Please enjoy this week’s episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard and screenwriter Gesha-Marie Bland known for Selznick’s Folly which will receive the ear movie treatment.

The wonderful actor and writer Mara Wilson (Where Am I Now?, Matilda) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about Pulp’s “Do You Remember The First Time,” the Gamester of Ireland Is Fine segment from an episode of This American Life, The Simpsons, and Our Town.

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Award-winning actor Vincent D’Onofrio joins Kevin and Kamau this week to offer a mini-masterclass in the craft of performance. He talks about what led to him to character acting and sinking his teeth into the role of Kingpin on “Daredevil” before listing his Top 5 Denzel Films and sharing the story of how he met the man himself.

Andy Daly and Will Hines join Matt Besser this week for scenes about knock-off telemarketers, defeating an improv team with clever suggestions, and the “realest” Goofy at Disneyland. Later, we get an update on the Amherst mascot nominations, and a former Subway employee takes Matt to task during Case Closed.

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Kick off Season 2 with your favorite hosts and grassroots organizer, resistance fighter, and #blacklivesmatter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors! We dig into why Patrisse identifies as an organizer and not an activist, what it was like to see #blacklivesmatter go viral, and the fear – and courage – that goes along with being viewed as an enemy of the state. There’s no other person we’d rather laugh and resist with than Patrisse – and you.

Follow Patrisse on Twitter: @osope. You can also learn more about her fight against police brutality at http://patrissecullors.com/. And of course, get involved with #blacklivesmatter – chapter information is available at http://blacklivesmatter.com/.

And meet your hosts! Both Kamau and Hari are going on tour – find out when they’ll be in your city at www.harikondabolu.com and www.wkamaubell.com. If you can’t wait until then, you can always listen to Hari’s new record “Hari Kondabolu’s New Material Night Volume I” on Bandcamp and iTunes. Or you can watch Kamau on CNN’s “United Shades of America” beginning in late April.

As always, send us your thoughts and suggestions on Twitter and over email: @politicreactive or politicallyreactive@firstlook.org.

On Today’s episode Danielle has to once again see herself through another’s eyes while Casey gets her eyes on Sweet Home Oklahoma. The ladies try to process Phaedra’s bodysuit(?)as well as hot dog bun vaginas and PK’s taste in art.

Casey and Danielle also do a dramatic reading of an important new work and Shira Caspe Weiss (The Lighthouse) writes in with a request, no, a demand that people watch “the best housewives franchise you aren’t watching”.

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Comedian and writer Kaseem Bentley joins Andrew to talk about the new Dave Chappelle stand-up specials, Rachel Dolezal changing her name to West African for “Gift of God,” Trump supporter’s husband was deported and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

In a first for I Was There Too, Matt ventures outside his home to watch a movie still in theaters, Kong: Skull Island. He is joined by the incredible Marc Evan Jackson who talks about his role in the film as Landsat Steve. If you haven’t seen the film, shower, get dressed, get in your car, go the theater, watch the film, and listen to this episode! Stay tuned after the interview for a preview for an upcoming podcast mini-series by Amanda Lund, a follow up to her brilliant podcast ‘The Complete Woman’ entitled ‘Complete Joy.’ Find it on Stitcher Premium: http://stitcherpremium.com/complete

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Former NY mayor / Republican presidential nominee Rudy Giuliani (Jon Daly) comes in hot on this week’s episode of Hard Nation! Rudy talks about his “rat kids”, his love of the Times Square M&M Store, and admits to what he was up to on 9/11. 

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Director Richie Keen (Fist Fight) joins Howard and Kulap this week to count down the latest in chart trends! They talk mind-slimming and debate what music suits ramming best while counting down the Top 5 Songs on iTunes, and Richie gives the inside scoop on his upcoming directorial projects during the Movie Chart. Finally, Stard joins the gang for Two Charted to talk about ear protection essentials and to check out Kevin’s Hot Picks.

This week Bryan has a critical Chico’s update, while Erin finally ventures to Catch restaurant, the most interesting place on Yelp. Also, United Airlines barred 2 teenage girls from their flight for wearing leggings, and a recent study in voice and speech patterns shows that men and women who were perceived to have “gay voice” were inadequate for higher position roles in companies. Plus, guest Adam Buxton is here to discuss his cult UK show “The Adam and Joe Show”, his incredible biking abilities, and his amazing podcast “The Adam Buxton Podcast”. Find Adam Buxton on Twitter @AdamBuxton

Assigned as a female at birth, this week’s caller has been socially and medically transitioning for close to four years. He answers some of the most common questions cis people have for trans people. He also tells Gethard what questions you probably should not ask a trans person. And somehow, this involves the Italian ham known on The Sopranos as “gabagool.”

