Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank

Standup comedian Sarah Tollemache and ever-fatter former non-steroid winner of Sober October Ari Shaffir sit on a treadmill in a gym they’ll never use to go over ways they’re going to no way change about themselves this year. Sarah is on the phone like160 hours a day. And Ari hasn’t come up with a decent new resolution in a decade. They’re two losers who are fine with it, shooting the poop about what you guys need to do better in the coming year. This one is best listened to in a church confessional booth.

Liberal mouthpiece Joe Rogan, and I guess heterosexual comedian Tony Hinchcliffe met New York’s greatest Jewish intellectual Ari Shaffir at a gun range in Texas to shoot the poop and tell stories about the past while Tony caressed his new girlfriend. We took some questions from Ari’s Patreon to keep us going while listening to the manly sounds of murder tools going off in the distance.

Steve Rannazzisi came over to the new studio to talk about how much we hate winter and a bunch of other random things like the new Jackass and what podcast would have the dumbest listeners. It's a fun one.

Comedian Mark Normand and comedian Sam Morril came over to the Skeptic Tank studios to have a nice sober conversation with accused doser Ari Shaffir about why they’re all better off without alcohol. And then somebody found the whisky.

Comedian Jamar Neighbors tells upper middle class Jewish comedian Ari Shaffir about growing up in Compton and the surrounding black areas of Los Angeles. Jamar has wild stories and Ari just sits there in awe of how different their upbringings were.

Famed Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds and hasidic bred comedian Ari Shaffir discuss the glory days of hip hop radio in New York City. Cipha was there for all of it. Under the tutelage of the great Funkmaster Flex, he learned his craft and rose to the top of the most influential radio station in the world for rap and hip hop. All while Ari was thinking he was the coolest guy on his Jewish volleyball team for discovering Chumbawumba.

Comedian and former Chicago inner city school teacher Amy Shanker talks to 2.2 high school GPA comedian Ari Shaffir about what it was like being a teacher. Spoiler alert: She did not love it. Still spent 10 years doing it so that’s gotta tell you something about our chances at a good education when our educators are too stupid to quit a job they hate.

Standup comedian Brandt Tobler who once tried to kill his dad, and son of a falconer and comic Ryan O’Neill met habitual line crosser and comedian Ari Shaffir for a throwback podcast in the tradition of the old Ice House Chronicles on the Death Squad network. They talked about hookers in between doing comedy sets at the amazing Comedy Works in downtown Denver, Colorado.

Former Warped Tour musician and current standup comedian Ryan Long joins ska-punk poser Ari Shaffir to talk about his time in the seminal Canadian band The Johnstones.

Standup comedian Robert Kelly is not in control of his emotions. He sat down with comedian Ari Shaffir who is known to be emotionless and told the robot about his problems controlling his anger. Generally Bobby is one of the sweetest guys in comedy. But sometimes he hulks out and it’s one of the wildest things you’ll ever witness. He completely rages and can’t get it under control for a while. But he always tries to make things right afterwards.

Standup comedian Kerryn Feehan talks to dog owner and comedian Ari Shaffir about her special little guy Ernest. This is a really sad episode. But I felt like it was a proper eulogy to one of the pure souls on this earth. He really was amazing.

Standup comedian Big Jay Oakerson, lottery junky and comedian Robert Kelly, and penny pincher comic Ari Shaffir in a car ride from Detroit to Indiana. Join us as the backseat friend who’s too hung over to join in the conversation. Watch in awe as we test our luck with a $20 scratch off ticket. And make sure to stay tuned for the outro to find out what happened with our winnings.

Standup comedian Katie Hannigan sits down with bus farter and comedian Ari Shaffir to tell him about her time as a NYC tour guide. It was a tawdry world of autistic tourist nerds and their dumb families.

Fatherless pot addicted standup comedian Dan Soder talks to well raised comic Ari Shaffir about what it’s like growing up with a deadbeat dad. That’s right. Much like the Simpsons’ Nelson Muntz, Dan’s father went out for cigarettes one day but unlike Nelson’s dad, Dan’s drank himself to death to keep from having to feel bad about not sending birthday cards home every freaking year.

Delta Clear applicant and standup comedian Mike Cannon met up with TSA refusenik, general contrarian, and standup comedian Ari Shaffir at the St. Louis Lambert International airport to discuss today’s hot button topic in a discussion you could only be at if you passed a rigorous screening process handled by top industry professionals. Now, I’m not really sure if the St Louis Airport is international. Actually, it would surprise me if any country has a direct flight to St Louis. What if St. Louis had a ton of Cambodians on the QT. And there was one 18 hour flight directly from Phnom Peng to Lambert. Still, a whole airport for that? No way. Just go straight to a hidden airfield to unload all your “poppy.” Anyway, here’s the podcast.

