This week: Chevy Chase vs. Gallagher! The Legendary Peter Lasally! Johnny “tests” Uri Geller! And the King of Late Night’s final curtain!

Looking at all these rumors with Maz Jobrani.

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Imagine a world in which women weren’t forced to struggle for equality in a system rigged against them. Imagine instead, the ideal world of journalist and author Jill Filipovic – one in which happiness for women is the driving force behind policies like fair pay and legal recognition of best friendships. In that world, Jill says, not only are women happier and healthier, but most everyone else (read: people who aren’t white men) are better off, too. In this episode of Politically Re-Active, your favorite hosts sit down with Jill to talk about her policy ideas as well as Ivanka Trump’s brand of “empowerment”, white lady feminism, and the evil of the all-male photo op.

Follow Jill on Twitter!: @JillFilipovic. And read more about _The H-Spot_ here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jill-filipovic/the-h-spot/9781568585482/

We have TWO live shows this week! Join us in-person at the Limestone Comedy Festival in Bloomington, Indiana, this Friday, June 2nd: http://www.limestonefest.com/. Or if you’re in San Francisco, head over to the Comedy Central Colossal Clusterfest on Sunday, June 4th: https://www.clusterfest.com/.

Send us your comments and suggestions at politicallyreactive@firstlook.org. Or follow us on Twitter at @politicreactive. Thanks!

This episode is sponsored by WNYC’s On The Media, 74 Seconds, The Skimm (www.theskimm.com/reactive), Left (www.lyft.com/reactive), and MeUndies (www.meundies.com/PR).

Musical friend Austin Lucas returns to improv4humans this week along with Brian Huskey, Jessica McKenna, Seth Morris, and Stephanie Allynne. Austin plays a few of his favorite songs which inspire scenes about a punk rock birthday party for a six year old, the importance of smoking in Europe, and a musician whose success hinges on his sickness. Plus, children get interviewed about their dreams, and a rumor about wings finds its way around the workplace.

The Shrimps take on the Traveling Pants at Pan Pacific Gym. With Matt and Mark both out of commission, Todd Cooper (@toddcooper) and Tony Thaxton (@tonythaxton) from Feliz Navipod (@feliznavipod) call the action.

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Writer, actor, and improviser Drew Tarver (The Teacher’s Lounge) joins Howard and Kulap this week to usher in the third season of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$! They count down Spotify’s Top 5 Songs in the US while Drew shares stories of life as Carl Jr. and hanging out with Aaron Carter, and Howard and Stard plan a crazy tubing adventure during the Movie Chart. Plus, Kulap reviews her New York Times article and the gang helps a listener with summah depression during Two Charted.
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Stand-up comedian Yusef Roach joins Andrew to discuss German Hip-Hop, the women only screening of Wonder Woman, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

24 year old conservative commentator Tomi Lahren (Jessica Jardine) tells Mark & Pete about being a voice for 24 year olds, the pain of losing her platform, and why she’s definitely friends with Ivanka. Plus: Pete hates The Three Stooges.

Actor Brendan Hunt joins Jensen and Matty to talk about Absolutely Filthy (An Unauthorized Peanuts Parody), The Keepers, Morphine’s “Cure for Pain,” The Light Phone, how we were late on Fleabag, and many more things you should know about.

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Stand-up and model Catherine McCafferty joins Emily and Deanna this week to discuss the serious side of Instagram. The girls talk to Catherine about her modeling career and what it means to be born “naturally naked,” what Katy Perry could have done simpler on the SNL stage, dealing with ingenuine personas, the best way to own your rage, and much, much more.

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Painfully, if not unfairly funny Dave Coulier (Fuller House) returns to the table. Initially opposite Samm Levine, and then Chat Show himself tags in.

Struggling to realize her creative ambitions in early adulthood, this week’s caller confronted body image issues when younger. Gethard gives her a pep talk and discusses the challenge of being creative while dealing with other people’s judgement.

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Sean and Hayes bring in TAWNY NEWSOME from Bajillion Dollar Properties for a real estate venture.

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The world is full of systems and orders that we never really question because they’ve seemingly exited forever. And we’re not talking about overthrowing the government or anything, we just mean basic things like how we take out our trash, when we vote and what movies we like to see when.

Think about it, why do all the big action-tentpole movies come out in the summer? Is it because kids are out of school? Beauty and the Beast has made a half-billion dollars domestically but it came out in March. If the next Spiderman came out in February, would nobody see it? Of course people would, so again, why all the big movies in the Summer?

