Sunburnt Podcast w/ Chip Chantry and Thomas O'Brien

Jimmy Buffett Saved Colin Jost, A $50 Coffin Hotel & A Rooster You Sleep In | Sunburnt Podcast Ep 63

Episode 63 of the Sunburnt Podcast with Emmy Award-winning producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix comedian Chip Chantry. This week the boys uncover the unbelievable true story of how Jimmy Buffett saved Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost from drowning while surfing in Saint Barts — comedy and tropical travel wrapped into one perfect tale. Before that, Chip walks Thomas through some increasingly suspicious childhood summer memories involving his dad, a shed, and a new last name every September. On the travel front, they dig into Hawaii's first $50-a-night capsule hotel just steps from Waikiki Beach (you're basically sleeping in a drawer), a NerdWallet report claiming Americans are being priced out of the Caribbean, and NOAA's forecast for a below-normal 2026 hurricane season. Plus the discovery of a golf-ball-sized blue octopus nearly 6,000 feet below the Galapagos. Fish of the Week is Toby, the Hawaiian white spotted Toby — a tiny pufferfish cousin that produces its own sunscreen, making him the biggest Burnt One we've ever crowned. Then they crack open the Good Book for two world records: Indonesia's staggering 17,508 islands, and the largest building shaped like a chicken — a windowless rooster hotel in the Philippines. Leave your worst vacation story on the Trouble in Paradise Hotline: (310) 845-6038. Subscribe and listen to the Sunburnt Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday. Stay burnt. The Sunburnt Podcast @SunburntPod is the number 1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast in the world.

Chip's Rash, England's Secret Caribbean Beach & Gordon Ramsay In Maui 🌴😱 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 62

Episode 62 of the Sunburnt Podcast — Emmy Award-winning Producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix Comedian Chip Chantry are back, and Chip has a full-body rash that the doctor says will take 6-8 weeks to subside. Naturally, that's where the show begins. This week the boys explore Cornwall's hidden Caribbean-quality beach (which disappears with the tide, requires cliff-climbing, and has zero bathrooms), Gordon Ramsay's surprisingly chill pilgrimage to Aunt Sandy's banana bread stand on Maui's Road to Hana, and Kate Middleton kneading pasta dough while wearing Princess Diana's $190,000 engagement ring. We also break down Lady Gaga's theatrical funeral procession at The Grove (complete with eight-piece brass band and bird-masked little monsters), Disney Plus acquiring streaming rights to Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, and Chip's deeply researched slate of fake Disney-band crossover films including Wreck-It Radiohead, Finding Lizzo, and Honey I Shrunk the Strokes. Plus: the history of tiki bar culture from 1933 to today, Omni Hotels' summer Tiki Social pop-ups, and a nostalgic look back at the legendary NYC Tiki Bar Crawl. Fish of the Week: Henry the Hawaiian butterfly fish — a rare twilight-zone reef dweller and certified made man. Good Book records include the world's largest outdoor pool (a half-mile-long, ocean-fed monster in Chile) and Dario Marsilio's five-countries-on-foot run through the Alps. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Saint Lucia Billionaires, Weird Al on Broadway & Bog-Wild Whiskey 🥃🎷 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 61

Episode 61 of the Sunburnt Podcast is here, and hosts Thomas O'Brien (Emmy Award-winning producer) and Chip Chantry (Netflix comedian) are absolutely sprinting through the tropics this week. Chip opens the show by revealing all five of his goldfish died — named after NBA legends Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Steph Curry, and LeBron James. From there, the guys dig into the ultra-exclusive Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival (described as "a cultural magnet for elite tourism"), Weird Al Yankovic's upcoming Broadway musical Dare to Be Stupid, and Maui reclaiming the #1 spot on Hawaii Magazine's Reader's Choice Awards. They unpack the Hawaiian lychee shortage (prices hitting $7 a pound), the Grand Wailea's $55 million Waldorf Astoria spa renovation, and the Isle of Islay's 40-year-old Scottish Whiskey Festival. Plus Chip tells the unforgettable true story of finding a handwritten foursome confession note outside a Chuck E. Cheese in South Philly. The Buffet Facts roll in, Beverly the Broad Stingray takes Fish of the Week with her electro-receptors and twilight hunting habits, and The Good Book opens for two jaw-dropping Guinness World Records: Gary Saavedra surfing 41.3 miles of the Panama Canal behind a jet ski, and Ahmed Gabr's deepest open-water scuba dive — 1,090 feet down in 12 minutes, then 15 hours to resurface. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and stay burnt.

Beach Glow-Ups, Ghost Uber Drivers & A Day For Weird Aunt's 😂🌴👻 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 60

Episode 60 of the Sunburnt Podcast with Thomas O'Brien and Chip Chantry drops you into a comedy travel hour you didn't know you needed. Chip learns — live and on air — that Father's Day is, in fact, a real American holiday. Then he pitches Weird Aunt's Day, the new summer celebration for every Deb, Barb, and Linda with 12 cases of Slim Jims in the basement. The boys swap the greatest Uber and Lyft driver stories of all time, including a philosopher who turns around and says "fear strikes outward," a driver who casually admits she crashed her last car, and a 60-year-old with three PhDs whose neurosurgeon brother drives Uber once a month for tuition money. On the travel side: the Caribbean just posted its biggest tourism numbers ever, scientists finally explain why you get sick the moment vacation starts, and Puerto Rico's Flamenco Beach — a former US Navy bombing range — just cracked the top 50 best beaches in the world. Plus Keith the Atlantic Trumpetfish as Fish of the Week, Jimmy Buffett's conga line fact, 704 mermaids gathering in a Florida spring, and an Australian surfer who rode a tidal bore wave 10.6 miles up an Indonesian river. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday. Stay burnt.

Cinco De Mayo Cartel Conspiracy, Lighthouse Lunatics & Butt Knife Fish 🌴🍹 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 59

It's the Cinco de Mayo Spectacular! Emmy Award-winning Producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix Comedian Chip Chantry are investigating the Mexican cartels squeezing your lime supply, defending Hawaii's poke from mainland chickpea crimes, and uncovering why the National Park Service wants YOU to become a lighthouse keeper (despite the serial killer Venn diagram). This week on Episode 59: • A Palos Verdes resort hires a 1970s-era falconer to chase seagulls • The narco-economic manipulation of your Cinco de Mayo margarita • A four-time Grammy winner playing nightly under a 100-year-old banyan tree in Maui • Hootie and the Blowfish make their Stagecoach debut and bring out Public Enemy • Saint Kitts deliberately sinks an airplane into the Caribbean • A beach resort founder in Aruba gets knighted by an actual Dutch king • Buffett Facts: Why Jimmy skipped TV for a third daiquiri machine • Fish of the Week: The Achilles Tang and his terrifying BUTT KNIVES • A 14,991-pound guacamole world record (five hippopotamuses worth) • A man with 1,136 hotel keycards who swears he's not having affairs Grab a float, put on your earphones, and drift away. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday. Leave us a voicemail at the Trouble in Paradise Hotline: (310) 845-6038 sunburntpodcast.com | @sunburntpod