TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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🗓️ 27 April 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with The Daily Show as we look back at interviews from some of our favorite Arab American guests. Bassem Youssef joins Jon Stewart to compare notes on hosting a political comedy show, and how it's different doing it in Egypt. Ramy Youssef joins Trevor Noah to discuss how he made his hit show Ramy from his own perspective. Stand-up Mo Amer sits down with Trevor to talk comedy amid the stress of immigration. Musician French Montana joins Trevor to talk about working and contributing to a movement in Uganda. Scholar and author Reza Aslan joins Jon to talk Middle East politics and his latest book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:07.0	Please welcome Boston Yusuf.
0:09.0	Hello.
0:22.6	Wow. Hello! Oh my God! Come and say...
0:23.6	Wow, you've got live audience.
0:26.6	Yes.
0:27.6	They're live.
0:29.6	Now, you don't have an audience.
0:32.6	Yeah, that's why I use puppets.
0:34.6	You use puppets because you don't have an audience.
0:36.6	Yes. Are there any shows in Egypt that have an audience?
0:39.9	No.
0:40.0	No. We are actually trying to do that next year.
0:43.0	We're going to be the first Arab satirical political show with life audience, which is huge,
0:48.5	because we don't actually have this kind of industry.
0:51.2	The television is through the live audiences and things like that.
0:53.8	Yes.
0:55.0	How difficult is it to do a show like you're doing, a comedy show, when the stability
1:00.8	of the country is still in question?
1:03.0	Because it's difficult for me, and we're pretty stable, but I still get the hate with the people that don't like me.
1:13.0	What happens with you?
1:14.7	But death threats.
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