Comedian and Mayoral Candidate Ben Bankas sits down with his campaign manager and fellow comedian Daniel Bordman to talk about Ben's final push for Mayor of Toronto. Ben identifies as a human/monkey hybrid human and also identifies as Olivia Chow. Ben is also the only candidate that is not racist. Support Bens comedy career on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas and gain access to weekly bonus podcasts and "motivational" videos. Enjoy.
Jun 25, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Support the show on patreon - patreon.com/benbankas and get weekly bonus podcasts that are completely uncensored. This week Ben morphs from Human Monkey back to Mayor Bankas and talks about the forest fires, Elliot Page, Edmonton Highschool Teacher calling out Muslims for not liking gays, and a new restaurants where all the staff are HIV positive. Enjoy and please support the show and vote Bankas June 26th in the Toronto Bi-Election.
Jun 25, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas and recieve weekly bonus content and podcast episodes. This week is video only as Ben is still working out the kinks in his new studio. Enjoy Ben ranting about Canada's decent into nonsense with the talk about making all the homeless people line up for MAID along with the divorcees and depressed people. Canada isn't that boring after all, authoritarianism is exciting! Listen to this episode in the car, on your headphones on Apple or Spotify. En...
May 18, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Ben sits down with Daniel Bordman after Armin was "fired" (not actually) - the two talk about Bens recent gambling escapades that started on his recent western Canadian tour leg. Enjoy - watch this instead of doom scrolling and sign up for patreon to hear this weeks bonus episode
May 04, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Support Ben on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas - patrons recieve a weekly bonus podcast along with bonus standup clips and other content exclusive to patreon. This week Ben and Armin are in the beutiful city of Regina where they are talking about the CBC Twitter crisis that is unfolding as we speak. Ben rants and raves about what he thinks about this whole situation and how CBC comedy is also a propaganda arm of the liberals. Sorry to say it but it's wild to not think that after having my eyes o...
Apr 18, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Support Ben on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas - patrons get access to a weekly bonus podcast and other bonus content. This episode Ben and Armin recount their time in Victoria and Surrey from their friend apartment in Vancouver. Ben talks about how bad Vancouver is to walk around in compared to Toronto and how it's mostly white people with drug addictions who have ruined the city. Asians are Vancouver's only hope. Enjoy the show.
Apr 01, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Love the episode? Join Patreon to hear the full version: patreon.com/benbankas Ben and Armin just escaped the Econolodge and the Jewish Comedy Festival nightmare. They're settling into the the comfort inn and they had no idea their hotel would be surrounded by OPP because that hotel was being used to store cops for the Biden visit. What a town! Ottawa we love you and the shows were awesome. Support on Patreon and we will see you next year at a bigger venue! Follow @arminarbobz @benbankas2...
Mar 25, 2023•11 min
Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas Ben and Armin and Daniel talk about Chinese election interference, getting cancelled from Edmonton Fringe, Trans regret and more.
Mar 13, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas - weekly bonus podcasts for subscribers. Ben and Armin talk about the potential spy that came to Yuk Yuk's to get information out of Ben. Is Ben being spied on by the Chinese Gov? Tell us what you think in the comments.
Mar 02, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas Ben Bankas is running for Mayor of Toronto on a platform of being a comedian. It worked in Ukraine why can't it work in Toronto? The pair talk shit, explain Armin's progression at Yuk Yuk's and what the Permission 2 Laugh Tour is going to look like.
Feb 24, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Full episode is on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas Ben sits down with Armin and his new friend Brad. Armin and Brad both opened for Ben at Lula Lounge. The 3 talk about Brad's life and how he became such a baller. Brad Gosse has over 1.7 million Tik Tok followers, over 100k on instagram and over 250k on Youtube. Brad is a hilarious author, creator, comedian and guy to hang out with. Enjoy our banter and thank you for your support!
Feb 18, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Support the show on patreon - patreon.com/benbankas - Ben and Armin talk about the sold out show at Lula Lounge, Spy Baroons and more.
Feb 13, 2023•49 min
Support the show on Patreon - join now at patreon.com/benbankas and gain access to over 10 hours of bonus podcast content. In this episode Ben has found a new studio at a public library and he's got a producer to help him with the solo pod. Nav, the 22-year-old producer has some interesting questions for Ben as Ben rants about MAid, his tour, wanting to be rich, his trip to New York and why people are mad again.
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 14
Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas - join today and get access to over 9 hours of bonus podcasts. Are we living in a dictatorship? The beginning of one? Is it a democracy? Were the 90s peak society? Will things get better or are we doomed? These are the questions that Ben will leave unanswered today on the podcast. Thank you for listening and please share with your friends.
Jan 16, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas - patrons get access to weekly bonus podcast episodes, bonus videos and other content. Join today. In this episode Ben really tries to figure out what is right and what is wrong. The left has typically been the side that is acting insanely, but their insaneness has ignited the lunacy of the right and it's going unchecked because everyone is afraid to upset someone on their own side. Ben talks about losing close to 1000 followers from comparing ...
Jan 10, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Support the show and get access to weekly bonus episodes on Patreon - patreon.com/benbankas Ben talks about how not to act in the new year. Don't wear a mask but also don't have a f**k Trudeau flag either. If your kid is trans love them but meet in the middle. What 90s parents were mad at their kids for doing and why we still love Tate.
Jan 02, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Joined by comedian Simon B Cotter, Co-host Armin Arbabi and Sarah Donaldson. The conversation starts with Ben working on his body and drifts into doing comedy in the 80s/90s and how much it's changed and how much it's stayed the same. Enjoy.
Dec 27, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 10
