Lost In America

Usama Siddiquee (@UsamaBinLaughin) returns to the show to tell Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) about his recent comedy tour of India. Usama went to Mumbai and Delhi and also performed at a friend's wedding in Hyderabad. We go deep into Indian culture here folks! This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www.Ense.nyc. This episode is brought to you by Sudio Headphones. Use the promo code "LOST" for 15% off of any purchase. Check them out here: https://www.sudio.com/us/. This episode is brought to you by Hello Chinese. Use the promo code "LOST" for 15% off of the premium app. Get the App at www.HelloChinese.cc. When shopping on Amazon go to www.LostInAmericaPod.com first, click the link in the upper-right hand corner, it will take you back to Amazon and then do your regular shopping. Turner will be in Connecticut, Philadelphia, New Mexico, Shanghai, Singapore and the Phillippines in the next few months. For all dates go to www.TurnerSparks.comAdvertising

Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) checks in with Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) from the west coast to recount his trip to Tijuana, Mexico for a fancy Mexican wedding. This plus the guys read listener hate mail and Kaplan updates us on his daughter's new Ken doll. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www.Ense.NYC. This episode is also brought to you by Amazon. Before shopping on Amazon go to www.LostInAmericaPod.com, click the advertisement in the upper-right hand corner, it will take you back to Amazon and then do your regular shopping. Turner has shows in Connecticut, Philadelphia, Shanghai, Singapore and Manila, Philippines coming up, for all dates go to www.TurnerSparks.com Additional support by www.HelloChinese.CC. Use the promo code "LOST" for 15% off the premium app.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We did a live podcast and the audio is good! Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Ira Kaplan (@KapInAmerica)go live from Stand Up NY with Des Bishop (@DesBishop), Francis Ellis (@Francisbarstool), Sherrod Small (@Sherrod_Small) and Anthony DeVito (@AnthonyDeVito_). The guys talks topics like Black Panther in China, living homeless in Hawaii, and performing comedy in Chinese when you don't speak Chinese. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www.ense.nyc This episode is also brought to you by "Hello Chinese", available at www.HelloChinese.CC. Use the promo code "LOST" at checkout for a 15% discount. Before shopping on Amazon go to www.LostInAmericaPod.com, click the amazon ad in the top-right hand corner of our site and then do your shopping as usual. A portion of whatever you spend goes to support this show! Turner Sparks will be at Fairfield Comedy Club in Connecticut on April 13-14. Get tickets here: https://www.fairfieldcomedyclub.com/ For all of Turner&#

Petey Rancel (@Petey_Rancel) is a New York City comedian working his way up the NYC comedy circuit, but in a previously life he was the son of a South Florida cocaine dealer who joined the US Marines in 2003 to escape a tough upbringing. Petey tells Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) about his childhood in Key West, his time in Japan, his days in Iraq and the struggle to re-adjust to normal life after war. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www.ense.nyc. The Lost In America Live Podcast is TONIGHT at Stand Up NY (8pm). Get tickets here: http://standupny.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=505468&cart This episode is brought to you by Hello Chinese, available at www.HelloChinese.CC. Use the promocode "LOST" at checkout for discounts on the premium app.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Our live podcast is TOMORROW, March 14th 8pm at Stand Up NY comedy club in New York City. On the show we have stand up, news and interviews with Des Bishop (RTE), Anthony DeVito(Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert), Sherrod Small (Race Wars Podcast) and Francis Ellis (BarStool Sports). In addition we have stand up from Turner Sparks, live announcing from Joe Schaefer and madness from Kaplan. Get your tickets here: http://standupny.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=505468&cartAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Pod boss Iqram Magdon-Ismail is on today to talk about life before he became American, before he founded Venmo and before he founded Ense. Iqram talks about his childhood in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Virginia, and his Dad Enses in to answer a burning question. This podcast is brought to you by Ense, available here: https://ense.nyc/ This podcast is also brought to you by Hello Chinese, available here: http://www.hellochinese.cc/. Use the promocode "LOST" at checkout for a 15% discount on the premium app. Tickets to our LIVE PODCAST at STAND UP NY are on sale now. Use the promo code "LOST" for $10 tickets between now and March 10th. Get them here: http://standupny.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=505468&cartAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

DC Benny (@DCBenny) joins the show to talk about his life coming up in comedy as one of the only white guys performing at the black clubs in New York City in the 1990's. Before that, Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) call pod lawyer Blue Shirt Esq. to help them figure how to take legal action against the fake Lost In America pod. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available in the App Store and on Google Play: ense.nyc/ Get "Hello Chinese", the world's #1 Chinese learning App below and enter the promo code "LOST" at checkout for 15% off all premium subscriptions: www.hellochinese.cc/ For tickets to Lost In America's live podcast on March 14 (8pm) at Stand Up NY in Manhattan go here: standupny.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=505468&cart To see Turner Sparks in Philadelphia Saturday, March 3 (7:30pm) at L'Etage get tickets here: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3348577Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.

