Theatrical director, Don DiMello is back, this time with a political podcast pilot devoted entirely to the infamous Pee Tape.  Don is joined by co-host Falcon, keeper of the retired Rockettes farm.  Theatre critic Mal Bachman stops by, along with surveillance expert, Bob Fredricks, who teaches the gang how to strategically hide cameras and compose the perfect blackmail letter.  Finally, Irina Gotsikova explains the art of a custom Pee Tape. 

Special Guests: Jason Mantzoukas, Matt Gourley, Eddie Pepitone, and Mary Birdsong

This episode is brought to you by Heineken.

Rhea talks Dave Chappelle, bike shops and Bert & Ernie. Sets from Jamez Fritz, Jon Schabl and Whitney Chitwood.

Ian Roberts, Mary Holland, and Lou Wilson join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They’ll perform scenes about a sports fan with an obnoxious cheer, an extremely suspicious laundromat, and a diagnosis from a fake doctor. Later, Jesus offers cosmetic perks to his apostles, mechanics make a game out of guessing their customers’ problems, and a farmer gives his chickens a fighting chance.

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Taking your licks with Chris Fairbanks.

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Comedians Chris Burns (Everyone’s Gay podcast) & Natasha Vaynblat (Comedy Central Creators Program) join Jo & Manolo to play listener-created games with callers, including a special call from Adal Rifai (Hello From The Magic Tavern, Hey Riddle Riddle)! 

Games played: How Many Horns?, Guess The Computer’s Punchline, and Jo-wen Wilson

Comedian, actress, and writer Jennifer Jajeh joins Andrew and Tawny to discuss being put on a blacklist, a caller who asks if it’s racist to raise your fist in protest if you are not black, bigots who do nice things, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

This episode brings the culture as Jon & Lauren welcome Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers from Las Culturistas! They talk about everything from bonding over Nicki Minaj to Double Dare and the appeal of boogers to children. Plus: a powerful sing-along moment.

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Reese Witherspoon is an actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author of the newly released Whiskey in a Teacup, who joins Jonathan to talk British Baking Challenge, the work-life balance of social media, lady-entrepreneurship, the creation of Big Little Lies, the need to create better acting roles for all women, and more.

Find Reese’s new book Whiskey in a Teacup at http://www.whiskeyinateacupbook.com/. She’s on Twitter @RWitherspoon and Instagram @reesewitherspoon.

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Improvisers, actors, and podcast hosts Jacquis Neal and Edgar Momplaisier of The Culture Kings join Howard and the crew to explore the latest in life hacks! They count down Spotify’s Global Top 50 Songs while discussing the shape of the rap scene and Eminem’s shifting legacy. Then we’ll find out what makes horror hip during the Movie Chart, and the gang speculates about future bad blood while counting down their Hot Picks.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace (www.squarespace.com/CHARTED code: CHARTED).

Marissa and Listler discover the power of the written word as they welcome poet Glen-Garry Glen Schmaltz (Dan O’Brien) to WOMP It Up! We’ll find out the latest on Marissa’s reading list as well as what hand Glen-Garry had in a schoolwide scandal before they air their gripes on What’s Cheesing You. Plus, we’ll hear wise words about living your authentic self during Listler’s Love Lockdown, and Glen-Garry debuts one of his unpublished works during Spotlight On.

This episode is sponsored by Stitch Fix (www.stitchfix.com/WOMP).

Yeardley Smith shares her fascination with small town crime and her podcast Small Town Dicks, AND shares the difference between her and Lisa Simpson’s voice!

Last time this caller got through she talked about being a marching band teacher. She got through again. This time she gets very detailed about a year of pushing and exploring boundaries.

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The hilarious Taran Killam (Single Parents, Night School, SNL) joins Jess and Zach for “Poetry: 1959” the live new musical packed with paddle boats, Counting Crows, British accents and guitar (!!!). With songs like “I Don’t Get It”, “Just Float”, and “Beans, Kippers and Mash” you won’t get these bangers out of your head. Plus, stay til the end for a very special talk-back with the audience!

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Jensen and Matty talk about Matty’s new man cave apartment, Lil Zubin, Smart Nora, how we were late on BlackKkKlansman, and many more things you should know about.

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TOM SCHARPLING returns to make a big change to the show.

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the wonderful crowd of Philadelphia back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is Food Editor for USA Today, Kae Lani! Kae chats about her first job, how her grandfather would pull her in a Radio Flyer Red Wagon to sell plants when she was a kid, and some of the spoof songs she would sing working at Cold Stone Creamery. Then, they are joined by improvisers Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome, and Little Janet Varney, to improvise a story set in Germany. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Emmy-winning comedy writer and Thurber Prize-winning author Alan Zweibel returns to discuss (among other topics) the evolution of “SaturdayNight Live,” the genius of Larry Gelbart and Neil Simon and the 2018 documentaries about his longtime friends and collaborators, Gilda Radnerand Garry Shandling. Also, Jay Leno offers sage advice, Buck Henry makes a bad investment, Gilbert makes like Willy Loman and LorneMichaels locks horns with Uncle Miltie. PLUS: Praising Kate McKinnon! Remembering Bruno Kirby (and Herb Sargent)! Mel Brooks comes to dinner! Desi Arnaz invents the sitcom! And Alan writes the Paul “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Simon Special!

