Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank

Brant Krislop came to my apartment to talk about fun. We sat in my backyard, smoked cigars, and thought about what fun has meant to us over the years. Fun in childhood. Fun in adulthood. Fun with friends. Fun alone. The conversation itself was actually fun. 

Brett has a new special out on Netflix right now called Secret Time. 

My Road Dates

Austin - September 19-22

Phoenix - October 27

New York Storyteller Show - October 30

Shooter Table Read in New York with Danish&Oneill- November 11

European Tour - November 16-December 9

Daniel Sloss came over to my flat in Edinburgh to tell stories about all the pranks he and his friends have played on each other. They get down. And Sloss is not someone who takes it well so be careful. Sam Morril joined me on the intro, too.

Daniel Sloss has TWO Netflix specials out today. Dark and Jigsaw. Check them out now. He's a great comic.

Road Schedule

I'll be in Austin at Cap City Sep 19-22. 

Phoenix for a storyteller show Oct 27

And my European tour goes Nov 16-Dec 9.

Count Dankula met me in Edinburgh, Scotland to tell me about his crazy ordeal being arrested AND CONVICTED of a crime for making a funny video on YouTube. It's a crazy state of things right now, all over the world. So come listen in to the Glaswegian (if you can understand the accent) tell about what he went through. The video will be posted on my site, arithegreat.com.

Now, whether you find the video funny or not is of no consequence to the point. I personally found it quite funny. It made me legitimately laugh. But that's also got nothing to do with it. The point is whether a government should be mandating what types of humor people should be allowed to put out.

My next tour stop is in Austin on the 19th-22nd of September where I will be performing Ari Shaffir: Jew, followed by one night of shows and a storyteller show in Phoenix at the end of October. Then my European tour goes from mid-November till the end of December.

Mike Vecchione had me over to the apartment he shares with his partner Dan Soder to talk about his first trip to the Orient. He went to China for two weeks. What happens when you make your first trip to Asia is your mind just about explodes with new stimuli. So I was lucky to get Mike on mic as soon as he got home. 

Mike is an amazing comic and his new album, The Worst Kind Of Thoughtful, is out now. 

I'm going to be in Austin September 19-22 with Adrienne Iapalucci and in Phoenix October 27 with Big Jay, Schaub, Callen, and Theo Von. Go to AriShaffir.com for tickets to either show and my November/December European tour.

This episode is brought to you by nobody. Enjoy, you worthless commies. 

Kevin Iso came over to my apartment to talk about shrooms. I know I've lost site of what it's like to be new to magic mushrooms, so I had Kevin come in to tell that side of it. He just started taking psychedelics so he was the perfect guest for this. 

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My upcoming road schedule:

Tickets at arithegreat.com

Montreal - July 25-28

Edinburgh - Aug 2-26

Shroomfest - Aug 25-27

Austin - Sept 19-22

Phoenix ATC Fest - Oct 25-28

Iceland - Nov 16

Brighton - Nov 19

London - Nov 21 & 22

Manchester Nov 23

Dublin - Nov 25

Brussels - Nov 26

Amsterdam - Nov 27

Stockholm -  Nov 29

Stavanger - Nov 30

Berlin - December 2

Copenhagen - Dec 4

Oslo - December 5

Kevin Iso came over to my apartment to talk about shrooms. I know I've lost site of what it's like to be new to magic mushrooms, so I had Kevin come in to tell that side of it. He just started taking psychedelics so he was the perfect guest for this. 

Rolf Potts brought over an old paper atlas to my apartment and we leafed through it and imagined all the places we want to go. Every page bringing new ideas for adventure. Rolf is a traveler. He's seen things and done things and been to places that make me envious and fill me with wonder.

This is Rolf's second time on the podcast. He's a travel writer who wrote the book "Vagabonding" that I carried around with me to 3 countries, finally read on an island off Cambodia, and then carried to two more countries until I gifted it to another traveler in Indonesia.

Check out his podcast, Deviate with Rolf Potts.

My upcoming road schedule:

Tickets at arithegreat.com

Montreal - July 25-28

Edinburgh - Aug 2-26

Austin - Sept 19-22

Phoenix ATC Fest - Oct 25-28

Iceland - Nov 16

Brighton - Nov 19

London - Nov 21 & 22

Manchester Nov 23

Dublin - Nov 25

Brussels - Nov 26

Amsterdam - Nov 27

Stockholm -  Nov 29

Stavanger - Nov 30

Berlin - December 2

Copenhagen - Dec 4

Oslo - December 5

Rich Vos and I sat in my backyard and talked about his days as a drug addict. Man, I love talking to addicts about their old days. He got DOWN! Tons of good stories. He's been sober for a while now so he really comes at it almost like he's observing another person that he knows really well. It's a fun talk.

Rich Vos has a roast out that's available right now at VosRoast.com. I was at this roast. It was awesome. Norton, Quinn, Oakerson, Bonnie, Judy Gold, Florentine, even Luis J. Pick it up at VosRoast.com

My next road dates are:

San Fran June 21-23

LA (storyteller show) July 11

Montreal (standup and storytellers) July 26-29

Edinburgh August 2-26

Austin September 19-22

Phoenix (ATC Fest) October 25-27

Europe November 16-December 9

Tickets at arithegreat.com

@CapperFlapper had me over to his apartment in Melbourne to talk about travel, farming, his deep sexual love affair with aboriginal history, and shitting. It was an all over the place conversation on one of the most sacred and drunk holidays in Australia, ANZAC Day.

@JoeListComedy, @RobertKelly, and I packed our camping gear and went to the woods to do some camping and definitely not to chow down on each other's knobs like we need it to live. No. Just camping. We're bush crafters. And we're party boys. We're the Bushcraft Party Boys.

Make sure to watch Michelle Wolf's new show, "The Break," on netflix now and every week each Sunday.

And Adrienne Iapalluci is recording her CD at New York Comedy Club on June 3. Get tickets on their website.