Please enjoy the second Earmovie of Season 3, “Monsters of Mary Shelley” written by Ian Simpson. It stars Joanne Froggatt, Tom Riley, Chike Okonkwo, Scarlett Byrne, Tom Stokes, Tommy Flanagan, and David S. Lee.

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Katie and Brian head to the White House and sit down with Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama. Not only is Jarrett a guiding voice in the Obama administration, but she has also been friends with the President and First Lady since they were an engaged couple in Chicago in the early 1990s. Jarrett discusses managing her work and friendship with the President, her emotions since the election and why she has hope for the Affordable Care Act’s future. Plus, Brian talks with White House visitors from across the country.

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Actor Lakeith Stanfield joins Kevin and guest-host Omar Dorsey this week to serve up some holiday Denzelishness. They dissect Denzel’s advantages over Casey Affleck in an acting competition before Lakeith shares his experiences working on the hit show “Atlanta.” We hear how the show captures the spirit of the city before Lakeith shares his Top 5 Denzel Movies, and finally, expectations are laid for the release of Denzel’s “Fences.”

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Christmas time is here, and its up to Charlie Brown (Armen Weitzman) to save the holidays by directing the annual Christmas Podcast for Mike Mitchell, Amanda Sitko, Mookie Blaiklock, Matt Besser, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Will Charlie find the tolerance to keep Christmas cheerful? Does Pig-Pen harbor alt-right tendencies? Will Santa bring Sally the dildo she asks for? Tune in to find out!

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Actor/writer Joshua Walker returns to join Andrew this week to talk about the Ohio legislature moving to ban abortion as early as 6 weeks after conception, having Republican friends, on campus Trump fans saying they need safe spaces, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

On a special Hard Boys investigation, Mark & Pete track down the anonymous 400 lb. New Jersey hacker (Charlie Sanders) that Donald Trump claims leaked the DNC’s emails. In between sips of liquified meat, this mysterious man will reveal secrets about Putin, his own body, and the future of America that will make you question everything you thought you knew.

The boys take some time to reflect on 2016’s Pistol Shrimps action. The beautiful and sonorous Josh Dean joins the discussion.

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Two more murders in Boston bring the total to 7. The Strangler continues to elude investigators through the winter and spring of 1963. Then, in June, New York police find the body of sixty-two-year-old Zenovia Clegg in a Times Square hotel. She had been strangled, using a scarf tied in the Strangler’s signature bow. The NYPD quickly catches Clegg’s killer, a drifter from Maine named Charles Terry, and one legendary detective there, Tom Cavanagh, begins to suspect that he has arrested the real Boston Strangler. But the Boston PD doesn’t seem to care. Host Portland Helmich traces Cavanagh’s life-long pursuit of evidence supporting his theory, and reveals the surprising details of Charles Terry’s life that seem to confirm his guilt.

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Parenthood changes people. Beauty guru Jane Marie gives tips on how to (mostly) accept the new you. Plus, an exciting update with a mom whose post-baby change prevented her from singing karaoke. To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com!

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Writer and actor Dave Holmes joins Howard and guest co-host Ele Woods for this week’s Who Charted.  Dave talks about his new book “Party of One” before they dive into iTunes’ Top 5 Songs during which we hear stories of buying Phil Spector’s Christmas album on the streets and Dave’s trip to the premiere of Fifty Shades of Grey. Howard proposes color-coded video streaming services while the gang counts down the Movie Chart, and Engineer Stard shows off his tour look during Two Charted.

Join guest host Samm Levine as he sits down with legendary voice actor Maurice LaMarche (Pinky and the Brain, Futurama). Maurice talks about his dislike of private jets, his rigorous study of the infamous Orson Welles “frozen peas” outtakes, and his unexpected intimate chat with the Dalai Lama.

Brainwashed into a religious cult. Our caller escaped 10 years ago, but she’s only now starting to process the trauma: from sexual manipulation and poison, to hallucinations and “mind melding”. Chris talks about therapy (and discovers a mutual love for go kart rides).

