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May 26, 2017

Two veterans of the comedy world, Greg Proops (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) and Tom Shillue (Red Eye), join Negin to discuss Trump’s frighteningly-titled 2018 budget, “A New Foundation for American Greatness.” They also check in on the latest developments in the Trump-Russia investigation and discuss the decline of malls and big-box stores. Plus, they share some personal musings on regret.

This episode is brought to you FilterBuy (www.filterbuy.com/FAKE) and Aaptiv (www.aaptiv.com code: FAKE).

May 26, 2017

Welcome back to Science And Us, the podcast all about how science fits in the world. Join host Herm Furgler (Joey Greer) as he figures out what’s going on in the world of science today. This week he is joined by science expert Tony Hurder to break down the differences between good dirt and bad dirt and to speak up on why he previously personally attacked Herm. Then, author Claire Stein arrives to talk about her new book “Science: What The Hell?” and her new venture into sci-fi writing. Plus, Traci Reardon stops by to offer her Twitter followers science advice in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

May 26, 2017

Actor Tommy Dewey (Casual) arrives on fair Country shores this week to talk football fandom with Randy and Jason. The Sklars dig deep into the dark side of college recruiting before talking with Tommy about why Alabama fans have it toughest and their favorite Keith Jackson calls. Plus, Tommy gives the lowdown on his show “Now We’re Talking,” and Charlie Sheen himself visits the studio to share his excitement over his new film.

This episode is sponsored by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/sklar) and ZipRecruiter (www.ziprecruiter.com/happy).

May 25, 2017

Ding Dong the Witch is dead, goodbye Roger Ailes! This week Bryan found a new love in Disneyland fail videos, while Erin lost her entire Sunday to “the Keepers” on Netflix. Also, Last Man Standing has been canceled by ABC and conservatives have gone crazy blaming “liberal Hollywood” for it. Plus, curious researchers in Cyprus believe after much research Lesbianism to be an evolutional phenomenon that has occurred only to create arousal in men.

May 25, 2017

This week: Mel Brooks takes on Tony Bennett! Ed Ames performs a “bris.” The mystery of the Zsa Zsa Gabor story! And Johnny turns down “The King of Comedy”! 

May 25, 2017

Parallel parking with Al Madrigal.

This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/NEVER).

May 25, 2017

Comedian, actor, and podcaster Jackie Kashian (The Dork Forest) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about sales pitches, the 1959 Western The Horse Soldiers, romance novels, and the 1963 film Flipper.

This episode is brought to you by Le Tote (www.letote.com code: CRYBABY).

May 25, 2017


Mookie Blaiklock, Lou Wilson, and Jacob Wysocki join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They perform improvised scenes about fattening your son into a basketball player, making up new curse words to use on the schoolyard, and an Uber that gets mistaken for a getaway driver. Plus, they visit what may or may not be a sex party, and a merch issue leads to a confrontation with the Earwolf higher-ups.
This episode is sponsored by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/improv).

May 25, 2017

Please enjoy this week’s episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard with Black List community director Kate Hagen and screenwriter David Gay known for The Gauntlet of Phillip Montega which will receive the ear movie treatment.

 

This episode is sponsored by Terminus (www.terminusevent.com code: blacklist).

May 25, 2017

Rashad Robinson has done battle with Bill O’Reilly and won – twice. He’s taken on the shady, corporate-driven conservative operation ALEC and gotten companies like Coca Cola and Walmart to back down from supporting stand-your-ground laws. And now, after successfully campaigning to remove O’Reilly from Fox News – along with great work from UltraViolet, the Women’s March, NOW-New York, CREDO, Sleeping Giants, and MoveOn – he’s taking on the prison-profiteering bail bond industry – and it’s not even June. As executive director of Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, Rashad is at the forefront of the strategic campaigns that transform lives and movements. In this episode of Politically Re-Active, he shares the backstories behind these campaigns, the role of entertainment in the resistance, and more. Trust us – you won’t want to miss it!

Please visit Color of Change to learn how you can support their campaigns, especially their current campaign to reform the bail bond industry: https://www.colorofchange.org/. And follow Rashad on Twitter: @rashadrobinson.Get in the head of one of your favorite hosts! Kamau’s book “The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell” is available on Amazon. You can find a link as well as dates for his book tour at http://www.wkamaubell.com/. Hari also really, really wants you to listen to his albums and come to his shows. Do it! Find more info at http://www.harikondabolu.com/.

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May 24, 2017

The Shrimps take on the LA Nail Clippers at Lake Street Gym. Mark McConville and special guest Josh Dean (@joshingtron) call the action.

