Comedian Sydnee Washington joins Dave and Matt this week to talk about being a hot crunchy mess, having a whole-ass girlfriend and Bitcoin boobs. Plus, getting your soul taken on a couch, stealing Barbie clothes and digging deep on Rebbie Jackson’s “Centipede”!

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Jude & Sue finally meet for tea, and Michael is joined by special guest reader, RISK! host Kevin Allison.

Negin is joined by Open Mike Eagle and Jessie Gaskell for Fake the Nation’s first “trimulcast.” The three discuss the right-wing internet echo chamber and how it relates to recent tragedy in New Zealand. Then they ask: Why is Beto jumping on tables all the time? Why was “One Day at A Time” cancelled and what would happen if Netflix just disappeared?

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For their season finale, Scott, Paul and Lauren play every feature game from each episode!

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Amy & Paul rumble with 1961’s musical Shakespeare riff West Side Story! They compare the film’s colors to modern art, praise the intelligence Rita Moreno brings to Anita, and ask how Elvis would have performed in the lead role. Plus: writer and Stephen Sondheim fan Anthony King (Gutenberg: The Musical) gives us his perspective on where this fits in Sondheim’s career.

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Joel Spence and Alex Fernie join Matt Besser for scenes about a town that embraces its Ozzy Osbourne connection, feeling sad for someone who hasn’t lost any parents, and a sports mascot with a radical streak. Plus, they’ll try to keep from squeezing a new girlfriend’s dad, send out the fanciest frat party invitations, and deal with the consequences of licking a freezing pole.

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This week, Erin talks about the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team’s lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation over institutionalized gender discrimination that affects everything from their pay to their working conditions. Then, Bryan brings some uplifting news regarding the relaunching of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus (the largest ever!), now co-chaired entirely by out lawmakers, and its efforts to pass the Equality Act to establish LGBT protections in the 30 states where discrimination remains legal.

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Knowing this much is true with Richard Blade.

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Can you believe? Getting Curious has done 100 episodes! To celebrate this milestone, Jonathan takes us back over some of this favorite moments over the years, with guests including Lizzo, Reese Witherspoon, Dr. Stan Tatkin, Mary O’Hara, Mary Winters, and more!

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Imagine having a GPS system that disagreed with your destinations? Worse, what if your car and your new girlfriend didn’t get along?

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On a new installment of “First And Last,” Jon & Lauren watch the series premiere and finale of ER!  They declare that “Noah Wyle is bae,” don’t understand why no one in the pilot is using gloves, and wonder if they would have made good doctors, before getting into the TV deaths that affected them the most.

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Comedian Emily Heller (Ice Thickeners, Barry) joins Andrew and Tawny to discuss a caller’s question about an older white man at a Roxane Gay event who had supposedly just found out the n-word was a racial slur, Nordic Rune tattoos, shutting down people who feel comfortable to say wildly racist things around you, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Howard, Brett, and Kevin welcome back close friend Kulap Vilaysack to catch up and share some positive energy.

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Douglas Widick of musical improv and hip-hop improv fame joins Jess and Zach for an all-new musical packed with hacks, robots, 12 steps, the “4-Hour Body” and more. With songs like “Tim Ferris Facts”, “Buddy, You Gotta Move” and “Hack Tacoma Quickly” you’ll “Find Your Rocky Road” with these new tunes. Plus, stay til the end for a special John Mayer guitar guy rap!

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James Roday returns to the Chat Show to share his memories of meeting Kevin, as well as another “Psych” movie, and directing the “Treehouse” episode of a new scary anthology series from Hulu called “Into the Dark”.

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While smoking a bowl in his garage, a stay at home dad talks to Gethard about parenting. They share stories about protective dad instincts and recognizing mistakes.

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In this episode of James Bonding, Matt and Matt brave something more diabolical than Le Chiffre’s little tugboat and rope, the message boards of Reddit! Join the boys as they do a verbal response to the James Bonding AMA. Will your question be answered? Probably, I think we got to almost all of them.

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The Boys help KAITLIN OLSON figure out what she’s doing next.

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Tucker and his crew encounter the planet Vox in their search for Earth, where they encounter Palom (Hal Lublin), a follower of something they call The Word. Tensions run high amid Tucker, Elsa and Stew as they discover their different political views.

