Film critic David Fear joins Amy this week to discuss the 1975 rock musical “Tommy.” They’ll trace the roots of rock star celebrity hysteria plus The Who’s many contributions to the art form before getting into the film’s uninhibited tone, its contrast of trauma with excess, and the cultural flowing of “sick humor.” Plus, we’ll hear about Ann-Margret’s power performance and how “Tommy” finds heart within a loud premise. Should “Tommy” be inducted into The Canon? Cast your vote on the Earwolf forums now!

Casey is live at Largo and joined by co host Jessica Chaffin who is ON FIRE. Angel on earth Jamie-Lynn Sigler guests and DESTROYS in the role of Tinsley to Casey’s Dale as they examine seven eggs via FaceTime. Jamie gamely plays Housewives line or Sopranos Line? And Erin Gibson joins to share a tale of when her HUSBAND made out with Luanne. The boots on the ground are WILD. Get into it!

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Matt and Dave are live from the Provincetown Film Festival with iconic film producer Christine Vachon (Carol, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Far From Heaven, Still Alice)! They get into her long experience in filmmaking, the looseness of identity back in the day, and moving in with her partner after 3 or 4 dates. Plus, an audience q+a, Hereditary heat and Matt and Dave get into what happened after the recording.

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Live from Onion Fest in Chicago, Paul, June, and Jason go balls out as they discuss the 1986 BMX racing movie Rad. They cover everything including ass sliding, bike dancing, the fashion of the twins, and much more. Plus, stay tuned at the end for all the extra amazing 2nd Opinions theme songs!

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Michael realizes that Jude has much in common with his ugly rescue dog, Jack-Jack.

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Rhea talks Father’s Day, Elon Musk and liberal tears. Sets from Nat Baimel, Sherry Cola and Matt Besser, and chats with Naomi Ekperigin and James Adomian.

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Greg Proops (The Smartest Man in the World) and Lizz Winstead (The Daily Show) join Negin to find some comic relief amidst the turmoil! The panel discusses family separation at the border and Trump’s order for the Pentagon to establish a ‘Space Force.’ Plus, they chat about how the South and the Midwest are stereotyped in the media. This episode was taped prior to Trump’s executive order on family separation.

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Stuart Last, Chief Operating Officer at Audioboom, joins Lex on the Wolf Den. Stuart discusses Audioboom’s failed “reverse takeover” of Triton Digital and the effect it’s had on the company. They also discuss the difficulties of building a creative content company at the same time as an in-house ad sales operation, and the results of the second annual IAB podcast revenue study. 

Amy & Paul chart a course through 1998’s epic tragedy Titanic! They marvel at the film’s structure and use of geography, discuss whether the Titanic backlash was deserved, and count how many times Jack & Rose say each other’s names. Plus: Danny Nucci, aka Fabrizio!, shares stories from the set, and what it was like to work with the legendarily intense James Cameron.

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Special musical guest Ben Lee returns along with improvisers Danielle Schneider, Rose O’Shea, Jacob Wysocki, and Devin Field for this week’s improv4humans! Ben plays songs from his musical “B Is for Beer” that inspire scenes about a campaign to make beer more drinkable, the Dalai Lama’s messy personal life, and a plant-based romance. Later, we’ll meet a couple that everyone is betting on as well as a rock star defending her title to the death.

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Sharing a park bench with Oscar Nunez.

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Adam Scott Aukerman make a splash this week as they discuss R.E.M.’s twelfth studio album, Reveal. We’ll find out who wins the award for “worst guy” and where the boys found themselves on the May 14th, 2001 release date before they dive into the album track-by-track. Plus, they plot out a hat trick in an episode of “Great Docs.”

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Actor and writer Diallo Riddle (The Last O.G., Marlon) joins Andrew and Tawny to discuss questions about a White father who can’t understand that one Black person doesn’t speak for all Black people, being able to wear a comfortable college sweater even after the recent blackface incident, and the famous character Mario. Plus, Andrew and Tawny discuss children being separated from their parents at the border, The World Cup, and more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

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Lily (11) & Max (9) and their father Gilbert Gottfried (Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast, documentary Gilbert on Hulu) join Jo & Manolo to play listener-created games with callers, including a special call from Matt Gourley (I Was There Too, Pistol Shrimps Radio). 

Games played: Make That Pilot Fly, Gilbert Gottfried GPS, and One Peanut, Two Peanut, No Peanut, Blue Peanut.

Actor Paul Dooley joins Matt to talk about his roles as Wimpy in the 1980 film Popeye, as Jim Baker in the 1984 film Sixteen Candles, and a whole lot more. First, Paul discusses his approach to adapting the character of Wimpy, working alongside Robert Altman and Harry Nilsson, and improvising with his colleagues in their downtime. Then, we’ll find out which line from Sixteen Candles was changed by Paul for the better before getting stories about everything from partnering with a very serious Max von Sydow in Strange Brew to Paul’s voice work within the Cars franchise.