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May 24, 2017

Actress and improviser Tawny Newsome (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) joins Andrew to discuss whether or not the phrase “no way Jose” is racist, confederate monuments being taken down in New Orleans, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

May 24, 2017

While Matt is off getting married and honeymooned, I Was There Too will feature a special run of guest hosted episodes! This week actor Peter Mayhew joins guest host Ben Blacker to discuss playing Chewbacca in every Star Wars movie. Peter tells us about how a photo of him in a local paper lead to him getting the role of a minotaur in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, receiving a phone calls months later being offered a role in a little movie called Star Wars, his working relationship with Harrison Ford, the different directing styles of George Lucas and J.J. Abrams, finding the roar, and much more. It’s a must listen for any Star Wars fan!

May 24, 2017

To hear more episodes from the series The Layman with Jon Gabrus go to http://www.stitcherpremium.com/layman and use promo code LAYMAN at checkout to receive 1-month of our premium service for free!  Michael Wall isn’t just Vice President of Research and Public Programs for the San Diego Natural History Museum, he’s also the Curator of Entomology. That means when someone in Southern California has a bug question, he’s probably getting called. Dr. Wall gave us a behind the scenes tour of his research facilities and showed off an incredibly preserved menagerie of insects and reptiles. We were simultaneously thrilled and creeped out while walking through the world’s largest preserved rattlesnake collection. Dr. Wall also showed us a spectrum of insects arranged by how much it hurts when they sting, called the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. Join us backstage at the San Diego Natural History Museum, where they keep the stuff that’s too good to show the public!

May 24, 2017

This week on HARD NATION, Reverend Jesse Jackson (Phil Jackson) and Congressman John Lewis (Lamar Woods) join Mark and Pete for an important civil rights conversation. The guys do a deep dive on “staying woke”, Magic Eye etiquette and eating pizza at a buffet. 

May 24, 2017

Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger of the podcast Doughboys join Who Charted this week to share their favorite summah eateries! They count down the Top 5 Shazamed Songs of the Week while discussing the best periscope feeds for basketball, and Mitch and Nick tell their worst fast food experiences. Plus, they compose new Halloween songs during the TV Chart, and Howard and Kulap dive explore their spiritual sides on Two Charted.
This episode is sponsored by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/charted).

May 23, 2017

Raised in a tumultuous household and married at eighteen to the pastor’s son, today’s caller was divorced before she turned twenty. Betrayal, love triangles and shotgun deaths are all a part of the wild ride that she’s lived in her twenty-six years.

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May 23, 2017

Actress, writer, and dancer Megan Batoon joins Jensen and Matty to talk about how putting up substitute dance videos lead to being in a Step Up movie, Amber Mark, The Improvised Shakespeare Company, Mommy Dead and Dearest, how we were late on Heat (Director’s Definitive Edition), and many more things you should know about.

This episode is brought to you by MVMT Watches (www.mvmtwatches.com/GETUP).

May 23, 2017

Join Kevin as he sits down with actor Vincent D’Onofrio (The Magnificent Seven, Jurassic World). With much respect for the craft, Vincent chats about his complex character choices and working with directors from Kubrick to Ramis.

May 23, 2017

The boys welcome back TOM SCHARPLING to help them with their podcast panel.

 

 

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May 23, 2017

Writer Matt Whitaker (The Late Late Show with James Corden) joins Emily and Deanna this week to show off his curated YouTube pulls. They experience a selection of Matt’s YouTube essentials that include a reenactment of Celine Dion’s tearful Larry King interview, a Dinah Shore/Ella Fitzgerald duet, and Patti LaBelle singing the alphabet on Sesame Street. Then, he fills the girls in on how his YouTube favorites shaped his sensibilities as a writer.

May 22, 2017

Casey and Danielle are live from vulture fest in New York City with very special corespondent Brian J. Moylan (who does the Housewives recaps for NYMag) and appearances by Meg Allan Cole and Nicole Shabti. We discuss brown and yellow ice, Southerns fading Charm and how no matter what happens we must remember to TOUCH IT UP!!!! Plus, Busy Phillips calls in for a very special epilogue!

This episode is brought to you by SockFancy (www.sockfancy.com/HOUSEWIVES code: HOUSEWIVES).

May 22, 2017

Gilbert and Frank welcome one of their personal heroes to the show, iconic writer-actor-director Carl Reiner, who recalls his earliest years in the business, shares his admiration for Steve Allen, Sid Caesar and Dick Van Dyke and looks back on his feature film collaborations (“The Jerk,” “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”) with Steve Martin. Also, Gilbert and Carl roast Joan Rivers, Ruth Gordon bites George Segal’s tush, Queen Elizabeth praises “The 2000 Year Old Man,” and Sheldon Leonard rescues “Head of the Family.” PLUS: Iron Balls McGinty! Monty the Talking Dog! The late, great Edith Head! Mickey Rooney sends up Ben Turpin! And the legend of Le Petomane!

This episode is brought to you by ZipRecruiter (www.ziprecruiter.com/GILBERT).

