Comedian Greg Behrendt joins Jensen and Matty to talk about Greg being a writer’s consultant on Sex and the City, going from being a stand-up comedian in the early age of Alt-Comedy to being on Oprah with a best-selling self-help book He’s Just Not That Into You, LA based rapper KR, Link Wray, Tangerine, Got2B Glued, Marvel Unlimited. how we’re late on The Affair, Fargo Season 2, Gotham, and many other things you should know about.

Sean helps straight up loser DEVIN FIELD get on the right path to become successful by throwing him into Teaser Freezer and see if he can handle the cold. Then Sean uses his character chameleon ability to become Maria Menounos and interview Devin about his real life.

Join Kevin as he sits down with beloved character actor Jere Burns (Justified, Angie Tribeca). They chat about Jere shifting his grandiose stage acting beginnings to television’s more subtle, small screen.

Incredible improviser and sketch comedian Marques Ray joins the County boys to talk about growing up in Bakersfield, California, honing his comedy chops at the UCB theatre in LA alongside Daniel Van Kirk, and doing a set of comedy as a character on an upcoming episode of Conan. As always Daniel Van Kirk brings us crazy stories that include a Bay City couple that gets engaged at Walmart and then steal sex toys and much more. Later, Steven Avery of Making a Murderer fame gives us a complimentary call from jail.

Has ‘the language of literature’ become an obsolete form of writing in our blog-centric society? Is it more advantageous to simply ‘writing like you speak’? James and Stephen, who have both made careers writing narrative non-fiction, are on the case.

Matt Braunger and Andrew to talk about the racism defense of “but it happened to me.” Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

The lovely and talented Chloe Grace Moretz joins Josh this week to chat about her latest film The 5th Wave, her recent 50 hour binge watch of Game of Thrones, an intense road trip to Nashville, her early memories of being on set, and much more.

The Sam Peckinpah film battle begins this week as Devin & Amy pit 1972’s The Getaway against 1969’s The Wild Bunch for Canon supremacy! It’s a battle between Peckinpah’s most successful movie versus his most iconic movie, which will make for a Sophie’s Choice of an episode. Listen as Devin & Amy dive deep into their favorite Peckinpah films — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Our next movie will be a musical rock opera that you’re gonna wanna check out. This week Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Kazaam and gives a controversial recommendation in another edition Paul’s Pick of the Week. Plus, Paul explains whether Kazaam or Steel would win in a fight as he answers your Qs!

Attention: The Crash Test special that Paul & Rob Huebel performed on a 60 foot glass bus is coming to Comedy Central on January 22nd. Set your DVRs!

Don’t forget to check out Blake Harris’ Oral History of Kazaam 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/!

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!).

Stand-up extraordinaire and official CBB friend of the show Whitney Cummings finally makes her first appearance on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! Whitney tells us all about her new HBO special “I’m Your Girlfriend,” what it means to be diagnosed as a love addict, and an important comedy lesson she learned early in her career. Then, Hollywood producer Gene Rottenberry arrives to talk about his new space show “Star Confirmation.” Later, Scott’s former next door neighbor Linda Gravel stops by to reconnect with Scott and reminiscence about his childhood.

Paul F. Tompkins welcome’s y’all back to this precious place called SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is Emily V. Gordon of The Indoor Kids and author of Super You! They chat about what TV show Emily would live in for a week, denying herself a crush on one of the Monkees, and having E.T. nightmares as a child. Paul is then joined by Steve Agee, Mark McConville, and Annie Savage to improvise a story set in a Pediatrician Waiting Room. 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

If you look back at the most popular comedies through the years, there are always parts that don’t hold up. A lot of the time when it’s a sex, bro, or gross-out comedy, the stuff that doesn’t hold up is usually a cringeworthy scene or two where you think, “they could never do this today.”

For example, Vince Vaughn getting raped in ‘Wedding Crashers’ is played for laughs, but then we feel better about it at the end because he falls in love with his assailant. Shannon Elizabeth’s Nadia in ‘American Pie’ is secretly taped getting naked and her character is deported for it while no punishment comes to the men who do this to her. The villain in ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ is trans woman outed by a bunch of grossed-out dudes. Funny!

The fact that you can’t get away with stuff like this anymore isn’t a bad sign, or a sign that comedies are becoming PC or watered down. This is a good thing. It means we’re not making fun of genders, races, sexual orientations at their expense for no reason.

On this week’s podcast, Jack O’Brien is joined by Cracked editors Soren Bowie and Alex Schmidt to talk about some very recent movies, commercials and bits of pop-culture like these where what was once funny or en vogue is now horribly insensitive.

The hilarious Matt Braunger returns to join Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss Matt’s new Comedy Central Digital series “White Flight” and the Wu-Tang Clan. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

It’s Book Club time once again as Nate welcomes Zandy Hartig, Alison Becker, Lindsey Kraft, and Susanna Fogel to discuss Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. Fates and Furies is a dazzling examination of a marriage, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years. 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.

Taz Ahmed and Zahra Noorbakhsh of the Oprah Magazine endorsed #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast join Kamau to discuss Denzel in the 1998 thriller The Siege. The movie is about a fictional situation in which terrorist cells have made several attacks on New York City. It’s probably Denzel’s most problematic movies. Plus, Kevin calls in to talk with Kamau about Denzel being awarded with the Cecil B. DeMille award.

