Ron Bennington joins me on today's episode to talk about interview style and his series Unmasked. Ron is someone whose style of interviewing I've always admired, it seemed fitting to have him on this episode.

All upcoming shows & tickets: https://www.arishaffir.com/tour

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• Oct 21: Bensalem, PA

• Nov 02: Minneapolis, MN

• Nov 01: Omaha, NE

• Nov 03: Madison, WIi

• Nov 04: Chicago, IL

• Nov 05: Iowa City, IA

• Nov 09: Kansas City, MO

• Nov 07: Tulsa, OK

• Nov 09: Kansas City, MO

• Nov 10: Louisville, KY

• Nov 11: Indianapolis, IN

• Nov 12: St. Louis, MO

• Nov 13: Ft. Wayne, IN

• Feb 02: Boston, MA

• Feb 03: Foxwoods, CT

For more Ron Bennington:

https://benningtonshow.com/#Links

The Music:

Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

Talk Talk- Talk Talk

The Doors - The End

Simple Minds - Don’t You Forget About Me

Continuing the Jew Special Commentary now in Romania! We dive into the last few bits of my special Jew on my Youtube now. If you're listening stick around till the end and you can hear all the songs on my Edinburough playlist while I was running this hour of material there!

All upcoming shows & tickets: https://www.arishaffir.com/tour

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arishaffir/

The Music:

Go Down Moses- Louis Armstrong 

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Losing My Religion - REM

Kleinkunst - Fiva

One of Us - Joan Osborne

Hava Nagila - Dick Dale

Mordecai - Josh Williams

Common People - William Shatner

Joe and Henry came over to kill some time with me before we all headed to the Whit Reaper concert. A natural way to kill time is by talking about all the weird times you've had in strip clubs across the country. Enjoy.

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For more Joe List:

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For more Henry Phillips:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/henlips/ 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/henryphillips 

The Music:

2 Chainz- I Love Them Strippers

Motley Crue- Girls Girls Girls

White Reaper- Daisies 

Mason Jennings- Duluth

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My guest today Nate Bargatze and I are talking about Hollywood, and its pontifical actors who can’t seem to stop gabbing. They give us their opinions constantly, all day long, and most of the time without doing any research or taking the time to educate themselves beforehand. Or it's the self-important cause that they’re shoving in your face. But a lot of people are struggling, and Hollywood just keeps talking down to you. It’s infuriating, and we can’t stand it or them.

Us comics, on the other hand, like to stay in our lane. We try to tell jokes, make you laugh. Not telling you how to live or what the deal is with this or that. And Nate does just that. His output & the level that he’s hitting on stage is amazing. He crushes it every time.  An interesting thing about his stand-up, which has nothing to do with his success — is that he’s incredibly clean. But you wouldn’t necessarily notice it unless it’s pointed out. You can’t go wrong with his stuff. You will go wrong with my stuff. You don’t have to pause his specials when your dad walks in. That's 3 specials you can watch with your family, including his new one that is available now! 

His brand new special "The Greatest Average American" is available and streaming on Netflix today. He literally is the greatest average American. You won’t hear any thoughts on social justice, how to live your life, who to vote for, or what church to go to. You will, however, laugh the entire time.  Watch 'The Greatest Average American' on Netflix is a Joke TODAY!

▸ Watch the trailer for Nate's new special! Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American | Official Trailer | Netflix: https://youtu.be/VPJcztktXSw

▸ The Nateland Podcast - Check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/ydcjv6ad

▸ Get social with Nate! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natebargatze/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/natebargatze Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natebargatze/

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The Music:

Burn Hollywood Burn - Public Enemy

Ricky Gervais - Golden Globes Speech 2019

Shut up - BEP

Mind Your Own Business - Lots of people

Imagine - A bunch of assholes

Thanks to our Artists:

Marisa Pellegrino - Editing - @marisa_pellegrino

Patrick Holbert - Editing - @theholbertreport

Becky Rodriguez - Production - @humanplac3s

#skeptictankpodcast #arishaffir #natebargatze #comedy #standup #netflixisajoke #thegreatestaverageamerican

Bonnie Willow is a super interesting woman I met in a hostel in the Andes. She is a Reiki Master and Inter-Faith Minister. Bonnie also runs a school, The School of Peace. I don’t even know how to describe it. It's about spirituality. And about energy healing, cleaning your insides. We sat in the setting sun and talked about meditation, consciousness, and a lot of other really heady stuff that I, standup comedian  @Ari Shaffir, have tons of trouble wrapping my head around.

