Author, director, and tv presenter Dawn O’Porter joins Jameela to discuss their friendship and how they first met, Dawn’s experience having her partner Chris O’Dowd experience a career high while hers was at a low, discovering you are “the girl next door,” loving work and loving being a mother, honest conversations with her sons, and her new book Life In Pieces. 

This Christmas, please consider giving to choose.love to support and empower refugees in need. 

The hilarious Matteo Lane joins Matt and Dave this week to discuss how gyms are disinfecting, Fortnite (from the very beginning), what the internet should be called, not getting the news from the news, drawing, Top of The Pops, Mariah, the Divas of the early aughts, Matteo’s opera background, Maria Callas, Barbra Streisand, Cleo Laine, Judy Garland and Renée Zellweger in Judy, Liza and Liza impressions, long distance love in the pandemic, not traveling this year, choosing career over dating, and being a workaholic.

Benari Poulten joins Negin to discuss the Georgia Senate race and the role money plays in electoral politics. They also look back at the insanity that was 2020 and share a touching tribute to Fake the Nation favorite Catie Lazarus.

Christmas time is here, and it’s up to Charlie Brown (Armen Weitzman) to save the holidays by directing the annual Christmas Podcast for Mike Mitchell, Amanda Sitko, Mookie Blaiklock, Matt Besser, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Will Charlie find the tolerance to keep Christmas cheerful? Does Pig-Pen harbor alt-right tendencies? Will Santa bring Sally the dildo she asks for? Tune in to find out!

Amy & Paul say hello to 2019’s Chinese-American family reunion The Farewell! They praise director Lulu Wang’s use of motion, discover how Awkwafina won the dramatic lead role despite being best known as a rapper and comedian, and learn about the real fake mourners common at Chinese funerals. Plus: What’s that familiar song covered in the end credits?

This is the sixth episode in our Kinspooled series on “effed up families”; next week’s film is Home Alone! Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test, and apply to be a contestant at unspooledpod@gmail.com! Photo credit: Kim Troxall

This week Joel and Mitra / Mitra and Joel give listeners advice on topics ranging from having a better work relationship with a co-worker, catching feelings for your best friend, stopping your older brother from wearing your ex-boyfriend’s underwear, and more.

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Scott, Paul and Lauren discuss barbershop quartets and believing in Santa Claus, then play An Acrostic Conversation.

On this week’s ATTITUDES! Erin discusses the misogynistic hit piece on First Lady-elect Dr. Jill Biden from the Wall Street Journal, and why it’s unsurprising given the hateful history of the article’s author. Then, Bryan explores “America’s biggest homophobe” Michele Bachmann’s recent and explosive claims that Satan not only stole her vote, but also specifically chose 2020 as the year to snatch democracy away from the people.

Actress, author, raconteur Busy Philipps (Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best, Freaks and Geeks) joins Scott and Scott to discuss Talking Heads’ eight and final studio album “Naked.” They also talk about when Busy first heard of Talking Heads, the time she watched David Byrne perform at The Hollywood Bowl, and meeting David Byrne. Plus, the Scotts rank all of the Talking Heads records from least favorite to favorite.

This week we’re breaking down Dunder Mifflin Infinity. To kick off this two-part episode, Angela announces herself as ‘Kinseypedia’ for this episode and gets the inside scoop on the Dunder Mifflin Infinity website. Then, we discuss Toby outing Jim and Pam’s relationship to the whole office, we learn how to make a cat look feral, and we get a major Old Tech Alert with Ryan’s mandated Blackberry’s. Finally, we discuss some very funny Kelly-Ryan drama, Jan’s trendy outfit that is not too dissimilar to something Jenna may have worn, and Creed helps us answer fan questions about his hair dye job in this episode. We hope your hearts soar with the eagle’s nest after this episode!

Special thanks to Joya Balfour. Check out joyabalfour.com for a look at what the Dunder Mifflin Infinity website looked like! 

Did you know that if you want to represent your block in Brooklyn as a local elected official, you have to mark a gender designation—and the only options are “male” and “female”? This week on Getting Curious, Jonathan is speaking with Jesse Pierce and Samy Nemir Olivares, both elected District Leaders in Brooklyn, all about this gender rule: how it came into existence, why it’s exclusionary, and how we can work to make local seats across Brooklyn and the country more inclusive and equitable.

Jesse Pierce is a non-binary queer elected Democratic District Leader in Brooklyn’s 52nd Assembly District. They focus on hyper local political grassroots organizing as a means to transform our politics both locally and nationally.

Samy Nemir Olivares (he/they) is a Puerto Rican-Dominican, queer activist, writer, communicator and District Leader in Brooklyn. Samy advocates for gender, racial and social justice through politics, media and education. Samy works for a national nonprofit for LGBTQ civil rights and produced a documentary about TGNC rights in New York: Stonewall With a T.

You can follow Jesse on Twitter @jessepiercebk and Instagram @jessepierce07. You can follow Samy on Twitter @SamyNemir and Instagram @SamyforBrooklyn.

