Show Notes
Comedian Bassem Youssef joins to share the downsides of being a surgeon by day and salsa teacher by night, the steep price of being a comedian in Egypt, holding your own in a treacherous political media landscape, and why preface texting has gotta stop.
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Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Technical production by Ty Colgate
Edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
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