By 
Maz Jobrani
 | 
TED Stage Talk

Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?

A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs on the challenges and conflicts of being Iranian-American -- "like, part of me thinks I should have a nuclear program; the other part thinks I can't be trusted ..."

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