After your time at The Daily Show, Netflix green lights a show that you've created. And this is following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,. And the story really blows up online. So the episode gets banned in Saudi Arabia. It becomes a big international news story about tech platform censorship and what you can and can't say.
Lately, comedian Hasan Minhaj is taking a second look at his motives for performing. Hasan was initially drawn to comedy because it allowed him to hold people in power accountable. In shows like “Patriot Act" and "The Daily Show," he often took on controversial topics and challenged world leaders. But after some of his provocative commentary went viral, he realized his motives were less pure than he thought. In this conversation, Hasan reveals how that realization is making him reconsider his career altogether.
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