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Maysoon Zayid
Manage episode 267155410 series 2525451
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
85 episoder
Manage episode 267155410 series 2525451
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
85 episoder
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