Abbas Wahab Show

"OPEN MIC'RS" is a web series pilot written and created by Abbas Wahab and Max Sheldrick. Abbas chats about how they got the idea originally, the creative process, and trying to pitch it and get it into festivals. Also the difference of having an actual director (Mark Corless) versus just shooting comedy sketches by ourselves. It goes LIVE at 12PM EST today (4/09/21). THE LINK IS BELOW, DON'T MISS...

This week is Episode 100! Thanks to all the listeners for tuning in, y'all make the show go on. Make sure to checkout the new studio look on YouTube!  This week Comedian Hassan Chaudhry joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about Brampton vs. Mississauga, how to tell Asians apart, what Snapchat is now, the current state of Sudan, stories of getting scammed, horrible comb overs, and going to Turkey to fi...

This week Actor/Comedian Sima Sepehri joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about immigrant career choices, people butchering foreign names, arrogant commercial directors, superstars in the past versus today, everyone becoming an influencer, fuckboy cops, and living in LA during the BLM riots. Support the show directly at Patreon, Get Exclusive Weekly Episodes. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More A...

This week Comedian/Director Conrad Osei joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about the nail salon mass killings, white terrorists, racial overcorrection in television, how corruption looks in Nigeria, being an employee versus consultant, companies that force work community, and what makes people funny. Support the show directly at Patreon, Get Exclusive Weekly Episodes. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsect...

This week Comedian Max Sheldrick (So How Was Your Day Podcast) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about being the only white guy at work, our early content days, having a cursed family bloodline, painful COVID tests, the new South Park vaccination special, his plan if he got airdropped in the middle of Sudan, and the best/worst techniques of panhandlers.  Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly...

This week Comedian George Rivard (2 Tall Dudes Podcast) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about seeing DJ Premier Live, Short Man Syndrome, Lebron James' reign, Kanye and Kim's divorce, learning to forge signatures as a kid, government jobs, US vs Canada's Navy, military hierarchy, and stories from boot camp. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection...

This week Abbas reacts to the new B.I.G Netflix documentary, how his persona compared to 2pac's, Life After Death versus Me Against The World, if they weren't gunned down, and the legacies they left. This is a Clip from this Week's Patreon Episode, get the rest and more at: www. Patreon.com/TheImmigrantSection Enjoy!

This week Khardiac (Bass House Artist) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about their first experiences after arriving in Canada, going to school for sound production, making Bass House music, what happens back stage at EDM festivals, why nightclubs turn over so quickly, and the reality of performing in the middle east. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigra...

This week Falafel Kimchi (Content Creator) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about his recent Al Jazeera and BBC Arabic interviews, what the next big thing is after TikTok, why the Clubhouse app is strange, the gorilla glue girl, fun facts about Korean culture, people with too much plastic surgery, and when electric cars will take over the roads. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes...

This week Comedian Guled Abdi (CBC's TallBoyz) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about the release of the new Season of TallBoyz Sketch Comedy Show, how his team got the network's attention, writing for TV, being born in Somalia but growing up Kenya, and things you'll only see in those countries.  Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas Y...

This week Investor Tay Moore (Moore Money with Tay Moore) joins Abbas Wahab and they chat about why investing simulators don't work, how Best Buy has managed to stay alive despite Amazon, the bad thing about unions, a step-by-step look at the GameStop stock fiasco, and Warren Buffett's 4 investing rules explained. Join The Immigrant Section, Get Extra Weekly Episodes! www.patreon.com/theimmigrants...

This week Podcaster Annick Bissainthe (Immigrant Dilemma Podcast) joins Abbas Wahab to chat about the new curfew in Quebec, growing up in Haiti and the culture, moving to Montreal during high school, the English vs French cliques, people who immigrate physically but not mentally, and the possible end of the work-from-the-office era.  Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.pat...

This week Comedian Black Zeus joins Abbas Wahab to chat about our childhoods as a single child versus one of six, Lebron James in the upcoming Space Jam Movie (8:30), the Andrew Schulz Netflix special (16:30), social media becoming too demanding (25:00), great old movies and the rise of Jim Carrey (42:00), and the return of stand-up and life after the pandemic ends (1:01:00). Join The Immigrant Se...

