to auto correct

Umar to America exactly kind of symbolic well or kind of ironic I guess no

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