Lost In America

We get the World's Smartest Podcast Network gang of Andrew Heaton and NYU professor Andrea Jones-Rooy, Ph. D. back to help us once again take a deeper look at some current American issues. This week comedian Billy Eichner cites American homophobia as the reason why his new movie "Bros" didn't perform better at the box office, and an NYU professor gets fired after students claim their classes are too difficult. What does this all say about America? Listen and find out.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Turner's new comedy album "Double Happiness" is available now for pre-order. Get it here: https://orcd.co/turnersparksdoublehappiness digitally and get a signed, personalized physical CD here: https://www.turnersparks.com/buy-my-album.This episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our othe

Italy elected a new Prime Minister in Giorgia Meloni this week, and the world is freaking out. She is a hard-right politician who has praised former fascist leader Benito Mussolini, she is anti-immigrant, anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage. Italian comedian Filippo Spreafico is here today to tell us why that all doesn't matter as much as the news wants us to think it does, and why she will probably be out of power within six months. Listen to Filippo's podcast "Anything Goes" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/anything-goes/id1565697857.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Turner's new comedy album "Double Happiness" is available now for pre-order. Get it here: https://orcd.co/turnersparksdoublehappiness digitally and get a signed, personalized physical CD here: https://www.turnersparks.com/buy-my-album.This episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the s

Belarusian comedian Misha Kalhin joins the show from his home in Kyiv, Ukraine to tell us how Russia lost 3,800 square miles of land in three days. He also tells us why he might join the military soon, why the language of stand-up has switched from Russian to Ukrainian and what it would take for Ukraine to agree to a cease-fire. For regular updates on the war, and to see his stand-up clips, follow Misha on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/misha_kalhin_standup/Send money via PayPal to Misha using the email address liza.licvinava@gmail.com.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Turner's new comedy album "Double Happiness" is available now for pre-order. Get it here: https://orcd.co/turnersparksdoublehappiness digitally and get a signed, personalized physical CD here: https://www.turnersparks.com/buy-my-album.This episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of ma

The Queen is dead, long live the King. Boris Johnson is dead (politically), long live Liz Truss. Who is she? What impact will she have? What will her policy be on Ukraine? What legislation is accomplishing while everyone is paying attention to the Queen's funeral? British comedian Ollie Horn is here to answer all of that and more including his thoughts on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, his scheme to prevent people from stealing his pens and his opinion of the great Andrew Heaton. Pour yourself a Hot Toddy, put Bach on the record player and enjoy the smooth sounds of UK's finest, Ollie Horn. Ollie is currently on tour all over Asia. Find all of his tour dates at https://olliehorn.com/.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Turner's new comedy album "Double Happiness" is available now for pre-order. Get it here: https://orcd.co/turnersparksdoublehappiness digitally and get a signed, personalized physical CD here: https://www.turnersparks.com/buy-my-album.Thi

Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev died on August 30, 2022, and today Russian comedian Oleg Denisov joins us from his new home in Germany to talk about Gorbachev's legacy in Russia and abroad. Oleg is a world touring comedian and just opened his brand new comedy club in Berlin, Germany. Check it out at https://www.facebook.com/eastwestcomedy/Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Turner's new comedy album "Double Happiness" is available now for pre-order. Get it here: https://orcd.co/turnersparksdoublehappiness digitally and get a signed, personalized physical CD here: https://www.turnersparks.com/buy-my-album.This episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next we

We get the World's Smartest Podcast Network gang of Professor Andrew Heaton and Andrea Jones-Rooy, Ph. D. back to answer the question "Has Woke-ness Become a Religion?". We tackle it from all angles, assess the evidence and then each hosts decides. Don't worry, this isn't too serious.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Turner's new comedy album "Double Happiness" is available now for pre-order. Get it here: https://orcd.co/turnersparksdoublehappiness digitally and get a signed, personalized physical CD here: https://www.turnersparks.com/buy-my-album.This episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/LostInAmericaG

