Author Dorothy Charlessss joins Scott to talk about her handwritten book “Help Yourself” and the passing of her husband. Then, whistleblower Leo Williams stops by to expose the secret society known as The Order of the Owl. Later, 20 something Will Crowe stops by from Alaska to talk about how hard it is to date in Los Angeles.

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone including riddle lovers back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is actress and comedian Maribeth Monroe of Workaholics and The Good Place! Maribeth chats about her most embarrassing superstition, being tormented by her older brothers growing up, and purgatory. Then, they are joined by improvisers Nancy Hayden and Jaime Moyer, to improvise a story set in Wisconsin Dells Water Park. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Screenwriter David Scarpa (All the Money in the World) joins Amy this week to talk about the 1961 Paul Newman film “The Hustler.” David and Amy discuss how “The Hustler” subverts the underdog paradigm and questions what it means to be a winner or loser. Plus, they find meaning in Fast Eddie’s search for success and what it reveals about the nature of excellence before contrasting the acting of Paul Newman with costars Jackie Gleason and Piper Laurie. Does “The Hustler” belong in The Canon? Cast your vote on the Earwolf forums now!

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Soprano sightings, should Stuart Pankin exist, and more on this week’s minisode! Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Second Sight, gives a great rec in Paul’s Pick of the Week, and the Movie Bitches review Coco. Plus, you’ll find out which movie we will be covering next!

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

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

Paul’s new comedy Drive Share is available on Go90. Paul can be seen on 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 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.

Writer, theater / pop-culture expert, and Homophilia’s very own horror aficionado Louis Peitzman joins Matt and Dave this week to talk about BSB erotica, his ultimate Top 5 lists, plus his adventures in being friends with benefits. Plus, Louis spills his very revealing moment with Timothée Chalamet, Dave explains 50 Shades of Gray to his mom, and more!

Welcome back to Unpacking The Wolf, the only podcast hosted by two former feral children raised by wolves! Hosts Lobo (Jon Gabrus) and Lou (Betsy Sodaro) welcome dating expert Trish “The Dish” Weber to help them adjust back to the nuances of the human world. Trish offers advice on how to clothe themselves and what info to put into their Tinder bios before discovering a dark secret in her own romantic life. Plus, Traci Reardon drops by to get Lobo and Lou’s input on listener questions about dating on another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Rory Albanese (The Daily Show) and Mike Pesca (The Gist) join Negin to talk about Michael Wolff’s new book, “Fire and Fury.” Then the panel asks: if Oprah ran for President, would she win? Lastly, they try to make heads or tails of Trump’s public DACA meeting with Congress.

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Casey and Danielle are joined by National Treasure and Daily Beast Writer, Ira Madison III. They discuss his controversial opinions on Oprah’s possible Presidential run, Vanderpump Rules and why LaLa is really Marlo Hamptons in training. Hearts and minds are blown (like the men Lisa Rinna’s daughter has blown based on techniques from her moms book). What a year to be alive!

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Acting happy with Todd Glass.

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This week, Bryan and Erin start off with a recap of Oprah’s incredible speech and the unfortunate lack of male voices in support of Time’s Up at the Golden Globes. Then, Erin talks about Daphne Merkin’s insulting opinion piece about #MeToo and how she gets it so wrong. Bryan shares the development of the new trans inclusive show “Pose” and how creator Ryan Murphy is using his power to change the system for the better, and guest Alison Rosen (Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend) talks about getting people to open up to her, preferred languages of love, drill team, sexy clowns, and much much more.

This episode is sponsored by EverlyWell (code: SHADE) and Audible.

Phil Rosenthal, Andy Daly, Katie Dippold and Ari Voukydis join Matt Besser this week for scenes about restaurant patrons ordering as a collective, injured schoolkids with fantastical excuses, and an attempted apology for driving through a barbershop. Plus, a teacher pays a visit to an archaic school board and a villager speaks out against the penis artwork spreading through his town.

This episode is sponsored by HBO’s Crashing and Beachbody On Demand (text IMPROV to 303030).

Writer, director, and podcast-producer Cody Ziglar (UCB Comedy, The 2nd Team)  joins Andrew to discuss H&M’s “coolest monkey in the jungle” hoodie, James Damore suing Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men, The Alt-Right’s Asian Fetish, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (Sarah Claspell) brings the party to this week’s Hard Nation! The brutal dictator tells Mark & Pete he might be in the Olympics, doesn’t know what a toilet is, and made Crocodile Rock the national song of North Korea. Plus: Mark swears that Three Billboards is a dark comedy.

Scott Adsit (Big Hero 6, 30 Rock) and comedian Emmy Blotnick (The President Show) join Jo & Manolo to play listener-created games with callers. 

Games played: Education Is A Social Construct, The State Exit Game, Crazy Wayne

It’s the season finale of Raised By TV, and Jon & Lauren are taking your calls and reading your tweets! Jon wants a realistic reboot of GI Joe, Lauren remembers the awful pilot of Teen Angel, both of them are horrified by the Ninja Turtles’ appearance on Oprah, and they leave you with a Very Special Episode of Full House.

