Devin Field, Lisa Gilroy, Jake Sprague, Kimia Behpoornia, and Vic Michaelis bring you a special Halloween movie form double feature! First: a dirty police precinct. A run down rec center. A murderous magic 8-ball. It’s VALLEY PHANTOM. Then, a killing sparks a wave of fear at a music festival in HORROR FEST.

Check out Matt Besser’s new comedy album Pot Humor here.

This week Bryan discusses “gender critical” lawyer Allison Bailey’s tweet announcing the formation of an “LGB Alliance” that not only excludes trans people, but denies their very existence. Then, Erin takes us through the breaking story of consulting firm Ernst & Young’s wildly sexist training policies, and later, comedian Laci Mosley stops by to talk about her podcast Scam Goddess as well as some of her favorite fraudsters.

And make sure to check out Deeper Shade of Shade on Stitcher Premium, where Bryan and Erin interview their favorite friends of the show. For a free month of listening, go to stitcherpremium.com/shade and use promo code ‘SHADE’.

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Flying away with Vance Gilbert.

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Urban planner and community advocate Nithya Raman joins Andrew and Tawny to discuss running for Los Angeles City Council, homelessness in LA, affordable housing, gentrification, and more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

History professor and director of Asian Studies at Indiana University Ellen Wu joins Adam this week to discuss the model minority myth, how the stereotype has shifted over history and why it still exists today.

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Hot Dog Fingers! The Health Care episode is here! The Ladies kick things off with some Fast Facts, Pam Sass, and Jenna’s ‘Sounds of Scranton’ soundtrack. Then, the Lion himself, Rainn Wilson (Metaphysical Milkshake Podcast), calls in to discuss this Dwight-centric episode. Rainn reminisces about  listing all the fake diseases (Count Choculitis) and being a new dad during the filming of this episode. 

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The Teachers discuss Todd’s “original” poems, throwing a Halloween rager at Howard’s place and revisit Bill’s hair. Then, Mitra Jouhari stops by to talk about her new podcast Urgent Care and gives the teachers some very honest advice.

Dr. Erroll Southers joins Jonathan to discuss the threat domestic terrorism, how that term is applied on a federal level, and how to survive a mass shooting situation. Dr. Southers is a recipient of the Earl Warren Outstanding Public Service Award and author of Homegrown Violent Extremism, a book investigating radicalization, recruitment and ideological trends in domestic terrorism and extremism.

Dr. Southers is the Director of the Safe Communities Institute and Homegrown Violent Extremism Studies at USC.

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This week, Nicole & Sasheer are very excited for 2020! They discuss how to deal with missing the other when one of them is traveling, No Child Left Behind, and Barbadian cuisine. Then they take a quiz that determines which hunk should be your college boo, and discuss Charles Melton’s fat shaming tweets. They answer listener questions on how to reach out to friends, can your friends be people you meet through dating, how to turn friends with benefits into more, feeling competitive with best friends, and what would happen if Sasheer dies first.

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The Boys welcome MATT BESSER back to the show to promote his new special Pot Humor and hopefully confess his crimes.

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Drew Tarver, Jon Mackey, and Dan Lippert of Big Grande join Zach and Jess for an all new musical packed with a hospital full of creeps, little larceny girls, birds, and more! With songs like “One, Two, Three, You’ll Fall Asleep”, “Satan Doesn’t Have A Car (God Has a Really Cool Car)”, and “Little Larceny Ladies”, it’s a musical full of monsters just in time to celebrate Halloween!

Strip clubs, pickles and dad’s getting murdered, that’s what these bros bond over. In one of the most chaotic episodes ever, two callers are on the phone thousands of miles away while their buddy joins Gethard on stage at Ant Hall in Detroit!

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On a very spoOoky episode, Veronica Osorio (Hail, Caesar!, Treks and the City, @veronicaosoriov) stops by to give the SAP crew a sassy Tarot card reading. Then, Roz Drezfalez (Ghosted! podcast, @rozdrezfalez) drops by to talk about living every day like it’s Halloween, being haunted by a ghost at a bed and breakfast, and making a movie inspired by Carrie as an 8-year-old. Plus, the SAP crew does improv based off Roz’s interview!

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What’s good, Con-gregation? Welcome back to Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! This week Laci chats with comedian, writer, & podcaster Jamie Loftus (The Bechdel Cast, Robot Chicken). They dive into the many curious cons of Mark Olmsted, a man on the brink of death who became a death certificate forging, credit card stealing, insurance fraudster.

Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera

Sources: 

https://www.gq.com/story/the-man-who-wouldnt-die

https://www.newser.com/story/275416/he-thought-hed-die-so-he-began-a-con-he-didnt-die.html

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The hilarious Marcus Monroe tells the Nicks about his days before being an international touring comedian when he made his cash with some good old fashioned busking. He lays out his tips for making street performing as profitable as possible. Then he and the Nicks go out to Hollywood Boulevard, attempting to juggle and sing their way to millions! 

