Lost in America

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Burger King's Russia Problem, SCOTUS Nomination Circus, Don't Say Gay & More I World's Smartest Podcast Roundtable Apr 20, 2022

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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.

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Jorge Castellanos: Locked Down in Shanghai I 267 Apr 13, 2022

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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.

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Oleg Denisov: What Are Russians Hearing, Seeing, Thinking & Believing with Ukraine? I 266 Apr 06, 2022

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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.

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Anton Tymoshenko in Kyiv, Ukraine: Trying to Live Normally Through War I 265 Mar 30, 2022

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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.

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Cezary Jurkiewicz: How's Poland Managing the Ukrainian Refugees? I 264 Mar 16, 2022

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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/sORWeJwaL1s

Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.

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Misha Kalhin: Latest from Kyiv, Ukraine I 263 Mar 09, 2022

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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.

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Turner is Recording a New Comedy Special on March 11, 2022 Mar 08, 2022

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Buy 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.

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Shafic Gawhari: What's Afghanistan Like Now? I 262 Mar 02, 2022

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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/ShaficGawhari

Lost In America is hosted by us AKA Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan.

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Misha Kalhin in Kyiv, Ukraine: Emergency Pod Feb 27, 2022

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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.

This 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 out on next week's pod: https://www.patreon.com/LostInAmerica

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Todd Van Allen: Canadian Truckers Gone Wild I 261 Feb 23, 2022

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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.

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Get tickets to see Andrea Jones-Rooy Phd. and her Data Science Spectacular at Caveat in NYC on March 1 Here: https://www.caveat.nyc/event/the-data-science-spectacular-3-1-2022

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