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Comedian-writer-actor-producers Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman (Corporate) share their executive experiences on this week’s Who Charted! They help the gang count down Billboard’s Top 5 Selling Albums while they hash out the worst parts about the circus and wonder whether Eminem would like them. Then, we hear Metacritic’s Top 5 TV Shows, and Howard provides a special artist-sports matchup quiz during Two Charted.

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Homophilia’s Dave Holmes joins Emily and Deanna for this week’s HTBLO! Dave gives his thoughts on the excess of tastemakers in the music scene, the resurgence of 90s chic, and the best thing about his co-host. Later, the girls track Dave’s glow up before they break down Logan Paul’s awful reaction to stumbling across a dead body in Japan’s “suicide forest.”

Former teacher’s assistant Sanjie Walker (Marcy Jarreau) joins Marissa and Listler to talk about her time in Women’s Federal Prison and becoming an Instagram model. We also hear Sanjie’s exciting news about being on the Kenyan version of 90 Day Fiancé and Listler has a message for people who are not in the holiday spirit during “Whats Cheesing You?” Plus, Sanjie speaks on the many law suits her family had to deal with and what’s it like being a Sugar Baby during “Spotlight On.”

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Join Kevin as he sits down with actor Greg Kinnear (As Good as It Gets, Little Miss Sunshine). Greg chats about the task of acting while directing, golfing with Jack Nicholson, and “if you win an Oscar, you pick up dinner.” 

An art school grad talks about his success working in an emerging technological art form. Then, out of nowhere, something happens in this call that changes everything about Gethard’s world.

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On a very special episode of Get Up On This, Jensen presents an episode of his podcast “Motherly Love (an advice show)” in which he sits with his mother, Haroldine, a few times a month to give advice to listeners who are brave enough to send in relationship questions to motherlylovepodcast@gmail.com.

Zeke Nicholson (White Women) joins Zach and Jess this week for a new maternally mutant musical! With songs like “Captain James Pilot”, “This Fight Is A Mother”, and “What A Stink We Made”, you’ll be sure to gain all the powers after listening to these completely improvised tunes. 

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Sean and Hayes have MARY SASSON come into the studio and it’s about hair.

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Bill Murray is an asshole. Or at least his “Ghostbusters” character is, if you consider the environmental ramifications of keeping a box of evil ghosts in America’s densest square mile of humans. That d***less EPA guy was right. Times changed. You know that. But did you know actors from Tom Hanks to Jimmy Stewart ran into that same Murray Problem? And played villains who seem nice, or heroes who seem like garbage people, just because the whole world changed a few decades (or years (or seconds)) after the movie wrapped?

On this week’s podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by Cracked editor Dan Hopper for a journey into the dark underbelly of almost all your favorite movies. From the Christmas classics you love to the superhero movies you plunk down $17.50 to see, get ready for the history, economics, societal shifts, and scams the President of the United States got away with, that turned your DVD collection into a set of ridiculous movie premises.

Footnotes: https://goo.gl/PRxCYE

Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famer Felix Cavaliere joins Gilbert and Frank for a look back at the creative and cultural revolutions of the 1960s as well as his six-decade career as a singer, songwriter and founding member of the platinum-selling pop group, The Rascals. Also, Wilson Pickett blows his stack, Tom Jones covers Sophie Tucker, Sammy Davis does the boys a solid and Felix shares his recollections of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the four lads from Liverpool. PLUS: Myron Cohen! Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer! Laura Nyro stands her ground! Gilbert sings “The Mouse”! The genius of Arif Mardin! And Felix boards a rowboat with Der Bingle!

Ben Schwartz & Horatio Sanz continue the New Year tradition as they join Scott for the first episode of 2018 to talk about the new Star Wars, the story behind Horatio’s nick name, and whether or not they believe in ghosts. Then, author Shelly Driftwood returns to tell us about dealing with the downfall of his idea for Squatty Potty Extreme. Plus, possibly a brand new Closing Up the Plugs Bag theme!

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes friends both far and near to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is Kristian Bruun of Orphan Black! Kristian chats about what movie universe would he most want to live in, thinking a practical joke was being played on him while watching the original Twin Peaks, and whether he will turn his back on Canada to become an American citizen. Then, they are joined by improvisers Matt Gourley, Chris Grace, and Tawny Newsome, to improvise a story set in A Corn Maze. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

This episode is brought to you by HBO’s Crashing.

The Tavern is packed with a phoenix, a will o’ the wisp and more.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Wade the Phoenix: Jordan Klepper
Janet the Will-o’-the-Wisp: Maureen Johnson
Creators of Night Vale: Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

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

Amy is joined by Engineer Sam to take listener calls as they discuss which film will enter The Canon as the Best of 2017! Will “The Florida Project” find its place? Does “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” have a hope? Will “Lady Bird” make the cut? Can “Get Out” get in? Or will “mother!” take the cake? Cast your vote for the Best of 2017 on the Earwolf forums now!