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Writer/comedian Chelsea Frank joins Deanna and Emily to chat about sugaring vs. waxing, the importance of having face to face game, and what to do when you accidentally like an old photo while  “insta-stalking.” Plus, Chelsea tells us the do’s and don’ts when it comes to breaking up via texting.

Rap legend MC Serch of 3rd Bass joins Jensen for a special out of format episode in which they chat about meeting Pete Nice for the first time, signing to early Def Jam, growing up with Zev Love X and his connection to the origin of The Gas Face, being an adult rapper, and much more.

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Actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis joins the Sklars this week to cut some bodies loose. They discuss the best kinds of fart jokes to make for your kids and swap stories of being on set of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Then, Daniel Van Kirk brings stories that include a nasty obituary article and a steamy home invasion. Finally, Randy and Jason check out some found audio footage from This American Life.

Our inaugural episode kicks off with dreams about 80s pop superstar Huey Lewis, demon children with pink eye, and the age old question of whether Yoo-hoo is for children or adults. Plus, special guest Aparna Nancherla reminisces about the post-apocalyptic dreams of her childhood.

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Our inaugural episode kicks off with dreams about 80s pop superstar Huey Lewis, demon children with pink eye, and the age old question of whether Yoo-hoo is for children or adults. Plus, special guest Aparna Nancherla reminisces about the post-apocalyptic dreams of her childhood.

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Photo of Aparna by Robyn Von Swank.

It seems like a good time of year to interview a magical turkey.

Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Charles the Turkey: Scott Adsit
Spurt the Elder: Andy Carey
Shan Gammador: Shannon Cason
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
Live Photo: John H. Abbot

Special Thanks:
The Chicago Podcast Festival
Jonathan Pitts
Tyler Greene
The Athenaeum Theatre
Recording Engineer: Mikel Pickett
Live Engineer: Andrew Dallas
Bread and Roses

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You know how when you watch and old movie and there’s a Y2K joke or a WAZZZZUUUP and you think, “man, this hasn’t aged well.” There’s now a whole category of those movies that are just classically heroic dudes being absolute dicks to women. There’s even a whole supercut (https://goo.gl/ejmmDH)  of all the times James Bond hits women. Just Sean Connery slapping women left and right like he’s Moe and every Bond girl is Larry and Curly.

Now, hear us out on this, but there’s a chance that images like this might have been hurting women instead of helping them. Crazy. Maybe normalizing violence against women or showing Harrison Ford literally whipping (https://goo.gl/QRB2Gw)  Kate Capshaw into kissing him have given men unrealistic ideas about how things like consent work.

This week Jack O’Brien brings on Carmen Angelica, Jason Pargin (aka David Wong) and Katy Stoll to talk about the modern-day minefield of consent, what movies have been getting wrong about it, why it’s so easy for guys to get defensive about it and a female perspective on why it’s so damn important.

Footnotes:

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Katy Stoll Twitter: https://goo.gl/FzYPCG

Jason Pargin Twitter: https://goo.gl/pNcIwx

Article: Cracked: 7 Reasons So Many Guys Don’t Understand Sexual Consent: https://goo.gl/cNurtf

Video: Cracked: How To Know If A Girl is DTF: https://goo.gl/bkx5dS

Video: Han and Leia’s First Kiss: https://goo.gl/HbzMm0

Article: Cracked: 5 Things Women Want Most: https://goo.gl/WsEPiR

Article: Cracked: Everything A Woman Should Know Before She’s Groped: https://goo.gl/pcyEbj

Article: Cracked: 5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained To Hate Women: https://goo.gl/UJtzh

Article: New York Times: Nurse in V-J Day Photo Dies: https://goo.gl/KFxJci

Article: Vice: I Want a Feminism Class for Boys: https://goo.gl/7YUFf1

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Scott is having the holiday blues and has some old friends and new friends join him to cheer him up on this year’s Holiday episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! Expect appearances by future CBB host Jason Mantzoukas, intern Gino Lambardo, John Lennon of The Beatles, The Smooth Criminal, The Time Keeper, Gary Urbansky and his brother Ron, Frosty the Snowman and many more. Eggnog Man.