I know a lot of this is going to sound like hocus pocus to much of my audience. But for those of you who get a spark out of what we were talking about, I encourage you to reach out to Bonnie to ask her whatever you want or just to tell her you enjoyed the conversation.

It was a fascinating talk and I’m lucky that my travels put me in contact with such unique people.

Learn more about Bonnie Willow here: http://bonniewillow.com/

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The Music:

Govinda Jaya Jaya - Kula Shaker

KRS One - Ocean Within

Duke Ellington - Lost In Meditation

Porter Wagoner - Moments of Meditation

Lost In My Mind - The Head and the Heart

Thanks to our Artists:

Becky Rodriguez - @humanplac3s - Production

Patrick Holbert - @theholbertreport - Editing

Marisa Pellegrino - @marisa_pellegrino - Editing

#arishaffir #skeptictankpodcast #comedy #bonniewillow #schoolofpeace #energyhealer #reiki #christaspiritualhealing 

Standup Comedian Matteo Lane comes on Ari Shaffir’s Skeptic Tank this week to tell me all about gay culture. It’s FASCINATING. And it’s changed so much since I first discovered gays back in college.

Matteo Lane is one of the most interesting and rational people to talk to at the back table of the Comedy Cellar and I’m glad to finally get him on the podcast. We talked about Prep, blasting loads into butts, Grinder, cheating, and anything else I could think of to ask him about what it’s like being gay these days. Such a fun one.

◆ Check out Matteo's podcast "Inside The Closet with Matteo Lane & Emma Willmann"! Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/46jawyr2

◆ Find 'Inside The Closet with Matteo Lane & Emma Willmann on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/ITC

◆ Follow Matteo on Instagram: @matteolane

◆ Learn more about Matteo: https://www.matteolanecomedy.com/

The Music

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Billie Eilish - I Wish You Were Gay

Ain’t Nobody Straight in LA - The Miracles

You Make Me Feel - Sylvester

In The Navy - Village People

Thanks to our Artists:

Patrick Holbert - @theholbertreport - Editing

Marisa Pellegrino - @marisa_pellegrino - Editing

Becky Rodriguez - @humanplac3s - Production

#arishaffir #skeptictankpodcast #matteolane #lgbtcomedy

Standup comedian Keith Robinson joins standup comedian Ari Shaffir this week to tell me about his stroke. I had a lot of questions. And Keith was forthcoming and hilarious. My favorite kind of guest.

Keith is one of the most giving comedians on the planet. You can trace tons of great comics who point to him as one of the biggest influences on their careers and their lives. He looks out for young comedians, especially the ones from Philadelphia. It really makes me want to work harder to help younger comics. And I already do plenty. But Keith Robinson makes me want to do even more.

✦ Follow Keith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1keithrobinson

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Music:

Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart

The Strokes - Is This It?

Billie Joel - Movin’ Out

Marvin Gaye - Don’t Do it

Thanks to our Artists:

Patrick Holbert - @theholbertreport - Editing

Marisa Pellegrino - @marisa_pellegrino - Editing

Becky Rodriguez - @humanplac3s - Production

Raelyn Nelson - @raelynnelsonband covering "Ari Shaffir Owns This Song" By Pepper Goins - The Rushmore Podcast

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We’re trying something different this week. I, Ari Shaffir, am bringing you an entire album of one of my favorite comedians in the world. For free.

Adrienne Iapalucci has been opening for me for the last couple years. Anyone who saw my Jew hour and thought, “Fuck, that lady was dark” knows what I’m talking about. You know why I refer to her as “The Dark Queen.” And that’s what she is. Standup comedian Adrienne Iapalucci is a cold-blooded dark joke writer. Following her every night forced me to improve my punchlines. I’m not exaggerating. She’s that good. If you saw her open for me, you know I’m right.

This pandemic has hit her really hard, though. She was about to start headlining so much that she wasn’t going to be available to me and my crowds any more. And then this virus changed everything. It took away our ability to perform. There’s no more income. She’s seriously looking for day jobs and wondering how she’s going to pay her rent.

