Oscar nominated married couple/writers/actors/comedians Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick) join Sarah and Susan to talk about their thought process behind the sex scenes in their film The Big Sick, Danny & Annie, Peter Bjorn & John’s “Objects Of My Affection,” Fred Rogers testifying before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications for PBS funding, the ending scene of Harry and the Hendersons and the “My Friends, You Bow to No One” scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

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Talking the talk with Leah Krinsky.

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Comedian Mike Mulloy joins Andrew to talk about being blocked by Trump on Twitter, The Simpson’s response to The Problem With Apu, Asian-Americans suing Harvard for admissions discrimination, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

The Shrimps take on the Slam Drunks at South Divorcingounce Tammy Faye. Mark and Matt call the action.

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Comedian, writer, and actor Guy Branum joins H. Michael Kre and Natty Legs to offer up Coachella predictions on this week’s Who Charted! Guy talks about his new book My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture while they count down the Top 5 Movie Soundtracks. Later, Guy pits his film pick against Jaws in a thrilling game of Jaws is Better as we hear the Movie Chart. Then SNL bets are made along with a summah secret baby update during the Gang’s Hot Picks.

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Comedians Ruby Karp (Earth Hates Me, We Hope You Have Fun) & Nicole Silverberg (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Reductress’ Mouth Time podcast) join Jo & Manolo to play listener-created games with callers. 

Games played: Eat Your Words, The Teens Aren’t Alright, and Movie Caveman-splain.

Raised By TV is back, and Jon & Lauren are talking about Nickelodeon’s original late night block Snick! They enter the secret world of Alex Mack, get Afraid of the Dark, go on Adventures with Pete & Pete, eat Airheads and debate how to say the word “crayon.” Plus: special guest Scott Aukerman joins a Very Special Episode of Punky Brewster.

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Director Lance Bangs joins Adam Scott Aukerman to discuss R.E.M.’s sixth studio album Green. They’ll talk about R.E.M.’s partial reunion in Portland, when Lance first heard of the band, and how Lance began to know the band and start collaborating with them. Plus, Scott and Scott tell us a little bit more about themselves on an episode of “Talkin’ Bout Me.”

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Marissa’s longtime rival Traci Reardon (Lauren Lapkus) joins in for this week’s WOMP It Up! During “Hot Topix,” Traci talks about her recent unemployment and her attempts to reconnect with Marissa after their falling out. Then they all share their gripes during “What’s Cheesing You?” and they help listeners with their emotional ages and suspicions of being watched before getting to know Traci a bit better during “Spotlight On.”

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Emily and Deanna convene to look back on all the youthful trends they’ve learned about over the last few years as they celebrate their final episode at Earwolf. From the Fappening to bae AF, thirst trapping to old Disney, this is a trip down memory lane you won’t want to miss.

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Sean and Hayes are joined by NICOLE PARKER for Hollywood Handbook presented by Popcornopolis.

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Guest favorites Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci join the Matts for James Bonding, or do the Matts join them for The Big Ones? Either way, it’s the podcast crossover event of the century and it’s all about Vesper Lynd’s moral dilemma in Casino Royale. And there’s also a little bit of Nick Nack.

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Join guest host Samm Levine as he chats with Tim Meadows about his Detroit improv roots, his journey to SNL, and why Mean Girls is practically a Christmas movie.

A mother of two talks about her youthful past as a wandering actor and the choices she made to change her life. Geth asks a question in this call that leads to the ultimate “Sorry Sally” moment: How much do Playboy models get paid?

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Oui oui! Gilli Nissim (We’re Gross With Gilli Nissim) joins Zach and Jess this week for a Parisian musical filled with red balloons / ballons, Jacques and Claude, a virtual reality Costco, …and twins! With songs like “North Dualstar”, “At The Party City ” and “Say Goodbye To Rouge Balloon”, you’ll have 99 reasons and more to love this show. 

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Podcaster Alison Rosen (Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend) joins Jensen and Matty to talk about her new book Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me), musician Snail Mail, pinball, Too Much TV, how we were late on sound bars, and many more things you should know about.

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It’s the Annual Gathering of the Fi’ang Yaloks which means the Memory Gremlin is back.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp

Chunt: Adal Rifai

Usidore: Matt Young

Memory Gremlin: Sarah Maher

A Half-Remembered Version of Blemish: Martin Wilson

Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen

Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Tricia: Kate James

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi

Editor: Garrett Schultz

Theme Music: Andy Poland

Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban

Audio Assistance: Jason Knox

Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai often tells a story about a hummingbird. In the story, the hummingbird’s forest catches fire. It’s burning out of control. And while the larger stronger animals cower, the hummingbird flies back and forth, putting drop after drop of water on the blaze. The big animals ask the hummingbird why it’s trying to put the fire out, since it seems too little and small-beaked to accomplish anything. The hummingbird’s simple reply: “I am doing what I can.”