This week Comedian/Teacher Moe Ismail joins Abbas Wahab to chat about teaching kids via zoom (3:00), anti-maskers and contrarians (23:00), meeting all his heroes (Mike Tyson, Zinedine Zidane, Bill Burr, and Louis C.K.) (34:50), the UFC and new string of "Clout Fights" (54:00), and things you didn't know about Egyptian culture (1:07:00). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www....

Abbas chats about reading William Kamkwamba's The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind and remembering his home village in Sudan, African level of ingenuity, and the stark difference between growing up there versus Canada. ----more---- Want an extra episode every week? Join The Immigrant Section.  www. Patreon.com/TheImmigrantSection ----more---- ------------------- A Sample from This Week's Patreon Episode...

This week comedian Ben Bankas joins Abbas Wahab to chat about the COVID vaccine, Chinese troops training in Canada, the effectiveness of the lockdown (15:00), pot dispensaries opening up everywhere (30:30), BLM verus the Capital Hillers (41:00), and the new woke ways (1:05:00). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection More Abbas Wahab: YouTube /...

This week comedian Hassan Chaudhry joins Abbas Wahab and we chat about the Canada Revenue Agency scam (5:45), how Muslims are easy to trigger (14:40), the immigrant dad character (23:00) , Dugsi Quran teachers (27:00), who tips the most on Uber Eats (34:00), the mentally challenged (47:00), and types of Khutbahs (1:05:00). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/th...

Ahmed Abdelrahman, Comedian, zooms into the studio and we chat about becoming a vegan during COVID (6:10), Canadian versus US McDonalds (13:20), if Sudanese people are Arab (22:10), funny conversations in Sudan (37:20), meeting in the SF comedy scene (49:20), and The Punchline and Cobb's Comedy Clubs (1:00:00)   Want Weekly Solo Episodes? Join the Patreon, become a Certified RefuG! www.patreon.com...

Lior Cabessa, Comedian/Hair Dresser, drops by the studio and we chat about getting drafted into the Israeli army (4:00), growing up very orthodox (16:50), getting good at impressions (26:00), Sebastian Maniscalco's comedy (29:00), Mike Tyson reaching guru level (36:30), comedy scene pet peeves (47:20), and becoming a hair dresser (1:01:00). Want Weekly Solo Episodes? Join the Patreon, become a Cer...

Che Durena, Comedian/Host , drops by the studio and we chat about social media algorithms (7:00), can Chris D'elia return from his cancelling (16:30), stand-up after COVID (30:00), talent vs. personality (41:30), the death of small businesses and theatres (47:00), and the last time his Dad ever hit him (1:07:30). Want Weekly Solo Episodes? Join the Patreon, become a Certified RefuG! www.patreon.co...

Mark Corless, Director/Photographer , drops by the studio and we chat about the obvious ethnic agenda on TV (7:45), racial dynamics and the fear of cops (19:00), Canada's black history highlights (33:00), Martin Luther King Jr. versus Malcom X (37:30), and why Canada drives our talent to the US (50:00). Want Weekly Solo Episodes? Join the Patreon, become a Certified RefuG! www.patreon.com/theimmig...

Salma Hindy, Comedian, drops by the studio and we chat about the youngest-child dynamic, doing therapy and how it works (10:00), the benefits of it (27:00), the "onion" analogy and how shame is formed (43:30), the Muslim "scoreboard" and haram police (1:03:30), and funny Egyptian insights (1:30:30).   Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection The I...

SpeakRaw Sammy, Content Creator, drops by the studio and we chat about how we met, his last ass whooping (13:30), things we've only seen in Sudan (18:30), the Israel-Palestine situation (45:00), taking the COVID vaccine (57:30), getting harassed by cops in Cancun and trying to find weed during a Miami layover (1:04:20). Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theim...

Jordan Policicchio, Comedian/Actor, drops by the studio and we chat about new iPhone (3:30), people permanently working from home (12:40), what New York represents for comedy (27:00), the value of rest (58:20), and the weird state of the economy (1:11:30).   JOIN THE PATREON FOR WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES! www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection | More Jordan: www.instagram.com/jordanpolicicchio/ More Immi...

Dave Merheje, Comedian/Actor (see him on Hulu's RAMY), zooms into the studio and we chat about how he got on Ramy, being a non-muslim playing a devout muslim named "Ahmed" and the reception, his long rise in the world of stand-up, what COVID taught comedians, and stories about working with Mahershala Ali. Join The Immigrant Section, Get an Extra Weekly Episode. www.patreon.com/theimmigrantsection...