Fivethirtyeight.com's Andrea Jones Rooy (@JonesRooy) returns to the pod, this time to talk about the extensive research she has done recently on North Korea and Kim Jong Un. Kap (@KapInAmerica) and Turner (@TurnerBSparks) have done zero research but have strong opinions nonetheless. Before all of this, Turner announces the newest pod sponsor and the guys reveal the new #1 enemy of the pod. It's an action packed pod. This episode is brought to you by "Hello Chinese", the world's #1 Chinese Learning App for Beginners. Download the app today at www.hellochinese.cc and use the promo code "LOST" at checkout for 15% off. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www.ense.nyc. Tell Iqram and the crew that Lost In America sent you. All of Turner's tour dates including Philly and Connecticut (in March) are available at www.TurnerSparks.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Comedian Misha Han (@HiMishaHan) returns for our annual Chinese New Year episode! Plus, this year we bring Ye Ye in to answer every question about the Year of the Dog that Misha can't, which turns out to be every question. All this plus Turner (@TurnerBSparks) calls Kap(@KapInAmerica) from Shanghai to check in on Kap's PTA meeting. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available here: https://ense.nyc/ Turner will be in Philadelphia on March 3. Get tickets here: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyUnderdogs/ For Ye Ye's Chinese cooking classes go to www.CookingWithYeYe.com For all of Turner's tour dates go to www.turnersparks.com. For all Lost In America episodes go to www.LostInAmericaPod.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) calls Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) from Thailand to talk about Carl's Jr in Bangkok, Expat Town and the general lack of zoning laws in Thailand's capital. Also, Kap recounts his day as the volunteer chaperone for Teddy Kaplan's field trip to see an improv group. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www.Ense.nyc. Turner's last show of his Asia tour is Feb. 10 at The Great Outdoors in Beijing. Get ticket info at www.comedyclubchina.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Adam Valen Levinson (@a_v_levinson), author of The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah is on the podcast today with a cautionary tale of becoming addicted to traveling to increasingly dangerous countries that don't like Jews. It turns out, they don't all think Jews are so bad and our preconceived notions of places like Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia aren't 100% accurate. Also, Turner (@TurnerBSparks) checks in with Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) from Hanoi, Vietnam to tell him about the riot he was swept up in while walking through Saigon. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available here: https://ense.nyc/ Get tickets here to see Turner Sparks Saturday, Feb. 3 at Kung Fu Komedy Club in Shanghai: http://www.tryclearcut.com/event/utdGkG06 For all future dates including Feb. 10 in Beijing go to www.TurnerSparks.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Comedian Paul Johnson (@thegoodgreatsby) spent two years in Germany on a Mormon mission way back in his youth. No longer a Mormon, Paul tells the Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) all the details of the mission and why he has no regrets. Also, for the intro to the show Turner is in Hong Kong and calls Kap for their first successful remote pod. Enjoy! This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www.ense.nyc. Turner Sparks is recording his first live comedy album at Kung Fu Komedy Club in Shanghai on Feb. 3, get tickets here: http://www.kungfukomedy.com/shows/turner-feb-03/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Playwright Jeremy Kareken (@KarekenJ) is a true modern day renaissance man. He has had his plays produced all over the world, he wrote for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in his 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns, he recently got mixed up with the Cuban Libertarian Party and for the last 17 years he has worked on "Inside the Actors Studio" with James Lipton. This man has lived a thousand lives. We get about 500 of them told on this episode. Enjoy! This episode is brought to you by Ense, available here: https://ense.nyc/ For all episodes go to www.LostInAmericaPod.com Turner Sparks is touring Asia, for all dates and ticketing info go to www.TurnerSparks.com. For tickets to Jan 19-20 in Hong Kong email jami@takeoutcomedy.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The J-Train, comedian Jared Freid (@Jtrain56) joins the guys to talk about his trip in 2016 to do comedy in China as well as his new dating advice podcast "U Up?" on Itunes. Jared also hosts the popular J-Train Podcast on Itunes and tours the country doing comedy. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available here: https://ense.nyc/. Turner Sparks is currently on tour in New Mexico and then Asia. All dates are available at www.TurnerSparks.com For all podcast episodes go to www.LostInAmericaPod.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

