{"id":713868,"date":"2024-02-19T11:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=713868"},"modified":"2024-02-19T11:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T11:10:20","slug":"loser-podcaster-calls-lebanon-a-shthole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/713868\/loser-podcaster-calls-lebanon-a-shthole\/","title":{"rendered":"Loser Podcaster Calls Lebanon A &#8220;Sh*thole&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ummm&#8230;only WE&#8217;RE allowed to say bad things about Lebanon. Lame podcaster, genocide supporter, and all-around terrible person Adam Sosnick recently hosted media personality Bassam Youssef on his podcast, &#8216;Soscast.&#8217; <\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>Throughout the episode, Sosnick references countries he calls &#8216;shitholes,&#8217; including Afghanistan, Syria, and Lebanon. <\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <div style=\"display:flex;justify-content: center;align-items: center;\">   <div class=\"lozad wp-twitter-embed\" style=\"text-align: center;width:80%;max-width: 100%;\" data-twitter-src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C90284166\/status\/1747450604073717983\"><\/div>  <\/div>    <p><\/p>    <p>While we highly doubt Sosnick has ever set foot outside Miami, it&#8217;s clear his world perspective is as narrow as his judgment. <\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>Naturally, in true Lebanese fashion, people responded by creating a &#8220;ski and swim on the same day&#8221; style video:<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3aEiFus2JE\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <p><\/p>    <p>Leave a message to Adam in the comments below. <\/p>    <p><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ummm&#8230;only WE&#8217;RE allowed to say bad things about Lebanon. 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