Armenian Comedian Narek Margaryan is back to explain why Armenia has stayed neutral during Russia's war with Ukraine. While he believes the war is terrible, he explains why historically Russia has been an ally in some respects, and why is wouldn't be beneficial to go all-in on either side. Narek Margaryan is one-half of the popular sketch group ArmComedy, he hosts ArmComedy on Arm News TV and has appeared on CONAN in America. https://www.youtube.com/user/armcomedyvideosLost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Turner's new comedy album "Double Happiness" is available now for pre-order. Get it here: https://orcd.co/turnersparksdoublehappiness digitally and get a signed, personalized physical CD here: https://www.turnersparks.com/buy-my-album.This episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-m

New York-born Puerto Rican (Nuyorican) comedian Zilla Vodnas joins us to give a brief history of Puerto Rico and to lay out the reasons Puerto Ricans are for or against becoming the 51st state. Currently Puerto Rico is a commonwealth, but in Spanish its name implies it is a state, but it's not. It's complicated. Follow Zilla on Instagram @ZillaVodnas and subscribe to her show ZillaVision on Twitch.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Turner's new comedy album "Double Happiness" is available now for pre-order. Get it here: https://orcd.co/turnersparksdoublehappiness digitally and get a signed, personalized physical CD here: https://www.turnersparks.com/buy-my-album.This episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it

Sri Lanka's President fled the country in July, leaving his people with a collapsed government, a bankrupt economy and untenable inflation. Sri Lankan comedian Malinda Perera is back on the show today to tell us where he people go from here, how his family is doing and why nobody likes the new President either. Malinda is touring Europe all this summer. Find all dates by following him on Instagram at @Malinda.Perera.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Turner's new comedy album "Double Happiness" is available now for pre-order. Get it here: https://orcd.co/turnersparksdoublehappinessThis episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.co

Balkan comedy legend Pedja Bajovic joins us from his home in Croatia to explain why Serbia has been the only country in Europe to stay neutral during the war in Ukraine, and why Putin, The US, NATO and the EU all allow them to not pick a side. Watch Pedja's comedy special The Balkan Brain here: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/pedja-bajovic-the-balkan-brain/. If you are in Croatia this month check out his solo show here: https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatian-stand-up-comedy-shows-in-english-in-zagreb/Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/LostInAmericaGet Tickets to see Turner on tour here:

On July 8th Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated with a homemade gun. Today we have Japanese comedian Momo Takamori on the show from his home in Osaka to talk about Abe's legacy, gun laws in Japan and his country's growing comedy scene.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 41 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/LostInAmericaGet Tickets for Turner's Philly Show (July 30th) HERE.Watch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCymNeMbu9FC5Ty-t4GzdscwThis show is proudly part of the World's Smartest Podcast Network. Go to www.WorldsSmartestPodcastNetwork.com for all of our shows

Turner and Kap went to El Salvador last week to turn the Lost In America Podcast into a TV show, it was pure madness, and today they hop on the mics to tell you all about it. They played with a Congressman's He Man figures, they almost got arrested by disgruntled Policia, they ignoed the State Department's warning and went deep into San Salvador's "Red Zone", and they lived to tell the tale. Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 43 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/LostInAmericaGet Tickets for Turner's Friars Club NYC Show (July 26) HERE.Get Tickets for Turner's Philly Show (July 30th) HERE.Watch and Subscr

Ukrainian comedian Anton Tymoshenko joins the show from his home in Kyiv, Ukraine to talk about his upcoming comedy tour of Ukrainian bunkers, the current morale of the Ukrainian people and how he thinks this war will end. Follow Anton on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anton_tymoshenko, and donate to Anton's preferred charity that is helping Ukrainians defend themselves against the Russian attacks here: https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 47 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/LostInAmericaGet Tickets for Turner's Friars Club NYC Show (July 26) HERE.Get Tickets for Turner's Philly Sho

