World's Most Dangerous Hotel, The Missing Giraffe, & the Watermelon Fish | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 68

World's Most Dangerous Hotel, The Missing Giraffe, & the Watermelon Fish | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 68

A giraffe is missing in Texas, tourists are paying thousands to sleep on a rusting shark tower, and the watermelon is now officially a fish. It's the 4th of July episode, Burnt Ones. Episode 68 of the Sunburnt Podcast with Emmy Award-winning Producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix Comedian Chip Chantry. This week Thomas and Chip melt through a record-shattering double heat dome hitting Philadelphia with 110-degree feels-like temps right before the 4th of July. Chip recaps his front-row experience watching underdog island nation Curacao play the Ivory Coast in their Cinderella World Cup run. The guys investigate Gracie, the three-year-old giraffe who vanished from a Texas ranch despite helicopter searches, and debate whether they'd rather stay at Frying Pan Tower — the world's most dangerous hotel, 35 miles offshore in shark-infested Atlantic waters — or a Bora Bora bungalow. Also on the docket: the number 41 dethroning 67 as Gen Alpha's hottest slang, a mystery parasite hitting 145 Americans, a pitch for a dark American Pie casserole sequel, and Fish of the Week honoring the watermelon (complete with an unforgettable Gallagher-style pool disaster). In The Good Book: eight feet of rain in 48 hours in India and Antarctica's hottest day ever recorded. Leave your worst vacation disaster on the Trouble in Paradise Hotline: (310) 845-6038. Subscribe and listen every Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. Stay burnt.

France Fines Shirtless Men, Buffett Facts & Russian Pickleball Gulag 🌴 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 67

Episode 67 of the Sunburnt Podcast — the number 1 tropical travel comedy podcast in the world is here with hosts Thomas O'Brien (Emmy Award-winning producer) and Chip Chantry (Netflix's Tires and Standup Comedian). This week the boys tackle the most-traveled 4th of July in recorded history, with a record 72.2 million Americans hitting the road despite sky-high fuel and inflation. They dig into France fining shirtless male tourists $172 as a so-called hygiene crisis, the US Virgin Islands gambling $75 million to convert a classic resort into a Club Med, Jamaica quietly becoming the Caribbean's biggest inter-island hub, and a luxury Sardinia resort that pairs world-class beaches with a relentless Russian pickleball boot camp coach. Along the way: Chip's heartwarming (and slightly tragic) 15-year neighborhood parade, a tribute to Jimmy Buffett's disdain for hot dog eating contests, and Fish of the Week stars Zander the goth triggerfish. In The Good Book, they cover the 1,400-mile Great Barrier Reef and Sam Groth's record 163 MPH tennis serve — the one he hit while still losing the match in straight sets. Call the Trouble in Paradise Hotline at (310) 845-6038 with your worst vacation story. Subscribe and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Stay burnt.

Bali Blasts Influencers, Monkey Wedding Crashers & The World's Oldest Dad | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 66

Episode 66 of the Sunburnt Podcast — the number one tropical travel comedy podcast — with Emmy Award-winning producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix comedian Chip Chantry. This week the boys are slathered up and diving into a stacked lineup of tropical travel news. Bali has launched a 100-officer government task force deporting and lifetime-banning influencers doing commercial work on tourist visas — including unlicensed yoga instructors, which inspires Chip's new business venture, "Too Hot for Bali Yoga." Gen Z and Gen Alpha are flocking to the Bahamas, now commanding 26% of all young Caribbean arrivals. The FDA has finally approved a sunscreen compound the rest of the world has used for 27 years, meaning we've all been aging faster for no reason. Plus: howler monkeys crash a Costa Rican destination wedding and turn it into a rave, the global airline industry is in freefall, and Chip tells the story of getting wined and dined by Enron CEOs at Atlantis before playing blackjack next to Mike Myers. The gang also visits Hypochondriac Corner, drops weekly Buffett Facts, profiles Hawaii's state fish Hector the reef triggerfish, and cracks open the Good Book for two Father's Day world records: the oldest man to ever legally father a child at 92, and Dynamic Derek, the world's tallest living donkey at a Billy-Joel-matching five foot five. Leave a voicemail at (310) 845-6038. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and stay burnt. The Sunburnt Podcast @SunburntPod is the number 1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast in the world.

The AirPod 'Bomb' That Ruined A Flight, Chip's Gun Dream & A $169 Hot Dog | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 65

Episode 65 of the Sunburnt Podcast finds Emmy Award-winning producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix comedian Chip Chantry knee-deep in tropical travel and comedy. This week: a Boeing 767 bound for Spain turns around mid-Atlantic because a passenger named their Bluetooth device 'bomb' and refused to turn it off — ruining 190 vacations. Chip recounts a vivid nightmare in which he packed a borrowed pistol for an open mic and got busted drinking at security, and reflects on what the word 'bomb' means to a comedian who survived the first half of his career. The boys break down Uber's 10th annual Lost and Found Index (over a million phones lost, with Thomas's theory that it's all booze-fueled), a Wisconsin man named Homer who won custodianship of a remote Swedish island because his name means 'island,' and Curacao becoming the smallest nation in World Cup history — arriving in a windowless school bus and training barefoot on the beach. Then British Airways unleashes mid-flight phone calls and Chip predicts full societal collapse. Plus: Hypochondriac Corner tackles Thomas's mysterious Moulin Rouge cough, Buffett Facts reveals Jimmy's love of the Stanley Cup as a margarita vessel, Fish of the Week celebrates Winston the flounder and his migrating eyeball, and the Good Book serves up the most temperature-consistent place on Earth and a $169 caviar hot dog. Leave a voicemail at the Trouble in Paradise Hotline: (310) 845-6038. Subscribe and listen every Thursday wherever you get your podcasts. The Sunburnt Podcast @SunburntPod is the number 1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast in the world.

A Lazy River Murder, Costa Rica's Good Vibes & a Psychopathic Octopus 🌴🦈🐙 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 64

Episode 64 of the Sunburnt Podcast with Emmy Award-winning producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix comedian Chip Chantry is a tropically unhinged float trip through the world's strangest summer stories. The boys slather on the Hawaiian Tropic and dive into Conde Nast's list of the 11 best lazy rivers — including a St. Regis river that ends in a champagne grotto — before pitching their own upgrades involving murder mysteries and floating bricks of cocaine. They unpack why Costa Rica is the 4th happiest country on Earth (and why Scandinavia exports its frustration as unassembled furniture), break down the surge of El Niño-driven shark sightings off California and Hawaii, and roast the Steroid Olympics that flopped so hard the company's stock dropped 50%. Plus: domestic travel is up 77% worldwide, Tacoma is somehow a breakout destination, and Buffett was 90% chill and 10% pirate. Clarence the day octopus earns honorary Fish of the Week with nine brains, three hearts, and a psychopathic talent for faking shark shadows to ambush prey. The Good Book delivers Dubai's half-million-square-foot floating water park and a 1,624-person sand angel world record. Topics: lazy rivers, Costa Rica happiness, shark season, the Enhanced Games, domestic travel trends, octopus facts, world records. Subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Stay burnt. The Sunburnt Podcast @SunburntPod is the number 1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast in the world.