Lost in America

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 Kap (@KapInAmerica) all of the ins and outs of putting on a big-time Broadway production and hints at the future of the show. This episode is brought to you by Sudio Headphones, use the promo code "L...

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 Orlando. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense. NYC. For all of Turner Sparks' tour dates including Detroit, Boston, Dallas and New York City go to www. TurnerSparks.c...

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 Kaplan teaches Turner about the 2008 housing crisis. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc. Turner Sparks will be performing in Philadelphia on Friday, Nov. 30. For discoun...

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. All this plus Kaplan asks the listeners to watch his dog while he is gone for Thanksgiving. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc. For all of Turner Sparks' upcomin...

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 take a deep dive into Canadian politics. What are their elections like? What is a parliamentary system? What if they forget to tell the French about new laws? Its all here. This episode is brought to you...

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 Libertarian Party candidate for US Senate in his home state. For act two of this election special the guys are joined by Andrea Jones-Rooy (@JonesRooy) of FiveThirtyEight.com for a discussion on why we are so p...

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 would he want to come after Kaplan? What does he have against the alt-middle? The guys answer those questions and more. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc For ever...

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 Secondes (www.24secondes.fr/). Unlike Nike and Adidas his shoes are made in France and currently marketed solely to the French consumer, although Brooklyn hipsters would love these things. This episode is bro...

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 got shot at in Orlando. All this plus Bradley Cooper almost kills Kaplan's kid. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. ENSE.nyc. To get free tickets to see Turner audition for East...

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 comedy scene and his rocky transition back to America. For the first time Turner becomes the teacher as he gives Daniel pointers on how to navigate New York's rough and tumble comedy scene. This...

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 Moscow. Yep, countries from around the world get together in Russia once a year to sell arms to each other right out in the open. All this plus the guys have some somber news regarding the future of the p...

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 Macdonald, Hannah Gadsby and every other hot topic in comedy at the moment. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc. For all of Turner's tour dates go to www. TurnerSparks....

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 for the Alt Middle. All this plus hate mail, intern applications and a new enemy of the party. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc For all of Turner Sparks' tour...

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 more Lost In America after 100 weeks. All this plus the guys finally reveal the official Alt-Middle Platform. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense. NYC For all of Turner Sparks&#...

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 outlets. She tells Turner and Kap about her lifelong friendship with Sarina Williams and the hilarious experiences she had while covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics. All this plus the guys read hate mai...

Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) get back to their roots this week with a two-man pod. The guys tell all of the behind the scenes insanity that went down when a kid of the pod heckled Turner at a comedy show in Queens last week and also the madness that was the Ense launch party in Manhattan. All this plus the guys have a familiar face drop by for the news. This episode is brought t...

CNET Senior Reporter Ben Rubin (@BenFoxRubin) joins the guys today to talk about his adventures covering technology in places like Israel's West Bank and the slums of Athens, Greece. Also Kaplan is flagged as suspicious by his kid's summer camp counselors. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. ENSE.nyc. Turner Sparks will be at the Punch Line Sacramento Comedy Club on A...

Matt Davis (@MattDavis) got arrested in Shanghai two weeks ago while on a comedy tour and he the guys all of the dirty details. This plus Kaplan's daughter decides she is African. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc. Turner is on tour in California in late August, dates and ticket links below: Aug 28 - Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley Ca - https://tickets.throck...

Author Audrey Murray (@ACMWrites) joins the guys to talk about her new book "Open Mic Night in Moscow" and why she decided to take a rolling suitcase instead of a backpack for her one year journey through Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They also discuss how weird it is that Turner is friends with both her and her ex boyfriend who is a major character in the book. Get the book by going to...

Algerian born French comedian Wary Nichen (@WaryNichen) joins the guys today to talk about his career as a comedian in French and English. Wary talks about the differences in audiences from language to language and the guys help him figure out why a joke is offensive to audiences in English but not French. All this plus Turner reviews his trip to Panama City Beach, Florida aka the Redneck Riviera....

Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) are live from Stand Up NY Comedy Club in Manhattan with Donnie Does (@DonnieDoesWorld) from Barstool Sports, DC Benny (@DCBenny), Eman El-Husseini (@Emanifique) and Monroe Martin (@MonroeMartinIII). This action-packed live show is brought to you by Ense (www. Ense.nyc) and Ming River Baijiu, which you can find at www. MingRiver.com Advertis...

Scottish Comedian Roddy MacInnes joins the guys to talk to them about his homeland of Scotland, his life as a comedian in New York City and the comedy scenes in both places. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc All this plus Turner and Kap have a LIVE Lost In America Podcast TONIGHT (July 11, 8pm) at Stand Up NY comedy club in Manhattan. Tickets are available here: ht...

Comedian Peter Wong (@PeterWongComedy) came to the United States illegally as a one year old when his parents decided to overstay their tourist visa. Now he is an adult comedian, and also officially classified as a DACA DREAMer, or a Dreamer, or a DACA member, or however you say it. This week Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) ask Peter every question they can think of on the history...

Amy Hawthorne (@AmyEHawthorne) spent her life in the early 2000's living and working in Budapest, Hungary. She talks to Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) about learning the language, dating and playing on an ultimate frisbee team. Amy is now the talent coordinator at one of the best comedy clubs in America, the New York Comedy Club (@NewYorkComedy). Lost In America's next Liv...

Andrea Razali (@andrearazali on Instagram) calls in from Singapore to tell Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) about her unique experience witnessing the Trump/ Kim Summit in Singapore first hand. Andrea is a make up artist based in Singapore and walks us through her full day doing make up for a German television station at the Singapore Summit last week. This episode is brought to...