Premieres Wed. 11/16. From Earwolf and Northern Light Productions, Stranglers is a 12-part true crime podcast exploring one of the 20th Century’s most terrifying serial killings. This sound-rich audio documentary includes never-before-heard archive material as well as new interviews, offering an in-depth investigation of the historic Boston Strangler murders. Subscribe now. New episodes every Wednesday.

Yub nub! On the final of three very special Star Wars trilogy episodes of I Was There Too, Matt is joined by Kevin Thompson who played the Ewoks Chubbray and Paploo in the original 1983 film Return Of The Jedi. Kevin tells us how he went from being a street mime to auditioning for the movie, how they shot swinging off the speeder bike, and the true danger that comes from being in the stunt world. He also talks about his role as Bear in the 1982 film Blade Runner and his reaction to finally getting his own Star Wars action figure. Plus, yet another classic Star Wars Superego sketch!

This episode is brought to you by Mack Weldon and Stamps.com.

For most of his life, comedian W. Kamau Bell assumed his single mom never had sex after she made him. Today, he gets the real story. Since this episode originally aired, it won an award! In this update, we ask Kamau what it’s like to have a public sex talk with your mom. To join the conversation, go to www.longestshortesttime.com!

This episode is brought to you by Little Passports, Paper Culture, Olive & Cocoa, and Thirdlove.

Actors Eugene Cordero and Ryan Stanger usher in a new era of charting with Howard and trusty Earwolf aide Kevin this week on Who Charted! Eugene and Ryan give the lowdown on their fitness podcast The Dumbbells before the gang counts down the Top 5 Workout Songs on iTunes. They compare years of fitness experience and ponder what they would say to a Playboy model at the gym, and during the Movie Chart they compare Solange’s singing capabilities live vs. recorded. Finally, Kevin reveals his Hot Picks of the week during Two Charted, all while exploring the social lives of drug dealers and questioning the use of cursive script.

An exciting finale event to celebrate the almost-exciting finale of Finding Prince Charming! The “winner” of FPC himself, Eric Leonardos, joins us for the interview and maybe-almost-kind-of makes Matt cry. Plus: dating tips from gay deities Ronna & Beverly; and powerful insights from rising star Deanna Cheng, Hollywood Correspondent Stephen Guarino and reality pro Drew Pokorny.

Adopting a child from a foreign country takes a lot of time, patience, and passion. This week’s caller has all of these things. He also has the hope that his son-to-be will have the opportunity to experience virtual reality toilets.

This episode is brought to you by Mailchimp, Mack Weldon, Stamps.com, Talkspace, and Grommet.

Rising child star Albert Tsai (Dr. Ken, Fresh Off the Boat) joins Deanna and Emily this week to chat about Instagram stories, how he convinced his parents into pursuing an acting career, and his thoughts on the slang terms “receipts” & “boo’d up.” Plus, he represents the Z-Squad as he takes the Generation Z Test.

Musician Brian Logan Dales joins Jensen and guest co-host Ali Segel to talk about Brian’s recent cover band stuff, Moonlight, Beer Radar app, Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru, how we were late on Black Mirror, and many more things you should know about.

This episode is brought to you by Cameron Hughes Wine.

The boys are joined by Jessica McKenna to help them make a good funny video encouraging people to vote at the election.

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This week, Randy and Jason sit down with Daniel Van Kirk and County friend Brad Morris for a very special post-World Series episode. They celebrate the Cubs’ win by sharing personal takes on the historic victory, touching on topics like the effects of a positive mindset and the importance of supporting the opposing team. Later, Daniel tells the tale of his quest to find someone to watch Game 7 with, and the Sklars listen to a voicemail in which Ozzie Guillen explains how he wrote in a winner for the World Series.

Speaking up with John Ross Bowie. (This free bonus episode was recorded live at the Now Hear This Podcast Festival in Anaheim, CA on October 28th, 2016.)

Casey and Danielle take San Francisco! Join them as they discuss OC and Jersey and Casey finally gets to live out her dreams with Drunk Drag Broadway! Also favorite return guest Greg Bennett delivers a moving poem on behalf of “Old Lou” that should be nominated for everything.

This episode is brought to you by Madison Reed, Totes, NatureBox, and DIFF Eyewear.