New York Times video journalist Jonah Kessel (@Jonah_Kessel) joins Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and The Artist Formerly Known as Mustache Kap (@KapInAmerica) to kick off 2018 by telling them about the insane trip he just took to North Korea with the New York Times. Jonah was on the ground speaking with government officials, school children and anyone else they specifically directed him to speak to. This episode is NUTS. Two more fun facts, Jonah spent a couple of years working at the China Daily Newspaper in Beijing and is a distant relative of Kaplan. All episodes at www.LostInAmericaPod.com This episode is brought to you by Ense: https://ense.nyc/ Turner will be doing stand up comedy in New Mexico, Philadelphia, Connecticut, New York City and all over Asia between Jan-March of 2018. All of his dates and ticketing info are available at www.TurnerSparks.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Mustache Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) look back at the year that was for Lost In America. The guys hand out awards including "Best Rant", "Best Billion Dollar Idea", "Best Hot Take" and of course "Best American Loser of the Year". Thank you to all of the listeners in 2017, everyone who has helped this podcast grow by 10 times this year and of course Ense! Ense is an App, available here: https://ense.nyc/. Turner Sparks will be performing at Stand Up NY on Jan. 9 in NYC. Get Tickets Here: https://standupny.com/buy-tickets/ All other tour dates including New Mexico, Asia, Philadelphia and Connecticut are at www.TurnerSparks.com. For all podcast episodes, information and pictures go to www.LostInAmericaPod.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng (@RonnyChieng) joins Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) to talk about his childhood between Malaysia/ Singapore and the US, his comedy life in Australia and his current job on The Daily Show. They go deep into the pros and cons of expat life in Asia and Ronny tells the guys why he doesn't like Australians who live in Hong Kong. Turner has a show TONIGHT (Dec. 20, 2017) with the Kung Fu Komedy crew at New York Comedy Club, get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-stories-from-traveling-comedians-tickets-37780937802?aff=kfknycwebsite Turner will spend the first three months of 2018 in New Mexico, Philly, Connecticut and all over Asia. All dates here: www.TurnerSparks.com For all podcast episodes go to www.LostInAmericaPod.com This episode is brought to you by Ense, available here: https://ense.nyc/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Argentinian comedian Adrian Minkowicz (@adrianminkowicz) hangs out with the guys to talk football aka soccer in his home country, his path from lawyer in Buenos Aires to comedian in New York and his tango dancing past. Before that, Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) begin the show by recapping the live pod one last time and trying to figure out how people cheat on taxes in today's world. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available in the App Store: https://ense.nyc/ Turner will be performing at Bier Baron Tavern in Washington DC on Dec. 16. Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-comedians-andrea-jones-rooy-turner-sparks-and-andrew-heaton-tickets-40943685666 For Turner's full tour schedule including shows all over the US and Asia go to www.TurnerSparks.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is it! Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) are finally releasing their live podcast, recorded at the legendary Stand Up NY comedy club on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with guests Ronny Chieng (@RonnyChieng) and Michael Kosta (@MichaelKosta) from The Daily Show. Plus podcaster/ entrepreneur/ author James Altucher (@JAltucher) sits in for the news! This episode is brought to you by Ense, available in the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ense/id1136044148?mt=8 For all of Turner's upcoming dates in the US and Asia go to www.TurnerSparks.com For all pod info go to www.LostInAmericaPod.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Comedian Jocelyn Chia(@JocelynChia) tells the guys all about her life growing up in Singapore from her early education in caning laws all the way to her dating experiences as a teenager. Jocelyn moved to the US for college, became a lawyer and then gave it all up to be a full-time comedian. Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) get the full-story plus as every question they could ever think of regarding Singapore. This episode is brought to you by Ense Hot Sauce and Ense the App, available in the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ense/id1136044148?mt=8 Also, our live pod is Nov. 30 at Stand Up NY! Tickets here: http://standupnyc.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=498387&cart For more info on Jocelyn Chia go here: http://www.jocelynchia.com/ For all of Turner's tour dates go here: https://www.turnersparks.com/ Get Lost.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy