Episodes

  • 'We Live Alone, We Die Alone, We Podcast Alone' (Solo Pod)
    Apr 21 2025

    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

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    52 mins
  • 'My Days are Numbered' with Tina Friml
    Apr 14 2025

    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.instagram.com/tinafrimland: https://www.tiktok.com/tinafriml

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

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • 'A Gay Bar in All 50 States' with Gray West
    Apr 7 2025

    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 whisk(e)y bar in America, how to pronounce Nevada, the best place in Mississippi, drink specials, segregation, and drag shows.

    Gray West started as a host at the DC Improv and now performs weekly at The Comedy Cellar and all throughout New York City. He has had the pleasure of featuring for numerous comedians and has done festivals around the country including Milwaukee, Houston, Cleveland and many more.

    Follow Gray at: https://www.instagram.com/graywestand: https://www.tiktok.com/gray.west


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

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • 'America Gave Me Everything' with Ivan Decker
    Mar 31 2025

    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 and Wu-Tang, how Americans are nicer than Canadians, getting recognised in Museums, the size of New York City, the Olympics vs. Winter Olympics, toothless hockey violence, athletes with multiple scholarships, the weirdness of showering after gym class, the Starship Troopers shower scene, cults of personality, the Freedom Convoy, trolling Truckers, Chris’ most unlikely acting role, funny tweets, the problem with the Gulf of America, Stephen Colbert’s prophecy, established vs. estimated, the speed of time, lying grandfathers, Mt. McKinley, tariffs, kids asking “what happens when we die?”, an Andrew Marvell poem about worms, tiny rap tips, the silly rituals of baseball pitchers, Muslim footballers fasting for Ramadan, inviting Russians to a bar, and Chris Turner rap battling ChatGPT at TEDAI.


    Ivan Decker is a Canadian comedian. He won the 2018 Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year for his album I Wanted to Be a Dinosaur. He has performed stand-up comedy across North America and on the CBC Radio One program The Debaters, the Winnipeg and Halifax Comedy festivals for CBC Television, the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, and made his international TV debut on Conan. He was one of only 4 Canadians in the Netflix series, Comedians of the World.


    Follow Ivan at: https://www.instagram.com/ivanwdecker


    Watch his special 'Popcorn': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsF_7e6rukY


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

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 'Naughty Colonist Syndrome' with Brittany Carney
    Mar 24 2025

    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, Japan’s obsession with cowboys, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, wedding Americana, inappropriate college sweatshirts, not knowing Vampire Weekend, audiences not understanding jokes, and Bill Clinton's Saxophone.


    Brittany Carney was one of Vulture Magazine's 'Comedians You Should and Will Know'.She opens for headliners including Gary Gulman, Stavros Halkias, Moshe Kasher, and Todd Barry; and has written for That Damn Michael Che on HBO Max, Season 2 of Teenage Euthanasia on Adult Swim, and Networking for Introverts on Audible.


    Follow Brittany at: https://www.instagram.com/brittany.goblin.carney/


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

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 'Oakleys and a Cybertruck' with Sean Donnelly (St. Patrick's Day Special!)
    Mar 17 2025

    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 stand up comedy in different places, all while drinking Redbreast 12 year old cask strength Irish Whiskey.


    Sean Donnelly is an Irish-American Comedian who has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan and NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Sean released his debut comedy album “Manual Labor Face” in 2015 on Comedy Central Records. Sean has been featured on the truTV series World’s Dumbest and Almost Genius as well as Adam Devine’s House Party, The Half Hour, Broad City, and Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central, Amazon’s Alpha House, GSN’s Lie Detectors, Limitless on CBS, and Billions on Showtime.


    Get more Sean:Subscribe to @BurbsBros

    https://www.instagram.com/seanytime

    https://www.instagram.com/burbsbros

    http://seandonnellycomedy.com


    #godforsaken #podcast #comedypodcast #christurner #seandonnelly #stpaddysday #stpatricksday #irishcomedy #irishhumour #irish

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 'A Mirthy Dirge' with PJ Adzima
    Mar 10 2025

    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, Walt Disney, Stephen Spielberg, Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, kicking the strippers out of Times Square, Mr Bojangles working so hard he bled through 30 pairs of shoes a year, and the best advice for how to make it on Broadway.

    PJ Adzima is a New York based actor and comedian currently playing Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon on Broadway. He is the creator and host of STAGE TIME with PJ Adzima, the hit downtown variety show that unites the best of New York City nightlife.

    #godforsaken #podcast #comedypodcast #christurner #pjadzima

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 'Lights Surrounding Brand Names' with Henry Sir
    Mar 3 2025

    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 raised in Edmonton, he now lives in New York.


    Thumbnail photo credit: @shawnatnight#godforsaken #podcast #comedypodcast #christurner #henrysir

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    1 hr and 22 mins
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