Mehdi Hasan & Sammy Obeid on college protests: “Intifada is basically a Taylor Swift song.”

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Palestinian-Lebanese-American comedian, Sammy Obeid, who rose to fame because of his viral jokes on Palestine and his Netflix show 100 Humans, joins Mehdi Hasan to guest host the second episode of ‘We’re Not Kidding.’ They dive into the student protests, DNA tests, pushing back against misinformation with comedy, the slogans we’re using when talking about Palestine, changing hearts and minds, and doing 1001 nights of stand-up. ‘We’re Not Kidding’ will release episodes twice a month, with Mehdi Hasan, Bassem Youssef and a cast of rotating guest co-hosts from the worlds of comedy, entertainment, and the media. Funny people talking about serious topics. 00:00 - Cold open 00:30 - Intro 3:12 - Sammy's math background 9:26 - 1,001 nights of standup 11:18 - Palestine and comedy 21:11 - Campus protests 24:59 - Censorship 32:59 - Changing minds with comedy Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: https://zeteo.com/subscribe Watch, listen and subscribe to ‘We’re Not Kidding’ on Substack: https://zeteo.com/s/were-not-kidding-with-mehdi-and-friends Listen to ‘We’re Not Kidding’ as a podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/were-not-kidding-with-mehdi-friends/id1743028415 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ogT7ZvKhH04CInjNQbbdp Find Zeteo: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews Find Mehdi: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan Find Sammy: Twitter: https://x.com/SammyObeid Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sammyobeid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sammyobeidthem?lang=en CREDITS: Hosted by: Mehdi Hasan Guest Host: Sammy Obeid Executive Producers: Misha Euceph and Kiran Alvi Producer and Editor: Frank Cappello Music: Andy Clausen Design: Alicia Tatone #mehdihasan #sammyobeid #israel #palestine #podcast