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone on the spot to this week’s episode of Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest is writer/author Kathryn Borel! They chat about who played the role of Kathryn’s high school mentor, how Canada is forced to notice what happens in the United States, and the shame that comes with pronouncing words in public incorrectly. Paul is then joined by Hal Lublin, Jennifer Marie Kelley, and Mary Sohn, to improvise a story set in The Childhood Home of Fred Rogers. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

SAN FRANCISCO! Spontaneanation Live returns to SF Sketchfest on January 14th! With Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome & Little Janet Varney, plus a very special guest. Tickets are almost gone, so get yours NOW! http://bit.ly/SFSFSPONT17

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David Del Rio (In the Heights) knows what it’s like to bring a Lin-Manuel Miranda production to life. After all, he was cast in Miranda’s first musical, In the Heights. Del Rio joins Travon and Mike to talk about his Broadway experience, his Hamilton admiration, and the intensity of his song pick, “The World Was Wide Enough.” Plus, don’t miss this week’s surprise segment from the Big Data crew.

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The boys touch down in Sydney and talk about sex, shaky hands, porn awards, and teaching Australia how to count and be great again.  

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In 2007, everything changed. At least, that’s according to journalist Tom Friedman, who tells David in this episode how 2007 was the single greatest technological inflection point since the printing press—and how we all missed it.

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Actress Anna Faris (Anna Faris Is Unqualified podcast) welcomes Paul, June, and Jason into her home/recording studio to discuss the 1982 musical romantic comedy Grease 2. They’ll talk about the return of Frenchy, the sex in the bunker scene, and the T-Birds being casual about murder. Plus, June shares why she knows every word of this movie and Anna’s tells us about her complicated relationship with the Grease films.

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

Paul is in the new Nicolas Cage film “Army of One” available on VOD.

Paul’s new comedy Filthy Preppy Teen$ is now avail on the FullScreen and you can see June and Paul in their old show NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU. Paul also appears on Fresh off the Boat on ABC.

June stars in Grace and Frankie on Netflix, as well as Lady Dynamite alongside with Jason.

Jason can be seen in How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.

Katie Halper (The Katie Halper Show) and Leah Bonnema (VH1) join Negin to talk about how to talk about Donald Trump. Meta! They also get into the latest developments from Transition 2016 and the Dakota Access Pipeline. Plus, why nonviolent protesting is anything but a wuss move.

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Stand-up comic Gary Gulman joins Randy and Jason for this week’s episode of Sklarbro Country. We hear about a Packers fan who ditched a steep cab fare and Matt Barnes’ accidental butt-bump before the Sklars get into it with Gary. They discuss the post-Trump mood in the New York comedy scene and what makes competitive stand-up uniquely difficult. During Quick Hits, we hear about a goalie peppered with firecrackers and a kangaroo brawler, and finally, fat Matthew McConaughey calls in to explain how his beer-and-milkshake diet will help him win an Oscar.

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This week Bryan tells us all about his family’s evening with Hannibal Lecter in Vegas, while Erin shares her run in with Rachel Zoe at a rich, rich, rich charity event. Also, a controversial Buzzfeed article speculates about the hosts of HGTVs “Fixer Upper” and their views on LGBTQ people due to their support of an evangelical church. and Texas Governor Greg Abbott has finalized his plans that require abortion clinics to bury or cremate fetal remains at the patients expense. Plus guest TV Land Executive Dana Tuinier is here to discuss the time she screamed at Bryan in public, her involvement with The Trevor Project, and being instrumental in bringing Throwing Shade to TV Land. Happy December Honeybunz! Follow Dana on twitter @troubleverydana