“Our way of life here is about nine meals away from anarchy.” That’s a quote from retired Marine Colonel David Couvillon, who governed the Wasit province of Iraq during the US occupation and clearly a man who has never seen the Cracked office when our daily lunch of filet mignon and caviar is fifteen minutes late. His experiences in Iraq mean he knows a thing or two about modern political unrest and civil war, which makes that quote even more terrifying.

As you might’ve heard, there’s an election tomorrow (if you’re reading this day it’s coming out), and no matter what the outcome, a portion of the country is going to feel like they’ve had it stolen from them. Matt Bevins, the Governor of Kentucky, has already promised that, “blood will be shed” if Hillary wins and there’s no doubt real people are taking promises like these to heart.

So how likely is it that America falls into a second civil war? What would that look like? That’s what we’re asking Cracked’s Robert Evans and Teresa Lee on this episode of The Cracked Podcast. They’ll explain to us that violent unrest on American soil is a lot more possible than you think and that it wouldn’t be North vs. South or Red vs. Blue, but a war fought on thousands of different sides.

Also, make sure to catch the next LIVE taping of The Cracked Podcast, this Saturday, November 12th at 7pm at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Jack O’Brien, Daniel O’Brien and Michael Swaim will be joined by an expert in psychology to talk about some of the psychological myths everyone seems to believe: like Rorschach tests (sorry, they don’t work), middle child syndrome (not real); and depression (totally real, but antidepressants might not actually work very well). Tickets are only $5 and they’re available here: https://goo.gl/nSI343

Footnotes:

Cracked: 6 Reasons Why a New Civl War is Possible and Terrifying: https://goo.gl/admmtA

Cracked: Going Deep Undercover in a Right Wing Militia Ruined My Life: https://goo.gl/VkHZp8

USA Today: Record Number of Anti-Government Militias in USA: https://goo.gl/gnmJaL

Abu Bakr Naji: The Management of Savagery: https://goo.gl/AsDWkE

Cracked Podcast: The 11 Nations of America: https://goo.gl/dTJnm4

11 Nations of America Map: https://goo.gl/kNXBZ0

How to Build a Thermal Evasion Suit: https://goo.gl/itpJlJ

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This week we learn what life is like for the fairy-folk.

Credits:
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Ross the Fairy: Allison Ringhand
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

Craig-Cast Theme Music: Loping Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com: incompetech.com/)Licensedunder Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/: exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcre…icenses%2Fby%2F3.0%2F

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Jason “Hey Nongman” Mantzoukas is reunited with Scott and it feels so good! They chat about getting older, real acting, and whether subways should have bathrooms. Then, Cal Solomon, an original founding member of the seminal rap group The Sugarhill Gang arrives to perform the much anticipated pizza rap. It will be known as a truly historic moment in CBB history!

This episode is brought to you by Squarespace, Black Tux, and Blue Apron.

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all the people who are just getting caught up on their shows to this week’s episode of Spontaneanation!  This week, Paul’s special guest is journalist Jeb Lund! They chat about what fruit Jeb would pick to be the only fruit he could ever eat, why he kept getting sent to the Principal’s office as a child, and what to expect when watching an episode of CSI & Law and Order. Paul is then joined by Stephanie Courtney, Maria Blasucci, and Amanda Lund, to improvise a story set in The Last Sizzler. 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! With special guests Aimee Mann, Ted Leo, Open Mike Eagle & special surprise guests! Join them all for an evening of eclectic song choices and unique new arrangements! Saturday December 3rd & Sunday December 4th! All proceeds benefit Habit for Humanity. Get tickets at Largo-la.com!

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Comedian and actor Hasan Minhaj (The Daily Show, Homecoming King) is here to remind you that America itself is an immigrant story. He and Travon discuss why dissonance is patriotic and ponder how to make Hamilton tickets more accessible to black and brown families. Plus, they dissect why the Hamilton-Burr feud shares similarities with the beef between Jay Z and Nas.

This week’s question is for our international listeners: given that Hamilton is a musical about U.S. history, what turned you into a Hamilhead? Give us a call at 937-9MYSHOT.

This episode is brought to you by Berklee and Tribeca Shortlist.

What’s the Bruce Lee connection to Gamer? Paul gets into this and more as he opens up the Explanation Hope Line and goes through Corrections and Omissions for Gamer. We’ll also hear from film director Brian Taylor on his thoughts on the film during his interview with Blake J. Harris. The Movie Bitches review The Girl on the Train and you’ll hear which vampire cult classic we will be covering next week!

