Lost In America

We get the World's Smartest Podcast Network gang of Andrew Heaton and Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy back for another whirlwind roundtable where we solve all the world's problems in an hour. This week we tackle "When American brands pull out of Russia, does it effect anything?", "Should the Supreme Court justice hearings be televised?", "What does Florida's Don't Say Gay law actually do?" and "Can privatizing the Moon wipe out poverty?".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/U

American comedian Jorge Castellanos joins us from his home in Shanghai, China to discuss the hardcore lockdown he has been in for the last 13 days. He and his wife cannot leave their apartment, they cannot open the door and they are encouraged to not open the window all in the name of stopping the spread of Omicron variant in their city. With every restaurant and grocery store in the business closed, Jorge has been coordinating with his neighbors to buy the delivery minimum of RMB 3,000 (roughly $500 USD) worth of food, water and supplies in order to keep from going hungry during this time. This is a fascinating episode. Follow Jorge on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jorge_cast/.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This episode is also brought to you by all 45 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 Fro

Russian comedian Oleg Denisov joins us from his temporary home in Germany (he has left Moscow for now) to give insight into what the Russian people are hearing, seeing, thinking and believing when it comes to the war in Ukraine. He also gives us insight into how hard the sanctions are hitting the country, the overall effects of the Ruble's collapse and why close to 100,000 Russians have fled Russia.Oleg tours Europe doing comedy and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland numerous times, most recently with his show "Russian Troll" in 2019. He is also the owner of the Steal The Show Comedy Club in Moscow, with regular shows in Russian, English and Spanish. https://www.stealtheshow.net/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 come

Ukrainian comedian Anton Tymoshenko joins the show from his temporary home, an underground hookah bar in Kyiv. He has been living there since the war started a month ago with 15-20 other friends and strangers, who all found refuge and safety in the form of a closed down bar. Today Anton talks about his struggle to live a normal life during the war, how he has used his large social media following to assisted people in need and what he thinks it will take to end the war. 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

Just six months ago the Polish government was seen as an uncooperative actor by the European Union and an authoritarian state by the western world. Today they have become the media darlings of the world as they have welcomed 1.3 million (and counting) Ukrainian refugees to their country. They've given these refugees social security, temporary residence and shelter from Putin's war. Today we ask Polish comedian Cezary Jurkiewicz, "what changed?". To see Cezary perform stand-up comedy in Polish check out his YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/sORWeJwaL1sLost 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.pa

It's been 10 days since Misha Kalhin in Kyiv, Ukraine was on the pod, which is 10 years when you are sitting in the middle of a war. We have him back today to answer all of our questions including "How is the morale of the Ukrainian military?", "What is Zelensky telling the people to keep spirits up?", "With Chernobyl leaking and biochemical weapons rumors, what will it take for Misha to leave Ukraine?" and of course "How many Ukrainian Nazis is Misha friends with?". 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.Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 at the Friars Club in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307This episode is also brought to you by all 47 of our Patreon subscribers.

Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 at the Friars Club in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307Buy them for yourself if you are in NY or for your friends if you can't make it. And even if you can't come, please post about the show on your social media. Thanks!Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Shafic Gawhari is the managing director of Moby Media Afghanistan, a company that owns Afghanistan's #1 TV network TOLO TV. He joins us from his home in Kabul, Afghanistan to tell us how he is putting his TV network back together in a Taliban-controlled country, and what daily life is like in Kabul six months after the US exit. Shafic proudly tells us how TOLO TV transformed the culture of Afghanistan when it came on the air in 2004 by showing comedy, drama, singing and more to a country where it was previously illegal to own a tv or even take a picture. In this fascinating conversation he tells us how he had to meet with/ deal with the Taliban in order to keep his TV station on the air. For regular updates on Afghanistan follow Shafic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShaficGawhariLost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 at the Friars Club in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live

Misha Kalhin checks in from his high-rise apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine to give us a full update on the war with Russia from his vantage point. We talk hand-to-hand combat, air raids, bomb shelters and the current mood of the Ukrainian people. For regular updates on the war, and to see his wonderful stand-up comedy 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.Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 at the Friars Club in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307This episode is also brought to you by all 49 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

Canadian comedian Todd Van Allen joins us from his home in Ottawa, aka ground zero for the Canadian trucker protests of the last three weeks, to explain the whole ordeal and tell us what it was really like on the ground with these guys. Todd weaves a dizzying tale of how it went from a small group of truckers not wanting to get vaccinated, to a peaceful, if not noisy, takeover of major Canadian cities and US-Canada borders, to a place where today many of the major players have their bank accounts frozen and their trucks confiscated by Justin Trudeau and the Canadian government. Todd is a hilarious comedian. Check out his podcast, his tour dates and his show Write Em Up here: http://heyitstva.com/.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 at the Friars Club in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307This episode is

We get the World's Smartest Podcast Network gang of Andrew Heaton and Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy back for another roundtable, this time live and on location at the Friars Club in NYC. In the span of one hour we fix the problem of "Who should host the Olympics in the future when every host country loses money on it?", "Should Prince Charles' wife Camilla become Queen even though most people hate her?", "Should America be isolationist or interventionist when it comes to Ukraine and Russia?" and "Is Whoopi Goldberg's view of race in line with most Americans when she says Jews are white people?". Enjoy.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307Buy Ruby Kaplan's Girl Scout Cookies Here: https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby1367

