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5 min read"Sometimes I think it's easier to just do something silly, and then it's not necessarily funny." That is how journalist and satirist Adnan Al-Adhami describes the challenge of his craft — a craft he practices at DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation), one of Denmark's most powerful media institutions. Born in Baghdad, raised in Viborg, and now living in Copenhagen, Al-Adhami carries an unusual dual perspective: he is both a satirist who makes politicians squirm and a second-generation immigrant who describes himself as "assimilated" rather than integrated. In a conversation on the podcast Ikke Et Ord Om Politik, he unpacks what that distinction means, how his upbringing shaped it, and why satire works best when it surprises rather than provokes.
Growing up Danish in Viborg
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:36) **Colleagues at 24/7** - Adnan and Morten discover they worked together at Radio 24/7.
- 2 (02:27) **Growing Up in Viborg** - Adnan explains how growing up in Viborg, rather than a big city, shaped his integration.
- 3 (06:34) **The Loss of Arabic** - Adnan discusses the personal cost of losing his mother tongue.
- 4 (11:23) **Cultural Identity & Assimilation** - The conversation turns to the pressure to prove one is Danish.
- 5 (16:11) **The "Big City" Integration Problem** - A theory is proposed that high-concentration immigrant communities in big cities hinder integration.
- 6 (19:58) **Copenhagen vs. Viborg** - Morten contrasts Viborg's approach with what he sees as Copenhagen's "woke" cultural relativism.
- 7 (24:32) **Discovering Satire** - Adnan describes how he was steered towards satire by a boss who found his serious journalism "boring."
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Show Notes
Morten Messerschmidt møder journalist og satiriker Adnan Al-Adhami til en spændende samtale om Adnans vej fra Irak til Viborg, hvor han som 5-årig landede og med et skulle lære et nyt sprog og en ny kultur. Samtalen bevæger sig også over politisk satire - bl.a om dengang, Adnan gjorde Morten Messerschmidt vred. Og så det store spørgsmål: Kan Adnan se sig selv arbejde for Dansk Folkeparti?
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