Mongolia w/ Tom Rhodes | You Be Trippin' with Ari Shaffir

You Be Trippin'

Ari Shaffir

Society & Culture, Comedy, Places & Travel

4.6 • 825 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Follow Tom on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/_tomrhodes/ SPONSORS: -Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/7chyhxwm #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement . Direct Deposit, Overdraft Coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. -Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/trippin On this episode of You Be Trippin', the time has finally come for Ari's long awaited interview with Tom Rhodes about his trip to Mongolia. Being a Genghis Khan enthusiast, Tom shares everything he learned about the ancient warrior during his time in Mongolia. He shows Ari beautiful pictures of monuments and experiences he had while he was there. One of which includes 13th century yurts where he felt the spirit of an ancient shaman warrior. Daraa uulzii! You Be Trippin' Ep. 90 https://www.instagram.com/arishaffir https://www.instagram.com/youbetrippinpod https://arishaffir.com Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:07 - Running into Ari in Jerusalem 00:18:21 - Tom's Questions for Ari 00:34:33 - Tom Goes to Mongolia 00:42:37 - Genghis Khan 00:59:33 - Sightseeing & Shaman Yurts 01:18:13 - Mongolian Craftsmanship 01:30:20 - Comedy Around the World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is this like a holy robe carpet thing? Oh, you have the, on your camera, I like that. Is that from Peru? No, my, close, Andean. My super, Mario, he's from El Truncal, La Truncal, in Ecuador. When I met him, I was like, where's your accent? I had just gotten back. And he's like, Ecuador. I was like, oh, go, I live there.
0:22.0	He goes, what?
0:23.0	I was like, yeah, what city?
0:25.0	He told me, it's like, it's a small city,
0:26.9	you wouldn't have heard of it.
0:27.6	And they finally got it out of him.
0:28.9	And I was, no, I stay there overnight once on the way.
0:30.5	He was, what the fuck. Cool. Brought me that. Yeah, it looks Peruvian. Yeah. Same kind of culture.
0:54.6	Yeah, there was a guy outside the Whole Foods on Houston, not Houston, 14th. And he was selling all the stuff, and it looked like, it looked like that bag. And I was like, hey, is this from Ecuador? He goes, Peru. I was like, oh, look, he goes, it's the same. He goes, we didn't make those borders. Someone else did.
0:55.9	Yeah, same food too.
0:56.9	Yeah, coi.
0:54.6	Yeah. I was like, oh, look, he goes, it's the same. He goes, we didn't make those borders. Someone else did.
0:55.9	Yeah, same food, too.
0:56.9	Yeah, cooey.
0:57.9	Yeah.
1:09.4	Did you try it? I didn't just try it. I thought it was a little rubbery. I loved it. You loved it. But I will tell you, sometimes you get something and you're like, this just wasn't done well. First time I had lobster was in the dining hall University of Maryland. I'm like, I don't like lobster.
1:10.5	My friends were like, I think you do.
1:12.1	I think you just highlighted it a shitty place.
1:13.9	Why? First time I had lobster was in the dining hall University of Maryland. I'm like, I don't like lobster. My friends were like, I think you do.
1:11.6	I think you just had it a shitty place.
1:13.6	Well, I used to do a joke about going to Peru and they eat guinea pig.
1:19.6	Yeah.
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