Big parties with lawyers gathered around piles of cocaine. Inequality in the criminal justice system. Huge corporations ripping off the families of jailed inmates. Gethard talks to a public defender about these topics, and discovers her favorite word: alleged.

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Craig Ferguson returns to the show with a bit more piss than vinegar this time. Life and how to make sense of it is dissected and celebrated, with a dash of good will to all.

Sean and Hayes are joined by ZEKE NICHOLSON of Lopez for a discussion of how to get so much work done.
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Comedian Jonathan Rowell joins Emily and Deanna this week to talk dating older, Jenner family politics, and how to impress as a sugar baby. Then, the girls get to know Jonathan with 5 Questions, and they break down the new promo for the new Echo Look before playing a game of Swipe Left Or Right.

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In a special live episode (in association with the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival), Gilbert and Frank welcome Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson, who recalls his early days as a sketch performer, his collaborations with comedy icons Carol Burnett, Mel Brooks and Tim Conway, and the experience of directing Dustin Hoffman to an Oscar in “Rain Man.” Also, Warren Beatty breaks Gilbert’s heart, Jackie Gayle riffs on “Bonanza,” Rodney Dangerfield runs afoul of the law and “Diner” influences future generations of filmmakers. PLUS: The curse of The Mummy! The brilliance of Bruno Kirby! The “magic” of Art Metrano! Jack Riley salutes Jack Benny! And Barry remembers the dynamic Robin Williams!

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The script is different but the wording is always roughly the same. Every few months some retiring journalist, former tech-mogul or aspiring Tomi Lahren-type goes viral because they’ve had it up to *here* with these gosh darn millennials. Between their clamoring for single-payer healthcare and their complaining about unpaid internships, it’s like they hate America or something. Why can’t they appreciate what they’ve got and be exactly what the generation before wants them to be?

We’ve heard it a million times and, frankly, it’s all bullshit. You know how we know? Because every generation has been lodging the same 4 complaints about their successors since the beginning of the written language (and probably before that too). Grug and all the other teens don’t care about hunting mammoths like their fathers, they just sit around playing with those newfangled *wheels* all day. As long as we keep having kids, this will happen until the end of time.

On this week’s podcast, resident Gen-X’er-in-chief Jack O’Brien welcomes young upstarts Katie Goldin, Brett Rader and Josh Sargent onto the show to discuss why this never-ending argument is bullshit. They discuss some flaws in logic behind popular anti-millennial rants and call out some shady statistics that news outlets circulate to prop-up these arguments.

And make sure to get tickets to our next LIVE Cracked Podcast, coming up on Saturday, May 13th at 7pm at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles. Jack O’Brien is joined by Cracked’s Carmen Angelica, Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, and comedian Blake Wexler to combine the podcast’s two favorite topics: great moments in history and binge drinking. 

They’ll discuss the drafting of the US Constitution, the Russian Revolution and other famous moments in history where everyone was completely sh*tfaced. Tickets are only $7 and available here: https://goo.gl/PWmm2y

Footnotes:

Article: Cracked: This Millennial Rant Deserves A Trophy For Being Most Wrong: https://goo.gl/7xeex8

Article: The Society Pages: Adventures in Garbage-Millennial Confirmation Bias: https://goo.gl/cri4JA

Article: Cracked: 5 Lies Millennials And Baby Boomers Believe About Each Other: https://goo.gl/lFWuCt

Article: Cracked: 4 Terrible Parts of Pop Culture (With Weird Bright Sides): https://goo.gl/fIEPXj

Article: The New Yorker: The Big Uneasy: https://goo.gl/RyCzrx

Article: The New Yorker: The “Founder” Generation’s Creation Myth: https://goo.gl/Fn73e8

Book: Morley Winograd: Millennial Momentum: https://goo.gl/PfxdRb

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The Dark Lord’s Chef Inquisitor pays a visit. And that is not a typo.

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Dripfang: Kevin Sciretta
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 ladies and gentleman to this new experience of your life known as Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guests are Katy Colloton and Katie O’Brien of TV Land’s Teachers! They chat about what song they always have stuck in their head, still having stage fright when it comes to singing, and the unexpected response they received for their musical episode of Teachers. Paul is then joined by Daniele Gaither, Jean Villepique, and Carl Tart, to improvise a story set in a Panic Room. 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!

