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Ben has his friend Ari on the podcast who opened for Ben on his Rochester and New Jersey shows in January 2025. Ari struggles with the realities of comedy and although he was born and raised in Manhattan by Jews he still has no idea what's going on! Jokes! He's a great kid who escaped the tunnels of NYC to be on Bankas Podcast today.

For the full podcast go over to www.patreon.com/benbankas sign up today.In this episode Ben is talking about the upcoming Inauguration and what that means for him, reflects on the Biden years and talks about his weekend opening for Bryan Callen at Comedy Mothership in Austin, Texas.

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Full the full podcast go to www.patreon.com/benbankas it's the best way to support. Ben has comedian and friend Andrew Tarr on the show, a local comic in Austin Tarr has filmed a few sets for Ben that have produced a ton of views. The two talk about Tim Horton's coming to Austin, Kevin O'Leary meeting with Trump, and congestion pricing in NYC. This was recorded right before Trudeau resigned so there is no context of that. Tarr also goes into his family dynamics and promotes a show coming up in Texas Jan 16th.

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Full podcast on Patreon - www.patreon.com/benbankas this episode Ben talks about another experience going back to his home club of Yuk Yuk's Toronto, where it all started. Ben shows off his new life like doll that someone made for him in Niagara. Ben talks about Muslim Halal Cart worker catching pigeon, critiques CBC comedy and more.

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Hanging out with Ben listening to him talk about moving to Austin, TX from Toronto, what it's like being in the scene, the upper echelons of comedy, the dominant thought processes and what it's like to challenge those, what's woke and what isn't, Arnold Schwarzenegger vs Tim Allen for best Santa, European Parliament attacking Romanian leader, Galactic Federation, Trumps new haircut.

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SUPPORT ON PATREON: PATREON.COM/BENBANKAS - FULL VERSION ON PATREON. Ben and Armin just got to Collingwood after their Owen Sound show. Some real deep Ontario Canada shiiit. They're hanging out in Ben's room and decided to record for Patreon. They talk about childhood experiences with their dads, Ben going to Halloween Haunt with his dad at 7 years old and Armin going to the CNE. The two talk about comedy, travel, Canada vs America and more.

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Full Podcast at www.benbankas.com/benbankas - Ben and Armin talk about interacting with fans in Hamilton and Waterloo after a sold out Waterloo and 2 sold out Hamilton shows. There was a third Hamilton show also sold out that happened after this pod. The two talk about Canada vs America, the comedy scene in Austin, TX compared to Toronto and we bring up a fan favorite and political commentator and friend Daniel Bordman.

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Ben and Armin are in Chandler Arizona while Ben headlines Mic Drop Mania for 5 shows, the first full weekend of shows Ben has done in America since getting his Visa. The two talk about Kamala's step daughter, Ben's mother who has since passed, going to the pool, what it's like performing across North America and the differences in the comedy clubs and hotels you stay at.

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Ben gathered the boys to get his marbles together after a weird weekend of shows in Bobcaygeon performing on El Patio.

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We're talking about Houthis, woke comics, how all comedy scenes have similarities, the global IT outage due to Crowdstrike, Trump situation and more with Daniel Bordman and Armin Arbabi.

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