Serial inside blaster and now father and comedian Chris Distefano talks to multi-award-winning abortionist and standup Ari Shaffir about what it’s like to be a father. Chris was about as honest (and funny) as anyone I’ve ever talked to about this stuff. He admitted to the negatives and told me about the positives. Very funny and interesting conversation!

Chinless comedian Joe List joins Cuban tapeworm Luis Gomez and boyish chested comedian Kerryn Feehan on YKWD founding comedian Ari Shaffir’s rooftop for a wild all-over-the-place conversation that started with friendship and ended in a love child for which 23 states wouldn’t allow early termination. These are 4 of the dumbest people you know. For real. List is probably the smartest because he knows how to spell the word Movie. Luis is obviously the dumbest. And all joking aside Ari is the smartest because of the heritage and also those people value education so even though I was a bad student, I was a bad student compared to them. But it’s still like super-intelligence compared to Luis and Kerryn. Joe is smart sort of. But obviously it’s Ari.

Future US President and current podcaster and standup comedian Dave Smith joins avowed non-voting law breaker and comedian Ari Shaffir to have our annual (except last year) what’s up with America. We covered everything. From the new baby exterminator laws to the current President, to the media’s attack on Joe Rogan, to the crime wave (of which I’m responsible for some) to homelessness, to Elon Musk, to the war in Ukraine. Dave gives an honest and non-biased rundown of all the topics facing America and Americans today. Dave Smith is on a constant quest for freedom and Ari Shaffir is giving him a platform. It’s a long one, but listen to it in installments if you have to because there’s not a single part of this you want to miss. Also, the queen of England has been dead for quite some time.

Comedian Reggie Conquest converted to Islam over the pandemic. He talks to no religion former Jew current jerk comedian Ari Shaffir about how it happened. Reggie read the autobiography of Malcolm X (who would have turned 97 last week) and gained an interest in the religion because of what he read in the book. Reggie knows very little about Islam but he does know what he’s going through as a new convert and that’s what we got into here. Also, Reggie is a big boy so that’s where the title comes from. Get it? I think you get it.

Former hustler and current standup Ali Siddiq talks with a man who rarely hustles but still does tons of standup Ari Shaffir to talk about all the lessons life gives you. One guy slung dope, the other is one. It's a great conversation from Austin, Texas that brought two cultures together. That taught two peoples about each other. It's a lesson in communication. The boyz realized that words mean different things to different people. But they also realize how similar they were in their upbringing. That even though one dealt drugs, they both remember the space shuttle Challenger explosion. They just kind of had different reactions to it. I'll let you guess which one joked about it as a child and which one thought it was really sad. Ali is one of the best storyteller comedians in the world and he's got a new special out called The Domino Effect which goes a long way towards proving that claim.

Immigrant bartender comedian Colum Tyrrell and former bartender turned current gullible comic Caitlin Peluffo met former and future Spritz addicted comedian Ari Shaffir and had some fun talking about the ins and outs of being behind the bar. The bartender is the most important front line worker in the nation and the backbone of our society. And these two were some of the worst in this important field of work. Please, tip your bartender.

Comedian Anthony Devito who once attended a swingers party and too-gross-to-swing comedian Ari Shaffir sat on a plane and talked about Kansas City’s least known underbelly of fat people hook ups. KC is known for their third rate barbecue and second rate jazz but they’re actually number one in multiple sex partners among people who should have no sex partners. This is not the first podcast I’ve done on a plane. There was one a long time ago I did with Joe Rogan. But this is the first one I did with video. It’s wild what you can do when you don’t care about people looking at you weird. You guys can act like the people sitting in front of us looking back at two losers publicly making fun of people getting some nasty.

Hot Girl Noel Leon came to the studio to talk to host and comedian Ari Shaffir about what it was like working as an "Influencer." When she told me that was what she did for a living I was appalled, however now Noel is focused more on comedy and less on influencing people, so we were able to have a really good conversation about how awful it is.

Comedian Louis CK was swapped in and acting hopeful Luis Gomez was swapped out. Joining them are comedian Joe List and comedian Kerryn Feehan. This is a spite-cast! Standup comedian and your host Ari Shaffir did this exact podcast about a month ago but the only was an O. Louis for Luis. We talk about Joe and Louis' new movie, out now! Called 4th of July. I saw it and man, it's a good one. Head to LouisCK.com and find it in a theater in your town, it's gonna be all over but only on July 6 in many places so go check it out right now!