Chinese comedian Tony Chou joins the show from his home in Beijing to give us a report on what it's like to be in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics. He also talks in detail about the covid-protocols he goes through on a daily basis to leave his apartment complex, ride public transportation and enter any building, and what happens to someone when they do test positive for covid in China. Finally, Tony and Turner reminisce on the early days of China's comedy scene and Tony fills them in on the heights Chinese language comedy has gotten to now. Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonychoucomedy?lang=enLost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307Buy Ruby Kaplan's Girl Scout Cookies Here: https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby136798This episode is als

Belarusian comedian Misha Kalhin checks in from his new home in Kiev, Ukraine to answer the questions "What is Putin's end goal with Ukraine?", "What does Putin want from the West?" and "Why does Putin keep attacking Misha?" Follow Misha Kalhin at http://mishakalhin.com/.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan. Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307Buy Ruby Kaplan's Girl Scout Cookies Here: https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby136798This episode is also brought to you by all 52 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

Balkan comedy legend Pedja Bajovic joins us from his home in Croatia to try to explain why Bosnia & Herzegovina has three Presidents and why one of them wants to take his third of the country and join Serbia. We talk a lot of genocide, Dayton, Ohio and of course Vladimir Putin. Enjoy! Watch Pedja's English language special "The Balkan Brain" here: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/pedja-bajovic-the-balkan-brain/Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307Buy Ruby Kaplan's Girl Scout Cookies Here: https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby136798This Episode is brought to you by all of our Patreon subscribers including our newest subscribers Whatever Scoop and The Conway Family (back for round 2). Join them in supporting the pod for $5/ month. Beyond

Kazakh comedian Nazerke Amirova joins us to explain the post-Soviet history of Kazakhstan, the battle for power currently happening between the current dictator and the former dictator, and why Vladimir Putin and Russia are the big winners no matter what. Follow Nazerke on Instagram @Nazluvslucky here: https://www.instagram.com/nazluvslucky/Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307Buy Ruby Kaplan's Girl Scout Cookies Here: https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby136798This Episode is brought to you by all of our Patreon subscribers including our newest subscribers Whatever Scoop and The Conway Family (back for round 2). 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

Apologies on the bad sound this episode. Turner thought his mic was plugged in the whole time and apparently it wasn't, so this is the best we could do to recapture the conversation. Next week everything will be back to normal. On with the show...Fabrizio Copano is a Chilean superstar comedian who also happens to be friends with the new president of Chile, Gabriel Boric. They are of similar age (both early 30's) and when our comedian Fabrizio was coming up in the college comedy circuit, President Boric was coming up in the college politics circuit. Today Fabrizio tells us why we shouldn't be scared of a left-wing president who has ties to the communist party but doesn't identify as a communist. Enjoy.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.Get Tickets to Turner's Live Album Recording on March 11, 2022 in New York City Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turner-sparks-live-comedy-album-recording-friars-club-march-11-2022-tickets-224940572307Buy Ruby Kaplan

Ukrainian comedian Anton Tymoshenko tells us what life is like in his country now that Vladimir Putin has amassed 175,000 Russian troops at Ukraine's border and is preparing for a winter attack. Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anton_tymoshenkoLost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.This Episode is brought to you by all 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 Network. Go to www.WorldsSmartestPodcastNetwork.com for all of our shows.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy &

The Sudanese Military took over the country and put the Prime Minister on house arrest last month. This past week they let him out of house arrest and made him Prime Minister again, but the PM's supporters aren't happy. What happened? South Sudanese comedian Akau Jambo is here to sort it all out for us, and answer questions like "What's it like to live under Sharia Law?", "What's the difference between Sudan and South Sudan?" and "Who do you like more Loul Deng or Manute Bol?". Follow Akau Jambo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AkauJamboLost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan. This Episode is brought to you by all of our Patreon subscribers.This episode is also brought to you by all 52 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

Libyan Comedian Mohanad Elshieky tells us the fascinating story of how he went from being a child in Muammar Gaddafi's Libya, to a political radio host in Benghazi during Gaddafi's fall, to a man being hunted for the jokes he made on the radio and finally to a political refugee granted asylum in the United States of America. Mohanad has appeared on CONAN and currently tours the US doing comedy. Follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/MohanadElshieky.Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan. This Episode is brought to you by Sugar Brady and The Civil War, or as you civilians call it the Oregon State vs. U of Oregon football game on Nov. 27, 2021. Time: To Be Determined. There are no easy weeks in Pac12 Football, and this is no exception.This episode is also brought to you by all 51 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

Senator/ Boxer Manny Pacquiao is running for the President of The Philippines against a team of Sara Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Junior aka Bong Bong Marcos. If those names sound familiar it's because Manny Pacquiao is one of the best boxers in world history, Sara Duterte is the daughter of current President/ madman Rodrigo Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the son of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos who stole $10 Billion USD from the country and was sent into exile in 1986. If Manny wins he will send Sara's Dad to the International Criminal Court, and if Ferdinand Jr. and Sara win the country might slip back into dictatorship. Here to sort it all out is our man in Manila, the hilarious Philippine comedian Chino Liao. 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 brought to you by Sugar Brady and The Civil War, or as you civilians call it the Or