Kung Fu Komedy

Andy hits his tenth Chinese New Year and reminisces on many wild new year celebrations. An expat dad is murdered and we finally talk Louis. Today’s track is Rescue by Fontella Bass.

Bing banned, but Bing back! An obese passenger flying to Taiwan forced a flight attendant to clean his butt in the bathroom. And a death in Melbourne leads Andy to question the meaning of freedom. Today’s track is I Can’t Feel My Face by The Weeknd.

The pod is finally back for the new year, and things have been bananas. Canada’s in the sin bin, and a Canuck got the death penalty. Dig in. Today’s track is Loud Pipes by Ratatat.

Andy’s on tour with Kevin Hart, and a Chinese scientist runs amok editing baby’s genes. Today’s track is Fiona Coyne by Skylar Spence.

Winter’s here baby and Shanghai had its first SNOW DAY!! Andy’s been on his first big tour around Asia, he talks about getting pepper sprayed on a scooter and Crazy Rich Asians hits cinemas. Today’s track is Over and Over by Hot Chip.

An absurd amount of cheaters run amok at a marathon, more online apologies for outrage and a mind-bending quarry hotel with underwater suites. Plenty going on. Today’s track is If I Ever Feel Better by Phoenix.

Dolce & Gabbana make a Chinese gaffe of epic proportions, but what’s the bigger issue going on here? Nicki Minaj makes it to her Shanghai but not the stage and some monks been havin’ a little too much fun… Today’s track is Rapper’s Delight by the Sugarhill Gang. Add “kungfukomedy” to get in the WeChat […]

Andy gets down with Thanksgiving, China’s dog catastrophe, airport hacks, the wonderful Rob Schmitz and his two books on Shanghai. Today’s track is Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai.

Andy’s on the road in Hangzhou and gets into the recent attacks on bus drivers, people changing their names for good fortune, Singles Day and the untold horror of vaccinations. Today’s track is Paranoid Android by Radiohead.

Andy breaks the news about the comedy club shutting down, and is cannot understand the mystery man Chow Yun-Fat. Today’s track is Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz.

Safety issues popping up in China again with a near miss on an adventure course in the mountains, and a guy throwing his father-in-law down an elevator shaft. Today’s track is Good Times by Earl St Clair.

Andy dives into topics way over his heard, revisiting outrage towards Sweden and #metoo movement in China. Today’s track is Ghost by VHS.

New York Times videographer Jonah Kessel joins our hosts to talk about his recent trip to the 2018 Russian Arms Expo outside of Moscow. Yep, countries from around the world get together in Russia once a year to sell arms to each other right out in the open. All this plus the guys have some somber […]

Somebody famous in China has gone missing, Andy finds out who are the monkeys and who’s the chicken. Also, an amazing story of sober debauchery. Today’s song is Make You Mine by Breakbot.

Ari Shaffir joins our hosts to answer every question they have about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The guys also discuss Norm Macdonald, Hannah Gadsby and every other hot topic in comedy at the moment. This episode is brought to you by Ense, available at www.Ense.nyc. For all of Turner’s tour dates go to www.TurnerSparks.com For all episodes and […]

Stuck in the Middle is back! Things have changed a little bit up in here. Andy gives us the lowdown on southern China’s super typhoon, and the diplomatic row that came out of a hotel incident in Stockholm. Today’s track is Come And Get Your Love by Redbone. Thanks for listening

Kaplan tells Turner all of the stories and traditions of Rosh Hashanah this week before the guys make their Jewish New Year’s Resolutions and officially endorse their first candidate as the spokesmen for the Alt Middle. All this plus hate mail, intern applications and a new enemy of the party. This episode is brought to […]

Our hosts celebrate episode 100 by welcoming back former pod guests Joe Schaefer (@CloseSchaef), Andrea Jones-Rooy (@jonesrooy), Gary Sparks and more to help them determine who of the two is more Lost In America after 100 weeks. All this plus the guys finally reveal the official Alt-Middle Platform. This episode is brought to you by […]

Journalist Sandra Harwitt joins the guys to talk about her career covering tennis around the world for the New York Times, ESPN, The USA Today and most of America’s major news outlets. She tells Turner and Kap about her lifelong friendship with Serena Williams and the hilarious experiences she had while covering the 2008 Beijing […]

The guys get back to their roots this week with a two-man pod. The guys tell all of the behind the scenes insanity that went down when a kid of the pod heckled Turner at a comedy show in Queens last week and also the madness that was the Ense launch party in Manhattan. All […]