Can a fake C-section have real emotional impact? Plus, a simple change in the procedure that erases one mom’s C-section guilt.

To join the conversation about this episode, go to longestshortesttime.com!

A commonly cited study states that money’s ability to increase happiness diminishes above $70,000 per year. However, are the statistics really that cut-and-dried? Stephen, James, and guest host Manoush Zomorodi discuss their personal relationships with money, and we finally get one opinion that paying for college may be a worthwhile endeavor.

Deirdre Devlin and Andrew talk about the cartoons Doug and Arthur. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

The Shrimps take on the Alley Oopsies at Pan Pacific Park. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action, Greg Escalante has the Sock Report. Championship game!

The Shrimps on Twitter: @pistolshrimpsbb
The Shrimps on Instagram: thepistolshrimps

Pistol Shrimps Radio on Twitter: @ShrimpsRadio
Matt Gourley on Twitter and IG: @MattGourley
Mark McConville on Twitter and IG: @MarkMcConville

Podcaster and writer Alison Rosen of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend joins Jensen and special guest co-host Ali Segel to talk about ska, writing for the LA Times in high school, freelance writing, West Coast-based rapper Anderson Paak, The Thermals, GLADES, Henrietta Hen Egg Cooker, Birdemic, Fateful Findings, how we’re late on Room, Rick and Morty, The Godfather Trilogy, and many other things you should know about.

Laya DeLeon Hayes has officially become the youngest OMFG! guest to join Deanna & Emily in the studio! Laya tells us about her role as the titular star of Disney’s animated series Doc McStuffins, gives us hot tips on booking commercials, and gets us up on “Old Disney”. Plus, we’ll find out who this 11-year-old superstar thinks is “Old or Young?”.

On a bonus episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard, we are proud to present a live script reading of Jacob Isser’s “Hosers,” a half-hour television pilot recorded at The Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City. Hosers stars Jason Biggs, Bruce Altman, Katrina Bowden, Nick D’Agosto, Rumer Willis, Amy Rutberg, Geoffrey Arend, Anthony Ramos, Judy Gold, and is narrated by Franklin Leonard.

CHRIS GETHARD joins Hayes in New York for a surprise retrospective on Big Lake, the Comedy Central show Chris starred in and Hayes wrote for, to dispel the rumors and reveal the true story once and for all.

Guest host Samm Levine and KPCS guest Stuart Pankin (Actor, Dinosaurs; Not Necessarily The News) discuss a little bit of everything. How long they’ve known each other, Stuarts deep IMDB credit list, why he was barely in the movie “Congo”, and more!

Writer and producer John Matta joins Randy and Jason to discuss his new book “Matta Napkin,” which includes 300 hilarious cartoon drawings on napkins. They also chat about comedic inspirations and John’s upcoming show he co-created with Jerry Minor called “Grand Marquee.” One of Daniel Van Kirk’s crazy stories includes a middle-aged man who dressed up as an elderly woman for a snow-shoveling program’s photo-op. Inspired by the story, Randy and Jason talk to Robert Durst on the phone about his thoughts on wearing a wig.

@QOD Twitter follower @BradyWood15 sent the team a question about giving and receiving criticism. Can James, Stephen, and guest host Manoush handle taking each other’s heat while working out the best techniques to do so?

Deirdre Devlin and Andrew to talk about kids dressing up as a geisha. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Devin & Amy dive into the big-haired 80s as they nominate the 1988 romantic comedy-drama Working Girl into the Canon. It tells the story of a Staten Island-raised secretary, Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith), working in the mergers and acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank. Listen as Devin & Amy discuss whether the movie still holds up — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Hilarious human Rob Corddry joins Josh this week to talk about the time he tripped his socks off at Comic-Con, the new 7th season of Childrens Hospital on Adult Swim, playing lovable bad guys, and more.

“Weird Al” Yankovic joins Scott as a special co-host and to make a very major announcement on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! Child actress Dimples also visits the studio to talk about her new show “My Silly Step-Sister,” her foley artist work, and her dark home life. Then, spokesperson Cody Calavera stops by to raise awareness on what it means to be a “Moss Man.”

LIVE from Largo in Los Angeles, Golden Globe Award winner Rachel Bloom of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and HDTGM All-star Jessica St. Clair of Playing House join Paul and Jason to discuss the 1984 rock & roll fable Streets of Fire. They’ll cover everything from Rick Moranis being a bad ass to the Michael Pare slap fight. Plus, everyone asks why Dottie from Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure is in the movie during Audience Q&A!

Don’t forget to check out Blake Harris’ Oral History of Streets of Fire over at www.slashfilm.com!

HDTGM: LIVE! returns to Largo at the Coronet on March 19th at 7pm and 9:30pm! Get your tickets now over at www.largo-la.com!

Attention: The Crash Test special that Paul & Rob Huebel performed on a 60 foot glass bus is available online on Comedy Central! Get yourself a BB-8 “What Is Its Mission?” T-shirt or Tote Bag over at http://howdidthisgetmade.bigcartel.com/! People of the internet: Watch Paul in Fresh off the Boat on ABC and a while ago, Paul and Rob Huebel did a comedy special on a 60 foot glass bus that traveled around LA and 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 and in Dirty Grandpa in a theater near you! 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!).