And now she’s got a new album out called “Baby Skeletons” that she recorded before the pandemic. So here’s what we’re going to try. I’m letting you hear it for free. And I want you to give Adrienne what you think that was worth to you. If I were you, I’d start with $1 before you even listen to it. Because any album is worth that much. But then once you’ve heard it, I think you’ll agree it’s worth a lot more. And I understand that not everybody is in the same financial position as everybody else. So maybe you can only spare $7.00. Or maybe you’re doing great and you can spare a 20 or a 50. You gotta decide for yourself how much you laughed at what took her years to make and how much you want to support comics like this putting out their own material. Show this podcast to your friends and tell them to support her, too.

I do this kind of thing for the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. The richer people end up paying more. The poorer people end up paying less. And overall I make enough money to justify me going out there to Scotland for a month. Enough that I can justify going out there. More than I made in a month of road gigs 10 years ago. And more than Adrienne makes now on the road. But the coolest part of it for me was how the poor college kids and the adults with real jobs could all come together to enjoy something they all liked; my degenerate comedy. After the shows, I would stand in the back with a bucket. And people would toss in whatever they had. When I was off, I definitely felt that in the bucket. But no matter what people gave me, it was cool to have them say thank you as they passed, and know that no matter what they put in there, they were putting it in because they wanted to AFTER knowing what they had gotten in terms of the show I put on.

So that’s what we’re doing with Adrienne. All the money you Venmo her or Paypal her will go directly to her. If she makes enough, she can use the money to film her next special.

Adrienne is an introverted joke writer. And the standup she does end up doing on big platforms gets censored to hell. That Parkland joke was the number one joke of 2018. Most NY comics agreed with that. And they wouldn’t even let her do it on a dirty comedy on Netflix. That’s the state we’re in for standup. If she was as big as Dave Chappelle or Bill Burr it wouldn’t have been a problem. So you guys get to hear it here instead.

You gotta make the world into what you want it to be by supporting that vision with your dollars.

The Music

The Misfits - Last Caress

Brendan Sagalow is a master at getting turned down by women. “I just don’t see you like that,” they tell him. It’s called being put in the friend zone. And it happens to Brendan A LOT. Join us as we discuss this horrible phenomenon. Ari Shaffir and Brendan Sagalow have been turned down by over 200 women. 1 by Ari and then Brendan picked up the slack.

Don’t forget to buy or download Sagalow's new album, “Not Now More Than Ever.” Brendan Sagalow is one of the best up and coming comics in New York. When he’s not eating 6 meals a day, he’s busy doing spot after spot to work on his craft. And his hard work has paid off. Grab his album today! https://tlbrecords.lnk.to/BrendanTW

And listen to his podcast, Garbage Days: https://brendansagalow.squarespace.com/garbage-days-podcast

Patreon: Please help support me by joining my Patreon. For $5 a month, it pays part of the salaries of the people who made this video. The other part comes from selling blood on weekends. New merch just went up this week. Exclusive to Patreon members and nobody else. http://patreon.com/arishaffir

The Music

Chris Isaak - Wicked Games

Ben E. King - I Who Have Nothing    - (You gotta listen to that whole song. The pain in this dude's voice is amazing)

The Who - Who Are You

Pulp - Like A Friend     - (I've been getting way into Pulp lately)

The Avalanches - If She Don't Love Me    - (The song is great but the video is AWESOME)

Sam Smith - Not In That Way          - (This ain't my kind of music but it's so on point to the topic of this podcast I felt obligated to put it in)

Here are mine in no order:

• Read two books
• Finish writing my book
• Make a standup special for someone
• Go to 2 new countries (maybe 3)
• 100,000 YouTube subscribers
• 3,000 Patreon subscribers
• Reach out to comics going through public trouble
• Remember the great parts of 2020

Please sign up for My Patreon. Not many more till I start my follow up on there to each Skeptic Tank and answer any questions the patrons have about the episode. I get how frustrating I can be with my half finished stories and questions I forgot to ask. This'll be your chance to hold me accountable. And starting today, there's exclusive merch on there available on to the Patrons and nobody else. 

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Phil Hanley is an expert on the Grateful Dead. Deadheads they call themselves, and he came over to clue me in on why this band is so awesome. They've got drugs, good music, and cool fans. What else could you want?

