Yakov Smirnoff

Whiskey Ginger with Andrew Santino

Andrew Santino & Wave

Comedy

4.8 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In Soviet Russia, podcast listens to YOU! Yakov Smirnoff—comedian, actor, and professor of laughter—joins Andrew Santino to reflect on Soviet roots, finding the American dream through comedy, and why laughter really is the best medicine. Yakov’s journey is unreal — from acting alongside legends like Robin Williams, Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Richard Pryor, and Tom Hanks… to buying the house where Lenny Bruce died. What a country!This episode is a blast of nostalgia, insight, and Cold War absurdity, with a heart as big as Yakov's smile. 🎟️ Check out more from Yakov: https://yakov.com 📺 Subscribe to Whiskey Ginger: YouTube.com/@AndrewSantino 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods. #YakovSmirnoff #WhiskeyGinger #AndrewSantino #ComedyPodcast #ColdWarComedy #WhatACountry #LaughterIsMedicine #StandUpLegends #SovietComedian =========================================================== Sponsor Whiskey Ginger: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/whiskeyginger SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS SQUARESPACEGET 10% OFF YOUR ORDERhttps://squarespace.com/whiskey ETHOSCOVERAGE FOR AS LOW AS $10 A MONTHhttps://ethoslife.com/whiskey 1800FLOWERS.COMTAKE CARE OF MOM THIS MOTHER'S DAY CLAIM YOUR DOUBLE YOUR ROSES OFFER! https://1800flowers.com/whiskey HELIXSPECIAL OFFER: GET 27% OFF STATEWIDE!https://helixsleep.com/whiskey SAILY GET A 15% DISCOUNT ON SAILY DATA PLANS! https://saily.com/whiskey ======================================= Follow Andrew Santino: https://www.instagram.com/cheetosantino/ https://twitter.com/CheetoSantino Follow Whiskey Ginger: https://www.instagram.com/whiskeygingerpodcast https://twitter.com/whiskeygingerpodcast Produced and edited by Joe Faria https://www.instagram.com/itsjoefaria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What up, Whiskey Ginger fans? Welcome back to the show. It's your first time joining the show.
0:02.9	Welcome to the show. We got a good one for you today, like my man Steve Harvey Duncee.
0:07.3	And ladies and germs, thank you for coming along for the Whiskey Ginger ride.
0:10.9	Those of you that are new to the channel, maybe you're in from No Bad Lies, whatever the case may be. I am doing a couple of dates. May 22 and 23. I'm in Edmonton and Winnipeg.
0:23.6	Edmonton, Winnipeg. Boom, boom. A little canada dates. A couple, just to work it out, get my
0:29.6	feelers back. I've been off the tour for a little while. On tour shooting my new show,
0:33.6	No Bad Lies, but it's been amazing, man. I do those two. Go to Andrew Santino.com,
0:38.5	and then me and Bobby Lee, me and my sweet noodle prince, the dumpling king. We are going to be July
0:44.9	18th and 19th, London and Dublin. London and Dublin, that's all we're going to do for 2025. So
0:49.3	go to bad friendspod.com for those tickets. Enough rambling for me.
0:55.1	Let's go to the episode.
1:00.8	In here, we pour whiskey, whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk.
1:03.6	You were that creature in the ginger beard.
1:05.3	Sturdy and ginger.
1:07.5	Like vampires, the ginger gene is a curse.
1:08.7	Ginger's a fugitive.
1:12.7	You only $5 for the whiskey and $75 for the horse.
1:14.2	Ginger's, oh, hell now.
1:16.0	This whiskey is excellent.
1:18.8	Ginger, I like gingers.
1:21.4	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Whiskey Jr.
1:22.8	My guest today is one of my favorite people on Earth.
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