US Citizen Chris Turner sits down with Yvette Segan to discuss spewing in yellow taxis, national stereotypes, firemen with their names on their butts, George Orwell’s sexist riddles, the coming rapture, Gen Z Nihilism, getting punched in the face by a Londoner, living in Nepal, how nerve signals slow with age, the differences between New York and London, drinking in parks, Showtime on the Subway, living underground in Australia, James Bond’s name in different countries, German sex parties, Jewish summer camp, the nuances of antisemitism in America, and much more…

Yvette Segan is a comedian, actor, writer, and producer. She performs standup all over the globe, most notably at New York Comedy Festival and Top Secret in London. She has featured across the US at Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco, The Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles, Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia, and headlined Don’t Tell in Washington, DC. In NYC she performs at clubs and indie shows across the boroughs. Her work has been featured by Buzzfeed, Betches, New Yorkers, and Barstool. She has a BA in Drama from Vassar College and Certificate in Classical Acting from the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Follow Yvette at:

https://www.instagram.com/yvettesegan/

https://www.tiktok.com/@yevit

https://www.yvettesegan.com

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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

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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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