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Watch Ooh La La: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzJ245Q4mGk 

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PhilMHanley/ 

The music:

The Grateful Dead- Truckin'

The Grateful Dead- Ripple

The Grateful Dead- Terrapin Station

The Grateful Dead- Touch of Grey

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Troll of the Year. On part 2 of My 2020 Year in Review podcast I talk about how I brought a city to its knees. With a few expertly timed and crafted words I made Los Angeles crumble. It was hilarious. Even the comedy world wasn’t immune from my power. While most standups laughed and were tremendously supportive, a few comedians fell to my power. Some who had previously held that jokes were always just jokes, for the first time in their lives took the side of the censors. They had never been so expertly triggered before and they lost their minds. And we all laughed at them. It was one my greatest trolls, if not my greatest. It made hypocrites out of the mighty and showed the world how much they overvalued the lives of celebrities. Their anger was my applause. Their threats of violence were my standing ovation. I am God.

The Music

Distillers - City of Angels

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It's time for my annual Year In Review podcast. This ain't about what happened in the world. This is about what happened in the world of the greatest living athlete, Ari Shaffir. It was a wild one. Full of ups and downs syndromes. 2019 had more twists than a, than a, I don't know. Than a really twisty thing. It was such a long one I decided to cut it up into 7 parts. This is part one, New Orleans, Hawaii, and Preparing For My Next Standup Special." I'll release a new one every day this week, so make sure to subscribe and check back here every day for a new episode.

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The Music

Ben Folds - 2019

Travelling Wilburies - Tweeter and the Monkey

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John Dennehy came over to talk to me about Ecuador. Specifically about the 2005 People's Revolution that toppled their government. John was there for all of it. He even helped set up road blocks during the protests. Really interesting stuff that seems kind of extra relevant this week, huh?

He also told me hella stuff about Ecuador. From the food, to the roads, to the customs, to the crazy obsession with 2 dollar bills. It was a crash course in a country that I desperately needed a crash course on. It's useful and interesting stuff about an amazing paisa. 

John wrote a book that I just finished reading called "Illegal." It's about being deported, about illegally crossing back over that border again and again, about love, about my balls, about standing up for what you believe in, and it's about following your heart. There's a ton of ideology hidden inside the plot that had me thinking about stuff all week after reading what he wrote. 

Pick up "Illegal" by John Dennehy at Good Reads or at Amazon. And if you read it, tell him you read it because of this podcast and he'll tell all his friends at the UN what a powerful interviewer I am. 

The Music

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - This Land Is Your Land

Simon and Garfunkle - The Only Living Boy in New York

Gil Scott Herron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

RoCola Bacalao - Guayaquil City

Outkast - Bombs over Baghdad 

Tim Dillon got together with me to help me understand wealthy people. They're not like you and I. Sometimes I hate them and sometimes I am in awe of them. Tim broke down all the reasons they suck, and also all the reasons the poor aren't much better. Tim Dillon always has great insights into stuff like this. And he's been obsessed with the super wealthy since I've met him.

Joe List joined me for the introduction and outro to speak a little on the same subject and then we took some calls from people who left messages about what it means to be rich or to be poor. 

Joe Rogan loves two things. Fast cars and dank weed. And he's owned plenty of both. Joe and I talked about where his automobile obsession came from, the coolest cars he's ever driven, road handies, and much more. Joe smoked a fat cigar as I was watched with jealous eyes as I was stuck inside what looked like a Chechnyan prison where they had a no-smoking policy. We talked about the old days vs new days of the Store and how cool it is that comedy is dangerous again. Rogan and I were both sitting behind tables the whole time so there's no way to know what our pants situation was for this. You'll learn a ton about cars in this one and it was legit a hella great time laughing and talking to my buddy.

Gary Numan - Cars

Janis Joplin - Mercedez Benz

Heart - Barracuda

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

Bitchin Camaro - Dead Milkmen

Queen - I’m in Love With My Car

Shane Gillis and I love to get drunk and talk trash. Pretty much everything sucks if you look into it. So I came up with some shit to talk shit about and then Shane and I shit on that shit while getting drunk on Karen juice. 

This episode is brought to you by the Stereo App. You could've listened to me recording this live and left me messages if you were on Stereo

Check out Shane's podcast, Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

To hear more of our conversation, head over to my patreon, www.patreon.com/arishaffir where we read a great arrest story and had a drunken blast making fun of it.

