Combat Jack (The Combat Jack Show) returns to join Andrew this week to talk about our reality, New Balance, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

This week Bryan shares about the scam that is poison control, while Erin’s fur baby is back in town! Also some researchers in Austria have recently confirmed Imposter Syndrome as being harmful in the workplace, and the absolutely homophobic and horrible KT McFarland has just been appointed by Trump for a staff position. Plus, Guest Marc Andreyko is here to discuss the Napa Valley Train, women in comics, and his new graphic novel “Love is Love” to raise money for the victims, survivors, and loved ones of the Orlando Pulse shootings.

Musical guests Jeff Rosenstock and Chris Farren join Chad Carter, Betsy Sodaro, Craig Rowin, and Matt Besser for a saga of mirth and song! Jeff and Chris perform songs that inspire scenes about completely misreading a break-up, being very determined to poop in public, and the needy husband of a surgeon. Plus, a local candleshop cashes in, and a restaurant patron gets his go at running the place.

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Straight from The Magic Tavern come Adal Rifai, Arnie Niekamp, and Matt Young to interrupt Scott’s one man program. Rollicking adventures ensue when the gang gets trapped in the Earwolf studio. They find out whose father is a ghost, play “Honesty or Challenge,” and try to undo the curse that may keep them locked away for all time.

This episode is sponsored by Foot Cardigan, Soothe, and HBO’s Pete Holmes: Faces and Sounds.

Season 3 of THE BLACK LIST TABLE READS continues with a sit-down chat featuring screenwriter Robert Ian Simpson, Franklin Leonard, and Kate Hagen, to talk about the origin of how MONSTERS OF MARY SHELLEY came to be, favorite films, importance of authenticity, and creating a narrative for real life.

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GOP strategist Mike Murphy caught the political bug early: he began his career as a college student making radio ads out of his dorm room for a long-shot congressional race. He’s gone on to specialize in winning statewide campaigns for governor and Senate. He’s been the lead strategist for many major Republican figures, including John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mitt Romney. He also had a role in the 2016 campaign season. “I ran the Jeb Bush super PAC,” he explains, “which gives me the unique credential of having blown, oh, over 95 million dollars and not winning.” Mike joins Katie and Brian to discuss his vocal criticism of Donald Trump, the media’s role in modern politics and why he’s a hopeless romantic when it comes to presidential races.

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Cruising for a bruising with Mike Siegel.

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The Shrimps take on The Lucille Ballers at Pan Pacific Auditorium and burger palace. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action.

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We pick up where we left off with Kiely, Jenna, and their sperm donor Dominick. This time it’s Jenna’s turn to get pregnant. And, unlike last time, things do not go according to plan. To join the conversation, go to www.longestshortesttime.com!

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Self-proclaimed “Bodhi Sad-va” (Suzi Barrett) may be the Buddha incarnate, but she’s having trouble maintaining enlightenment in the face of global anxiety. Mark and Pete ask her about coping strategies in the wake of the election, how to cleanse yourself of thetans, and Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie. Make it so!

Three months with no new deaths: investigators were beginning to believe that the Boston Strangler’s killing spree had ended. Then, on December 5, 1962, a roommate found the body of 20 year old Sophie Clark, and the case took a terrifying new turn. Had the killer changed his M.O.? Were two or more Boston Stranglers at large? Host Portland Helmich digs into the details surrounding Clark’s murder, and learns much more about the obsessive patterns serial killers usually follow. She also talks to Jane Caputi, an expert who studies the ways in which society turns some serial killers into outlaw heroes.

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Actor, comedian, and musician Ben Roy joins Howard and Kulap this week to discuss open mic fests and to dish on his band Spells. During the Music Chart, we hear about the joys of Philadelphia and Ariana Grande’s entrepreneurial spirit. Ben shares his vast knowledge of western films during a Colorado-themed Movie Chart, and finally, Howard runs down LA’s binary soccer stich while the gang counts down Kevin’s Hot Picks on Two Charted.

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A “dolphin” personality type. Betrayal. Anger. Lunch at a buddhist temple. This week’s caller has it all.

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Joe Praino, comedian, actor, and co-host of The Dirty Sports podcast joins Matty and Jensen to talk about his new comedy special “Joe Praino Takes The Stand,” getting up OFF the news, hating Trump, greeting cards, how we were dead wrong about watching others play video games, and many other things.