Actor, director and author LeVar Burton joins Andy Richter to talk about transplanting from West Germany to Sacramento, getting cast in Roots right out of college, and engaging kids with literature on Reading Rainbow. Plus, LeVar discusses his work on Star Trek: The Next Generation, his podcast LeVar Burton Reads, and the one piece of advice he’d offer his younger self.

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When a Nothing ship appears on their radar, the crew suspect there may be a traitor on board. Thankfully, the infamous intergalactic detective Inspector LeStrauss is ready to come to their aide! Featuring special guest Paul F. Tompkins.

An evening around a campfire leads to an encounter with a prog rock legend from Earth.

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Earwolf Producer: Kimmie Lucas
Editor: Tim Joyce
Special Assistance: Ryan DiGiorgi
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Theme Music: Andy Poland

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Intern Gino Lambardo joins Scott to talk about his new podcast The Gino Lambardo Show on Stitcher Premium. Then, Claudia O’Doherty returns to talk about recently winning a petite modeling competition that her mother entered her in. Later, physical therapist Stanley Chamberlin stops by to tell us about the rigorous initiation process at Johns Hopkins University. Plus, shaman Chuck Plyman drops by to talk about how Ayahuasca saved his life.

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Welcome to Hollyweird! A show about all things bizarre and weird about tinsel town, hosted by LA writer, Jessica Jean Jardine (Buzzfeed, Paper Magazine, AV Club). Jessica’s first guest is Bryan Safi (Throwing Shade, 9-1-1) they chat about his life in LA and interviewing Cher. Finally, child actor icon and all around amazing guy, Haley Joel Osmet stops by to answer all of Jessica and Bryans burning Hollywood questions. 

For their annual Halloween episode, Gilbert and Frank welcome Emmy and Oscar-winning makeup master Rick Baker for a compelling conversation about horror hosts, gorilla suits, Aurora model kits, “Famous Monsters of Filmland” and the enduring influence of makeup legends Jack Pierce and Dick Smith. Also, Eddie Murphy ups his game, Milicent Patrick gets her due, Rick transforms Martin Landau into Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee dresses up as…Christopher Lee. PLUS: “The Thing with Two Heads”! In praise of Ray Harryhausen! The ingenuity of Lon Chaney! The guerilla cinema of Larry Cohen! And Rick accepts an Oscar from Vincent Price!

The Indiana Jones movies are true to life. Not about that specific guy being real, or about certain magical canon being real, or about the archaeological profession being a parade of sex ’n Nazis. Still, here’s what ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ and its ilk get right: archaeologists dig up crazy nightmare horrors OFTEN. So on this spooktacular episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt joins Jason Pargin (who writes for Cracked as David Wong) for a trip through the astonishing horrors found by actual real-life archaeologists, because that stuff is much scarier and more fascinating than any horror movie. Listen for the terrifying Aztec death whistle! Discover the ancient cave that devoured a guy! And gain a stronger sense of how pants-crappingly awful the past was (and how lucky we are to be in the present).

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/15-archaeological-discoveries-scarier-than-any-horror-movie/

William Kier (Eternal Champions, The Bards Tale IV) joins Nick and Heather to discuss the hyper violent fighting game Eternal Champions in How Did This Get Played’s first Developer Commentary! They discuss William’s game development origin story, designing the overkills in Eternal Champions, and more!

Actor and comedian Zach Galifianakis feels cautious about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Zach and Conan sit down to talk about the showbiz cult of ego, mining comedy from miscommunication, phone calls from the president, hunting for clay, and being inspired by a professional whistler. Later, Sona and Matt Gourley surprise Conan with a Halloween treat.

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Musician Madame Gandhi sits down with Cameron to discuss starting out as a drummer, being boundaried, and her new album Visions.

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Geth and the panel decide on the funniest possible words. Plus: God goes trick or treating. 

Guests: Maya Sharma, Clare O’Kane and Carmen Christopher.

Recorded live from Berkeley, CA, Paul, June, and Jason discuss the1986 slasher film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. They talk about Jason Voorhees’ story leading up to this movie, condom sounds, suspenders under t-shirts, and more.

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Actress and comedian Laura Kightlinger (PEN15, Will & Grace) and Conan writer Laurie Kilmartin join Conan writers Mike and Jessie to talk about Laurie’s new Stitcher Premium podcast “Best Of Stand-Up From Conan”, Laura’s stand-up set from the 1993-1994 season that was featured on the podcast, Laura’s start in stand-up in Boston, Laura’s dinner date with Larry David, and more.

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Actor and comedian Drew Droege joins Dave and Matt to chat about who he’s playing in Justin Sayre’s camp-horror soap opera Ravenswood Manor, why everyone should see Parasite over Joker, Drag Race challenge ambitions, and why “manufactured” really means “boring.” Later, Drew talks about navigating Scruff, enjoying living single, and his solo show Happy Birthday Doug.

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