Godforsaken with Chris Turner

US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with his wife Alice Winn to have a lovely chat, and catch up on what happened since their last podcast together ended. Alice Winn is a novelist, screenwriter and comedian. Her debut novel 'In Memoriam' won multiple major literary awards and is an international best-seller, translated into over 20 languages. Follow Alice: https://www.instagram.com/alicewinn...

US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Joyelle Nicole Johnson to discuss why she keeps two baseball bats in her car, what it takes to be a New Yorker, Making America Brooklyn Again, how different countries cover their textbooks, declining free giftwrap, why you should watch Caddyshack, flipping baseball caps off people’s heads, misophonia, roleplaying conflict, choosing your method of capital puni...

US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Aaron Chen to discuss being an alien of extraordinary ability, rapping for border guards, Lil’ Rel, Chris’ rap name, Uk hip-hop, drinking more mineral water, Australian comedy venues, beach life, roast comedy, headlining a queer comedy show, what Australia does better, Mexican chefs, Las Vegas hacks, naked clowns, rude children, a culture of humility, safety...

US Citizen Chris Turner sits down on his own to tell some stories. #godforsaken #podcast #comedypodcast #christurner #standupcomedian #americanpodcastforenglishlearners #americanpodcastforlearningenglish

US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Jason Salmon to discuss terrifying flash games, looking like you’ve wrestled an animal, the worst time to ride the subway, being Matthew McConaughey’s stunt double, Texas A&M, how to talk Southern, tipping in America, waiters roles as digestive lifeguards, the Heimlich Manoeuvre, how everybody’s wrong, and much more… Jason is a Texas born, NYC based stand...

US citizen Chris Turner sits down with David Buckingham to discuss metal sculpting, heroin addiction, and throwing explosives at a Chinese restaurant (and more, of course, but I don't want to spoil it...) David Buckingham roams the windblown alleys, abandoned factories, gritty industrial areas, dodgy neighborhoods, and low deserts of Southern California in search of the cast away, the discarde...

US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Lucie Pohl to discuss how heroes never die, hot takes, terrible last names, US border officials sliding into your DMs, not feeling American, the best German words, assimilating to different cultures, why Germans are suspicious of other Germans, and much more… Lucie Pohl is a German-born-NYC-raised comedian, actor, voice actor and writer. She is the voice of M...

US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Jay Jurden to discuss drag queen slang, british swears, missing your big entrance, performing for tips, what makes a great freestyle rap suggestion. bum vs. butt, black diaspora wars, Central Cee’s marketing strategy, pineapple colonisation, why Hawaii is America’s Falkland Islands, Mississippi being the most American state, where Snoop Dogg is from, Native A...

US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Yvette Segan to discuss spewing in yellow taxis, national stereotypes, firemen with their names on their butts, George Orwell’s sexist riddles, the coming rapture, Gen Z Nihilism, getting punched in the face by a Londoner, living in Nepal, how nerve signals slow with age, the differences between New York and London, drinking in parks, Showtime on the Subway,...

US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Derek Moss to discuss Cobb Salads, difficult accents, Russian standing ovations, Trump's love of Jazz, and a bunch of things that vaguely relate to America. Derek Moss is a comedian, musician and improviser based in LA. He has performed at UCB Theatre; with the livestream comedy show Everything Now, and has written for The Onion. Follow Derek at: https://...

US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Atheer Yacoub to discuss tinted moisturisers, the external revenue service, excess and efficiency, international walking speed, an Alabama childhood, weird laughs, creepy men, doing mushrooms on the beach, growing up in Palestine vs. the American South, post-9/11 racism, Billionaires getting away from it all, the status of cats in Islam, why the Quran is part...

US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Eric Neumann to discuss the price of cigarettes, celebrity Super Bowl parties, ungrammatically escaping oppression, Chris being dumb, taking regular breaks from stand-up comedy, attempting to defy the rating system and ruin the conceit of the show, post-breakup transformations, dormant rap skills, why America loves comedy, free speech, theories of stand-up, c...

