Hatem Gabr: Olympic Hockey, Eileen Gu, and Ramadan
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Lou Perez and Hatem Gabr crossover episode
1:04 – Fasting, discipline, and compassion during Ramadan
3:06 – Athletes who train and compete while fasting
5:52 – Lou gives up beef for Lent
6:23 – Times Square prayers and the dogs controversy
11:08 – Real complaints about dogs in New York City
13:01 – Fasting hours in winter, summer, and Scandinavia
14:26 – Winter Olympics and Hatem's Transplant World Cup
17:04 – Life in the athletes' village
20:21 – Jack Hughes and USA hockey's gold medal
25:05 – Honoring a teammate killed by a drunk driver
27:02 – Kash Patel in the locker room
27:48 – Trump's call to the team and the women's team joke
33:05 – Trump, Biden, and presidents rooting for athletes
34:22 – Olympians criticizing ICE and Trump
35:33 – Kneeling, protest, and representing your country
37:13 – Eileen Gu's choice to ski for China
42:13 – Immigrants, national teams, and French World Cup players
47:40 – Holding athletes accountable for China's politics
52:01 – Mike Pesca, snow shoveling jobs, and voter ID
53:45 – JD Vance on Eileen Gu and "identify as American"
55:39 – What it means to be an American
57:23 – Snowball fights and police pelted in Washington Square Park
1:03:31 – Being right versus being safe on a city bike
1:05:05 – Where to find Hatem Gabr and wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Comedy producer and podcaster Hatem Gabr (Live from America Podcast), a practicing Muslim, former professional soccer player, and heart transplant recipient who captained Team USA at the Transplant World Cup, joins Lou to talk about Ramadan, Team USA's Olympic hockey gold, the Eileen Gu controversy, and Trump's locker room call.
We also get into athletes who compete while fasting, from Khabib to NFL and Premier League players, Jack Hughes and the teammate they played for, representing China versus America, kneeling, patriotism, and what it means to be American, and nonconsensual snowball fights in NYC, including throwing snowballs at cops.