This week on the podcast we’re asking questions like these to some of the big staples of modern living. Jack O’Brien is joined by Adam Ganser and Alex Schmidt. They ask if there’s a better way we can be voting, doing taxes and disposing of our trash, and make simple tweaks to improve professional sports, comic book movies and the 5-day work week.

And be sure to come see the next live taping of the Cracked Podcast on Saturday, June 10th at 7pm at the UCB Sunset Theater in Los Angeles. Guests inlcude Daniel O’Brien, Tom Reimann, Jamie Loftus (The Bechdel Cast) and Dave Schilling (Bleacher Report, Grantland, Vice) as the Cracked crew discusses insane behind the scenes stories from movies and tv shows. Tickets are $7 and available here: https://goo.gl/lsCBDm

Footnotes:

Article: Cracked: 5 Terrible Ideas That Solved Huge Global Problems: https://goo.gl/d4a0y

Article: New York Times: Seeking the Truth in Refuse (about William Rathje garbologist) https://goo.gl/eLjCfi

Podcast/Article: NPR: Utah Finds Surprising Benefits In 4-Day Workweek: https://goo.gl/RFic4C

Article: CNN Money: The 4-Day Work Week Is Real For Employees At These Companies: https://goo.gl/K7H1mA

Article: Slate: Maybe Making Election Day a Holiday Wouldn’t Really Work: https://goo.gl/GDrj0u

Podcast/Article: NPR: Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax Filing Process: https://goo.gl/PzUDQq

Podcast: The Cracked Podcast: Real Superpowers and New Human Senses: https://goo.gl/gusNq4

Article: The New Yorker: Seeing With Your Tongue: https://goo.gl/da1hnQ

Video: Cracked: Why Everybody Wins if Batman & Superman Are Public Domain: https://goo.gl/qRUA5s

The cast and crew of Seeso’s Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ returns on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! Kulap Vilaysack, Paul F. Tompkins, Dan Ahdoot, Drew Tarver, Mandell Maughan, Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome, and Tim Baltz are in the studio ready to give listeners the elevator pitch of the show and talk about what to look for in the new season. Plus, Orph Bergentrack and The Bergentrack Family Familial Band stop by to sing some songs!

This episode is brought to you by I’m Dying Up Here on Showtime, Stamps.com (www.stamps.com code: BANGBANG), Lyft (www.lyft.com/BANGBANG), and ZipRecruiter (www.ziprecruiter.com/CBB).

The Dark Lord may be spying on the people of Foon, and we’ve got one of his surveillance spiders in the tavern, ready to tell the tale.

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Sigent the Spider: Cory Doctorow
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

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes ladies and gentlemen to this moment in time known as Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest is actress Shannon Woodward of HBO’s Westworld! They chat about what was the most embarrassed Shannon has ever been, the early days of competing for dial-up internet access, and the wastefulness of dirt. Paul is then joined by Sarah Burns, Nyima Funk, and Rebecca Delgado Smith, to improvise a story set in an Ice Cream Shop in the Winter. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! 

New York! There are still tickets left to see Spontaneation Live at The Bell House in Brooklyn! November 12, 10pm: bit.ly/SPONTHOUSE1710PM

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!

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Pop vocalist, record producer and “Sugar Sugar” singer Ron Dante joins Gilbert and Frank for an engaging and enjoyable conversation about the history of the legendary Brill Building, the birth of The Archies, the magic touch of Don Kirshner (and Barry Manilow) and the lost art of commercial jingles. Also, Ron mimics Donovan, Larry Fine throws in the towel, Paul Shaffer goes deep-sea fishing and Carole King’s babysitter tops the charts. PLUS: “Leader of the Laundromat”! The fabulous Toni Wine! The 1910 Fruitgum Company! “The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan”! And the return of “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”!

Writer Jake Fogelnest returns to The Canon this week along with his pick, the 1974 dark comedy “Female Trouble.” Jake explains how seeing the film at a young age shaped his perspective on life and led to a penpalship with director John Waters. Then, he and Amy discuss what makes the film so inclusive, the discrepancies of an NC-17 rating, and the difference between “good” bad taste and “bad” bad taste. Should “Female Trouble” be entered into The Canon? Cast your vote on the Earwolf forums now!

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Kulap Vilaysack (Who Charted?, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) joins Paul, June, and Jason to discuss the 1987 science fiction film The Running Man. They’ll talk about the modern dance tribute to the fallen combatants, Captain Freedom’s workout commercial, the worst pun ever uttered by Arnold Schwarzenegger, and how we’re living in The Running Man today. Plus, everyone has a very important discussion about Lactaid.

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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.

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.

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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.”

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).

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.

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”! 

Parallel parking with Al Madrigal.

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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!