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

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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.

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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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.

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https://www.instagram.com/seanytime

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http://seandonnellycomedy.com

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