Ari Shaffir’s Craziest Travel Stories: Exorcisms, Prostitutes, and Magic Mushrooms | #697

About this episode

Ari Shaffir shares his wild travel experiences filled with adventure and insanity.

YERRR – Ari is BACK from his no phone vagabond travels. From Brazilian bathhouses to Bukele’s El Salvador purge, this one’s half adventure, half insanity and all great stories. – Machu Picchu, Bolivia & winging life with no plan – Gangs, soccer, and whether people even understand evil – Joey Diaz, Ali Siddiq & comedy industry greed – Crying, fathers, freedom, and missing the road already – Witches, curses, food poisoning & packing way too light for someone's comfort All that and more on this week’s episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE. 0:00 Ari is BACK + Nothing really changes 2:50 1st week away + Mind exploded 7:07 meet people, “Theories” + Bath-houses 11:10 Brazil’s the 94yest + Mexican baseball 12:44 Reading, + Aussie Drogas 15:45 Interrogation, El Salvador + Bukele’s purge 25:24 Gangs LOVE soccer + don’t know evil 28:07 Bukele + Ger v Japan 34:30 Making friends, Hostels + Salt 37:30 Bolivia + People have power 42:30 Shaving it off, Touristy stuff + The Chinese 46:54 Machu Picchu 56:27 Winging it, BAGELs+ Solstice to solstice 1:06:52 Colombia, “The End” + Stories 1:25:40 Joey Diaz + Ali Siddiq + Comedy Central greed 1:42:01 “I love wrong” 1:$3:48 The Show must go on + Setting tone…

People in this episode

Guest: Ari Shaffir

Topics covered

• travel stories
• Brazilian bathhouses
• El Salvador purge
• Machu Picchu
• comedy industry
• freedom
• soccer
• magic mushrooms

Keywords

• exorcisms
• prostitutes
• food poisoning
• witches
• curses

Mentioned in this episode

Products: magic mushrooms

Books & works: FLAGRANT

Places: El Salvador, Bolivia, Brazil, Japan, Colombia

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