Maysoon Zayid - a podcast by Earios
from 2020-07-14T06:00
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This week, Margaret talks with actress and comedian Maysoon Zayid about being Palestinian American and how this identity helped kick off her comedy career.
Also in this episode:
- Maysoon talks about wanting to be a voice for the disabled community and shines a light on ‘disability porn’
- The General Hospital role that has been the culmination of Maysoon’s lifelong dream
- That time Maysoon compared Yasser Arafat to Luke from General Hospital (read the article here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/radioactive-revelations-raise-the-question-who-killed-arafat)
To learn more about Maysoon, check out her Ted Talk or visit her website here: https://maysoon.com/
The Margaret Cho is an Earios production.
Theme music by Garrison Starr.
Contact Margaret at Margaret@earios.net.
Edited by Tracy Levy.
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