The Music

Lily Allen - Fuck You

Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You

Chip Taylor - Fuck All The Perfect People

Erasure - I Love To Hate You

Margo Reiss came over and let me ask her all about transsexuality. I mean, super cool about it. Let me just ask anything I didn't understand and she explained what it was like to me. We got into why to chop it off or not, the bar scene, Katelyn Jenner, how hard we like to fuck, some history, and a bunch more. God, I wish you could talk to people in real life this way. We'd be so much better off as a society. 

The Music

The Kinks - Lola

Shania Twain - Man, I Feel Like A Woman

Suzanne Vega - As Girls Go

Lou Reed - Take a Walk On The Wild Side

My Body Was Made - Ezra Furma

Eli Sairs came over to talk to me about his OCD. He's got it bad. And it's all wrapped up with Jesus, too, which makes it even harder to deal with. The levels this guy has to go through just to make through basic life stuff is astounding. I bet he eats box really thoroughly, though. Didn't ask him about that. I wish I had.

Follow Eli Sairs @EliSairs on Instagram

Click here for Eli's podcast, The Roast Ghost.

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The Music

Alt J - Interlude

Bill Withers - Lovely Day

Brand New Heavies - Dream On Dreamers

Kid Cudi - Trapped In My Mind

Daniel Johnston - Devil Town

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Zac Amico told me some amazing stories about producing low budget horror movies. Zac is a hilarious comic and podcaster and he's also a producer of films for Troma, one of the greatest pulp horror makers of all time. We talked about the history of this kind of campy, low budget horror. Why they always seem to have ditzy bimbos. Where the ridiculous titles come from. All of it. Plus I did the intro from an abandoned cemetery for maximum effect.

Watch Zac's horror podcast, Zac Amico's Midnight Spookshow,. catch him hosting Catalyst Wrestling or follow him on instagram at @ZacIsNotFunny. I'd tell you to go watch his movie that he made, Shakespeare's Shitstorm, but the last screening happened on Friday so unless it becomes a cult classic, you're gonna have trouble watching it. But I heard it was really good.

You can watch the entire podcast at YouTube.com/AriShaffir if you want to see what monsters Zac and I actually look like. 

And please subscribe to my Patreon.com/AriShaffir for bonus content, a way longer introduction to this episode, and really just o support me so I can keep doing the outsider stuff I like doing sometimes without having to worry about the financial impact it'll have on my life every time I lose all my sponsors just because I love crossing the line 3 times a year or so.

Thank you to my sponsor, KushyDreams.com. They make great CBD smokeables that I actually love smoking myself. It gets you re-laaaaaaaaxed for real. Use promo code "Ari" for 20% off your first order. I tried talking them down to 15% but they were pretty adamant they were gonna do 20. And they thought it was weird that I asked them to change it. 

The Music

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - Nightmare on My Street

Ramones - Pet Semetery

The J Geils Band - Fright Night

Rudy Ray Moore - The Player

Dan Soder drove with me to Vancouver after our show in Seattle and we had a great time doing some not-so-legal things! Can I get more dangerous than podcasting and driving? Listen to find out!

For more Ari:

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For more Dan: 

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The Music:

Big Yavo- Hot Box

Sl2mm- Until Next Time

Bryan Adams- So Happy It Hurts

Arcade Fire- Keep The Car Running

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Jake Hanrahan talked to me about conflict reporting. He goes to war zones and tries to bring back word of what's actually going on in these areas. It's crazy. He brings back tons of footage. Look at PopularFront.co and you'll see what I'm talking about. He's not even welcome in a lot of these places. Once they put him in a Turkish prison! Really interesting stuff in this one.

You gotta excuse the sound a little. I recorded in the wrong button on my audio recorder so I had to end up using the laptop mic and it's not as good as the regular Sennheiser mic. You'll get used to it but the first 2 minutes you're gonna get annoyed. I'm telling you, this one is worth the trouble. Jake Hanrahan has some crazy stories!

Go support Jake in his quest to bring the truth about wars. Become patron. You can do $1, $5, 0r $10 and no matter what you're going to be helping a real independent guy do his thing. Patreon.com/PopularFront

The Music

Eric Bogle - The War Correspondent

Death Grips - I've Seen Footage

Falco - Kamikaze Cappa

The Original Caste - One Tin Soldier

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Jimmy O'Brien from Jomboy Media came over and we had a great talk about baseball. Jimmy is crazy about the sport. And we share favorite teams! The greatest sports franchise of all time, The New York Yankees.

