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EPISODE · Feb 2, 2022 · 23 MIN

Bassem Youssef: Do we expect too much from satire?

from The Interview · host BBC World Service

Stephen Sackur speaks to comedian and writer Bassem Youssef. He made his name and won an audience of tens of millions with a satirical comedy show during Egypt’s popular uprising more than a decade ago. But the revolution quickly morphed into authoritarianism and Youssef fled to the US, taking his gift for comedy with him. Did he, and do we still, expect too much from political satire?

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