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Joking Not Joking

by Mo Amer and Azhar Usman | Luminary

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About the show

Comedians Mo Amer and Azhar Usman ask the big questions the modern world makes you forget. Are we living in a simulation? What is money? What is life after death? They get real when it gets uncomfortable and funny when it gets serious. Are they joking . . . or not? New episodes drop every Thursday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.