Casey and Danielle are joined in the nook by the gorgeous Kara Brown who brings her years of experience writing about Housewives, Vanderpump Rules and all things garbage for Jezebel. And she describes a Beautiful Mind like web she spun surrounding the Kardashian dating world. The girls talk Jersey, Atlanta and make a very special announcement.

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Writer Anne Gisleson (The Futilitarians) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about Down by Law, Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here,” and 20 Feet from Stardom.

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Laura Mayer, Executive Producer of Show Development at Midroll Media joins Lex Friedman and Chris Bannon on The Wolf Den. The three discuss Laura’s past in radio and how she defines her current role at Midroll. Laura also outlines the development process and what to look for in a successful podcast pilot.

Getting to the Greek with Romesh Ranganathan.

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Welcome to the very first episode of Matt Besser’s new podcast, Screw It, We’re Just Gonna Talk About How Twist And Shout Is The Worst Beatles Song. Matt is joined this week by engineer Brett Morris, rock and roll doctor David Fricke of Rolling Stone, and Beatles guitarist John Lennon as they call up notable Beatles podcaster Will Hines to help Will understand why Twist and Shout is not just the worst Beatles song, but also the worst song of all time.

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This week, Bryan brings forth a report from the British tabloid The Sun about drag queens giving LGBTQ-friendly story time and the Anglican Church’s admirable response. Then Erin talks about the shifty treatment of trans shopper Travis Alabanza by Topshop changing facilities, and guest Adam MacLean joins to discuss finding leadership in past transgressions with his new project PostShame.org before giving his take on everything from Justin Timberlake to the dangers of palm oil during a game of Shade or No Shade.

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The Shrimps take on themselves in a holiday white elephant gift exchange at Matt and Amanda’s house. Mark and Matt call the action.

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Actors Milana Vayntrub and Sandeep Parikh join Andrew once again to discuss their show That Moment When, how they’ve been dealing with 2017, a Taco Party, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton (Patty Guggenheim) and actress Penelope Cruz (Sofia Gonzalez) aren’t playing around on this week’s Hard Nation. Penelope wants to throw Woody Allen off a building and almost voiced a churro once, while Kate hates Meghan Markle is and shares her favorite Boxing Day traditions. Plus: Mark’s wife chose Captain Sully as her ‘hall pass.’

Comedians Arthur Meyer (The Tonight Show) and Alex Song (Asian AF) join Jo and Manolo to play listener-created games with callers. 

Games played: Bill Paxton or Bill Pullman, Stop The Train!, and Let’s Reboot This.

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Thank goodness there’s a new episode of Raised By TV, all about Step By Step, Dinosaurs, and the rest of the classic TGIF lineup! Lauren used to think Perfect Strangers was called “Balki,” Jon realizes the racist Family Matters episode he half-remembers actually happened, and both of them eat way too many Gushers. Plus: a Very Special Episode of “Fresh Prince” featuring Scott Aukerman!

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It’s another edition of “I Wasn’t There Too” featuring the on-set voices of the Chipettes from Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Amanda Lund, Maria Blasucci, and Sara Sposito. The girls give a sampling of their chipmunk voices before getting into stories about who they bonded with on set, drama between PAs, and what it was like filming on the Universal backlot. Plus, we hear about their problems with lateness before the Chipettes share what they learned from the experience.

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Who Charted celebrates its 7-year anniversary this week with special guest Paul F. Tompkins! Paul recounts holiday party festivities with Howard and Kulap before they kick it with old school chart themes during the Billboard’s Hot 100. Later, Paul shares his idea for a new VR game and lays down a mustard verse during the Movie Chart, and Howard finds his softer side after watching over Georgia Michaela on Two Charted.

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Friend of the show Andy Secunda joins Matt and Matt to dissect the wonderfully diseased corpse of Brosnan’s last outing as Bond.

Join Kevin as he sits down with actor Joe Keery for a mostly Stranger Things chat. Joe discusses the audition he shot on his phone, the memorable first table read, and how much Steve Harrington has matured. 

Gethard has a surprisingly light-hearted chat about death with an expert in the field.

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The one and only Scott Aukerman (Comedy Bang! Bang!) joins Jess and Zach for a locomotive musical murder mystery! Featuring such gruesome, grim, grizzly and great songs like “I’m A Man Of Purpose”, “One Free Club A Month”, and “Did I Do It?”, you’ll be wanting your own pair of maracas to play along!

Comedian Barry Rothbart joins Jensen and Matty to talk about his competitive eating documentary “Hungry,” Rapsody, latest bath of JFK files, how were we late on the NBA, and many more things you should know about.

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This week Marissa and Listler welcome on infamous student Alexa Crobble (Lauren Weedman) to get her feelings on modeling for Maidenform at age 12, sharing an internal organ with her godmother Madonna, and possible style choices for Listler’s wedding. Plus, Alexa doles out shade to the inauthentic during “What’s Cheesing You?” before Listler recounts her first sexual experience on Listler’s Love Lockdown.

Emily and Deanna swap the juiciest rumors spread about them in their schooldays before welcoming on actress Saxon Sharbino. We hear about Saxon’s “Freakish” side and her personal worsts and bests of 2017, as well as how she relates to the struggles of her character on “American Vandal.” Plus, the girls test Saxon’s knowledge of television plots gone by in a 90s TV show themed quiz.

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Comedian Jimmy Pardo hosts a pop culture game show-interview podcast; three call-in contestants vie for prizes. Special guest: Cristela Alonzo.

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Sean and Hayes say hello to KATE BERLANT and JOHN EARLY and talk to them about being duos and the business of Hollywood.

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Growing up: it used to be as easy as drinking your milk, preparing to work 1 job for 40 years, and not misusing the height of telecommunications (a landline phone). Now that all of that has changed (side note: turns out milk isn’t all that good for you), what should we be teaching the new generation of kids about life on Earth? Also, hold on, we’ve all seen the Internet. Maybe the adult generation is the one that actually needs the advice.

On this week’s podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by Kristi Harrison (Cracked) and Andrew Ti (“Yo Is This Racist”) to explore every lesson that ought to join the pantheon of Things We Tell Kids About Life. Find out why you might not be apologizing very well, why your retirement plan might be a mirage from the 80s, and most astonishingly, why Kim Kardashian and Guy Fieri are f***ing awesome.

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Gilbert and Frank are joined by veteran comedy writer and producer Ed. Weinberger, who looks back on six decades’ worth of career highlights, including touring Vietnam with Bob Hope, penning jokes for Johnny Carson, firing Tony Clifton (but not Andy Kaufman) and befriending the late, great Dick Gregory. Also, Dino hits the sauce, Vaughn Meader hits the skids, George C. Scott hits the roof and Ed. remembers the infamous Harry Crane. PLUS: When Orangutans Attack! “Ted Baxter’s Famous Broadcasters’ School”! Ol’ Blue Eyes places a bet! Gilbert makes like Lenny Bruce! And Ed. auditions to play…himself?

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Never Not Funny’s own Jimmy Pardo joins Scott to talk about his new podcast Playing Games with Jimmy Pardo, Houdini, and performing Grease. Then, best friends Jake and David stop by talk about their friendship and being bullied in school. Later, Hollywood Toys and Costume employees Lou and Carl arrive to give Scott the best podcast hosting costume. Plus, everyone plays Charades By Proxy!

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This large treasure chest has just been sitting near our table for years. Let’s open it.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Chest Trünkborn: Travis McElroy
Assorted Other Characters: Paul Sabourin
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

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

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guests are Beth Newell and Sarah Pappalardo, editors and co-founders of Reductress! Beth and Sarah chat about whether or not they’ve ever stolen anything, being propositioned by an older man while bagging groceries as a teenager, and the one time babysitting for a mother who got accusatory when she asked how they knew her child was constipated. Then, they are joined by improvisers Ryan Gaul, Amanda Lund, and Jordan Black, to improvise a story set in The Belly of a Whale. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

San Francisco: Spontaneanation will be LIVE at the Marines Memorial Theatre on Friday, January 12th at 10pm as part of San Francisco SketchFest! For tickets go to www.paulftompkins.com/live

NPR film critic Chris Klimek joins Amy this week to pit two 1940 Cary Grant screwball classics against one another: “His Girl Friday” vs. “The Philadelphia Story.” They discuss the underlying cynicism of “His Girl Friday” and why it isn’t a true romance upon deeper inspection. Then they break down the themes of class and wealth in “The Philadelphia Story” as well as the way Katherine Hepburn plays with the audience perception of actress as goddess followed by an assessment of the portrayal of writers in both films. Should “His Girl Friday” or “The Philadelphia Story” enter The Canon? Cast your vote on the Earwolf forums now!

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