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Indiewire’s Senior Film Critic David Ehrlich joins Amy this week to discuss the 1998 Best Picture winner, “Shakespeare in Love.” David points to the film’s ability to straddle the line between fantasy and reality, the nuanced appearances by Colin Firth and Ben Affleck, and the expressed theme of “performative love.” Then, Amy and David figure out what Shakespeare and BuzzFeed have in common. Is “Shakespeare in Love” to be, or not to be in The Canon? Head to the Earwolf forums to vote now!

Stand-up comedians Ron Funches and Nick Thune join the show this week to face their greatest fears and to find the most fun things to eat and say. Acclaimed indie musician Papa Johns Misty begins his year-long residency with his favorite catchphrases before playing some tasty tunes, and socialite Vernita Wyatt shares tales of all the celebrities she’s slept with. Later, we find out what the Cadillac of pizzas is during a game of Would You Rather.

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Stories from the Fast & Furious set, Cuban bread, and much more is covered on this week’s mini-sode! Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for The Fate of the Furious, we hear Blake J. Harris interview Andy Gill, Jack Gill, and Spiro Razatos, the stunt coordinators for the Fast & Furious franchise (hear the whole thing in HDTGM: Origin Stories on Stitcher Premium), and Paul goes through the Mail Bag. Plus, you’ll find out which alien 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. 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.

Rachel Sklar (TheLi.st) and Sarah Rose Siskind (StarTalk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson) join Negin to talk about Ivanka Trump’s puzzling role in the White House, so-called school ‘lunch shaming’, and Trump’s proposed tax plan. Plus, they get into regulation on Wall Street.

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Welcome back to The Etique-cast, the polite podcast that explores all things courteous with your hosts Harnold Palmer (Bryan Safi) and Rita Teresa (Erin Gibson). Harnold and Rita welcome Manners Mentor Roberta “Bobby” Bell this week to converse about polite pickup lines, the correct way to ask for a lot of money, and the importance of teaching memorization. Later, Bobby vents her concerns about the new youth, and Traci Reardon stops by to help her Twitter followers with questions of bedroom etiquette on another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Ronna and Beverly come at you live from Largo at the Coronet for an evening of conversation featuring comedian Paul F. Tompkins and actress America Ferrera! The girls chat with Paul about Fijian timeshares, hot on-set affairs, and why it’s important to look like your spouse. Then they welcome America on to discuss her high school theatrics and how she approaches organizational politics and the schmucks that come with it.

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Actor, comedian, and Broken Lizard Jay Chandrasekhar returns to the Country this week to share stories from his new book, “Moustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and Other Adventures in Comedy.” The Sklars break down how ESPN evolved into its current state before Jay fills them in on how the scoring is coming for Super Troopers 2. Then, they riff on LaVar Ball’s hyped-up boasts, a tennis match interrupted by noisy coitus, and competitive hobby horsing, and finally, the Sklars ring up Nic Cage to hear his take on Las Vegas sports.

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With the gathering of the storm toward the record FOURTH part of the Atlanta reunion approaching Casey and Danielle are joined by friend and Kardashian PodKaster Tricia Mcalpin (Brooklyn 99) to discuss Porsha’s bombshell about Phaedra and whether working for dish nation is true journalism, They talk Adam’s turtleneck, T Rav’s Khakis and Ramona’s rude breasts, plus Tricia ships a new couple that changes everything!!!

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This week Bryan has returned from Japan with some serious jet lag, while Erin got caught in a trash tornado thanks to the Santa Ana winds. Also, the 9th Circuit Court is back at it again and overturned a California ruling which now allows employers to pay women less based on previous salaries, and a recent survey from the Center for American Progress shows that LGBTQ people are retreating back into the closet. Plus, guest Matt Baume is here to discuss Drag Con, his book “Defining Marriage”, and his podcast “The Sewers of Paris” about media that has changed the lives of gay men. Find Matt on Twitter @mattbaume or @sewersofparis for his podcast and at his website http://www.mattbaume.com

Throwing pants with Russell Howard.

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This week: Clu Gulager! Blossom “Grandmama” Rock! Farewell, Sheriff Pepper! And Dick Van Patten plays a vampire dentist!