US citizen Chris Turner sits down with no guest to discuss 50 minutes of behind-the-scenes stories, culminating in a freestyle rap. Beat: Coffin Nails by MF DOOM. #godforsaken #podcast #comedypodcast #christurner #standupcomedian #americanpodcastforenglishlearners #americanpodcastforlearningenglish

US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Tina Friml to discuss being the funniest person in Vermont, stealing your own jokes, famous Vermonters (Bernie Sanders), google reviews that are so bad they’re good, maple syrup, mean comments, Taylor Swift vs. Jack White, having a strange surname, the unhinged behaviour of Duolingo, and how everyone’s cousin has cerebral palsy. Follow Tina at: https://www.in...

US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Gray West to discuss growing up in Alabama, white barbecue sauce, the pledge of allegiance, whether Mexico and Canada count as separate countries, CHRIST Choir, building ramps for the poor, stupid acronyms, stupid frail old ladies, bathroom right of way, cruising, holding monkeys, visiting a gay bar in every state, why Wyoming doesn’t have a gar bar, the best...

Freshly naturalized US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Ivan Decker to discuss being a hands-on Dad, why comedians wear dark pants on stage, growing up in a small Canadian fishing village, why there aren't capital numbers, the consequences of ozempic, taxes, the silicon valley mindset, stupid currency, the ingenuity of strippers, a very obscure joke about coins, filibusters, Martin Shkreli...

Freshly naturalized US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Brittany Carney to discuss Tycho Brahe, euphemisms for urination, the smell of opium, Japanese classrooms, American settler misbehaviour, the individual vs the collective, sexy neanderthals, the Founding Fathers’ foresight, a Benjamin Franklin quote, what the US adaptation of the Office can teach us about America, innovation through trauma...

Freshly naturalized US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Sean Donnelly for a St. Patrick's Day (or Saint Paddy's Day) special, and discuss how time doesn’t fly when you’re raising kids, the accent you hear in your head, New York in the 70s, horny dogs, plastic paddies, the diaspora, Armenians in Los Angeles, hornier ducks, James Bond and the pizza effect, and lots of stories about performing sta...

Freshly naturalized US citizen Chris Turner sits down with PJ Adzima to discuss the most unpleasant word in the English language, getting scammed in Barcelona, death by trams, the importance of looking up, being the Whitest Boy on Broadway™, bone marrow beef burgers, getting scammed in Paris, mispronouncing Goethe, Jacques Brel, Chris cutting off his mullet, bawdy debauchery, Chris doing drag, Wal...

Freshly naturalized US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Henry Sir to discuss hunting moose, why bad towns make for the best shows, Canadian vs American music, Prince Andrew truthers, how cold weather builds character, colonial pasts, maintaining your Canadianity, and why it all boils down to hockey. Henry Sir is an All Canadian basketball player turned comedian, writer and musician. Born and ra...

Freshly naturalized US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Paco Erhard to discuss where syphilis came from, how America solves problems, what to do with East Germany, how Tasmanians forgot to build boats, why the British are ugly, and how the Austrians are to blame for everything. Paco's website: https://www.germancomedy.com #godforsaken #podcast #comedypodcast #christurner #pacoerhard

Freshly naturalized US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Adam Mastroianni to discuss getting tied up in Hungary, shooting tommy guns, how to get your name on a road sign, the delights of fried butter, throwing your university research in the trash, how the world forgot about the invention of the toilet, and why snitching to the cops isn’t that bad. Adam's blog Experimental History: https://www.e...

Freshly naturalized US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Ed Flynn to discuss limb-loss in a pork belly factory; selling vacuums door-to-door; the joy of causing concussions, and much more. More Ed Flynn: https://www.instagram.com/edflynnnn 🤓 FURTHER READING🤓 FREDDIE CLAYTON’S NAMIBIAN ARTICLE - https://veza.news/article/2023/05/01/how-namibias-sanitation-crisis-is-endangering-its-people-and-it...

America is great...in theory. Newly-Naturalized US Citizen, Comedian and Anthropologist Chris Turner sits down with guests from all over the United States to discuss Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. New episodes every Monday, beginning February 10th.