On this week’s episode of The Cracked Podcast, we’re turning a listener suggestion into a joyful hummingbird hour. On the heels of our latest episode indexing little-known badasses of history, Alex Schmidt and Kristi Harrison are celebrating little-known badasses of life right now. Find out how Los Angeles priests, Turkish garbagemen, Japanese scuba enthusiasts and more regular folks are spreading their little wings, picking up their water drop, and finding out just how big of a fire one hummingbird can fight.

Footnotes: https://goo.gl/gmP5Ui

Veteran character actor Ed Begley Jr. joins Gilbert and Frank for a loving look at the glory days of the Troubadour, the timelessness of “The In-Laws,” the absurdity of Hollywood urban legends and the career of his Oscar-winning dad, Ed Begley. Also, Forrest Tucker takes a nip, Steve Allen checks into “St. Elsewhere,” Harry Belafonte shuts down Rodney Dangerfield and Ed hits the rink with Charlie’s Angels. PLUS: Wheeler & Woolsey! “Amazon Women on the Moon”! Mr. Warmth lowers the boom! Ed remembers his friend Peter Falk! And the unsolved death of John “Stumpy” Pepys! 

Writer and co-host of Fatman on Batman Marc Bernardin joins Amy to discuss the 1992 Eddie Murphy film “Boomerang.” They discuss the importance of the all-black cast, the powerful female characters, and the evolution of the Eddie Murphy identity. Plus, we’ll hear about Robin Givens’ strong performance and how “Boomerang” challenges the audience’s empathy. Does “Boomerang” deserve a spot in The Canon? Cast your vote on the Earwolf forums.

Comedian Margaret Cho sits down with Cameron to discuss always being up-to-date within the community, staying stoked on stand-up, and being inspired by younger people.

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Actor and longtime friend of the show Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame joins Scott to chat about his new film Beirut, breaking the internet, and his middle name. Then, Al A. Peterson aka The Smooth Criminal returns to talk about the number one reason why people use his services to fake their deaths. Later, park ranger Margery Kershaw stops by to tell us about being transferred from her beloved Pinnacles National Park. Plus, Pokemon trainer Dash Grabum arrives to talk about his journey to become a Pokemon monster.

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone who loves being pranked to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is Jon Hamm of Mad Men! Jon chats about one of the biggest failures in his life, pushing through the fear when he first moved to LA to pursue an acting career, and his new film Beirut. Then, they are joined by improvisers Maria Blasucci, Shaun Diston, and Mark McConville, to improvise a story set on The Moon. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Zak Toscani went to his office job last week, thinking it’d be like any other week. By Monday, he was international news. In this special bonus episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt dives into the recent Twitter thread that captivated the world, with its L.A. comedian author. Zak breaks down the entire chain of events, revealing new details about the shrimp fried rice caper’s victim & perpetrator. And he & Alex explore the bizarre worldwide phenomenon of intra-office lunch theft that somehow no one was talking about till now.

Zak’s website: http://www.zaktoscani.com/

The famed Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/zaktoscani/status/979448251546927104

Additional footnotes: https://goo.gl/tskeUi

Casey and Danielle have a lot to cover and they didn’t even get into Southern Charm yet! Atlanta, Bev Hills, Vanderpump and the NY premiere! Watching these shows is their burden and cross to bear but they do it for you! You’re welcome! They discuss WWHL, Paul’s twitter and Vanessa Bayer has another very specific recommendation.

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Actress and model Isis King joins Dave and Matt this week to talk spirituality and church, life in a shelter before Top Model and manifesting a husband. Plus, looking for more trans love stories, dealing with Tinder and Matt asks Dave for some advice!

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Bad roommates, dry cigarettes, a lesson in Latin, and more on this week’s minisode! Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Adore, shares a must watch during Paul’s Pick of the Week, and the Movie Bitches review Black Panther. Plus, important info on next week’s movie!

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

You can see Jason, June, and Paul in The Disaster Artist.

Paul’s new comedy Drive Share is available on Go90. Paul can be seen on A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Opening Night, and Veep. You can see June and Paul on NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU. June stars in Blockers, Grace and Frankie on Netflix, as well as Lady Dynamite alongside with Jason.

Jason can be seen in The Good Place, The House, The Lego Batman Movie, How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.