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Comedian Dan Levy joins Deanna and Emily post Mannequin Challenge to open up on what it’s like to raise children on social media on this week’s OMFG! Dan also tells us how a trainer helped him go from being a Zebra to a Lion, being obsessed with real estate apps, and being an original comedy nerd ever since his Bar Mitzvah.

The boys are joined by D’ARCY CARDEN from The Good Place to talk about who gets to go there and other big questions.

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This week, rising comedian Jak Knight joins Randy and Jason in the twilight of Sklarbro County to discuss the challenges of breaking into the stand-up comedy machine. Daniel Van Kirk brings stories about a foul-mouthed educator, a nine-hour long drunk drive, and a miscreant with “superhuman” strength. Finally, the Sklars listen to a voicemail from prosecutor Ken Kratz about his new holiday album.

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It’s pretty safe to say that after years of Sherlock Holmes adaptations and countless CBS crime procedurals (he was the supreme leader of a cult, but now he’s leading the Supreme Court!) most people with a pretty steady diet of TV and movies think they’re pretty good armchair psychologists.

If you learn of a prison riot on the news, you’ll cite the Stanford prison experiment and claim that we’re all just a baton and a uniform away from turning into monsters. If the news later reports of a man who stabbed his mother, you’ll find a Freudian explanation for the crime that speaks of Oedipal repressed sexuality and the phallic nature of stabbings.

Bad news: turns out everything you learned about psychology from the shiny little box in the center of your living room isn’t totally accurate. Not only do movies and TV shows take giant liberties with how psychology works, the psych field itself has a hard time getting out of its own way: studies can be biased for multiple reasons, the replication crisis impedes the verification of discoveries and news outlets only report on the grabbiest psych headlines and and skew the truth.

So on this week’s podcast, we’re putting a bunch of psych myths in a straight jacket, tossing them in a padded room and throwing away the key. Cracked’s Jack O’Brien, Daniel O’Brien and Michael Swaim are joined by Peter McGraw, an expert in behavioral science and a marketing and psychology professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. They dispel pop-psych stories like the Milgram experiment, power posing and the Mozart effect.

Also make sure to buy tickets to our next LIVE podcast taping on Saturday, December 10th at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Jack and the crew will be giving a much needed, “good riddance” to the year 2016 with our annual Year In Review In Review. The Cracked staff and some special guests will fill in the gaps where most of of the other ‘Years In Review’ leave out half of the story. Tickets are only $5 and available here: https://goo.gl/zMwKua

Footnotes:

Peter McGraw: https://goo.gl/IFYreS

Video: Peter McGraw TED Talk: https://goo.gl/JzSR6T

Article: Scientific American: Five Fallacies of Grief: https://goo.gl/dMLN8F

Video: Elizabeth Loftus: How Reliable Is Your Memory: https://goo.gl/3PGGyq

Video: Derren Brown Conversational  Hypnosis: https://goo.gl/AwvHw5

Article: The Atlantic: Questioning The Milgram Experiment: https://goo.gl/X1nZVc

Article: New York Magazine: Is There an Antidote for Emotional Contagion: https://goo.gl/5rjrTK

Article: New York Magazine: How the False Story of Kitty Genovese’s Murder Went Viral: https://goo.gl/26EdLM

Article: Cracked: 5 Ridiculous Lies You Probably Believe About Psychology (#3 Stanford Prison Experiment): https://goo.gl/HtM7wr

Video: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are (Power Posing TED Talk): https://goo.gl/7Y5nKC

Article: Slate: The Power of the Power Pose: https://goo.gl/pd09xM

Article: The Verge: The Mozart Effect Myth: https://goo.gl/CXBhrN

Article: Wired: Scanning Dead Salmon in fMRI Highlights Risk of Red Herrings: https://goo.gl/zcZxUq

Article: Cracked: 6 Mental Illness Myths Hollywood Wants You To Believe (#4 ECT Therapy is Torture): https://goo.gl/q3z4y

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At long last, we get to meet the object of Usidore’s wizardly affections.