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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.

Digital influencer/author/human being Hannah Hart joins Andrew this week to talk about her new book “Buffering,” The CMA awards deleting all Twitter mentions of Beyonce, Halloween costume misunderstandings, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

When you think of evangelicals in America, you probably picture white, ultraconservative Trump supporters. But Christian writer and political activist Jim Wallis is something completely different — and he wants you to know that that’s not what evangelism is all about.

This episode is brought to you by Children’s International and Goedeker’s.

Hannibal, Tony and special guest Al Jackson are in a “divorced dad suite” in Victoria, BC for the latest Handsome Rambler. They talk about the very drunk fan at their last show, how Uber is killing our sense of direction, why you should never eat airport food on the way out, and why Hannibal almost never takes hosting gigs.

This episode is brought to you by Mack Weldon, Blue Apron, SeatGeek, Helix Sleep, and Wondery’s “Secrets, Crimes and Audiotape.”

Ronna and Beverly come to you live from the Now Hear This Podcast Festival with Never Not Funny’s Jimmy Pardo! They’ll chat about what makes a good late night talk show host, baseball players, and amusement parks. Plus, we hear what happened to get Beverly Disneyland banned.

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J. R. Havlan (SPY on Esquire, The Daily Show) and Jordan Carlos (Friends From College, The Nightly Show) join Negin to talk about the last throes of the presidential election and some down-ballot races, including measures to legalize recreational pot. Plus, they revisit the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. 

This episode is brought to you by Foot Cardigan, Totes, and Stamps.com.

Live from the Now Hear This Podcast Festival comes The Larry Jones Show with your host Larry Jones (Shaun Diston)! Larry welcomes chef Carl (Phil Augusta Jackson) to confront his girlfriend Jenny on the show under the suspicion that she might be cheating on him with her old boyfriend singer/rapper/songwriter Drake. The lie detector test will reveal all!

This episode is brought to you by Mack Weldon and Casper Mattresses.

Actor/sports fan Max Greenfield returns to the Country this week with Randy and Jason. They share strategies of watching the Cubs’ historic World Series win while putting the kids to bed before covering the ins and outs of the game. Then, Max describes working with Sally Field on Michael Showalters’ “Hello, My Name Is Doris” before dissecting the state of the modern network sitcom. During Quick Hits, we hear about a defensive lineman’s misleading tweet, a Spanish soccer fan’s distracting genitals, and Joe Mixon’s parking woes. Finally, NBA player Royce White joins the Sklars to discuss the lack of mental health policy in professional sports.

This episode is sponsored by Founders Brewery, Mack Weldon, Charles Tyrwhitt, and MVMT Watches.

This week Erin uses her PBS knowledge to defeat the moths infesting her home while Bryan deals with the great lakes flowing out of his nostrils. The Washington Blade posts an article on gay partners who are voting for opposite candidates, D-R-A-M-A, and Tech companies have found in studies that people prefer young female voices as personal assistants. Happy November honeybuns!

Season 3 of THE BLACK LIST TABLE READS begins with a sit-down chat featuring Paul Scheer, star of the upcoming Earmovie BLOOD FROM A STONE, its writer Bill Palmer, and Franklin Leonard, to talk early movie memories, nostalgia and campiness in film, and the origin of how BLOOD FROM A STONE came to be. 

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Settling up with Anthony Rapp.

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The Wild Horses (Lauren Lapkus, Mary Holland and Erin Whitehead) join Matt Besser for a live episode at the Now Hear This Podcast Festival in Anaheim, CA. Their scenes will include only having experiencing kissing the TV, what happens when everyone can hear your internal monologue, and reusing the Hunger Games’ Katniss cleavage for future Halloween costumes. Plus, everyone figures out whether they fall into the millennial or Gen X category.

This episode is brought to you by Squarespace and Casper Mattresses.

Actress Cassandra Freeman returns to perform co-hosting duties on this week’s Denzel! They’ll dive into the 1986 Denzel TV Movie “Hard Lessons: The George McKenna Story” and discuss Cassandra’s roles on Atlanta, Luke Cage, and The Real MVP. Plus, Cassandra & Kevin have some coffee.