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Air Credits (The Hood Internet and ShowYouSuck) join Jensen and Matty to talk about pizza and pizzagate, their album “Broadcasted,” Daniel Caesar, Royal Headache, Well$, how we were late on the Nextdoor app, and much more.

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Join Kevin as he sits down with actor and comedian Kevin Nealon (Man with a Plan, Weeds). Kevin and Kevin chat about bombing at Camp Pendleton, stalling through auditions, and Sean Connery’s GPS.

The boys Sean and Hayes are rejoined by Alison Rich to talk about possible jobs.

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Actor and improviser Kate Lambert from “Teachers” on TV Land joins Emily and Deanna this week to talk about the joys of teaching and why it’s important to think before you search. Plus, Kate shares the best way to play hard to get on dating sites before we find out whether cruise wear and blossom hats are in or out.
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We all know consciously to take advertising with a grain of salt. Those McDonald’s burgers can’t look as manicured in person the way they do in the ads. Examples like that are easy to catch. It’s harder to spot false advertising when companies are bending the truth so much, your bullshit detectors don’t know which way is up. Take Listerine mouthwash. It was originally sold as a surgical antiseptic until some ad men in the 1920s were like, “if we told everyone to wash their mouths out with this industrial cleaner every day, then we’d make so much money we could light our cigars with the cash, but how…”. The answer was in a book of medical terminology. They looked up the fanciest word for bad breath — halitosis — and made an ad campaign telling everyone it was a chronic disease with only one cure.

“Hey, sonny boy! Does your dame ever tell ya you have bad breath?”

“Why, yes mister!”

“That’s simply because you’re dying son. Say here, drink this poison, BUT SPIT IT OUT FIRST. And do it every day for the rest of your life.”

And 90 years later we still use Listerine and still think halitosis is is a disease and not just latin for brush your damn teeth.

Modern movies do this too. Sometimes if studios have a real clunker on their hands, they’ll cut a trailer that’s so unrepresentative of the movie, you would want to sue to get your money back. A lot of times this happens to children’s movies with disastrous results for the parents that think they’re about to spend 2 hours with a rapping kangaroo.

So on this week’s podcast, Jack O’Brien is joined by Cracked writers Carmen Angelica and JM McNab and producer Brett Rader for a discussion of horribly misleading movie trailers, straight-up advertising lies and the contemporary commercials that are messing with your perception of reality.

Footnotes:

Article: Cracked: Movies That Were Waaaaay Darker & Crazier Than Advertised: https://goo.gl/w918NK

Article: Cracked: The 6 Most Hilariously Misleading Movie Trailers: https://goo.gl/9BLjqf

Article: Cracked: 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing: https://goo.gl/C8nfA5

Article: Cracked: 6 Dumbass Publicity Stunts That Fooled Everyone: https://goo.gl/ypXnqc

Article: Cracked: 6 Iconic Things You Won’t Believe Began as Publicity Stunts: https://goo.gl/0Rq4G

Video: Helpful Honda Ad: https://goo.gl/WfKsEn

Video: Chevrolet “Real People” Ad: https://goo.gl/PfPrvN

Article: The News Wheel: Are Chevrolet’s “Real People, Not Actors” Car Commercials Fake?: https://goo.gl/aX2sua

Video: If “Real People” Commercials Were Real Life: https://goo.gl/n7agpC

Video: Aaron Paul on The Price is Right: https://goo.gl/LoUkIW

Video: Josh Androsky on The Price is Right: https://goo.gl/3abpcs

Follow Jack O’Brien on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jack_obrien

Follow Carmen Angelica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carmesancheeses

Follow JM Mcnab on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmmcnabagain

Follow Brett Rader on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brettrader

Larry Birdman returns to catch us up on the rules he’d like to change in the game of Mittens.

Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Larry Birdman: Rush Howell
Bungaree Chubbins: Tom Gottleib
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen

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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One of the funniest and most beloved character actors of his generation, Bernie Kopell joins Gilbert and Frank to reminisce about his six decades in show business, working with legends Steve Allen, Jack Benny and Phil Slivers and his signature roles on Get Smart, When Things Were Rotten and The Love Boat. Also, Charles Boyer apologizes, Raymond Burr takes a seat, Harvey Korman peddles encyclopedias and Bernie remembers his old pal Dick Gautier. PLUS: The world’s slowest agent! Louis Armstrong hails a cab! Jonathan Winters lays down the law! In praise of Dick Van Dyke (and Mary Tyler Moore)! And a surprise guest calls in to the show!

