Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air
Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air
The Ringer
The Complexities of Celebrating the Fourth of July, and Bassem Youssef on the Power of Satire for Social Change (Ep. 7)
1 hour 7 minutes Posted Jul 6, 2017 at 3:00 am.
Larry Wilmore unpacks some of the complexities of celebrating the Fourth of July in the black community
He also touches on the increasing difference between "the right" and "the left" on the issue of immigration and prosperity
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
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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).
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