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The Heynong Man himself, Jason Mantzoukas is back to join Scott to chat about which reality competition show they’d want to be on, not wanting to be a hoarder, and the historic fact that blew Jason’s mind. Then, amateur chef Eugenia Wobbles stops by believing she was going to be on a competition baking show. Later, a mysterious guest from Scott’s past appears. Tune in to find out who it is!

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Adele and Kermit The Frog have a lot in common. Sure, they’re from different countries and they’re different species and one of them is a puppet. But in terms of taking your brain over by manipulating it with song, they’re the world’s foremost masters of a little trick called the appoggiatura. What is that magic Italian-derived word? How does it work? And how many other ways does the world prank your brain with music every day?

On this week’s episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by Jamie Brew (Botnik, Clickhole) for tales of tuneful brain trickery. They’ll dig through the latest brain science, the biggest pop songs of today, and the history of opera for ways your noggin hears music and messes with you as a result. Also, this one has some fun musical examples! So how about that!

Footnotes: http://www.cracked.com/podcast/the-weirdest-ways-music-pranks-human-brain/

We’re back in the Vermillion Minotaur and excited to catch up with Chest Trünkborn, the mimic.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Chest Trünkborn: Travis McElroy
Dory the Dragon: Erika Ishii
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Ryan DiGiorgi, Evan Jacover
Editor: Tim Joyce
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Audio Assistance: Jason Knox
Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz
Photography by: Kyle Telechan [cityeyesphoto.com]

Special Thanks: Troy Babbs, and to the Schrott Center including Brian, Bram, Kelsey, Sheila and many more.

Get your copy of the next Book Club read, Pride and Prejudice here [hellofromthemagictavern.com]!

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The Trevor Project CEO Amit Paley sits down with Cameron to discuss the impact of messaging, services The Trevor Project offers (1-866-4U-TREVOR), and its volunteer opportunities.

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The hilarious and iconic John Early (Search Party) joins Matt and Dave this week to chat all about late 90’s Lisa Kudrow movies, Britney Spears, tiny gymnasts and more. Plus pining for someone, enjoying the only relationship that has made sense, and being “that guy” in Ladybird.

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Live from New York! It’s Paul, June, and Jason discussing the 2011 romantic fantasy drama Beastly. They dive deep into June’s sincere love for the movie, the main crux of the movie being kidnapping, the Beast stalking Vanessa Hudgens, the alternate ending, and Jason’s idea for what a real Beast would look like.

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Comedian Jen Kirkman offers Jude advice on getting through a tough divorce. Meanwhile Jude’s heartbreak over the split worsens when he make a discovery in a local shop.

Comedians Leah Bonnema (Comedy Drop) and Dan Wilbur (Never Flirt with Puppy Killers) join Negin to chat about Serena Williams and if there’s a double standard in tennis. The panel also asks: why do we love to hate how other people spend their money? Plus, they discuss if fake news is better than too much news.

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Bitchsesh is back and, much like Leanne’s beer burps, sometimes Casey and Danielle are gonna utter things that are difficult to hear, like Steve Lodge brought some sex appeal this week. Also Casey defends her controversial spinning statement, while Deanna Cheng chimes in in defense of Carole, and OC’s Emily defends her dork. 

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Singer-songwriters Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan aka The Milk Carton Kids return along with improvisers Mary Holland, Seth Morris, and Horatio Sanz for a special musical improv4humans! The Milk Carton Kids bring the whole band to play songs from their newest album “All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do,” inspiring scenes about learning to love in a weird way, a man who is depressed because he’s been masturbating wrong his whole life, and a teen that desperately wants to have an adult epiphany. Plus, they test out creepy pickup lines and a father deals with his addiction to mustache rides.

Grant Rutter, podcast producer at NBC Entertainment, joins Lex on the Wolf Den. The two discuss Grant’s journey through the ranks at NBC and how it led him to be their fist full-time podcast producer. Grant also details the production of The Good Place Podcast and its inspirations, as well as the the challenge of making an entertaining podcast that’s more than just an advertisement.

Rhea talks flagging, DreamWorks and Geoffrey Owens. Sets from Jared Logan, Irene Tu, Carly Ballerini and Teresa Lee.

Joe Bongo, Marina Del Rey’s very own Sex Ed Teacher and drug survivor, is joined by his friend and replacement Drivers Ed Instructor Margot Chunk to answer your questions on Sex and Driving. They are joined by Marissa Wompler and her mentor Charlotte “Char-dog” Listler who help Joe and Margot explore more questions about the mysteries of reproduction. Finally, Joe wraps up this pilot with a few songs from his prod-rock band, Rosebush Red. 

Special guests: Betsy Sodaro, Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair, Mark McConville, Daniel Michicoff, and James Bladon. 

This episode is brought to you by Heineken and Casper Mattresses (www.casper.com/andydaly).