Colombian comedian Paulo Hernandez gives us a quick history of Colombia's Narco Wars from 1958-2016 and explains why his country now decided to elect their first leftist President in recent history.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 47 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/LostInAmericaGet Tickets for Turner's Friars Club NYC Show (July 26) HERE.Get Tickets for Turner's Philly Show (July 30th) HERE.Watch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCymNeMbu9FC5Ty-t4GzdscwThis show is proudly part of the World's Smartest Podcast Network. Go to www.WorldsSmartestPodcastNetwork.com for all of our show

We get the World's Smartest Podcast Network gang of Professor Andrew Heaton and Andrea Jones-Rooy, Ph. D. back for another whirlwind roundtable where we solve all the world's problems in an hour. This week we open by asking "Is the oil crisis fixable in the short term?". Then we ask "Should golfers be held to a higher standard than the US government?" as the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour hits the scene. From there we decide what to do with Russian Oligarch's charitable donations, and finally ask if math can help us understand politics.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 42 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/

The Philippines has elected Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the country's disgraced dictator by the same name, as president of the country. How did it happen and what does it say for the future of strong-men leaders worldwide? Filipino comedian Chino Liao is here with all of the answers. Check out Chino's podcasts Class Clown on Spotify and The Wrestling Wrestling Podcast on Patreon.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 47 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/LostInAmericaWatch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCymNeMbu9FC5Ty-t4GzdscwThis show is proudly part of the World's Smartest Podcast Netw

Sri Lankan comedian Malinda Perera tells us what Sri Lanka's options are now that they have defaulted on all of their loans, and how they got here in the first place. This is a wild tale involving empty cricket stadiums, defunct airports, civil war and China. Malinda Perera is a Sri Lankan comedian currently based in Dublin, Ireland. He will be touring Europe all this summer. Find all dates by following him on Instagram at @Malinda.Perera. Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 47 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/LostInAmericaWatch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCymNeMbu9FC5Ty-t4GzdscwThis s

Hungarian comedy legend Litkai Gergely joins us to explain the rise and reign of Hungarian strong-man Prime Minister Viktor Orban. PM Orban was just reelected in April to a third 4-year term, although he currently finds himself on shakier ground than ever as he can't survive without the financial support of the EU and the oil and gas support from Russia.Our guest Litkai Gergely not only founded his Hungary's first stand-up comedy club, he also created Comedy Central Hungary, Comedy Central Poland, Comedy Central Serbia and expanded Comedy Central to many other countries throughout Eastern Europe. Oh, and also he is a lawyer! His stand-up clips have amassed millions of views on YouTube. Check one out here: https://youtu.be/iX_VnVyxvQILost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 47 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you wil

On March 27, 2022, sixty two people were murdered in El Salvador in gang related killings. In response, President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency and has arrested over 22,000 suspected gang members (in a country of just 6.5 million people). While President Bukele now has more power than is comfortable and he has arrested many non-gang members along the way, still 91% of Salvadorans support his regime.Today Gabi Rivera, a Salvadoran comedian based in San Salvador, joins us to talk through the pros and cons of having Nayib Bukele in charge. Check out Gabi at http://gabirivera.com/.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 47 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podcast "Live From The Bunker" three times a week. Do it here and we'll give you a shout out on next week's

Comedian Misha Kalhin joins us from the 18th floor of his Kyiv, Ukraine apartment to catch us up on his life since we last spoke on March 9th, 2022. Misha is doing well, his family is doing well and he says life is returning to normal in Kyiv as shops reopen and people take back to the streets. Alongside all of this, Ukraine (with the help of the United States) has begun to see this as an offensive war and no longer strictly a defensive one. Misha tells us the new goals of the Ukrainian people and government, and what he envisions life will look like after the war. For regular updates on the war, and to see his stand-up clips, follow Misha on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/misha_kalhin_standup/Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 47 of our Patreon subscribers. Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond the satisfaction of making the Lost In America podcast possible, you will get our other 30-min comedy podc