Kurt Metzger | Bankas Podcast - #091

Support Ben on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BenbankasGet tickets to see Ben: https://www.benbankas.com/live-showsJoin the email list: https://www.benbankas.com/jointhelistPodcast: https://www.benbankas.com/podcastSupport Ben on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benbankasGet tickets to see Ben: https://www.benbankas.com/live-showsJoin the email list: https://www.benbankas.com/jointhelistPodcast: https://www.benbankas.com/podcastBen sits down with Armin Arbabi and Austin, TX friends Taija and Jim Telli, both of whom are comedians in the ATX scene. Armin Arbabi has over 15,000 followers on Instagram and has been opening for Ben for over 3 years. The group talks about race, living in Africa and more. The extra hour of this podcast is on Patreon.

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The last 45 minutes of this podcast are on Patreon.Support Ben on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BenbankasGet tickets to see Ben: https://www.benbankas.com/live-showsJoin the email list: https://www.benbankas.com/jointhelistPodcast: https://www.benbankas.com/podcastAndre Kim is a touring stand up comedian from New York City who is a regular at the Comedy Mothership and often frequents Austin, TX. To see Andre live go here: https://punchup.live/andrekim

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Support Ben at www.patreon.com/benbankas Tickets: www.benbankas.comAll podcast links can be found at www.benbankas.com/podcastBen gives a recap of his last week of travel and performing, last week Ben was in Minneapolis at the Mall of America for 2 nights, 4 shows then Sunday night show in Philly that was 20 tickets shy of a sell out. Poughkeepsie this week is sold out and Boston Friday late show is sold out. Learn about how a ramen can save your life when hungover and why Ben keeps having to fly in the middle seat (it's because you didn't join Patreon).

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Full episode on www.patreon.com/benbankasTickets & Tour Schedule: www.benbankas.comThis episode Ben touches on being in Canada during the election. In the full episode on Patreon Ben talks about how he was supposed to go on Katie Couric and Breakfast Television in Canada but had his appearances cancelled at the last second. Ben talks about the love of comedy and how the moments he's having now elicit feelings he had when he did his first open mics.