May 22, 2017

Even though drugs and alcohol have been a social lubricant since before we could write anything down, we like to think of history as this boring, stuffy museum exhibit where kings and queens drank iced tea, ate flavorless biscuits and had sex like our parents did (they’ve never had sex!). But hold onto your molly water, legal marijuana and fidget spinners, kids: history is as shitfaced wasted as any frat party or music festival, you just have to dig a little deep to find it. Also, it’s hard for high school history teachers to talk about how great Ulysses S. Grant was and talk about how drunk he was the whole civil war. So they just don’t mention that last part. American hero!

In this week’s episode, Jack O’Brien is joined by Cracked’s Carmen Angelica, Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, as well as comedian Blake Wexler, for a deep dive into some of history’s most secretly inebriated moments. They’ll talk about wars that were almost started and wars that were ended thanks to booze, some surprisingly great accomplishments powered by LSD (please don’t try them at home) and the American president who was so drunk all the time, it sort of puts the whole Trump presidency into horrifying perspective. 

Footnotes:

Check out Blake Wexler’s New Podcast ‘Ya Booze Ya News’: https://goo.gl/6Y1ZxS

Article: Cracked: 6 Historic Events You Didn’t Realize Everyone Was Drunk For: https://goo.gl/kOTF2F

Article: Cracked: The 5 Most Important Things Done While Blackout Drunk: https://goo.gl/TNzBHt

Article: Cracked: The 7 Most Unexpectedly Awesome Parties in History: https://goo.gl/eZHm2

Article: Cracked: The 5 Greatest Things Ever Accomplished While High: https://goo.gl/psM6y

Article: Cracked: The 5 Most Inspiring Things Ever Accomplished While Drunk: https://goo.gl/RWKf

Article: Cracked 5 Epic Bouts of Drunkenness That Made The History Books: https://goo.gl/cUhjDU

Article: Cracked: 7 Great Works of Literature Written While Wasted: https://goo.gl/XbMxOI

Article: The Guardian: Drunk in Charge: https://goo.gl/JuPlE0

Article: The AV Club: 45 Years Ago Today Dock Ellis Pitched a No-Hitter While High on LSD: https://goo.gl/kFK1yv

Video: Bill Clinton Laughs At Drunk Boris Yeltsin: https://goo.gl/aEcvkT

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May 22, 2017

Stand-up comedian Al Madrigal joins Scott to talk about ventriloquists, his new comedy special on Showtime “Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy,” the Showtime series “I’m Dying Up Here” based on the bestselling book of the same name, and his time on The Daily Show. Then, three local kids Cam Paxton, Brian Credit, and Billy Neville stop by the show to tell us about their recent experience getting kidnapped. Plus, everyone plays a game of Would You Rather!

This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/CBB), Leesa.com (www.leesa.com code: BANGBANG), and Black Tux (www.blacktux.com/BANGBANG).

May 22, 2017

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone to this event simply known as Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special return guest is Nicole Parker of MADtv and the Broadway stage! They chat about where Nicole would go if given the choice to be anywhere else at this moment, her private school changing the lyrics to songs to make them more “appropriate”, and her fond memories of her college dorm laundry room. Paul is then joined by Mary Sohn, Amanda Lund, and Maria Blasucci, to improvise a story set In the Green Room of a Local Morning Show. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! 

If you’d like to provide a location for the improv on a future episode, follow @Spontaneanation on Twitter so you won/t miss the prompt!

This episode is brought to you by Indochino (www.indochino.com code: PFT), Bespoke Post, and MVMT Watches (www.mvmtwatches.com/PFT).

May 22, 2017

We interview a muscular half man, half animal… only he’s not sure exactly what the animal half is.

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Brodus Tarver: Colt Cabana
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

This episode is brought to you by Wag! (Download on iTunes or Google Play).

May 22, 2017

Actor Pat Healy joins Amy to make the case for the classic 1950 noir “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” They discuss the moral complexity of its characters and the troubled history of the production. We hear about Dana Andrews’ haunted presence, what film noir tropes work for the film, and the richness of writer Ben Hecht’s female characters before Amy and Pat make their closing arguments. Will “Where the Sidewalk Ends” end up in The Canon? Head to the Earwolf forums to vote!

May 19, 2017

The importance of radio signals, jerking it, and much more is covered on this week’s mini-sode! Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for My Stepmother Is An Alien and the Movie Bitches review Beauty and the Beast. Plus, you’ll find out which dystopian film we’ll be covering next week!

This episode is brought to you by Dollar Shave Club (www.dollarshaveclub.com/BONKERS).

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

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

May 19, 2017

Grab a seat in the Chevy once again for another episode of The Lunch Hour. It’s the podcast all about lunch hosted by your favorite construction worker Chucky Spliff (Mary Holland). This week Chucky is joined by Joey “The Sink” Mulroney to talk about his stinky tuna lunch, deciding which child to adopt through a catalog he’s been looking through, and to confess a secret that will change their relationship forever. Plus, Traci Reardon stops in to help her Twitter followers with advice on lunch in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”