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Godforsaken with Chris Turner

Godforsaken with Chris Turner

By: Chris Turner
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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 find out what makes America simultaneously the best and worst country in the world.Chris Turner
Episodes
  • 'It's Worth Saving' with Derek Moss
    May 12 2025

    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://www.instagram.com/derekmossyeahand: https://www.x.com/derekmossyeah

    #godforsaken #podcast #comedypodcast #christurner #derekmoss #standupcomedian #americanpodcastforenglishlearners #americanpodcastforlearningenglish

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • 'The Worst Thing that Happened to the Planet' with Atheer Yacoub
    May 5 2025

    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 of a trilogy, and where to call home.


    Atheer Yacoub is a Brooklyn-based comedian and writer, who has performed across the U.S. on stage and on screen. Her half-hour stand-up special premiered on Comedy Central Arabia in 2018, and was broadcast for a global, multilingual audience across the Middle East. She’s been featured on AXSTV’s Gotham Comedy Live, at SF Sketchfest, at The Boston Comedy Festival and many more. Atheer also served as a staff writer for sketch shows like The Breakdown and Passport Control on Brooklyn’s Emmy award-winning network BRIC TV. She is also the co-creator and co-host of the critically-acclaimed sketch comedy show, Muslim Girls DTF: Discuss Their Faith, on FUSE TV, which has won numerous awards including Series Fest Best: Independent Comedy Writing, Yes And…Laughter Lab competition, and The Pop Culture Collaborative’s Becoming America Fund.


    Follow Atheer at: https://www.instagram.com/atheeryacoub

    Watch her special 'Denied Entry' on YouTube: @atheeryacoub

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atheeryacoub?lang=en

    Website: https://www.atheeryacoub.com


    #godforsaken #podcast #comedypodcast #christurner #atheeryacoub #standupcomedian #americanpodcastforenglishlearners #americanpodcastforlearningenglish

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • 'Call Your Mom' with Eric Neumann
    Apr 28 2025

    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, caring about the audience, Andrew Schulz and crowdwork clips, challenging a crowd’s opinions, the status of British audiences, continental generalisations, getting away from people, how New York is a dominatrix, flipping Taylor Swift tickets, rewatching The Ring, wanting to return to the womb, why you should call your mom/mother, Chicago, and judging people who settle for a slower life.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
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