The Complexities of Celebrating the Fourth of July, and Bassem Youssef on the Power of Satire for Social Change (Ep. 7)

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Larry Wilmore unpacks some of the complexities of celebrating the Fourth of July in the black community (1:00). He also touches on the increasing difference between "the right" and "the left" on the issue of immigration and prosperity (7:00), before sitting down with Bassem Youssef (often referred to as "the Jon Stewart of Egypt") to discuss his influential rise to fame through satire and the dangers of doing political comedy under an authoritarian regime (13:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Black on the Air.
0:10.0	This is Larry Rourke and I am Black on the Air.
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0:14.0	In my little podcast here, we're really having a lot of fun.
0:17.0	You know, we've been doing this for a couple of months now.
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0:37.0	out.
0:38.0	You know, whatever.
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0:40.0	I've gotten so many nice words from the people out there.
0:41.0	So I really appreciate you listening in and I will continue to try to have these fun conversations.
0:48.0	I'm really having fun talking to different people and I would love to keep hearing your
0:51.5	suggestions if there are people out there who love me in the interview.
0:55.0	Many topics you want me to cover if you think I'm missing out on anything.
0:59.8	Absolutely blast me if you need to.
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