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
#118: Jimmy Shubert - Skipping Netflix with "Zero Tolerance"
Pod Favorite Jimmy Shubert (@JimmyShubert) returns to talk about his newest comedy special "Zero Tolerance" which is available at www.JimmyShubert.com. This episode is NSFW as Jimmy drops about a mi…
01:07:10 |
Fri 25 Jan 2019
#117: Gus Tate - China's Comedy Club Problem
After a complete collapse of an originally scheduled Daniel Perefan interview, Gus Tate (@gustate) comes to the rescue and joins the guys to talk about China's changing comedy landscape. Later the g…
01:03:44 |
Fri 18 Jan 2019
#116: Jocelyn Chia Decides Between Asia and the US
Jocelyn Chia (@JocelynChia) returns to tell talk to the guys about the last year of her life spent living as a professional comedian in both the United States and Asia. Jocelyn talks about her strug…
01:15:53 |
Wed 09 Jan 2019
#115: 2018 Pod Awards Spectacular
Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Ira Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) hand out their 2018 pod awards including "Alt-Middle Guest of the Year", "Pod Bump of the Year" and "Sponsor of the Year". All t…
01:14:09 |
Thu 27 Dec 2018
#114: The Economist's Roseann Lake - Cuba's Free-er Market
Journalist and Author Roseann Lake (@Roslake) joins Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) to talk about her life as The Economist's woman on the ground in Havana, Cuba. Roseann updates the…
01:10:35 |
Wed 19 Dec 2018
#113: Broadway Playwright Jeremy Kareken - The Lifespan of a Fact
Playwright Jeremy Kareken returns to the show to talk about his new Broadway smash-hit The Lifespan of a Fact starring Daniel Radcliffe (yes Harry Potter). Jeremy gives Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and K…
01:16:25 |
Wed 12 Dec 2018
#112: Kaplan Takes the Family Back to Disney World
Mordecai Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) and Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) skip the guests this week and catch the listeners up on their trip to Staten Island and Kaplan's family trip back to Disney World in…
01:04:11 |
Wed 05 Dec 2018
#111: Suzanne Lea Shepherd - Singapore's Comedy Scene
Suzanne Lea Shepherd joins the guys to talk about her comedy origins in Singapore, her experiences with Comedy Central Asia and her 2015 transition to the New York City stand up scene. All this plus…
01:16:12 |
Wed 28 Nov 2018
#110: Harrison Greenbaum - Performing Magic in Kazakhstan
Comedian and magician Harrison Greenbaum (@HarrisonComedy) joins Turner and Kap to talk about his recent tour of Kazakhstan with one of the world's biggest touring magic companies, The Illusionists. …
01:08:04 |
Wed 21 Nov 2018
#109: Graham Kay and Alex Pavone - Canadian Politics Deep Dive
Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) are joined by Canadian comedians Graham Kay (@mrgrahamkay) and Alex Pavone (@MrAlexPavone) from the Friends and Sports Podcast to tak…
01:13:24 |
Wed 14 Nov 2018
#108: Gov. Gary Johnson - Running for US Senate in New Mexico
Election Special! Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson (@GovGaryJohnson) joins Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) to talk about his current campaign as the Libertar…
01:15:44 |
Mon 05 Nov 2018
#107: Kaplan Gets Pipe Bombed
On a very special episode Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) and Turner (@TurnerBSparks) rehash the pipe bomb incident at Kaplan's office in New York's Tribeca neighborhood last week. Who was this bomber? Why …
00:49:16 |
Wed 31 Oct 2018
#106: Florent Beng - Starting a Basketball Shoe Company in France
International business talk! French entrepreneur Florent Beng (@LouisBeng) joins the guys to talk about his former career as a basketball player in France and his new basketball shoe brand 24 Second…
00:55:53 |
Wed 24 Oct 2018
#105: Sean Finnerty - An Irish Boy Comes to America
Irish comedian Sean Finnerty (@SeanyFinnerty) regales the guys with his lovely story of immigrating to America. Its just like the movie Brooklyn except for he lived with 15 guys in Queens and then g…
01:14:15 |
Wed 17 Oct 2018
#104: Daniel Louis Vezza - 5 Years in Berlin's Comedy Scene
The guys are back! They didn't get cancelled, and this week Daniel Louis Vezza tells Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) about the five years he spent in Berlin's comed…
01:09:52 |
Wed 10 Oct 2018
#103: NY Times' Jonah Kessel Went to the Russian Arms Expo 2018
New York Times videographer Jonah Kessel (@Jonah_Kessel) joins Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and CIS Gender Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) to talk about his recent trip to the 2018 Russian Arms Expo outside of Mos…
01:04:58 |
Wed 26 Sep 2018
#102: Ari Shaffir - The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Ari Shaffir (@AriShaffir) joins Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) to answer every question they have about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The guys also discuss Norm M…
01:26:20 |
Wed 19 Sep 2018
#101: Kap Explains Rosh Hashanah
Kaplan tells Turner all of the stories and traditions of Rosh Hashanah this week before the guys make their Jewish New Year's Resolutions and officially endorse their first candidate as the spokesmen…
00:55:58 |
Wed 12 Sep 2018
#100: Kap, Turner and an All-Star List of Pod Guests Celebrate 100
Kap and Turner celebrate episode 100 by welcoming back former pod guests Joe Schaefer (@CloseSchaef), Andrea Jones-Rooy (@jonesrooy), Gary Sparks and more to help them determine who of the two is mor…
01:10:23 |
Wed 05 Sep 2018
#99: ESPN's Sandra Harwitt - Tennis Journalism, Serena Williams and the Beijing Olympics
Journalist Sandra Harwitt (@TennisGrapevine) joins the guys to talk about her career covering tennis around the world for the New York Times, ESPN, The USA Today and most of America's major news outl…
01:05:18 |
Wed 29 Aug 2018
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