
China w/ Hamilton Morris | You Be Trippin' with Ari Shaffir
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02/10/25 • 111 min
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On this episode of You Be Trippin, Hamilton Morris shoots a steam punk rock opera in a drug manufacturing plant in China. On the show, he and Ari talk about where drugs come from, different ways to make MDMA, and how fentanyl became so prevalent in America drugs. The also discuss how journalists negatively write about drugs, secret recordings, no-cebo effects, and the guy that ate a homeless man’s face. Other topics include: the Twilight Zone decapitation, synthetic cannabinoids, spyglasses, VICE, the doctrine of signatures, Martin Shkreli, and why stimulants are unavailable. Tune in, drop out, and enjoy the trip!
You Be Trippin' Ep. 53
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:37 - Drugs & Society
00:07:30 - Making MDMA
00:16:49 - How Journalists Cover Drugs
00:20:21 - Legal & New Drugs
00:23:26 - Visiting the Labs, VICE, & Shanghai
00:26:19 - Getting Around & Filming
00:32:46 - A Steam Punk Drug Baron
00:37:18 - More Labs, An Ethical Chemist, & Eating Faces
00:43:34 - Bathrooms & Secret Recordings
00:52:57 - The Steam Punk Rock Opera, The Twilight Zone, & Synthetic Cannabinoids
01:00:21 - Martin Shkreli & Drug Costs
01:04:20 - Fentanyl
01:14:18 - No-cebo Effect
01:19:46 - Why Fentanyl is in Everything & Stimulants are
01:25:30 - More Rock Opera & Where Next
01:28:34 - Amazonian Cures
01:31:23 - Why Psychedelics
01:36:46 - Travel Tips
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On this episode of You Be Trippin, Hamilton Morris shoots a steam punk rock opera in a drug manufacturing plant in China. On the show, he and Ari talk about where drugs come from, different ways to make MDMA, and how fentanyl became so prevalent in America drugs. The also discuss how journalists negatively write about drugs, secret recordings, no-cebo effects, and the guy that ate a homeless man’s face. Other topics include: the Twilight Zone decapitation, synthetic cannabinoids, spyglasses, VICE, the doctrine of signatures, Martin Shkreli, and why stimulants are unavailable. Tune in, drop out, and enjoy the trip!
You Be Trippin' Ep. 53
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:37 - Drugs & Society
00:07:30 - Making MDMA
00:16:49 - How Journalists Cover Drugs
00:20:21 - Legal & New Drugs
00:23:26 - Visiting the Labs, VICE, & Shanghai
00:26:19 - Getting Around & Filming
00:32:46 - A Steam Punk Drug Baron
00:37:18 - More Labs, An Ethical Chemist, & Eating Faces
00:43:34 - Bathrooms & Secret Recordings
00:52:57 - The Steam Punk Rock Opera, The Twilight Zone, & Synthetic Cannabinoids
01:00:21 - Martin Shkreli & Drug Costs
01:04:20 - Fentanyl
01:14:18 - No-cebo Effect
01:19:46 - Why Fentanyl is in Everything & Stimulants are
01:25:30 - More Rock Opera & Where Next
01:28:34 - Amazonian Cures
01:31:23 - Why Psychedelics
01:36:46 - Travel Tips
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On this episode of You Be Trippin, the king of international travel Jim Gaffigan talks about his trip to the Philippines and a ton of other countries. He and Ari discuss the breakfast buffets, the class system, and doing a prayer before a mall show in the land of short, friendly people. They also talk about Taiwan, Cuba, Poland, Colombia, South Africa, Vietnam, Russia, Portugal, Spain... a bunch of places really. Other topics include: the Museum of The History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, the apartheid in South Africa, a weird gun-powder game in Bogota, and toilets. Enjoy the trip!
You Be Trippin' Ep. 52
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:35 - International Travel & Languages
00:06:56 - The Philippines & Taiwan
00:15:30 - Visited His Wife's Family & Food
00:19:12 - Doing Comedy in Other Countries & Cuba
00:26:26 - Vietnam & The Polish Museum in Warsaw
00:34:58 - Eastern Europe, Japanese Whiskey, & Toilets
00:38:08 - A Prayer Before a Mall Show & Historical Figures
00:43:13 - Authentic Food & Being White
00:47:11 - The Class System, Foreign Comedy Scenes, & Japanese Subway Pushers
00:50:18 - More Toilets & Food
00:51:58 - Friendly People & Temporary Cities
00:56:05 - Cities with Their Own Vibes & South Africa
00:59:27 - The Terezín Museum
01:02:31 - An Alpine Area & Fruits
01:07:57 - His Kids & Traveling Young
01:11:14 - More Traveling
01:17:39 - Where He Wants to Go
01:19:09 - Travel Tips, Scams, & Tour Guides
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Israel w/ Geoffrey Asmus | You Be Trippin' with Ari Shaffir
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On this episode of You Be Trippin, Geoffrey Asmus studies abroad in Israel with lawsuit money he got from almost dying as a child. While there, he prays at the Wester Wall, skinny dips with poisonous jellyfish, and stings his pee hole with salt by floating in the Dead Sea. He and Ari also discuss political art, hot women, hostel life, Pascal’s wager, and oil shits. Other topics include: the Yam I’yam hike, the Shuk Market, Jerusalem Syndrome, Nazareth, and getting chased away by kids at a kibbutz. Mazel tov!
You Be Trippin' Ep. 54
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:43 - Start
00:04:49 - Studying Abroad, Lawsuit Money, & Israel
00:08:15 - Indonesia & A Jewish Map
00:14:29 - Studying Religion & Yam I'Yam Hike
00:21:52 - Kibbutz & Sea of Ga
00:27:15 - A Trashy and Dangerous City
00:28:21 - The Shuk Market & Great Food
00:30:27 - Political Art & Hot Women
00:35:17 - Palestinians, Not Looking Jewish, & Other Trips
00:39:09 - Bedouins, Jabal Mousa, & Moses
00:42:24 - Spirituality, Stylites, & Jerusalem Syndrome
00:47:12 - Nazareth, Pascal's Wager, Western Wall, & Dome of the Rock
00:54:25 - Dead Sea & Sea of Galilee
00:58:39 - A Gay Man & Religious Similarities
01:03:27 - More Photos, Skinny Dipping, & Hostel Life
01:07:29 - Israel's Reputation & What's Next
01:12:22 - Travel Tips
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