Jomboy has these amazing videos on Instagram that you should all check out. He l it’s how to read lips so he somehow gives insight into what is actually being screamed at opposing players during fights and stuff. It’s awesome. Check it out at https://www.instagram.com/jomboymedia/

The live table read for Legion of Skanks has been moved to a live FREE YouTube event. 8pm EST/5pm PST Sunday October 18. Tune in at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENotTCaaOOE&feature=youtu.be

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The Music

Jon Fogerty - Center Field

Mrs Robinson - Paul Simon (live at Yankee Stadium)

The Intruders - Love Is Like A Baseball Game

Kenny Rogers - Baseball Song

Joe Deros and Louis Katz met me in a park on the outskirts of Chinatown just to shoot the crap. Derosa and I drank Natty Lights. Katz kept his mask on the whole time. We got stared at by old Chinese people. A black dude named Freedom talked to us for far too long. It was a fun episode in the record-anywhere spirit of the Skeptic Tank. The mailbag part of it is something I do on my patreon. Patreon.com/SkepticTank.

The Skanks table read live Pay Per View is Sunday, October 18 at 8pm Eastern time. You can get tickets here.

The Sunday show at Stress Factory is What's Your F**king Deal. Big Jay hosts it. I'm either doing audience mic or doing the last set. The Friday and Saturday shows are just regular standup headline sets by me. Sunday is the only weird one. Come to both if you want, they'll be completely different. Get tickets here. 

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Dave Smith and I finish the last 4 hours of the craziest year of our state of the union podcasts we've ever done. There was just so much going on. We got into politics, the press, war, the way everybody's turning on each other, and the role of government. Dave was giving me eyes the whole time like he wanted more than just talk, if you get my drift. I 

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The Music

Public Enemy - State of the Union

John Lennon - All I Want is Some Truth

Grimskunk - America

Bruce Springsteen - This Land Is Your Land

Joe Rogan - Hugh Hefner

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Dave Smith came over to start our yearly talk on what's going on with America. Dave is a libertarian. So he's one of the more unbiased voices you'll get on politics because he has no political team. I mean, I guess Libertarian is a team, but it's not a team that ever wins so he's unbiased about the main two parties. 

This year, a bunch of stuff happened so we ended up having to stop ourselves after 3 hours and we're gonna come back and do a part 2 next week. 

The Music

Rammstein - Amerika

All American Me and You (chorus)

Duran Duran - 911 Is A Joke

Animaniacs - 50 States

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Ryan Oneill and Jeff Danis come on to talk about some criminal mastermind shooting 3-5 gunshots at Oneill from about 4 feet away. Unfortunately the guy missed. But something good will come from it. And the good is that D&O, The Danish and O'Neill, The Beach Cops boys are able to come on Skeptic Tank to talk over the harrowing experience. Harrowing for Ryan. Jeff was changing his kid's diaper or something, which I guess is also harrowing. Probably more harrowing when you think about it. 

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The Music

Bruce Springsteen - Point Blank

Pat Benetar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

TLC - Survivor

Cat Stevens - I’m Gonna Get Me A Gun

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Steve Rannazzisi, Shane Gillis and Corinne Fisher came over to the Skeptic Tank Studio to talk about what it's like going through a mass internet backlash. It has many names, online mobs, cancel culture, outrage, but I like to call it e-rage. We talked about the similarities in all their situations while we detailed each of their experiences in more depth.

I've been trying to get this podcast done for literally years and it did not disappoint. One of the most interesting conversations I've ever hosted on Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank

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Each of today's guests have their own podcast. Give them each a chance by listening to at least one episode and seeing if maybe they'll make it into your rotation.

Steve Rannazzisi has a podcast called "What's The Odds"

Shane Gillis has a podcast called "Matt And Shane's Secret Podcast"

Corinne Fisher has a podcast called "Without A Country"

The Music

Hole - Violet

The Bee Gees - I Started A Joke

Shirley and Company - Shame, Shame, Shame

The Beatles - Revolution

Kerryn Feehan came over to tell me about this wild world of getting dudes to just send you money. For nothing. I mean, legitimately for nothing. And then we started talking and she started telling me about how to get them to send you way more money for doing at least a little something. It's a crazy world we live in and it's full of simps. Also, we will tell you what a "simp" is while you listen to the episode. I honestly loved this one. I found it so interesting and entertaining and I hope you guys like it as much as I did.

