Best of: Ali Hassan on Comedy, Family and Bacon

This Being Human

Ali Hassan is a stand-up comic, actor, and host of both Canada Reads and the CBC Radio show Laugh Out Loud. He talks about Canadian fame, being forced by his children to face difficult questions about his identity, and why he came to think of himself as a "cultural Muslim."
His memoir is called Is There Bacon In Heaven?
This episode was originally broadcast in July, 2022.

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