Lost in America
Why does the President of Belarus always imprison his political opponents? What does the UAE-Israel Deal mean for the Arab World? Comedians Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan turn comics stationed around the globe into embedded reporters so you can know what's really going on.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 339
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2023
#139: Sam McCool - Australian Comedian and Hoaxer
Australian comedian Sam McCool (@McCool_on_the_move) joins the show to tell the guys about his comedy career and his side business "hoaxing" people. Sam gets hired as a keynote speaker at corporate …
01:02:09 |
Mon 22 Jul 2019
#138: Richie Redding – 13 Years Old, Alone in Japan
Comedian Richie Redding (@RichieRedding) joins the guys to talk about the time his parents sent him to live in Japan at age 13 with a rich Japanese family. He tells Turner (@TurnerSparks) and Kap (@…
01:13:49 |
Mon 15 Jul 2019
#137: NY Times’ Jonah Kessel Interviewed 20 Democratic Presidential Candidates
Jonah Kessel (@JKessel) from the NY Times joins Turner and Kap to break down his experience interviewing 20 of the 22 Democratic presidential hopefuls and asking them all the same 18 questions. Jona…
01:02:08 |
Mon 08 Jul 2019
#135: Author Adam Valen Levinson - Dr. Comedy
Author and comedian Adam Valen Levinson (@AdamValenLevinson) joins the guys to talk about his PHD studies at Yale University focusing on comedy, and his recent experience watching/ analyzing 42 of th…
01:04:12 |
Mon 24 Jun 2019
#134: Daniel Pomerantz - Opening Playboy Magazine in Israel
This week Daniel Pomerantz (@DanielSpeaksUp) tells Kap and Turner his wild tale of opening Playboy Magazine in Israel. From finding the models, to hiring the journalists and all the way through to d…
01:05:55 |
Mon 17 Jun 2019
#133: Kap, Turner and Producer Matt Embrace the Hate Mail
This week Kap (@KapInAmerica), Turner (@TurnerSparks) and Producer Matt decide to take a break from the guests and focus on cleaning house. The boys start by issuing a mea culpa for the previous wee…
00:59:13 |
Mon 10 Jun 2019
#132: Matt Davis – DIY Comedy Tours of Eastern Europe, and France
Matt Davis (@MattDavisComedy) has performed stand-up comedy in over 50 countries around the world and just got back from a two-month, 32 show tour of Western/ Eastern Europe. This week he faces the…
00:53:32 |
Wed 05 Jun 2019
#131: Daniel Dolgin - Counter-Terrorism Agent Becomes Hemp Farmer
Daniel Dolgin left his job in Counter-Terrorism to start a giant hemp farm in upstate New York. Now, the man behind eatonhemp.com brings his mix of hemp snacks to the pod and tells Kap (@KapInAmeric…
01:01:47 |
Wed 29 May 2019
#130: Turner and Kap Bid So Long To Ense Studios
The time has come for Turner and Kap to bid farewell to their beloved Ense Studios and move on to greener pastures. This week the boys recount all of their great times at Ense and announce the new h…
00:58:14 |
Thu 23 May 2019
#129: Ollie Horn - The Biggest Brit in Japanese Comedy
British comedian Ollie Horn (@OllieHornTweets) tells the guys the tale of how he became a television star and stand up comedian in Japan. All that plus Turner and Kap call for an end to all biking e…
01:15:44 |
Wed 08 May 2019
#128: Turner Goes Back to China
Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks)tells Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) all about his trip to China and the benefits of Chinese people thinking he is an idiot. Plus, Amazon is back on board and Turner pl…
00:56:37 |
Wed 01 May 2019
#127 - Cardiologist Dr. Sree Grandhi - Is Everyone About to Have a Heart Attack?
In this special medical pod the guys have real life cardiologist Dr. Sree Grandhi on to answer the listener's number one question: "If Kap had a heart attack does that mean I'm about to have one too?…
01:22:48 |
Wed 24 Apr 2019
#126: Live From Stand Up NY w/ T.J. Miller, Paul Mecurio, Naveed Mahbub, Joe Schaefer and Jon B
Turner and Kap host this live comedy extravaganza with guests T.J. Miller (@NotTJMiller), Paul Mecurio (@PaulMecurio), Naveed Mahbub (@NaveedMahbub), Joe Schaefer (@CloseSchaef) and the Chief of Staf…
00:41:03 |
Sun 14 Apr 2019
#125 - Lenore Skenazy: Free Range Parenting
Lenore Skenazy (@FreeRangeKids) joins Turner and Kap this week to talk about the Free Range Parenting movement and her organization LetGrow. Is this the future of good parenting or just an excuse for…
00:55:09 |
Wed 10 Apr 2019
#124: Turner Gives Kaplan a Green Card Application Test
Turner gives Kaplan a test to see if he and Randi would qualify for a green card based off the five hundred page application that Turner and Ye just filled out. Plus, Ester Steinberg (@EsterKay) cal…
01:02:18 |
Wed 03 Apr 2019
#123: Andy Curtain - The End of Kung Fu Komedy in China
Andy Curtain (@AndyCurtain) joins Turner and Kap to talk about the Chinese government's closure of the Kung Fu Komedy Club in October of 2018. Andy and Turner co-founded Kung Fu Komedy in mainland C…
01:18:20 |
Wed 27 Mar 2019
#122: Ariel Sobel - The Lost Jews of China
Writer and documentary filmmaker Ariel Sobel (@ArielSobelle) joins the show to talk about her new film "The Lost Tribe". Ariel tracked down a group of Chinese people in KaiFeng City, Henan, China wh…
01:13:35 |
Wed 20 Mar 2019
#121: Screenwriter Michael H. Weber - Glamping in Thailand
Screenwriter Michael H. Weber (The Disaster Artist, 500 Days of Summer) returns to the pod to tell Turner and Kap what its like to travel to Thailand when you are really rich. From glamping (glamoro…
01:15:19 |
Mon 11 Mar 2019
#120: Danielle Chang - The Host of Lucky Chow aka The Person Who Put Kap and Turner on TV
Turner and Kaplan welcome television host and entrepreneur Danielle Chang (@DanielleChang) to the show to talk about their recent appearance on her show, Lucky Chow (www.LuckyChow.org). Danielle is …
01:14:15 |
Thu 28 Feb 2019
#119: Kaplan Had a Heart Attack
After almost a month long break the guys are back for the Season 1 finale with the 90 minute story of Kaplan's heart attack. From the first moment of pain in a hotel room in Vermont all the way thro…
01:26:34 |
Fri 22 Feb 2019
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of World's Smartest Podcast Network. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.