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The Music

Flying Lizards - Money, That's What I Want

Cardi B - Money

Danny P - Simp Song

Kanye West - Gold Digger

Joe List came over to tell me about his years working theft prevention at a Sears outside Boston. These are great stories about being exactly my enemy at one of my passions, shoplifting. 

Put this podcast down and go right now to watch Joe's new standup special, "I Hate Myself" on YouTube now. 

And check out his podcasts, "Tuesdays With Stories" and "Mindful Metal Jacket"

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The Music

Betty Blowtorch - Big Hair, Broken Heart

LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge

Peter Frampton - Do You Feel (Like I Do)

New Order - Blue Monday

Ryan O'Neill and I spent some time in Salt Lake City with Brent the Liftie! Brent is a lift operator in Salt Lak City and he gave us the scoop on what it's like and showed us a good time on the mountain.

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The Music:

Lift Me Up- Rihanna

Lift Me Up- Five Finger Death Punch

Lift Me Up- Yes

Take Me to the Mountaintop- Malaco

Into The Night- Royal Bliss

Justin Silver, heralded dog trainer from the @TheLanguageOfDogs instagram page and the book by the same title, comes in to tell me how he got started training dogs, the methods he uses to get dogs listening, and how he's probably going to vote for me for president of Legion of Skanks. 

He explains all this stuff so clearly. As a dog owner, this one was really really helpful in addition to being funny as heck (sorry for the cuss).

Make sure to check out Justin's page @TheLanguageOfDogs for tons of helpful video tips you can use on your own pup.

The Music

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog

Jerry Reed - Bandit

Band on the Run - Band on the Run

Geggy Tah - Gina

Nick Cannon - Stand Up For What

Nick Cody joined me from Melbourne, Australia to tell me about his epic trip he took across America at 19 years old. Went from Portland to NY by train to save like $90. Idiot. But also very cool. The entire trip was just so he could go see the O&A show where Bill Burr would end up doing his Philly rant that I always refer to as "7 more minutes" and that still makes me laugh. Nick was in the audience for that amazing comic/crowd fight and I'm so jealous of that and this whole trip.

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The Music

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Train (great song that made me cry)

The O'Jays - Love Train

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

Bill Burr - Philly Rant (still made me laugh 15 years later)

Carmen Lynch was a scoliosis nerdburger in hight school. She wore a back brace and couldn't make friends. She came on the podcast this week to tell me about it. How she dealt with having scoliosis at such an important age and how it's helped shape who she's become now. Get it? Shape? Anyway, she's a very well respected comic in NY. Ask any comedian in the city about her and they'll tell you she's really funny. Her new album, Vertically Challenged is available today!

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The Music

HiM - Scoliosis

The Dickies - She's a Hunchback

8 Ball & MJG [feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Project Pat] - Relax and Take Notes

Tito Lopez - The Blues

Corrine Fisher and Joe Derosa came to the studio to talk about the awesome and unique state NYC boozers find themselves in. It's summertime and none of the bars allow indoor seating. So many of them have gone to window service. You can get cocktails, beers, wine, and frozen drinks TO GO! It has turned the entire city into a giant street fair. It's amazing and people are really turning into their alcoholic butterflies.

Big Jay Oakerson came to the studio to talk to me about Cops. His favorite show in the history of television just got BLMed so he's in a bit of a state of mourning. And when I say favorite, I mean of the 150 times I've stopped by his apartment, he's been watching Cops 80 of those times. I honestly don't know what else he does with his time.

Big Jay is a hilarious comic. Check out his instagram and twitter at @BigJayOakerson and all his tour dates at Bigjaycomedy.com

The Music

A$AP Rocky - Dreams

Inner Circle - Bad Boys

KRS One - Sound of the Police

The Strokes - NY City Cops

Andrew Santino met me for the last podcast in my quarantine to talk about the wet brown devil, whisky. Bourbon, Scotch, Rye, you know what I'm talking about. It's my favorite alcohol. For when I want to smoke cigars, for when I want to be surly, for when I want to relax, for when I'm drinking.

Andrew is a hilarious comic and you should DEFINITELY go see him if he's in your town. But since that looks like it might never happen again, watch his show "Dave" on FX. It's as funny as you can get for not being standup.

