"Jillin Off" with Jen Murphy and Christina Walkinshaw · Comedy Pop-Up Podcast Network

Gulf of Canada

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Jen says the map on her phone changed to "Gulf of America" and the ship's captain sounded nervous saying it.

1. Jillin Off frames this episode around a cruise route from Roatan to Cozumel, with Jen Murphy recording from the Norwegian Prima and Christina Walkinshaw reacting in real time. 2. Jen Murphy and Christina Walkinshaw host the show together, and their chemistry matters because the episode depends on rapid back-and-forth riffing, travel updates, and comic misreadings. 3. The episode asks what happens when cruise-ship logistics, Canadian identity, and comedy road stories all collide in one conversation. 4. Jen says her ship's captain came on the EPA and said "Gulf of America" before correcting himself to the Gulf of Mexico. 5. Christina notes that the map on her Apple product now says "Gulf of America," and Jen says she took a screenshot for her Instagram story. 6. Jen says the ship is floating toward Cozumel after leaving Roatan, and she explains that the captain still referenced the Gulf of Mexico once they crossed a certain point. 7. Jen says Cozumel was her favorite place when she worked on Norwegian Cruise Line, and she plans to see Jose at International cerveza there tomorrow. 8. Christina says she skipped getting off in Costa Maya, which she usually likes for the beach, because she had taken "a couple days off drinking three whole days." 9. Jen talks about a bar in Belize where she once had a margarita with Andrew Slater, then suggests taking a picture there and sending it to him. 10. The hosts also talk about Jen working with comedian John Westling, who has road stories about comedy bookers bouncing checks and underpaying. 11. Jen tells a story about a Funny Bone in Boise, where a comic's check bounced and the venue then charged fees on top of the missed payment. 12. Jen says that comic waited until the 8 o'clock show was about to start, told the manager he would not go on stage until last week's money arrived, and then played for a packed room of about 300 people. 13. Christina and Jen compare that story to their own work lives, including hotel incidental holds that stay pending for 10 days and a room receipt that showed only the last four digits of Jen's card. 14. Jen says she received the March 2025 Sofi Stadium employee of the month award, which includes a free jacket but no raise. 15. Jen says she once got an extra ten cents an hour at McDonald's, plus a pin, a limo ride to head office, and a free dinner. 16. Christina says her new stand-up bit about her neck aging faster than her vagina worked onstage, and Jen responds by saying the line landed. 17. Christina says she finally learned that the little patches behind cruise passengers' ears are for seasickness, not because everyone had a mole removed. 18. The tone stays loose, conversational, and joke-driven, with long digressions into cruise life, sobriety, shopping, books, and crowds that go silent at the wrong question. 19. Listeners who like cruise-life stories and comedian road gossip. 20. Skip it if you want tightly structured interviews or serious analysis.

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