Marissa and Listler are back with their special guest, Mr. Dan Tennis (Andrew Barbot), Marina Del Rey High’s Computer Teacher on this week’s WOMP IT UP! Mr. Tennis talks Apple and Marissa has a few choice words for listeners during “What’s Cheesing You?”. Then, the spotlight is on Mr. Tennis as he tells us about his model train hobby, his foster kids, and his passion for playing acoustic covers of Dave Matthews Band. Plus, Listler reveals what happened to her previous marriage during Listler’s Love Lockdown!

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone, including non-listeners, back to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is podcaster, TV host, and author Dave Holmes! They chat about whether to live without electricity or a toilet, why Dave’s no longer able to eat donuts, and parental eccentricities regarding science fiction. Paul is then joined by Jessica Chaffin, Craig Cackowski, and Brandon Johnson to improvise a story set in The One Beauty Parlor in a Small Town. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

LIVE episodes of SPONTANEANATION return to Largo on The Coronet on Saturday, February 6, 2016! Get your tickets now: bit.ly/SPONT0216

Get yourself a pair of Spont socks, as seen on NATIONAL TELEVISION on The Bachelor Live in the Earwolf store: http://ear.wf/1K61sLq

A short list of completely ridiculous things we put up with as English speakers: 

1. I before E except after C (apart from numerous exceptions that you should memorize)

2. The letters C and K making the same sound (except when they don’t)

3. The multiple pronunciations of ‘ough’ (Cough, Through, Rough, Thought, etc.)

4. Different countries putting a U in words like Favo(u)rite or Colo(u)r

What the hell is going on here? How did our language get like this? Why is this the 2nd most spoken language in the world when it makes no sense? 

To get a grasp at the enormity of English, Jack O’Brien is joined on the phone by Susan Bennett, the original voice of Siri, to talk about her time recording every sound in the English language and how programmers put it all together.

Later, Jack is joined onstage at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles by Dan O’Brien, Carmen Angelica and Alex Schmidt. They talk about the history of English, how it combines the best of French and the worst of German, the grammar’s endless nonsensical rules, and some simple things other languages do that we wish we had.

Stephen and James are joined by guest questioner Manoush Zomorodi, host of the Note to Self podcast. Manoush and the guys attempt to figure out what exactly would happen to the economy if everyone stopped buying poorly constructed and cheap items.

Comedian, writer, actor Deirdre Devlin joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss how sometimes comedy and music heroes have awful points of view. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

Fay Wolf is an actress, author, musician, professional organizer, and one of Nate’s closest friends. Fay joins Nate this week to talk about her new book New Order: A Decluttering Handbook for Creative Folks (and Everyone Else), how people need permission to begin purging their memorabilia, searching for her own permission to call herself a musician, and the process of electronic decluttering. Make sure to get a head start for the next book club by grabbing yourself The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and send in your thoughts on the book at readingaloudpodcast@gmail.com.

Welcome back to Shut Up and Pants With Me! with your hosts Linda and Carol (Alana Johnston, Holly Prazoff)! It’s the podcast solely dedicated to the wonderful world of pants. This week they are joined by Yolanda, only the hottest Ponte Pants designer to answer burning questions. Why Ponte? Are shorts pants? Who wins in a battle against Gauchos vs. Culottes? Plus, Traci Reardon stops by to help her Twitter followers with advice on how to stay popular without going out and more in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Michaela Watkins is amazing in every role she plays, from Wanderlust to the comedy series Casual on Hulu, she is a powerful comedic force. Michaela joins Randy & Jason to talk about her early days of studying acting at Boston University, what lead her to join The Groundlings shortly after, and the joy she experienced joining the cast of Saturday Night Live which was something she always aspired to accomplish as a child. Later, Jerry Jones, owner of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys stops by the studio to talk about how many teams are coming to Los Angeles and much more.

Andrew Ti and special guest Matt Braunger finish the week off by discussing The Ridiculous 6 and The Academy Awards. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

No guest this week. Looks like another Boys Ni–wait, who’s this guy at our table?

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Assassin: Ross Kimball
Bungaree Chubbins: Tom Gottlieb
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editor: Chris Rathjen
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban

Sponsored by: Field Notes via The Chicago Podcast Cooperative

Alice Wong, Founder and Project Coordinator for The Disability Visibility Project (http://disabilityvisibilityproject.com) joins Kamau to give her perspective on Denzel playing a disabled character in the 1999 thriller The Bone Collector. Plus, Kevin and Kamau talk about The Oscars Boycott, Stacey Dash’s thoughts on the BET Awards, and Kevin’s TV situation.

The fabulous Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s Morning Edition & author of Not To Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film joins Sarah and Susan to talk about The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Casque d’Or, and Make Way for Tomorrow.

On a bonus interview episode, Franklin chats with screenwriter Charles Randolph about his 2016 Academy Award nominated screenplay The Big Short (directed by Adam McKay and now in theaters). Then, Franklin talks with screenwriter Billy Ray (2014 Academy Award nominee for Captain Phillips and 2014 Black List Labs Mentor) about his most recent project, Secret in Their Eyes, which he wrote and directed.

The time has come to determine who will officially be Scott’s intern. Intern Gino Lambardo and Intern Marissa Wompler go head-to-head in the very first Comedy Bang! Bang! Intern Challenge judged by none other than CBB’s first ever guest Rob Huebel of The Descendants, Childrens Hospital, and Crash Test fame. Two enter and one will leave the intern duties for good. Who will be victorious? Tune in to find out!