Folks on both the left and the right have a love-hate relationship with reporter and Intercept co-founder Jeremy Scahill. His brand of “adversarial” investigative journalism makes no exceptions – not for the nation’s most powerful, and especially not for those advocating for wars abroad. In this episode of #politicallyreactive, we talk with Jeremy about his refusal to sit on a panel with Milo Yiannopoulos on Real Time with Bill Maher, what it was like to interview Julian Assange for the Intercepted podcast, his thoughts on Russian involvement in U.S. politics, and the people who give him hope for the future (hint: it’s probably you!). Click “play” to find out why Jeremy has earned the title, “one-man truth squad”.

Keep tabs on Jeremy on Twitter (@jeremyscahill) and subscribe to the Intercepted podcast on your preferred podcast platform! Or stream the show online at: https://theintercept.com/podcasts/

Book tours, TV shows, standup – oh my! Catch Kamau in-person for his The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell book tour or on TV for CNN’s United Shades of America! More info at http://www.wkamaubell.com/. And Hari really, REALLY wants you to come see him on tour – find dates at: http://www.harikondabolu.com/.

Got a comment or suggestion? Email us at politicallyreactive@firstlook.org or follow us on Twitter at @politicreactive.

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Musical guest Laura Stevenson joins improvisers Joe Wengert, Mary Holland, and Craig Rowin for this week’s improv4humans! Laura plays a selection of songs that inspire scenes about coffee-focused wedding vows, a four-dollar milk scam, and a headache that demands compensation. Plus, a couple gets steamy while watching old war footage, and we find out why you should never compare your new girlfriend to a sailboat.
This episode is sponsored by HBO’s “Chris Gethard: Career Suicide” and MVMT Watches (www.mvmtwatches.com/improv).

The Shrimps take on the Chicago Bulls at Pan Pacific North. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action.

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Recorded live from the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Jeff Yang and Phil Yu of the They Call Us Bruce podcast join Andrew to discuss Netflix’s Death Note, raising children in the current political landscape, Tikki Tikki Tembo, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Ted Nugent’s brother Ned (Henry Zebrowski) and Kid Rock’s brother Sid (Craig Rowin) help Hard Nation raise money for their radio station (according to Pete) and the Mexican border wall (according to Mark). After discovering the origin of Cat Scratch Fever and why Sid has taken a vow of celibacy, Mark & Pete take calls from a lost child, a truck driver, and a mysterious young man. Check out Henry and Craig in “Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell” on Adult Swim!

Comedian Jackie Kashian joins Howard and Kulap this week to discuss her new comedy album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” They count down Spotify’s Top 5 Songs in the US while Jackie explains how the election changed her feelings about scoring tickets to “Hamilton” and answers a listener question about her favorite Wisconsonites. Then they talk with Jackie about why she prefers seeing children’s movies in theaters during the Movie Chart, and Howard tells the unfortunate tale of his car key chip on Two Charted.

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Comedian Paul F. Tompkins comes ready in his Easter best for this week’s episode of OMFG! He talks with Emily and Deanna about everything from the boldness of today’s youth to his favorite fashion icon before the girls take him to task with a high-class questionnaire. Then, they share their favorite positive things to come out of the internet, and Paul gives his take on the new phenomenon known as “Social Media Camp.”

Join Kevin as he sits down with the co-hosts of the Comedy Film Nerds podcast, Chris Mancini and Graham Elwood. Chris and Graham chat about their crowd-funded documentary “Earbuds” and their connection between the podcast and fan base.

One hour ago, in the rain, this week’s caller experienced her first kiss. She tells Gethard about the high school experience in 2017 covering the new (Snapchat, group texting, nerd culture being cool) and the established (SATs, teen pregnancy, crushes). She also explains how writing Harry Potter fan fiction in the 6th grade led to her current hobby, writing romance novels.

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Stand-up comedian and actor Andrew Santino joins Jensen and Matty to talk about his early days doing stand-up, I’m Dying Up Here, Denzel Curry, Binary Star, Problem and DJ Quik’s “Rosecrans,” how we were late on pet adoption, and many more things you should know about.

Sean and Hayes are joined by DREW TARVER of Big Grande and Bajillion Dollar Properties to help them and Intern Andy do a new kind of show.
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