Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried joins Leonard and Baron to talk about growing up in New York watching old movies on late-night TV, doing impressions of Humphrey Bogart as he started doing stand-up at the age of 15, and how his lifelong passion for old movies has informed his comedy. Plus, Gilbert recommends some unsung movies you should seek out, including 1968’s The Swimmer starring Burt Lancaster.

Public radio icon Terry Gross talks about why she chose to never have children. And her recurring nightmare about a baby. To join the conversation about this episode, go to longestshortesttime.com!

Stephen hasn’t been seriously sick in years. James hasn’t needed to see a medical doctor since the age of 18. What lessons can they provide from their research, conversations with prominent physicians, and life experience? Today’s tips will hopefully make you healthier, if not also wealthier and wiser.

The Shrimps take on the Miss Demeanors at Pan North Weddington Auditorium. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action.

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Matt Walsh, Colton Dunn, Mookie Blaiklock and Billy Merritt join Matt Besser for a special 420 episode live at UCB Sunset. The origin story of The Waldos inspire a scene about a Subway employee who decides to change his favorite order. A butter-loving couple discovers their super powers, and a scene with the lights off brings the improvisers to a ghostly coal mine. Plus, Besser shares his 1992 man-on-the-street interviews at a Bill Clinton election day rally. Sign up for Seeso.com to watch Besser’s stand-up special “Besser Breaks the Record” and “The UCB Show,” which were filmed live in UCBLA.

Comedian Solomon Georgio joins Kulap and Howard on this week’s Who Charted. They discuss Kitchen Coachella–Howard’s tactic to watch the festival online from his place–during the top 5 songs on iTunes chart. In the TV chart, Solomon describes living with other comedians and performing in the Viceland show “Flophouse.” Kulap talks about getting the hang of Snapchat and Howard brings updates on his Austin adventures during Two Charted.

Kat Ahn and Abby Brosh join Andrew to talk about a caller’s question about Jewish folks. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Jonathan is joined by comedian and actor Ian Harvie to talk about moving to Los Angeles, Transparent, and what it means to truly be comfortable with your gender identity.

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LIVE from Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, Colin Hay, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Burr join Kevin to celebrate 7 years of Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show. Photo courtesy of Largo.

Sean and Hayes reveal themselves to be sneakerheads and discuss the newest sneakers they’ve bought. Then MIKE LAWRENCE joins in for a quick trip to the Popcorn Gallery.

Reflections on death and the value of a 401k turns into candid sex advice from Chris Gethard to his anonymous caller.

Writer Shelby Fero joins Jensen and Matty to talk about BEEF season, the Green Gravel Comedy Festival, Royce 5’9″ new album “Layers,” Mitski, Pistol Shrimps basketball documentary, Worst Cooks in America, how we’re late on the new Archie paperback, The Lone Ranger, Akira, and many other things you should know about.

Workaholics writer and Adam DeVine’s House Party producer Scotty Landes is a grown adult who works closely with comedians on the rise. He joins Deanna & Emily this week to talk about the immediacy of Snapchat, his thoughts on the youth being able to record every moment of their life, and how dating millennials made him realize how opinionated you are when you’re young.

Learning from your mistakes at work is one of the surest self-teaching methods to improve your professional future. James’ query to Stephen today about the lessons he’s learned helps explain Stephen’s writing path from graduate school to the journalist he is today. Meanwhile, fake internet-doctor James (sans lab coat today) gets prescriptive, converting Stephen’s life lessons into actionable items for self-improvement.

Comedian Mike Lawrence talks to Randy and Jason about the importance of taking a stance as a comedian. They also discuss interviewing losers of a ping pong tournament, “Finding the Funny” and Mike writing for “Inside Amy Schumer.” Daniel Van Kirk brings a County Story of a woman who fell for a police department’s obvious online trap. Plus, Stone Cold Steve Austin drops by and endorses Hillary Clinton.

Kat Ahn and Abby Brosh join Andrew to talk about engaging old people. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Maester George RR Carlin (Alex Berg) of Hardcore Game of Thrones has a special message.

In this preview of Friday’s episode, David talks to former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney about the possibility of a brokered Republican convention and why he doesn’t want to see Donald Trump in the White House.  To hear the full interview, where Gov. Romney talks about politics, faith, and Obama’s legacy, subscribe to The David Gregory Show and download the episode on Friday, April 22!

Check out the first episode of the brand new Earwolf show “Hard Nation!” Join the Hard Brothers (Mike Still and Paul Welsh) for a bare-knuckle political brawl that will leave you with an America-shaped bruise on your brain. Featuring your favorite comedians performing as your (least) favorite politicians. This episode, “Hillary Clinton Eats A Burrito” features Nicole Byer and Jessica McKenna.

Paul F. Tompkins is making the most of every welcome and is pleased to welcome you all back to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is stand-up comedian Margaret Cho! They chat about what tattoo Margaret would get if she had to get one within the hour, visiting the White House, and the history of The Bishop Don “Magic” Juan. Paul is then joined by Carla Cackowski, Brandon Johnson, and Chris Tallman to improvise a story set in Los Feliz, Karen’s House, 1997. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! SPONTANEANATION LIVE returns to Largo on Saturday, June 4th, with special guest Robyn Hitchcock! Tickets are available now: bit.ly/SPONT616

Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, and Martin Starr of HBO’s Silicon Valley are back to give us the inside scoop of what we can look forward to in the 3rd season of their show on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! They’ll also take some calls from around the world, talk about Kumail’s amazing experience on the set of The X-Files, and tell us about their “Rude Boys” scooter crew. Later, aspiring stand-up comedian Turd Dunkweed arrives to talk about the night Kumail discovered him while performing his act at an open mic at Meltdown Comics.