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The Music

Willie Nelson - Whisky River

Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whisky

Flamin Groovies - Whisky Woman

The Dubliners - Whiskey In The Jar

Muddy Waters - Whisky You Ain't No Good

Sam Morril hung out with me in my backyard to tell me what he's been missing lately. He's so damn funny. Please everybody watch his new special, "I Got This" on YouTube now. I guarantee he'll be a household name to anybody who like standup at all in the next two years. He's too funny not to be known. And we just talked about stuff he's been missing. A lot of it made me realize that I miss the same thing.

Watch Sam's Special here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xo3Fq7GGWk&t=334s

1) Sports

2) Movies

3) Comedy

4) Social Anxiety

5) Smell of Pizza

The Music

Lou Monte - Pizza Boy USA

Lil Bow Wow - Basketball

The Drifters - Saturday Night At The Movies

Chris Rock - How Not To Get Your Ass Kicked By The Cops

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Garron Kertnen Chiu met me at a Hong Kong comedy club to tell me about the protests for autonomy that have been going on there over the past year or so. All the important details, like how do you get tear gas out of your eyes, protesting on shrooms, and much more! It's a real Skeptic Tank classic. And this episode almost definitely inspired similar protests all over America. Am I a hero? Yes.

Mark Normand, fresh off the success of his new special "Out To Lunch" (available now on YouTube), met me on the deserted streets of New York to play the 5 things we miss game. We probably got to like 2. Maaaaaaaybe 3. But who cares really? Mark is hilarious and this episode was funny as crap with broccoli. I should legitimately have this guy on once a month. 

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The Music

Counting Crows - Round Here

Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

Missing Persons - Walking in L.A.

Sex Pistols- Pretty Vacant

Joey Diaz is one of my all time stealing heroes. He is an inspiration to shoplifters everywhere. Even though he's semi-retired since having a child, his legend lives on. This episode is all about stealing. From one of the former greats to a current title contender. Please steal this episode. 

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The Music

The Smiths - Shoplifters of the World Unite

Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike

Max Romeo - Stealing in the Name of Jah

Etta James - Steal Away

Kevin Ryan and H. Foley came over to talk about some of the first jobs they ever had, which led to a great conversation with the garbage guys about working at country club golf courses. Who do you think would be better at golf?

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The Music:

Kenny Loggins- I'm Alright

The Yardbirds- Stealing Stealing

Uriah Heep- Stealin

Jimmy Buffett- Peanut Butter Conspiracy 

Robert Kelly joins me for the first in a series of podcasts where I'm just gonna do some wishful thinking. Fun podcast with a good friend. It's nothing serious. It's all about the stuff we've been thinking about doing. For now, it's because we can't really do anything. A year from now, it'll probably be about the things in life we've been procrastinating. But this is now. And Bobby goes over all the stuff he's been itching to do. These don't have to be the most important things. These are just some activities that have been bouncing around in his head.

1) Walking Around The Mall

2) Cigar Bars

3) Staring at Girls

4) Hanging Out At Comedy Clubs with Comics

5) Hotel Room on a Saturday Night when the Week is Over

The Music

Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night

Biz Marquee - Albee Square Mall

Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends

Mika - Big Girls (You Are Beautiful)

Jessica Michelle Singleton came on to talk to me about taking a 10 day vow of silence for Vipassana meditation. I tried it a few years ago and failed. Still got a ton out of it. But she made it all the way through. And this conversation really reminded me of everything I got out of it even though I didn't make it. It's so good for you! 

Jessica Michelle Singleton has two podcasts. "Ignorance is #Blessed" and "Two Filthy Nerds." She's also related to the most prolific standup comedians of the last decade.

The Music

Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet

No Doubt - Don't Speak

Macklemore - Vipassana

Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

Mazzy Star - Sweet Mary of Silence

Joe List has a bad attitude and a worse stomach. He ate nothing but chicken parm sandwiches and Chipotle for the last 14 years and then for some reason, one day last year his stomach just stopped working. He has silent reflux. And it's a bigger problem than heart disease, Covid, comedy bloggers, and emotional support peacocks. There's a lot of talk about male ejaculate in a podcast about glorified heartburn. 

Listen to Joe on one of his two podcasts, the new Mindful Metal Jacket (I was on episode 11) or the ever popular Tuesdays with Stories that he does with Mark Normand.

The Music

The White Coffin Terror - Silent Night Deadly Night

Future (feat Andre 3000) - Benz Friendz

Duran Duran - The Reflex

Simon and Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence