Samantha Henig, Editorial Director for Audio at the New York Times, joins Chris Bannon on The Wolf Den. The two discuss the creation and challenges of her hugely successful new daily news podcast, The Daily, as well as new opportunities for short-form daily podcasts. Samantha also explains how the Times itself defines what makes a Times podcast. Plus, managing the paper’s famous editorial wall between advertising and journalism. And finally, the pros and cons of fielding podcast pitches.

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Chad Carter, Ian Roberts, and Sean Conroy join Matt Besser to celebrate 300 episodes on this week’s improv4humans! They perform scenes about a variety show performer with terrorist inclinations, President Martin Van Buren’s upbringing as a bubble boy, and dating someone who speaks like a James Joyce book. Plus, we witness the final round of cuts for the Safety Patrol, and a struggling ice cream franchise promotes itself with fancy napkins.

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This week, Bryan and Erin discuss the Activist Mommy’s response to Teen Vogue’s anal sex guide and the changes being made to Utah’s family planning services. Then, they welcome actor/comedians Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook on to talk about the difficulties of proposing in a hot air balloon, the tackiness of Hearst Castle, and sweet bonobo love. Plus, Kurt and Lauren share some of the adventures they went on in preparation for their new podcast, “Wedlock.”

The Shrimps take on the Sports Bras at Pan Pacific South. Matt and Mark call the action.

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Actor and comedian Tom Arnold joins Matt to give us a behind the scenes look on what it was like working alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the James Cameron 1994 action film True Lies. Tom tells us about how he ended up bonding with Arnold and James in his audition for the role of Albert “Gib” Gibson, many of his ad-libs making it into the final cut of the film, and James making a reluctant Arnold do a dangerous stunt by doing it in front of him. Plus, Tom confirms some trivia surrounding the movie as he plays Confirm or Deny: IMDB Trivia.

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Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (Ryan Stanger) stops by Hard Nation to clarify that he and Donald Trump are not “hanging out pals,” stump for the right to keep exotic pets and recite his favorite poems. Plus: Mark is learning to boogie board.

Mateen Stewart and Papp Johnson join Andrew to discuss nazi marketing for TV shows and film, Comic-Con costumes, Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, live action Aladdin, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson (Throwing Shade) join Howard and Kulap for a midsummah night’s Who Charted! Bryan and Erin celebrate their big move to Earwolf and debate the sexiest season for songs while counting down the Top 5 Hot Tracks on iTunes. Then, they talk new gay trends during an historic Movie Chart, and Kevin unwraps a special present on Two Charted.

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Calling in from a tattoo parlor, this week’s caller is getting inked up to commemorate a grim experience. Some wild tattoo stories are told as the phone gets passed around. Secret family drama gets dissected: an estranged brother, internet stalking, rumors of the mafia.

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Join Kevin as he sits down with actor and comedian Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Goldbergs). Jeff chats about how actors need to be true to who they are, his ghost encounters, and that you shouldn’t be around comedians at funerals.

Meghan Tonjes joins Jensen and Matty to talk about a weight loss clinic stealing her identity, meeting Ellen and Adele, Lou The Human, Kevin Garrett, The Defiant Ones, how we were late on 2048, and many more things you should know about.

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Actor/writer Allyn Morse (Scotch Moses) joins Deanna as well as guest host Bryan Safi for this week’s HTBLO! Bryan shares the scariest thing about having a late night show before they talk to Allyn about the origin of her cool name, having respect for Bella Thorne’s unabashed vanity, and Ed Sheeran’s abundant tats. Plus, they break apart the Rob Kardashian/Blac Chyna revenge porn scandal.

Sean and Hayes are joined by SPENCER CRITTENDEN of Harmontown and they play a game.

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It’s Bitch Sesh live from Washington DC where we have the most powerful man in town as our guest…Casey’s Dad, Paul. They talk Skinny Girl snowboards, Quinoa sadness and a revolutionary new story line. Plus, Casey and Paul perform a piece titled Monster Daughter not to be missed. 

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Check out OFF BOOK: The Improvised Musical with Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino, premiering on Tuesday, July 25th!

All the hip young kids are using a thing called the internet these days. In fact, if you’re reading this summary or listening to this episode, odds are you’re using the internet right now. But what if it all just went away? No podcasts, no turn-by-turn directions, no swiping for romantic partners, hell, most of us wouldn’t even have jobs if there were no internet (see: everyone at Cracked).

It’s an interesting thought experiment to…think about…and experiment on. What would you do for a living; how would you get by day-to-day without the comfort, the convenience, the necessity of the internet?

Alex Schmidt and Kristi Harrison ask the Cracked staff that very question in this episode. They chat with Abe Epperson, Tom Reimann, Ann Smiley, Saundra Sorenson and Brett Rader about the unthinkable–how could we live 21st century life without the internet?

East Coast! The Cracked Podcast is coming to you! The Cracked Podcast will be a part of the Now Hear This podcast festival in New York, taking place September 8th-10th. For $20 off your ticket, head to NowHearThisFest.com and enter code ‘CRACKED’ at checkout.

Guys. Gals. Aliens. Did you miss the premiere of Cracked’s newest podcast, Cracked Movie Club? Don’t worry. There’s plenty of time to catch up. Hosts Tom Reimann and Abe Epperson feature a new director each month as they do a deep into four of the director’s films with jokes, insane behind-the-scene stories and crazy fan theories. And July is devoted to none other than Steven Spielberg.

Listen to their episode about Raiders of the Lost Ark here: https://goo.gl/ygBfW1

Listen to their episode about Jurassic Park here: https://goo.gl/FK9gV4

And to hear the newest episode each and every Thursday, search for Cracked Movie Club in your podcast app of choice or click here to find it on Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/fQ2o72

Footnotes:

Data: Pew Research: Internet/Broadband Fact Sheet: https://goo.gl/zc7G2e

Article: Pew Research: How US Tech-Sector Jobs Have Grown, Changed In 15 Years: https://goo.gl/KfE5sx

Data: TechCrunch: Unicorn Leaderboard: https://goo.gl/QhMzds

Article: Mashable: Twitter’s Massive 2008: https://goo.gl/64sLFp

Book: Seneca: On The Shortness Of Life: https://goo.gl/sRJS3c

Article: MIT Technology Review: First Object Teleported From Earth To Orbit: https://goo.gl/dvhKiq

Article: New York Times: ‘Manspreading’ on New York Subways Is Target of New M.T.A. Campaign: https://goo.gl/BkS5r2

Gilbert and Frank welcome comedian, actor, writer and director Bobcat Goldthwait, who discusses his transition from performing to directing, his love of Universal horror films, his delight in making audiences feel “awkward” and his decades-long friendship with the late, great Robin Williams. Also: Bob wrestles with Arsenio, runs afoul of Nickelback, writes a “Billy Jack” movie and raves about Gilbert’s new documentary. PLUS: John Lennon doodles! Robert De Niro watches “Problem Child”! In praise of Barry Crimmins! In defense of Ed Wood! And Bobcat and Gilbert remember “Hot to Trot”!

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Paul F. Tompkins keeps his cool on this week’s Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special return guest is Scott Aukerman of Comedy Bang! Bang! They chat about something Scott’s hometown is known for, students mostly being interested in the famous people Scott knows when he goes to talk about his profession at schools, and the public access talk show he hosted when he was in high school. Paul is then joined by Jordan Black, Hal Lublin, and Jean Villepique, to improvise a story set at Karaoke Night at A Small Logging Town Tavern. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

Want to submit a location for our improv? Follow @Spontaneanation on Twitter! We’ll ask for locations before we record, and once we do you’ll have five minutes to submit your suggestion! One suggestion per recording, thanks!

Arnie and Usidore sneak into the basement while Chunt distracts Blemish.

Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Blemish/52 Sacks of Flour: Martin Wilson
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

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

SNL’s Kyle Mooney joins Scott as well as Benny and Barrett Bachelor aka The Bachelor Brothers on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang!, babe. They talk about Kyle’s new movie Brigsby Bear, The Bachelor Bros.’ new musical acts, and Kyle’s dream SNL cast. Then, young girl Rosie Jipps appears to tell us about her dreams of traveling the world and owning her own franchise with her mom. Plus, local high schooler Chris Fitzpatrick stops by to play a song he wrote for his summer school creative writing class. You don’t want to miss this episode, babe.

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This week, Time film critic Stephanie Zacharek joins Amy for a Sofia Coppola-directed head-to-head between 2003’s “Lost in Translation” and 2006’s “Marie Antoinette.” They discuss what “Lost in Translation” has to offer up in the way of Coppola’s unorthodox techniques with the cast and its themes of taking seriously the problems of the privileged. Then, they get into how “Marie Antoinette” tells story through its costumes, explores perceptions of class, and what it reveals about the nature of fame. Which Sofia Coppola film belongs in The Canon? Cast your vote on the Earwolf forums now!

From a blood stain memorial to the truth about foxes and everything in between is covered on this week’s mini-sode! Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Timecop and Blake J. Harris returns to talk to Peter Hyams, director of Timecop (for the full interview go to www.slashfilm.com). Paul also goes through the mail bag and the Movie Bitches review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Plus, you’ll find out which horror film we’ll be covering next week!

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

Paul’s new comedy Drive Share is available on Go90. Paul can be seen on 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 House, The Lego Batman Movie, How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.

Welcome back to Chasing the High with your favorite adrenaline junkie Kimmy Tamagini (Arden Myrin)! This week Kimmy is joined by special co-host Emily Abernathy Jones who has been on a wild cross country thrill seeking trip with her this whole summer. They’ll chat about all the adrenaline activities they’ve been up to including their trip to Lake Winnipesaukee and getting Emily into online dating. Plus, Traci Reardon stops by to offer her Twitter followers advice on how to chase the high in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

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John Fugelsang (Tell Me Everything) and Dean Obeidallah (The Dean Obeidallah Show) return to discuss Donald Trump Jr. and his revelatory emails, the latest with the GOP health care bill, and the nationwide debate over Confederate statues. Plus, they sift through the long-term effects of climate change and potential doomsday scenarios.

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Steven Spielberg month continues on Cracked Movie Club! Dinosaurs. Jeff Goldblum. A delightful old man in a linen suit. These are all key elements to the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park, the biggest movie of all time (at the time). A movie so successful it changed movies. But Jurassic Park wasn’t the sure-thing success you might expect, because in the early 1990s, computer effects in movies were at a very rudimentary stage (think “cutscene from a Playstation 1 game”). Steven Spielberg and Co. knew that a dinosaur movie could be huge, but they had no idea how to actually create convincing dinosaurs. And they only had two years and about a quarter of the budget of the latest Transformers movie to figure it out.

On this episode of Cracked Movie Club, hosts Tom Reimann and Abe Epperson are joined by Cracked writer David Christopher Bell as they discuss the technical wizardry and near-supernatural ingenuity that went into making Jurassic Park. From the insanely layered sound design of one of the industry’s most famous sound effects creators, to the gigantic robotic dinosaur that encountered a problem eerily reminiscent of the difficulties Spielberg experienced with a certain mechanical shark, to the near-miss casting of Jim Carrey, we cover every aspect of Jurassic Park worth dazzling your friends with at your next party.

Comedian, musician, and YouTube star Flula Borg joins Scott and our old friend Ming to talk about rollercoaster football, his new special Flulanthropy, and growing up in Germany. Ming also has a very special segment in which he talks about 80s video games. Plus, voice teacher Willard “Willy” Mapleton pops on by to introduce everyone to legendary Boston comedian Captain Mustache and to play a portion of his failed pilot.

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Battling back with Tom Arnold.

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It’s Steven Spielberg month on Cracked Movie Club! Back in the 1980s, everything George Lucas touched turned to gold (and action figures).  As the newly crowned Prince of Hollywood, he had the power to make any movie he wanted. And the movie he wanted to make was… Indiana Smith, a treasure-hunting adventurer created as an homage to early Hollywood film serials like Zorro and Flash Gordon. Rather than direct the movie himself, Lucas went to his friend and fellow filmmaker Steven Spielberg and talked him into making it, leaving Lucas free to kick back and share creative input from safely behind his beard while Spielberg put it all together to form something that could sell tickets (and action figures). 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark introduced the world to the strategically renamed hero Indiana Jones, kicking off a franchise that managed to last 27 years before completely embarrassing itself, which is almost certainly some kind of record.

On this inaugural episode of Cracked Movie Club, hosts Tom Reimann and Abe Epperson are joined by comedian Daniel Van Kirk as they discuss how poisonous snakes, punishing desert sands, an outbreak of what can only be considered a modern plague, and a grown man pooping his pants all came together to create Raiders of the Lost Ark. Along the way, they question whether Jones was ultimately a better name than Smith, the logistics of maintaining a puzzle tomb in the middle of a jungle, and whether a certain Disney prince made a depressing cameo appearance.

This episode is brought to you by Phil (www.phil.us/CLUB).

The Family Crest joins improvisers Jon Gabrus, Mary Holland, and Drew Spears for this week’s episode of improv4humans! The Family Crest plays a few of their favorite hits which inspire scenes about forgetting the army band, family troubles resulting from global warming, and the problem with hogging the mirror at the clothing store. Later, we meet a group of activists who put in the minimum effort possible and a traffic conductor gives preference to cars full of love.

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We’re back with a powerhouse episode! California Congresswoman Barbara Lee and National Women’s March Co-Chair Linda Sarsour breakdown the reality of fighting for social, racial, and economic justice. We learn about how Congresswoman Lee’s political career was shaped by working with the Black Panthers and on Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s historical presidential campaign. We learn about how Linda Sarsour fought to disband the NYPD’s unwarranted surveillance of the American Muslim community after 9/11. Congresswoman Lee says if you want to see change you’ve got to keep up the “street heat.” And Sarsour says it’s time for us to be louder than the haters, who are so dang loud. Prepared to be inspired!

To keep up with Representative Barbara Lee’s work follow her on Twitter at @RepBarbaraLee. And you can find Linda Sarsour @Lsarsour

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