Standup comedian Ari Shaffir welcomes comedians Ryan Long and Chris O'Connor to the studio to break down the crazy events of a New York City bodega owner stabbing a guy to death. Was it self-defense? That's what his lawyers are saying, but apparently, you're not allowed to stab someone if they attack you at your own bodega. Fear not, the beloved staple of New York City neighborhoods are about to get their Skeptic Tank bump!!

Standup comedian and host Ari Shaffir welcomes back comic and friend Brendan Sagalow for his Skeptic Tank Podcast Episode 479! Brendan came over for an exclusive patron only episode but we were having too much damn fun and decided to keep recording. We shoot the shit. Bat the breeze. Chew the rag. What are some other fun sayings? We ended up getting hella high and talking about all the crazy bitches we've encountered and more.

Standup comedian Ari Shaffir sits down and talks with Xylia Buros, who lives as a nomad. For the last 6 years she has been a citizen of the world, traveling from country to country at her own whim. I’m really jealous. I met her in Rolf Potts’s writing class in Paris. So we sat in her Montmartre apartment rental and talked about the nomad lifestyle. She has some great tips on how to make it happen, and some insights into the hurdles she’s had to deal with and the fun at the end of any of the troubles that makes it totally worth it. She really made me want to sell all my stuff and go somewhere exciting and new.

Standup comedian and host Ari Shaffir welcomes funniest guy on the internet (and various awards wining writer, actor and comedian) Kyle Dunnigan and comedian and actor Juston McKinney! Can't wait for these two to get that SKEPTIC TANK BUMP! This was a super fun episode shooting the shit with very funny and talented people. Some topics discussed were new movies that are out, celebrities, close calls, and of course the infamous slap at The Oscars.

Stand up comedian Ari Shaffir talks with two of his oldest friends from The Comedy Store comedians Steve Rannazzisi and Nick Youssef for Skeptic Tank Episode 482: Backyard Blues! The original plan was to record the episode in Steve's nice pool and talk about heartbreak. Because we were such nerds and always drowning in sorrow. But in typical stoner fashion, we ate too much BBQ and it got a little too late in the day to do that. So we sat in his back yard and shot the shit while the sun went down. It was gorgeous and a hella fun episode. Enjoy!

Standup comedian Ari Shaffir, along with his comedian pals, Mark Normand and Joe List, all piled into a questionable SUV (it was not an SUV) to drive to the new SoulJoel's in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. As you know Mark Normand and Joe List have a popular podcast called @Tuesdays with Stories! Good 'ol Chuck Stanton, Tuesgays producer was behind the wheel, and comedian Andrew Schiavone squeezed in between me and Mark. Hella fun episode on the road, so you know there's always some chaos or accident happening. Enjoy!

Standup comedian Ari Shaffir welcomes comedians Mike Cannon and Brendan Sagalow to the studio to talk about Cannon's new crowd work special "Huge Mistake." He took 150mg of edibles and then went on stage and talked to the crowd at New York Comedy Club. I forgot that I booked Brendan a couple weeks ago on the podcast, that's the only reason why he's there. Stay tuned at the end of the episode to hear our new stand-up catchphrases!

Standup comedians and good friends Ari Shaffir and Big Jay Oakerson welcome you to the fire escape for Skeptic Tank Podcast Episode 485! In 2019 Skeptic Tank turned to video episodes, I rented a studio I could not afford, and started a new series called 'The Escape Tapes' where guests would join me outside on the fire escape to shoot the shit. I wanted to test the strength of the fire escape, since safety is my first priority, so I invited my fattest friends over for these, with Big Jay being my first guest, and you guessed it, Bobby Kelly being my second. The fire escape held and a new series was born! And then a bat had sex with that guy and I went to Ecuador. So this is a bit of a throwback treat. Enjoy!

How was your Shroomfest? Standup comedian Ari Shaffir and long time pal and fellow Comedy Store doorman and comic Mat Edgar talk about this year's best holiday and how they celebrated. We've spent a lot of these holidays together, and boy it was a fun one reminiscing about them all.

Standup comedian Ari Shaffir and comedians Shane Torres and Graham Kay discuss the world of local news in Skeptic Tank Podcast Episode 487: Local World News! There is a plethora of wild news stories all coming from the middle of no where towns that make this country great. I think local news can be easier to handle than the usual doom presented in world news. So we sifted through some stories together and finally stumbled upon a triumphant story about Rocky the Raccoon and his handler.