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Stand-up comedian extraordinaire Langston Kerman joins Scott to talk about his experience writing for The Oscars the year Chris Rock hosted, his character Jered on Insecure, and spoilers. Then, inventor/businesswoman Entrée PeeE Neur returns to pitch some new inventions. Plus, Entrée’s brother Appetizer PeeE Neur stops by to talk about having to quit his jobs to take care of his sick mother.

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Novelists are a little bit invincible. Oh sure, it’s hard to write a book, and you are required to stop writing your book if you die. But barring that untimely demise, you can to see your novel through to the bitter end as long as you have enough grit to get there. What if a writer didn’t get to do that? What if you built out a narrative for tens of millions of fans, only to have a couple of executives tell you it’s over before anything resolved? And what if that “what if” describes the actual experience of making many TV shows?

On this episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by working TV writers Ben Joseph and Chase Mitchell for tales of TV cancellations that turned stories into madness. They’ll dig into TV’s distant past and recent hits for narratives that became baffling cliffs audiences fell off of, all because the network felt the show wasn’t selling enough soap.

Footnotes: http://www.cracked.com/podcast/12-tv-cancellations-that-caused-horrifying-cliffhangers/

What is the weapon? What does it do? Poet Laureate Spurt the Elder shares some ancient poems and literature that might help.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Spurt the Elder: Andy Carey [andycarey.jigsy.com]
Squibbert: Sarah Shockey
Baron Ragoon: Chris Rathjen
High Time Queen: Brooke Breit
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Ryan DiGiorgi, Evan Jacover
Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Audio Assistance: Jason Knox
Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

Historian, bestselling author and “King of Comedy Lore” Kliph Nesteroff returns to the podcast to serve up an all-new assortment of scandalous showbiz tales and to hold court on a host of essential topics, including Hollywood’s flirtation with fascism, the strange predilections of Bud Abbott and George Jessel, the mob’s iron grip on the nightclub circuit and the rise and fall of celebrity fast food franchises. Also, Stu Gilliam goes berserk, Rock Hudson “marries” Jim Nabors, Groucho runs afoul of the FBI and Kliph gets a surprise phone call from Steve Martin. PLUS: The Mad Russian! Mickey Rooney’s Weenie World! Hitler vs. the Three Stooges! Jerry Lewis pulls a gun! And Sammy Davis Jr. joins the Church of Satan!

Former First Lady Michelle Obama feels cautiously optimistic about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Michelle and Conan sit down to talk about Michelle’s memoir Becoming, childhood inspirations, embarrassing her kids, spending time alone with Chipotle, putting the right people in office, and the loss of anonymity.

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Filmmakers Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato sit down with Cameron to discuss our current political state, working with RuPaul, and the impact of Drag Race.

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Esteemed writer and housewives aficionado Roxane Gay honors Casey and Danielle with her presence again on the podcast and gives her thoughts on puppy gate, the sexless lives of the Vanderpump couples and the gift of a Tyler Perry quote. Plus, she joins Casey and Danielle in reading one of the most important scenes that had ever graced the Bravo screen, and dare we say, elevates this masterpiece. 

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Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell welcome comedian Moses Storm to share his unbelievable story about growing up with parents who started an unsuccessful cult. Then, Conan’s Stand-up Booker J.P. Buck joins Mike and Jessie to talk about how he finds talent for the show and gives great advice for aspiring comedians. Plus, we hear how a fan perfectly insulted both Timothy Olyphant and Conan at a restaurant.

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Lance Bass (!!!) of *NSYNC fame joins Dave and Matt live from SXSW to talk about the new Lou Pearlman ponzi scheme documentary “The Boy Band Con”, Dave and Lance meeting on TRL (on Dave’s first day!) and coming out in People Magazine. Plus, Lance’s first relationship while still being in the closet, getting a Facebook poke from his now husband, proposal interruptions, a live q&a and so much more!

Jude distracts himself from women by joining the church choir. And Michael distracts himself from life with episodes of Fargo.

Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi of Throwing Shade join Paul and Jason to discuss the 2017 psychological crime horror thriller The Snowman. Recorded live from Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, they talk about detective Harry Hole never bringing up the snowman, ADR Val Kilmer, coffee bean torture scene, and more. Plus, we hear some exclusive behind the scenes info from someone very close to the film.

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