Comedian Myq Kaplan joins Kevin this week to discuss the 2006 Spike Lee joint “Inside Man.” Myq offers up tips on how to know when to get married as well as his rundown of what makes a solid heist movie before listing his Top 5 Denzel Films. Then, they dive into a dissection of “Inside Man,” touching on the importance of the film’s twist, the craziness Clive Owen brings to the project, and the thrill of being able to trust no one. Lastly, Myq and Kevin give “Inside Man” its official Denzel rating.

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This week, Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (Paul F. Tompkins) joins the guys to teach them all about the art of comedy. Plus, Huckabee discusses his guacamole disguise, the importance of a good “bass face” and his love of full milk. 

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Actor Ahmed Best joins Matt for a jumbo sized episode of I Was There Too to discuss playing Jar Jar Binks in The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. Recorded live from Largo at the Coronet as well as the Earwolf studio, Ahmed tells us about the many stand in roles he played during the filming of the films, being pulled from the cast of Stomp in San Francisco, and contributing his own ideas on what the iconic Yoda lightsaber battle should look like purely as a fan of Star Wars. Plus, we find out if Ahmed really suffered severe burns from hot tea being spilled on his lap and if he really beat out Michael Jackson in a role during Confirm or Dispel Dubious IMDB Trivia. Stay tuned after the interview for a preview for an upcoming podcast mini-series by Matt entitled ‘The Complete Man,’ a spin-off of Amanda Lund’s brilliant podcast ‘The Complete Woman.’ Find it on Stitcher Premium.

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Actor and comedian Rob Huebel talks about sneaking onto airplanes, why he doesn’t share a bed with his wife, and what it was like to have their daughter live in the hospital for her first 117 days. And! The best placed fart noise ever. To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com!

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Digital and content strategist Wynter Mitchell (Pop Rocket) joins Andrew to discuss the tone deaf Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad, Dr. Dao being pulled from a United Airlines flight, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Comedian Nick Thune returns to Who Charted this week to share his greatest memories of Dane Cook! Nick talks about his new special “Good Guy” and identifies his favorite Mariner while the gang counts down the Top 5 Songs of Billboard 100. Then, he shares details of his upcoming tour and why red-eyes and Ambien don’t mix during the Video Game Chart, and Stard helps Kulap and Howard count down Kevin’s Hot Picks while they break down family communications on Two Charted.

Join Kevin as he sits down with former guest Kevin Smith (Mallrats, Dogma) who is determined to make an impact this visit. Smith chats about being told his career was over since day one and how there is no failing as long as you are creating.

Evan Bogart and ZZ Ward joins Jensen and Matty to talk about Blues music, collaborating with Joey Purp, ZZ Ward’s new album “Help Me Mama,” Jidenna’s “The Chief,” Greta Van Fleet, Persona 5, how we were late on Joey Bada$$, toothpicks and many more things you should know about. 

Veteran Redditor Jack Delray joins Emily and Deanna this week to give them a crash course in using the front page of the internet, the mighty Reddit itself. Jack enlightens the girls about the power of upvoting, the appeal of the niche communities, and how to navigate the overwhelming interface. Plus, Jack shares tips on how to sniff out a corporate plant before they attempt to figure out just what a “gilding” really is.

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Sean and Hayes discuss helpful tricks. Then CARL TART joins them in studio to talk about some other famous jokers and to help teach the boys.

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Chris asks a midwife some real questions: has she ever seen someone in labor punch someone else? And, what happens to the schmutz left behind after a birth? Politically divisive topics are covered and important lessons are learned (like, never tell a family that the baby looks just like the dad).

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Writer and actress Mara Wilson (Matilda, Where Am I Now?) joins Travon and Mike onstage at the New York City Podcast Festival to talk about meeting Lin-Manuel Miranda backstage at Hamilton and how acting in films as a child shaped her writing as an adult. Plus, they belt out “What Comes Next” with the live audience and riff on ideas for a new musical starring Cookie from Empire. Travon and Mike also announce their plans to take a break. While they’re away, please call in to share your current favorite Hamilton song at 937-9MYSHOT.  