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Comedian, actor and writer Fahim Anwar (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot) joins the Whooch crew this week to count down the latest charts! Fahim talks about his new comedy special “There’s No Business Like Show Business” while they count down the Top 5 Rock Songs on iTunes. Later, we’ll hear what the heck Anne Hathaway’s deal is as well as what’s with abundance of Star Wars films during the Movie Chart, and Howard offers another Moleman Update while the gang counts down their Hot Picks.

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Colin Hanks (“Life in Pieces”) returns to chat with Kevin, and this time… it’s personal.

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Actor Jonathan Lipnicki joins Jensen and guest co-host Ali Segel to talk about Celebs Go Dating, Like Mike, Talk Time, The Palmer Squares, how we were late on Westworld, and many more things you should know about.

Improv and film superstar Eugene Cordero (Kong: Skull Island, The Dumbbells) joins Jess & Zach this week for a musical packed with old time-y movie stars, mom-agers, and Ryan Lochte (?!). With songs like “Party! Pizza Party!”, “Boom Boom Hollywood”, “A Movie Star & A Legally Blind Man”, you’ll want to audition for this show in a heartbeat. 

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Sean and Hayes are joined by return guest JORDAN MORRIS who’s doing the “Bubble” sci-fi podcast and now he’s doing another one on this show.

Welcome back WOMPsters! Marissa and Listler are hot off their underground nightlife field research with Candace B. Hapnen (Oscar Montoya), Marina del Rey’s number one (and only) drag queen! Candace helps Marissa brush up on her drag queen terminology before they tackle listener questions about making the first move and unrequited love during Listler’s Love Lockdown. Then we find out what lies behind the makeup on a very special Spotlight On.

Freetown Christiania is an area in Copenhagen where there are no laws and anarchy rules. This week’s caller is walking there to smoke weed with friends from all over Europe. She tells Gethard about life in Denmark in 2018 on the way.

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Brian Aubert from the great Silversun Pickups joins the Ms to discuss the seminal Bond parody, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Also, there’s a nice Michael G. Wilson story.

Tan France is the fashion expert for Queer Eye and joins Jonathan to talk about growing up in Yorkshire, getting a Barbie collection from his dad, and when he realized he wanted to marry a boy. Plus, Tan discusses coming out to a religious household and how Queer Eye helped him find acceptance with his family.

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Alex Schmidt of The Cracked Podcast joins Amy to discuss the 1980 comedy film “Caddyshack.” They’ll discuss Danny Noonan’s character arc, the pedigree of Chevy Chase, and how the film forged the foundations of modern American comedy. Plus, we’ll hear about old money versus new money, the sadness of Rodney Dangerfield, and the backstory behind the Bill Murray-Chevy Chase feud. Should “Caddyshack” enter The Canon? Cast your vote on the Earwolf forums now!

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Comedian Travon Free sits down with Cameron to discuss separating masculinity from sexuality, getting to a point where you no longer have to keep coming out, and how his show (Camping on HBO) will be the first with a queer black lead since Noah’s Arc.

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The Sloppy Boys (Mike Hanford, Tim Kalpakis, Jefferson Dutton) joins Scott and intern Gino Lambardo to talk about how they decided to start a band, the incident that changed them from doing covers to original songs, and to perform songs live in-studio off their debut album “Lifelong Vacation.” Then, author Devin O’Shea stops by to read excerpts from his book about his alien encounter in 1983.

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Actor, director, producer and counterculture hero Peter Fonda stops by the studio for a fascinating conversation about the making of “Easy Rider,” his difficult relationship with his legendary dad and his encounters with Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau and Ernest Hemingway (among others). Also, Dennis Hopper holds a grudge, Elvis straps on a helmet, Jack Nicholson replaces Rip Torn and Victor Mature gives a bravura performance. PLUS: The genius of Terry Southern! In praise of Christopher Plummer! The Monkees foot the bill! The Beatles find inspiration! And Peter names his favorite Henry Fonda movie!

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Are you 100% sure you exist? Good news: we’re sure. But here’s a few TERRIFYING headlines saying otherwise: “The universe shouldn’t exist, according to science.” (New York Post) “The universe shouldn’t exist, scientists say after finding bizarre behaviour of anti-matter” (The Independent) “Universe shouldn’t exist, CERN physicists conclude.” (Cosmos Magazine) You might see those statements and think they sound increasingly convincing. First it was scientists saying stuff, then they brought anti-matter into it, and then holy cow here comes CERN. What a big official-looking acronym! 

All those stories spring from one study, which Physics Today and Gizmodo covered in a professional way. The study explained a huge leap forward in how we measure antiproton magnetic movement. One press release about it contained a borderline joke about the universe. And from there, all hell broke loose. Specifically, the same hell that keeps happening with discovery after discovery.

On this week’s episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by Matt Kirshen (The Jim Jefferies Show) and Andy Wood (Bridgetown Comedy Festival) of “Probably Science” to plumb the depths of Internet science reporting. They’ll explore the food chain of scientists, universities, PR people, clickbait farms, and straight-up liars who turn good science into confusing Facebook junk. They’ll rolodex tales of alien octopuses, brown pandas, new Earths, and other actually-awesome things you’ve been lied to about. And they’ll send you out into the world with science literacy tools that will make your brain happier and your life a whole lot easier.

Footnotes: https://goo.gl/aBwRkg