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everybody (including hay eating horses) to Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special return guest is Kristen Schaal of Flight of the Conchords, Bob’s Burgers and The Last Man on Earth! They chat about whether Kristen has ever been arrested, being an undefeated speech and debate champion in school, and how much the concept of the afterlife has changed since she was a child. Paul is then joined by Maria Blasucci, Tawny Newsome, and Carl Tart, to improvise a story set in Earwolf. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Writer Ashley Ford (Refinery29) joins Travon to talk about her creative process, how growing up with a huge family shaped her writing, and the importance of seeing young girls of color in books and theatre. Plus, Ashley explains why she gave her ex-boyfriend a ticket to Hamilton and contributes to a knock-out version of “Guns and Ships.”

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Little Orphan Blacks Kristian Bruun and Tatiana Maslany return this week to give the scoop on wrapping their hit show, the state of the Canadian military, and what it takes to get banned from Comic-Con. Then they reunite with man-woman radio combo Chazmin and Sunny to hear about the pair’s summer plans and the five reasons you never give a robot a human heart. Finally, Janice Cramps stops by to run down Scott’s godfather duties and to pick a father for her babies.

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The second season of Politically Re-Active launches March 29th! Be sure to subscribe now on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, so you won’t miss a thing.

The doctor/mother debate finally settled, a Dr. Mario defender, and much more is covered on this week’s mini-sode!  Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Body Parts, we hear Blake J. Harris interview screenwriter Eric Red about Body Parts (hear the whole thing in HDTGM: Origin Stories on Howl and Stitcher Premium) and the Movie Bitches review Fifty Shades Darker. Plus, we find out which horror film we’ll be covering on next week’s episode!

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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Negin is off this week and Fake the Nation is getting taken over by Hard Nation, another Earwolf political comedy podcast. Hard Nation is hosted by comedians Mike Still and Paul Welsh, who play the characters “Mark & Pete Hard.” Mark is a conservative and Pete is a liberal, they are brothers and political pundits. In this episode, the Hard brothers appear on the The O’Reilly Factor. (Bill O’Reilly is played by Seth Morris).

Welcome back to I Am Bride with your host Evelyn Chanel (Laura Willcox). It’s your guide to everything wedding as Evelyn brings on the World’s Most Prolific Bridesmaid, Annabelle Tool, to give the back-altar scoop on why gift donations are the worst possible option and to share some juicy bridal secrets. Plus, Traci Reardon pops by to help her Twitter followers with some tricky matrimony questions in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

The first book from comedian Laura Willcox, I AM BRIDE is available HERE: www.iambridebook.com

Writing combo and psychiatric studs Dr. Michael Bennett and his daughter Sarah join Ronna and Beverly this week to show off their new book “F*ck Love” and to chat with the girls about why marriage is like hiring a secretary, how religious differences don’t have to matter in a relationship, and at what point biting stops being okay. Plus, they tackle the hard stuff, like how best to fight the vagina fire in a long-term relationship.

Check out the Bennetts’ new book “F*ck Love: One Shrink’s Sensible Advice for Finding a Lasting Relationship” HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Shrinks-Sensible-Finding-Relationship/dp/1501140566
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Actor Tim Baltz (Shrink) joins the Sklars this week to talk about selling his show The Second City Project, his Michigan fanhood, and auditioning for SNL. Plus, they get into Russia’s doping woes and LaVar Ball’s public dissing during Quick Hits, and later, the Bros call up Dennis Rodman to hear about his possible cabinet appointment.

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This week Bryan was blindsided by the appearance of the new season of Great British Bakeoff on Netflix, while Erin struggles with multiple splinters. Also, Beauty and the Beast finally revealed their exclusively gay moment this weekend and boy was it a disappointment, and women in the workplace may have a harder time filing class action lawsuits against their employer thanks to a new bill by congress. Plus Guest Joel Kim Booster is here to discuss being fired from a Dippin Dots stand, Palm Springs, and coming out to Evangelical parents. Follow Joel Kim Booster on Twitter and Instagram @ihatejoelkim

Rock ’n’ roll band American Football returns to join Scott and John Lennon as they play songs from their new self titled album on Comedy Bang! Bang! We also hear about John trying to develop a video game and how he’s been spending his vacation. Later, a very wealthy woman by the name of Gwendolyn Speck stops by to tell us about her lifestyle and brings along Jonathan Woodley, her new special friend she met in Paris.

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