Freshly naturalized US citizen Chris Turner sits down with Brittany Carney to discuss Tycho Brahe, euphemisms for urination, the smell of opium, Japanese classrooms, American settler misbehaviour, the individual vs the collective, sexy neanderthals, the Founding Fathers’ foresight, a Benjamin Franklin quote, what the US adaptation of the Office can teach us about America, innovation through trauma, Japan’s obsession with cowboys, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, wedding Americana, inappropriate college sweatshirts, not knowing Vampire Weekend, audiences not understanding jokes, and Bill Clinton's Saxophone.

Brittany Carney was one of Vulture Magazine's 'Comedians You Should and Will Know'.She opens for headliners including Gary Gulman, Stavros Halkias, Moshe Kasher, and Todd Barry; and has written for That Damn Michael Che on HBO Max, Season 2 of Teenage Euthanasia on Adult Swim, and Networking for Introverts on Audible.

Follow Brittany at: https://www.instagram.com/brittany.goblin.carney/

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