Hell Yeah! Welcome to the inaugural episode of Inside Hollywood with Hollywood Insider aka your boy Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland)! Andre is the number one Hollywood mogul and is proud to have psychiatrist of the stars, Dr. Karen Lightfield on the show to talk about her new tell-all book which spills the beans on all the high caliber celebs. Dr. Karen gives us the inside scoop on these troubled stars — including which celeb has suffered from fame at an early age to another high profile doctor who has issues with food, specifically chicken nuggets. Then, Traci Reardon stops by to kick it and give some much needed Hollywood advice to her Twitter followers in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Ronna & Beverly are back in Los Angeles at the Earwolf studio with Engineer Sam to go through listener comments as well as offer advice on dealing with cat fat shaming, which restaurants to visit in LA, raising kids, and more!

Randy and Jason have seen the hilarious Jonah Ray grow from a comedy fetus to a comedy icon. Jonah stops by Sklarbro Country to talk about his latest Seeso show, Hidden America .”a travel show where the places are real but the people are not,” how he became the new host of the revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and the future of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. Then, Jonah shares his Top 3 Songs of 2015 as he joins Randy & Jason for some Quick Hits. Later, Dennis “The Worm” Rodman stops by the studio to talk about the Sean Penn/El Chapo situation and share his New Year’s resolution.

I’ve always wondered how Judaism exists on both Earth and Foon. This week’s guest has the answer!

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Peter Smith: Daniel Strauss
Otok Barleyfoot: Nick Baer
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

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

Sponsored by: Podcast Movement via The Chicago Podcast Cooperative

The first Black List Table Reads script of 2016 is so action packed that it comes in two parts! Angel’s Flight from screenwriter Jill Isaacs has been described by a Black List reader as “An LA origin story in the high noir tradition of Chinatown. A spectacular script that is as ambitious as it is satisfying.” It stars Ignacio Serricchio, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Anne Heche, Richard Cabral, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Trucco, W. Earl Brown, Rod McLachlan, Alex Quijano, and Tara Sands. Look for part two over at http://blacklist.wolfpop.com/! Don’t forget to vote for the Season 2 finale script over at https://blcklst.com/podcast/vote/!

Welcome back to The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard for Part Two of the action packed Angel’s Flight by screenwriter Jill Isaacs. Angel’s Flight stars Ignacio Serricchio, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Anne Heche, Richard Cabral, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Trucco, W. Earl Brown, Rod McLachlan, Alex Quijano, and Tara Sands. Don’t forget to vote for the Season 2 finale script over at https://blcklst.com/podcast/vote/!

Jill Isaacs, screenwriter of Angel’s Flight and 2015 Feature Writer Access Project Honoree joins Franklin this week to chat about how Angel’s Flight is her homage to Chinatown with a Latin twist, her first cinematic epiphany, and why you should write at your own pace.

Dancing the blues with Scott Aukerman.

Seth Morris, Eugene Cordero, and Will Hines deal with the most bad ass nice guy on this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! They also see David Blaine upset over another magician stealing his trick, find out what 7-Eleven customers will do if they win the Powerball lottery, and follow the stand-up career of a comedian with a “fake Italian”  accent. Make sure to sign up for Seeso.com to get Matt Besser’s new standup special “Besser Breaks the Record” and the new live comedy show filmed at the UCB theaters called “The UCB Show”.

What “stupid, corny habit” does James have which has changed his life completely, and continues to do so even today? Today, Stephen and James list the habits they’ve adopted which have done the most to improve their lives.

Join Casey and Danielle as they taste RHONJ Kathy Wakile’s dessert coffee and try RHOC Vicki Gunvalson’s new perfume “V by Vicki.” Special guest Jason Micallef shares his surprising conspiracy theory concerning Yolanda’s health and a breakdown of Lisa and Ken’s animal menagerie. Casey discusses her visit to Kyle by Alene Too and Danielle confesses she hasn’t a pat the puss in her…

New Year greetings from Leonard and Baron! On the first new episode of the year, they discuss three movies inspired by Tales of Showbiz: the wildly ambitious Tim Robbins film Cradle Will Rock, David Mamet’s most lighthearted work State and Main, and a turkey that is regarded as one of the worst movies ever made.

Do dinosaurs go to heaven or hell? Why don’t dogs have hands? Comedian Chris Gethard attempts to answer YOUR kids’ unanswerable questions. Plus, a surprise guest gives Hillary podcasting advice.

Dreary weather can’t slow down Kulap, Howard and Stard. They discuss Howard’s vibrant outfit, exercising and streaming music services with comedian and actress Samantha Bee as they count down the Top 5 of Shazam’s Top 100. Yahoo’s Most Anticipated Video Games of 2016 inspires stories about owning toys as an adult and breaking the fourth wall. Samantha’s new late-night talk show, “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” airs Feb. 8 on TBS. Lastly, the gang got some GIFTS!

James isn’t getting the amount of sleep he strives to have on a nightly basis. Will Stephen, who regularly wakes up before 6 AM, have the solution?