Once upon a time, a raft of jesters traveled to a faraway kingdom. They went against everything the jesters believed in—or at least, what the jesters said they believed in. And the freedom that allowed the jesters to get so good at their jobs in the first place? It didn’t exist in the faraway kingdom. This weekend marks the middle of the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, which features some of the biggest names in entertainment, from both the mainstream and podcast universe.