Lost in America

Comedian Kevin Gootee (@KevinGootee) is the host of "Comics Watching Comics" on Amazon TV, but nine years ago he was a dude got laid off from his corporate job and used his severance package to travel Europe. This week Kevin walks Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) through his couple months in Europe plus recounts his more recent trip to Octoberfest in Germany. This episode...

Singaporean comedian Fakkah Fuzz (@FakkahFuzz) joins Turner and Kap today in studio to talk about being selected as one of the first comedians ever to record a Netflix Comedy special in Asia. The guys also discuss Turner's weekend of comedy in Singapore and the popularity of Canadian pizza in the far east. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc. All episodes of the...

Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) calls Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) from Singapore to report back on his week judging and headlining the China International Comedy Festival. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc Turner will be headlining the Merry Lion Comedy Club in Singapore on June 1-2. Tickets are available at www.themerrylion.sg/ For all episodes of the podcast go to www....

Comedian Alli Breen (@AlliBreen) joins the guys to talk about her world travels from Europe to Asia and back again. Alli appeared regularly on The Greg Gutfeld Show and Red Eye with Tom Shillue and performs stand up comedy all over the world. This episode and all episodes can be found at www. LostInAmericaPod.com Turner Sparks is currently touring in Shanghai, China and Singapore. For all of Turne...

Donnell Rawlings (@donnellrawlings) aka Ashy Larry joins Kap and Turner to talk about being a US Military policeman in Korea long before Chappelle's Show. To kick off the show Joe Schaefer (@closeschaef) calls in so he and Turner and review their Chinese language show at The Comedy Cellar last week. Slam packed pod people! This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc. For...

Wil Sylvince (@WilSylvince) joins the guys to talk about his recent trips to Pakistan and Australia for comedy, but the pod really heats up when he turns into Kaplan's life coach. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense. NYC. All episodes available at www. LostInAmericaPod.com Go see Turner Sparks perform on May 18 at the Philly Comedy Club, and use the promo code "T...

Johnny Taylor and Anousha Hutton on the surface are a wacky American/ British couple basking in the joy of new love while navigating the cultural idiosyncrasies of dating one another. Once Kap and Turner dig below the surface they find a professional comedian and a professional medium/ psychic who are living such an unusually supernatural life together that their respective cultural differences al...

Steve Simeone (@SteveSimeone) joins Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) during his trip to New York to talk about his comedy tours in China, Canada and the USO tours he does in the Middle East. Plus, Pod Lawyer Blue Shirt Esq. joins to gloat about his recent landmark victory for the Lost In America pod. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc. When shopping o...

Economist writer Roseann Lake (@Roslake) joins the guys to talk about her new book "Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower". Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) find out why Chinese women aren't getting married at a culturally acceptable age and then the guys workshop solutions to the problem. All this plus FiveThirtyEight.com...

Comedian Abby Washuta (@AbbyDubsTweets) joins the guys to talk about the years she spent living on a military base in Germany. Abby shares her opinions on the military wife culture, German social norms and grocery shopping in Germany. Also Blue Shirt Esq. calls in to update Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) on their current situation involving an unnamed postcast. This episode is bro...

Usama Siddiquee (@UsamaBinLaughin) returns to the show to tell Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) about his recent comedy tour of India. Usama went to Mumbai and Delhi and also performed at a friend's wedding in Hyderabad. We go deep into Indian culture here folks! This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc. This episode is brought to you by Sudio Headphone...

Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) checks in with Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) from the west coast to recount his trip to Tijuana, Mexico for a fancy Mexican wedding. This plus the guys read listener hate mail and Kaplan updates us on his daughter's new Ken doll. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense. NYC. This episode is also brought to you by Amazon. Before shopping on Amazon...

We did a live podcast and the audio is good! Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Ira Kaplan (@KapInAmerica)go live from Stand Up NY with Des Bishop (@DesBishop), Francis Ellis (@Francisbarstool), Sherrod Small (@Sherrod_Small) and Anthony DeVito (@AnthonyDeVito_). The guys talks topics like Black Panther in China, living homeless in Hawaii, and performing comedy in Chinese when you don'...

