Places/place
United Arab Emirates
2019-02-23, 1 mention2021-10-24, 1 mention2022-01-18, 1 mention2022-04-10, 1 mention2025-12-27, 1 mention2026-03-07, 1 mention
Tim’s take
He treats the UAE as a punchline for excess and impunity rather than a place he has one settled view of — praising Emirates' airline discipline and Dubai's rich, silent, absent neighbors one moment 9:15 4:30 0:00, then calling it a legalized money-laundering cartel operating behind state cover the next 52:02. Elsewhere it's just a name that comes up in bigger geopolitical maneuvering with Israel and Saudi Arabia 2:02:08 18:12.
Every Reference (6)
"hours and Israeli jets crossed Saudi Arabia, got to the United Arab Emirates and then returned to Saudi Arabia. So why would that happen?"
Saudi Arabia, Seymour Hersh, and the Bin Laden Raid — Our Best Episode (Inside the CIA with John Kiriakou)+436s into the segment"this oil tanker crew is on the cusp of going home this is a very interesting story when a shipping company from the united arab emirates"
The Oil Tanker Crew Abandoned at Sea for Years — #274 - Tourettes Gang | The Tim Dillon Show+15s into the segment"excited to be broadcast in building a comedy scene in the United Arab Emirates this is our new studio it's here and we are here queering"
Cold Open: Welcome to Dubai (the New Studio) — #284 - Prozac Play-Doh | The Tim Dillon Show+20s into the segment"nice about russian oligarchs uh sheiks people from the united arab emirates uh chinese amusement park tycoons people uh russian gangsters"
One Hyde Park and the Virtue of Absent Billionaire Neighbors — #294 - One Hyde Park | The Tim Dillon Show+76s into the segment"judiciary, you can basically be a criminal gang. Like so the United Arab Emirates, for instance, they're doing enormous amounts of like money"
The UAE and Israel as Legalized Cartels — Epstein Docs & A Culture Of Slop | The Tim Dillon Show #476+137s into the segment"wants to see the economies, the the economic power of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, the closeness of these countries to US institutions"
Does Israel Want Qatar and the Gulf Severed From America? — Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486+177s into the segment