Credits:
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Jyn’Leeviyah: Felicia Day
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Tricia: Kate James
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

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Matt Belknap (Never Not Funny) grew up listening to hip hop artists like Run-D.M.C. and Public Enemy, but he wasn’t initially convinced that he would like a hip hop musical. Then he listened to the Hamilton cast album from start to finish on a family car trip. He hasn’t really listened to any other music since, he says. He joins Travon and Mike to explain what won him over and why he’s planning a one-month “Hamilton fast.” Plus, their three-way “Aaron Burr, Sir” sing-along is one for the books.

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all who feel that they need to be welcomed to this week’s episode of Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest is Oscar Nunez of The Office and People of Earth! They chat about why Oscar cares about God, his former job as a dental technician, and his time spent in customer service at Bloomingdales’s in New York. Paul is then joined by Craig Cackowski, Jean Villepique, and Gary Anthony Williams, to improvise a story set in East NYC Village. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

Paul & Eban will be doing their first all-music show at Largo! Featuring songs with Aimee Mann, Ted Leo, Open Mike Eagle & special surprise guests! Join them all for an evening of eclectic song choices and unique new arrangements. And all proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood & The American Civil Liberties Union! Saturday December 3rd & Sunday December 4th – Get tickets at paulftompkins.com/live!

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Feliz Novi-Doggie! Musical legend and CBB TV band leader “Weird Al” Yankovic joins Scott to share his thoughts on the series finale of Comedy Bang! Bang!, the possibility of retiring from public life, and a potential all accordion album. Then, Detective James P. Garetty of the Boston homicide department stops by to ask Scott a couple of questions as part of his investigation. Later, local celebrity Kole Kringle arrives to tell us about the different ways he is the opposite of his brother Kris. Finally, we get some much needed fashion tips from fashion designer David!

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Recorded live from Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, Neil Casey (Ghostbusters) and Emily Heller (Baby Geniuses) join Paul and Jason to discuss the 1992 science fiction action horror film The Lawnmower Man. They’ll talk about the Stephen King short story that the movie is based on, virtual reality sex, smart chimps, and much more.

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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.

For Thanksgiving, we’re revisiting a conversation David had with Patty Stonesifer. She had a successful career at Microsoft, but Stonesifer gave it all up to run a not-for-profit in Washington, D.C.

In this episode, she talks to David about how her organization is trying to increase access to food – and how we can do the same around the country.

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This week, actor Martin Starr (Silicon Valley) joins Randy and Jason for a special post-giving episode of Sklarbro Country. We hear about an enterprising NBA player and a revenge plot by Steve Francis during Takes followed by a chat with Martin about pro bowling strategies and his new movie “Operator.” Joe Thomas Sr. gets his yard take counted and Dennis Rodman’s latest venture is recapped during Quick Hits, and finally, the Sklars take a call from Mark Wahlberg to find out what he’s thankful for this holiday season.

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This week Bryan whips up Oprah’s favorite turkey recipe while Erin shares her hatred for the holidays. Also Texas Senator Konni Burton proposed a law that would require schools to out LGBTQ students to their family, and Dr. Fraud (aka Dr. Phil) filmed an extremely exploitative interview with a very ill Shelley Duval, anything for the ratings! Plus, Guest Orlando Soria is here to discuss the true meaning of eau de toilette, his lifestyle blog Hommemaker, and being the Creative Director for Homepolish. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

The podcasting industry is often characterized as being like the “Wild West,” which is very similar to how digital publishing was regarded in the 1990s. Media analyst Ken Doctor was at the forefront of journalism’s first online forays while working at Knight-Ridder Digital, and now he turns his lens to podcasting. He sees parallels with early internet publishing, but also important differences. On this episode of the Wolf Den he tells Chris and Lex what he thinks podcasters and the podcast industry need to do in order to grow smartly and sustainably. He analyzes Apple’s current position as the still-dominant platform for finding and listening to podcasts, and offers his thoughts on how Apple could best support the medium. Ken also weighs in on the viability of subscriber-funded models and what podcasters should focus on in 2017. You can follow Ken at http://newsonomics.com

Casey and Danielle join the gorgeous and hilarious Elisha Cuthbert and take it back. Way the F back. To the OG OC. They revisit the pilot episode of Orange County- where it alllllll began. In a sleet private gated community called Coto de Cazo. The girls are live at EW’s PopFest in this bonus episode and Elisha is not impressed. Come back in time with them, won’t you? To when Slade was rich and Laurie worked for Vicky in her house and Donn had no idea how much his wife (‘s face) was about to change…

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