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Nicole and Sasheer are all bundled up and ready to discuss paying for heat, weighted blankets, sleep entanglements, alien abductions, angel encounters, ghost sightings, the movie Casper, cell phones over the years, pay phone tricks, roasting strangers, flight attendants’ covid material, being in L.A. longer than ever before, the T.V. show Zoom, and how many stars the Disney channel gave us. Then they take the quiz: Which Old Hollywood Icon Are You? And answer your questions. This week’s voicemail comes from a truly wonderful no-a-kid 14-year-old that both Nicole and Sasheer want to be friends with. The gals give advice about what is and isn’t bullying (being verbally mean IS bullying), how to find like-minded friends (search hashtags) and how to dump not-friends (stop hanging out with them.) Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at: nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com

Shalom! The miraculous Rachel Bloom (I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) is back and joins Zach and Jess (along with Scott and Brett) for the first Hanukkah episode of Off Book! Listen as they proudly present classics like “On a Mission to Destroy Tradition,” “You’re The Shammash,” and “No, No, No, I Think We Might Be Wrong.”

We’re releasing this episode of our Premium game show series Screen Test with Paul & Amy for free! To listen to more Screen Test, just sign up for Stitcher Premium – you can go to stitcher.com/premium and use the promo code UNSPOOLED for one month free.

In this holiday-themed episode, contestants Bill, Amanda and Alex attempt to say something nice about Cats, act out Arnold Schwarzenegger looking for a Baby Yoda toy, and pitch the next great Hanukkah movie.

Oh no, it’s the Season 2 finale of The Neighborhood Listen already! Burnt brings up Belinda’s possum post, Joan discusses Linda Pippert and Burnt and Joan invite “ineedham” aka Gidget (Nicole Byer) to the show who is in a desperate search for ham.

A trans teen explores their Mexican roots, sharing what they’ve learned about Mexican folk healing. They also discuss coming out as trans to their parents and the healing power of Coca Cola.

At the beginning of this episode we hear a bit about Marie’s upbringing in Jamaica before Michelle joins the call from a film set Atlanta! So it’s another double daughter, double mom episode. You also get two versions of how Michelle’s parent’s met: Marie’s and then Michelle’s, which shows just how great a storyteller Michelle is, because the flair added was laugh out loud. Marie told us that Michelle has a journalism degree and early on, aspired to be like Oprah! She says Michelle loved throwing parties down in their New Jersey basement and that her latest stand-up special was just like that… this time it just happened to be in the basement of New York City’s Sony Hall. Watch “Welcome to Buteaupia” on Netflix and snag her new book “Survival of the Thickest” now! 

The SAP crew reveals their Spotify Wrapped playlists, and Tony can’t believe what’s on his. Later on, Luis Gerardo Méndez talks about his new film Half Brothers and how having a half sibling IRL helped him connect to his character.

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What’s poppin, con-gregation? This week Rhea Butcher is on the pod to break down a German man and his frauline who treated scamming like its own art form. Stay schemin!

Actress Shannon Woodward talks with Andy Richter about getting started as a child actor, stories from filming Westworld, and her answers to the Inside the Actors Studio questionnaire.

JASON CONCEPCION teaches The Boys about all these movie franchises.

Edgar and Jacquis break down every single announcement made by Disney in their recent Investor presentation, talk about who is gonna win the streaming wars, and more!

“This is sarcasm! I’m making a joke!” Joining us all the way from somewhere else is the legendary Pandora Boxx! This episode dives into spirituality and what it means to receive that love. Tune in as Vicky catches up with her close friend and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Star queen and all the shenanigananery that ensues. 

Join us for that special time of year when Scott invites friends old and new to celebrate the Comedy Bang! Bang! Holiday Spectacular! Expect appearances from Jason Mantzoukas, Santa Claus, pretzel maker August Lindt, intern Gino Lombardo, Ho Ho the naughty Elf, the kid who saw mommy kissing Santa Claus, The Chief, and so many more! Happy Holidays from CBB!

Sonja Reid aka OMGitsfirefoxx & Aaron Bleyaert (Good Game, Nice Try) join Nick and Heather to talk about Hypnospace Outlaw! They talk about early internet gaming, the game’s overall aesthetic, Chowder Man, and more!

It’s Winter Solstice time again and due to a snowstorm Arnie, Usidore and Chunt have to take shelter with a friendly squirrel.

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Fluff the Squirrel: Josh Gondelman
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal Rifai
Post-Production Coordination: Garrett Schultz
Earwolf Producer: Kimmie Lucas
Editor: Chris Rathjen
Special Assistance: Ryan DiGiorgi
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland

Activist Alicia Garza sits down with Cameron to discuss her journey as an organizer over the past twenty years, her work as a creator of Black Lives Matter and Black Futures Lab, and her new book The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.

Actress Kaley Cuoco feels giddy about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Kaley sits down with Conan to talk about working with John Ritter, going full blast as the voice of Harley Quinn, horse caretaking tips, and her new mini-series The Flight Attendant. Plus, Conan laments the caloric scarcity of his new meal plan.

Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821.

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So many cities, but Casey and Danielle have the time, cause Bravo is on fire!!!! First they discuss the Potomac finale (say it ain’t so) which delivers on every level, including Robyn and Juan’s love story for the ages and Micheal Darby’s pink faced rages. Then Salt Lake City where we are treated to Valter and his sensitive soul as well as some of Whitney’s wild testimonial looks. And Atlanta starts with some deep and thoughtful reconnings in turbulent times as well as delivering us Marlo in all her glory and “Tite-cent”.

Plus Casey and Danielle are treated to a brief chat with lawyer Jennifer Goodman (@Jennifermgoodman) to discuss and breakdown the perplexing case of Girardi V Girardi V The World. 

Tickets to The Bitchsesh Holiday spectacular on 12/17 at 5:30pm PST/8:30pm EST can be found at onlocationlive.com/bitchsesh .