Standup comedian Ari Shaffir welcomes back travel Jesus and acclaimed writer Rolf Potts for Skeptic Tank Podcast Episode 488: The Vagabond's Way! I was lucky enough to be a student in his writing class last month, and I decided to record with him all over Paris. Why not out in the fucking world?! We hung out at Paris’s famed Luxembourg Gardens, stopped by The Louvre, hung out by The Seine, and more. His long awaited new book, A VAGABOND'S WAY, is available right now wherever you buy books! Amazon, Good Reads and book store. Definitely go check it out, and support Rolf by leaving a comment or review of his book at either of those sites. This episode is the reason I do video. It will definitely make you want to start packing your bags and planning your next trip. Enjoy!

Standup comedians Ari Shaffir and Robert Kelly sit down to shoot the shit in today's new episode of Skeptic Tank Podcast! Bobby Kelly also has a brand new comedy special out right now called Kill Box. It was produced and directed by the white goat, Louis CK. You can watch it right now exclusively at https://louisck.com/. But if you want to listen to us talk about poop for an hour first, I highly recommend it. We've got some call in's from a few special guests as well!

Standup comedian Ari Shaffir welcomes comics Ian Fidance who you may know as the poor man Ari, and Jordan Jensen for Skeptic Tank Episode 490, and it's all about the hardcore, punk, ska straight edge scene. They break it all down for me, why they got into this type of music, the live shows and much more. Ian and Jordan also host a podcast called @Bein' Ian Podcast, make sure you check it out. And get tickets to see them on the road coming up.

Comedian Ari Shaffir and Comedian Mike Feeney talk about scams you can run on people and businesses if you're good at lying. Like getting a free Starbucks, cutting the line, or getting a free meal from Mcdonald's. The key to their success? Believe in your scam! Comment your favorite scam so they can add to their collection.

Comedian Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank Podcast is live from Skankfest Vegas! It's all about the Chosen people today, the greatest race in the history of mankind, Kanye's favorite people…the Jews! Comedians Joe List, Ryan Long, Joe DeRosa, Jim Norton, and Robert Kelly all join your host and favorite Jew Ari for this wild episode.

Comedian Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank Podcast is live from the green room this week! Recorded at Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia, Ari and comedians Nate Marshall, Geoffrey Asmus, and Brian Six shoot the shit in between sets and talk about local favorites including Wawa and more. Let us know what your local favorites are in the comments!

Comedian Ari Shaffir sits down with the hosts of Girls Gotta Eat Podcast Ashley Hesseltine and Rayna Greenberg for Skeptic Tank Podcast Episode 494! We're talking about girls and how they gotta beat too. Ashley and Rayna started their own sex toy company, Vibes Only and brought some of their favorites to show me. There is also an app! The Vibes Only app. And it's full of sexy audio that can control your vibrator!

Standup comedian Ari Shaffir sits down with good friend and fellow Comedy Store regular to talk about putting their specials out DIY style, on YouTube, for the people. There is nothing like doing something yourself. Fahim has a great special out on YouTube called Hat Trick. He filmed it in every room of The Comedy Store. Definitely check it out if you haven't yet. And don't forget to show all your family members and friends JEW this Thanksgiving! Getting closer to six million views!!

Standup comedian Ari Shaffir sits down with old friend and comedian Matt Braunger for Skeptic Tank Episode 496: The Oregonian! Ari and Matt talk in an LA hotel room about what its like growing up in the Pacific Northwest in Oregon. I met Matt right around when I started doing open mics. I remember him always crushing at the Hollywood Improv…he just released a new special for FREE you can watch right after this! It's called DOUG. Matt is hilarious and if you have the chance get tickets to see him on the road. We also reminisce about that one time at an Oregon strip club back in the day. Really fun episode, hope you enjoy.

Comedian Ari Shaffir sits down with comics David Lucas and Hans Kim for his Skeptic Tank Podcast Episode 497: Freebies! Fun episode talking about the best stuff…free stuff! Comedians usually don't have a lot of things, especially when first starting out. Anytime I move I always have a big free garage sale where if any comics need furniture or house stuff they can come have it. Any freebie really did help us. I still love a freebie I I don't know why, I don't know what it is about me specifically that loves free shit… Anyone who has donated to me over the years I really appreciate it — pass it on folks!

Comedian Ari Shaffir talks to comics Andrew Youngblood and Shahyan Jahani about the holidays from the Hyenas Comedy Club green room for Skeptic Tank Episode 498! We shoot the shit in the green room during my weekend of shows in Dallas and talk about the holidays! Some people love the holidays, others can't stand them. We get into the good and bad, chat about Christmas and the best Jewish holidays too. I hope you all enjoy your holidays, whatever you celebrate!