Saudi Arabia is no joke

沙特阿拉伯可不是开玩笑的。

Today, Explained

2025-10-10

26 分钟
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The Riyadh Comedy Festival was billed as “two weeks of laughs in the desert” but has comics asking, “At what cost?” This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Noel King. A poster for the The Riyadh Comedy Festival shared by the Visit Saudi social media feed. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • It's today explained.

  • Hey, what's Jimmy Kimmel been up to since he got back on the air?

  • Please welcome Aziz Ansari.

  • We'll get you in a suit.

  • Wow.

  • Oh, he got Aziz Ansari.

  • I haven't been here since all this ice stuff started happening.

  • I'm all nervous.

  • I got friends.

  • They're like, we're hiding our nanny in the basement.

  • We might have to raise our kids.

  • We don't know what we're going to do.

  • So fun.

  • I want to ask you about this comedy festival over in Saudi Arabia that you were part of

  • because people,

  • a lot of comedians especially, are very upset.

  • Oh. It's a pretty brutal regime.

  • They've done a lot of horrible, horrible things.

  • And so people are questioning why you would go over there and...

  • take their money to perform in front of these people.