Aleppo

Type: Location

As of November 2026, Aleppo has been mentioned in one podcast episode on This American Life (Jan 2026). A city in Syria mentioned as a dangerous stop on the comedians' tour.

Aleppo is a city in northern Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the country's most populous governorate. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents as of 2021, it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and the second-largest city in the country, being the most populous until it was surpassed by Damascus, the capital of Syria. Aleppo is also the largest city in Syria's northern governorates and one of the largest cities in the Levant region.