Sam Heughan is a charming guy and hard working actor. Sam joins Josh this week to talk about the new season of the Starz series Outlander, where he was in his career before he got his role in the series, and the pros and cons of being objectified for your looks.

We chat with Melchoir, The Keeper of the Doom Horn that Blows at World’s End. Really hoping he doesn’t blow it.

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp

Chunt: Adal Rifai

Usidore: Matt Young

Melchoir: Alex Eilhauer

Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen

Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi

Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi

Theme Music: Andy Poland

If you could go anywhere in time to live the rest of your life, where would you go? It probably depends on what you’re looking for. Would you be looking to live in a time of relative peace, a time of great technological advancement, or simply a time where there wasn’t some horrible plague killing off everybody you know and love? Doc Brown thought he had it all in the 1880s, but that period probably wouldn’t be super awesome if you were a woman or a minority. Actually most time periods would be pretty bad in those circumstances. Not to mention that humans knew nothing about medicine and just generally not dying all the time until very recently. So obviously it’s a difficult question with an unclear answer: when was the best time in human history to be alive? Hell, the answer might just be today. As in, whatever day you’re reading this. This is the best day. To figure out this question, Jack O’Brien is first joined by Peter Stearns, author and professor at George Mason University to talk about the place of happiness in human history: which civilizations had it, which didn’t, and when and where were they? Later, Jack talks about Cracked Podcast pet subject the Flynn Effect with none other than Jim Flynn, the guy who put his name on it. If every generation is getting slightly smarter than the last, how does that affect quality of life, and is there a limit to how smart humans can get?

Footnotes:

Peter Stearns, ‘Teaching Consumerism in World History’: http://goo.gl/dO3XrD

The Flynn Effect Summary of Findings: http://goo.gl/AYYIYO

Smithsonian Interview with James Flynn: http://goo.gl/rX1AZn

James Flynn’s Torchlight Reading List: http://goo.gl/iVkaLY

James Flynn TED Talk: https://goo.gl/i6vw2v

Comedians Kat Ahn and Abby Brosh join Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss a caller’s many questions including calling a restaurant Chinaman. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

Devin and Amy break down Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend.” They discuss the film’s depiction of alcoholism in the 1940s, the accuracy of struggling to write after drinking and Devin’s next-level jukebox trolling. Cast your vote in the Earwolf forums to decide if “The Lost Weekend” should be in The Canon. Also, make sure to get a head start on next week’s foreign film “Pather Panchali.”

The Shrimps take on the Red Carpet live from the TriBeCa Film Festival. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action. Morgan Spurlock has the news.

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You probably know Andy Cohen as the host of Bravo’s Watch What Happens: Live – the man who brought The Real Housewives into your living room, or bedroom and revolutionized the world of reality TV. He’s not afraid to share himself with the world and this week’s inaugural episode is no exception: David and Andy talk about where The Real Housewives came from, how Andy he realized he was gay while high on mushrooms at a live Eddie Murphy show, and about the time Andy went head to head with Gloria Steinem over feminism and The Real Housewives. Subscribe to The David Gregory Show for new episodes every week. It’s your chance to eavesdrop on surprising conversations with famous and interesting people, and hear them get personal about their beliefs, faith, and the things that have mattered most in their lives.

HDTGM All-Stars Pete Holmes and Cameron Esposito join Paul and Jason LIVE from the world famous Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles to discuss the 1980 Village People biopic Can’t Stop the Music. The film won the very first Razzie award for Worst Picture. They will cover everything including the fact that movie is PG but has dicks in it, the Baskin-Robbins product placement, and the milkshake song. Don’t forget to check out Blake Harris’ Oral History of Can’t Stop the Music over at www.slashfilm.com! Get yourself a BB-8 “What Is Its Mission?” T-shirt or Tote Bag over at http://howdidthisgetmade.bigcartel.com/ Set your DVRs for Party Over Here, a new FOX sketch comedy show from The Lonely Island and Paul starring Nicole Byer, Jessica McKenna, and Alison Rich. It airs Saturdays at 11 pm. People of the internet: Watch Paul in Fresh off the Boat on ABC. Awhile ago, Paul and Rob Huebel did a comedy special on a 60 foot glass bus that traveled around LA. Now you’ll be able to see it. Go to https://itun.es/us/3M4J9 now to buy it! You can also see Jason in Transparent on Amazon! Also, check out June in Grace and Frankie available on Netflix, and in all the episodes of NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU for free, and Jason in The Dictator (he’s still in it!).

Welcome back to The Gift Suite with your host and well known empath Marla Vanjine (Mo Collins)! Marla views her gift of feeling what other people feel as both a gift and a curse. This week she welcomes another gifted person by the name of Teti. Teti has the gift and curse of being able to conjure up those who have passed. On this very special episode, Teti helps Marla contact her birth mother from the great beyond. Later, Traci Reardon stops by to help her Twitter followers with advice on dealing with your own gifts in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”