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A special announcement from Amy. New episodes of The Canon begin Monday April 17th!

Liverpool-born rocker Billy J. Kramer, a member of the British Invasion and a friend/collaborator of the Beatles, joins Gilbert and Frank to explain the origin of Skiffle, the unusual appeal of the Cavern Club, the subculture known as “Teddy Boys” and Pete Best’s exodus from the Fab Four. Also, Billy signs with Brian Epstein, teams with the Bee Gees, locks horns with George Martin, and covers Neil Diamond and Harry Nilsson. PLUS: “Jukebox Jury”! Billy goes glam! Gilbert salutes Gene Pitney! John Lennon records in the loo! And James Brown upstages the Stones!

Nowadays, there’s a huge emphasis on eating natural foods. Staying away from GMOs, pesticides, and processed sugars is generally thought of as a good thing. Some call it the paleo diet and it’s a way to harken back to a simpler time, when our ancestors ate gathered fruits and hunted animals.

Going paleo is very noble and all, but the problem is: the plants and animals we eat are nothing like they were thousands of years ago, let a hundred years ago. Before test tubes were ever a part of the equation, we selectively bred everything from cows and chickens to apples and bananas. You’d barf in your mouth just looking at an OG banana, let alone trying to eat it. And cows? They were bred from their ancestors, cattle-like animals called aurochs, who would fuck you up if you tried milking them.

The food we eat today and think of as normal is just one example of a historical blindspot we have where we think commonplace objects and concepts have been around forever. But in this week’s episode, Jack O’Brien is joined by Michael Swaim and Teresa Lee to discuss how things like food, love, racism and mourning dead children are all surprisingly recent developments.

Footnotes:

Article: Cracked: 7 Concepts We Totally Take For Granted, Like White People: https://goo.gl/dVJVIL

Article: Cracked: 6 Man-Made Things You Totally Thought Were Natural: https://goo.gl/QvjHtN

Article: Cracked: 5 Simple Things You Won’t Believe Are Recent Inventions: https://goo.gl/NzAfxQ

Article: Seeker: Cows Almost Impossible to Domesticate, DNA Reveals: https://goo.gl/w6Uai1

Article: Pacific Standard: How Lobster Got Fancy: https://goo.gl/qa1LaL

Article: Gawker: ‘Breathtaking’ Document Reveals Pepsi’s Logo is Pinnacle of Entire Universe: https://goo.gl/9tYW

Article: Time: The Invention of Teenagers: https://goo.gl/gWgJDs

Article: The New York Times: Who’s White?: https://goo.gl/fAzpSE

Podcast: Duke University Center for Documentary Studies: Seeing White: https://goo.gl/6fWI65

Text: Ralph Waldo Emerson: English Traits: https://goo.gl/LBPZFQ

Article: The Atlantic: Thomas Jefferson: Radical and Racist: https://goo.gl/F9McpQ

Scholarly Article: Did The Ancients Care When Their Children Died?: https://goo.gl/ozHK5a

The Romantic Love Test: https://goo.gl/ITk7yA

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Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, and Martin Starr of HBO’s Silicon Valley aka the Silly Con Vally Poo Crew return to give us the nits and grits of the 4th season of their show on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! They’ll also break down why boners are so weird, tell us about product placement, and share what are their go to drink choices. Later, inventor Don Donaldson enters the studio to talk about his new email invention and his surprising past.

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Paul F. Tompkins continues cross-over month on Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guests/improvisers are his Superego pals Jeremy Carter, Matt Gourley, and Mark McConville. They chat about what age they would choose to remain for their entire life, Mark ruining a group photo, and Jeremy turning down an illicit offer in New York City. Then they improvise a story set in An Interstellar Colony Ship. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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We interview a mysterious guard with a vaguely familiar and unconvincing voice.

Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Gianessa Relkorus: Dana Quercioli
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

Danielle and Casey never thought they would ever feel exhausted by Housewives content…but, alas the day has come. With four cities in play and a Southern Charm premiere to discuss when will the girls have time to do the things that really matter- like finish Big Little Lies?!?! SPOILER ALERT: They made time!!!! 

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Cat scratch fever, Paul’s reaction to The Suicide Squad, and much more is covered on this week’s mini-sode! Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Sleepwalkers, we hear Blake J. Harris interview director of Sleepwalkers Mick Garris, (hear the whole thing in HDTGM: Origin Stories on Howl and Stitcher Premium), and the Movie Bitches review Logan. Plus, we find out which magical mailbox movie we are watching next!

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.

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Welcome back to The Rambling Man with your host Calvin Redding (Mike Hanford)! Hay Salesman turned Travel Whiz, Calvin is here on Sirius XM radio to talk all things travel. This week he is joined by travel writer extraordinaire Cynthia Bartlett to talk about being an army brat, where she falls on the WAM scale, and getting stung by bees in Tampa, Florida. Calvin also opens up the phone lines to hear listeners’ worst travel days. Plus, Traci Reardon stops on by to to help her Twitter followers with travel advice in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Comic Santina Muha joins Ronna & Beverly this week to shed light on her wide berth of comedic pursuits, from improv to storytelling. The girls make Santina prove she speaks Italian before they get into various studio complaints, their favorite beaches in Sicily, and finally, Santina shares the childhood incident that made her swear off singing forever.

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Comedian Al Madrigal (The Daily Show) joins the Sklars this week to talk about his new series “I’m Dying Up Here” and the golden era of stand-up comedy. Al and the boys discuss how the scene has changed since the 70s, why Al was called out for wearing a “bitch jacket,” and whether the 49ers will ever be good again. Plus, we hear about Trevone Boykin’s unfortunate parking job and Pacman Jones’s casino ejection, and later, Doug Buffone calls from beyond the grave to assess Jay Cutler’s prospects after being released from the Bears.

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This week Bryan gets revolutionary news from Derrick, while Erin shares her disastrous one day Palm Springs adventure. Also, North Caroline Governor Roy Cooper finally showed his true colors and instead of repealing HB2 like promised created a compromise bill instead, and a new male contraception technique called RISUG is getting ignored by every drug manufacturer in the US.

Musical guest Lucero joins Mookie Blaiklock, Gil Ozeri, Chad Carter, and Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! Lucero performs a selection of songs that inspire scenes about a family taking up too much of the prayer quota, the stress of short-distance relationships, and hiking the entire Appalachian trail to break up with your boyfriend. Plus, a magician freaks out the local children, and a new inductee into hell manages to annoy Satan himself.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson (the host of StarTalk) fell in love with the cosmos at age 9, on a visit to the Hayden Planetarium in New York City.  Not only did he fulfill his childhood ambition of becoming an astrophysicist, today he’s the director of the Hayden Planetarium and one of America’s most beloved scientific educators. Dr. Tyson joins Katie and Brian to discuss science in the Trump era, the future of space exploration, and why a TV appearance in 1989 changed his life. Plus, he gives a preview of his latest book, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.

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Following up with Annabelle Gurwitch.

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“Life Animated”! The artistry of Albert Finney! The collaborations of Sidney Lumet and Sean Connery! And Gilbert stars in his own documentary!

Stars of “Dropping the Soap” Jane Lynch, Kate Mines, and Paul Witten join Scott to talk about typical soap opera stuff and how they forged their friendships at a beauty supply store. Then, new daddy Curtis stops by to share the lessons he’s learning about babies (as well as his nastiest habits) and entrepreneur Wanda Dumps explains how to make jewelry out of your children’s old body bits.

Chris Chalk (Gotham) returns this week to join Kevin in discussions about everything from big problems with “Iron Fist” to the wealth of strong performances in “Get Out.” Then they dive into the latest black people homework film “I Am Not Your Negro” and Chris shares details of his upcoming wedding. Finally, the pair performs a series of scenes from “Fences.”