Petey Rancel (@Petey_Rancel) is a New York City comedian working his way up the NYC comedy circuit, but in a previously life he was the son of a South Florida cocaine dealer who joined the US Marines in 2003 to escape a tough upbringing. Petey tells Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) about his childhood in Key West, his time in Japan, his days in Iraq and the struggle to re-adjust to...

Our live podcast is TOMORROW, March 14th 8pm at Stand Up NY comedy club in New York City. On the show we have stand up, news and interviews with Des Bishop (RTE), Anthony DeVito(Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert), Sherrod Small (Race Wars Podcast) and Francis Ellis (BarStool Sports). In addition we have stand up from Turner Sparks, live announcing from Joe Schaefer and madness from Kaplan. Get your tic...

Pod boss Iqram Magdon-Ismail is on today to talk about life before he became American, before he founded Venmo and before he founded Ense. Iqram talks about his childhood in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Virginia, and his Dad Enses in to answer a burning question. This podcast is brought to you by Ense, available here: https://ense.nyc/ This podcast is also brought to you by Hello Chinese, available here:...

DC Benny (@DCBenny) joins the show to talk about his life coming up in comedy as one of the only white guys performing at the black clubs in New York City in the 1990's. Before that, Turner (@TurnerBSparks) and Kap (@KapInAmerica) call pod lawyer Blue Shirt Esq. to help them figure how to take legal action against the fake Lost In America pod. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available...

Fivethirtyeight.com's Andrea Jones Rooy (@JonesRooy) returns to the pod, this time to talk about the extensive research she has done recently on North Korea and Kim Jong Un. Kap (@KapInAmerica) and Turner (@TurnerBSparks) have done zero research but have strong opinions nonetheless. Before all of this, Turner announces the newest pod sponsor and the guys reveal the new #1 enemy of the pod. It&...

Comedian Misha Han (@HiMishaHan) returns for our annual Chinese New Year episode! Plus, this year we bring Ye Ye in to answer every question about the Year of the Dog that Misha can't, which turns out to be every question. All this plus Turner (@TurnerBSparks) calls Kap(@KapInAmerica) from Shanghai to check in on Kap's PTA meeting. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available here: ht...

This week Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) calls Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) from Thailand to talk about Carl's Jr in Bangkok, Expat Town and the general lack of zoning laws in Thailand's capital. Also, Kap recounts his day as the volunteer chaperone for Teddy Kaplan's field trip to see an improv group. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www. Ense.nyc. Turner's last show...

Adam Valen Levinson (@a_v_levinson), author of The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah is on the podcast today with a cautionary tale of becoming addicted to traveling to increasingly dangerous countries that don't like Jews. It turns out, they don't all think Jews are so bad and our preconceived notions of places like Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia aren't 100% accurate. Also, Turner (@TurnerBSparks...

Comedian Paul Johnson (@thegoodgreatsby) spent two years in Germany on a Mormon mission way back in his youth. No longer a Mormon, Paul tells the Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) all the details of the mission and why he has no regrets. Also, for the intro to the show Turner is in Hong Kong and calls Kap for their first successful remote pod. Enjoy! This episode is...

Playwright Jeremy Kareken (@KarekenJ) is a true modern day renaissance man. He has had his plays produced all over the world, he wrote for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in his 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns, he recently got mixed up with the Cuban Libertarian Party and for the last 17 years he has worked on "Inside the Actors Studio" with James Lipton. This man has lived a thous...

The J-Train, comedian Jared Freid (@Jtrain56) joins the guys to talk about his trip in 2016 to do comedy in China as well as his new dating advice podcast "U Up?" on Itunes. Jared also hosts the popular J-Train Podcast on Itunes and tours the country doing comedy. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available here: https://ense.nyc/. Turner Sparks is currently on tour in New Mexico and...

New York Times video journalist Jonah Kessel (@Jonah_Kessel) joins Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and The Artist Formerly Known as Mustache Kap (@KapInAmerica) to kick off 2018 by telling them about the insane trip he just took to North Korea with the New York Times. Jonah was on the ground speaking with government officials, school children and anyone else they specifically directed him to speak...