Stephen’s lingering sore throat brings us into a discussion about one of his great potential inventions, The Summer Subway Sneezing Glove. Considering the 70 degree temperature in NYC on Christmas Eve, should this be a year-round endeavor?

This Christmas Eve, Megan Rosati and Andrew talk about a caller’s parents insisting that Debbie Harry from Blondie is the original rapper. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Happy Winter Solstice everyone! The regular show will be back next week.

Jonathan is joined by Father Waylon, who has a master’s in divinity and is a priest in Jonathan’s hometown church, in Quincy, Illinois.

Matt Gourley digs back into the classic I Was There Too vault to bring out a wonderful conversation about his favorite Quentin Tarantino movie. Prepare to be transported back to World War II as Paul Rust talks to Matt about his role as Private First Class Andy Kagan in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Paul tells us about nerding out over movies with Tarantino the first time they met, having to take a 101 course in scalping, and a special gift he received from Brad Pitt. Plus, Matt goes through the names of other actors who were in talks to appear in the film in another edition of I Wasn’t There Too.

Holiday Greetings from Leonard and his daughter Jessie! We all know the quintessential Christmas movies but what are some of the other Holiday gems that have fallen by the wayside? From Elf to The Santa Claus, Leonard and Jessie discuss which films you must see this Holiday season.

Spend this Christmas with Howard, Kulap, Stard, and Brody Stevens! We’ll hear everyone chat about Brody’s favorite baseball movie, how he became the Prince of Periscope, and the number one Christmas song as they count down the Top 5 Christmas Songs Music Chart. Then, Howard is Santa Claus and bears gifts for all during the Movie Chart. Later, they give Chartists a special thanks for their GIFTS, and Howard gives us an update on “Hey Gang.” Download the Who Charted? Holiday Bundle here: http://store.earwolf.com/store/digital/3880/who-charted-holiday-bundle and check out Hey Gang! over at http://www.howardkremer.com/!

Today it’s Stephen’s turn at the plate, giving his own top and bottom five attributes. How will he stack up after hearing James’ insightful list yesterday?

Megan Rosati and Andrew talk about what you would want your babies to look like. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

In honor of The Hateful Eight, the great Kurt Russell joins Josh this week to chat about the latest Quentin Tarantino film (which comes out this Christmas) as well his John Carpenter collaborations from Escape from New York to Big Trouble in Little China. Get ready to listen to Kurt embodying Jack Burton as if no time has passed quoting lines from the film in character. Happy Holidays!

Actor and comedian Mike Carlson joins Jensen and Matty to talk about being a part of Movie Fights on the Screen Junkies YouTube channel, Star Wars, the E.T. Ride, Pusha T’s “King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude,” Disney’s California Adventure, Making a Murderer, What We Do In The Shadows, how we’re late on Fargo Season 2, Sonos, Prince, and many other things you should know about.

Kenzie Hall is a true hustler. Kenzie started the Brat Pack 11 organization which grants wishes to children of wounded/fallen soldiers. Kenzie joins Deanna & Emily to talk about how she started the organization at the age of 11, the different ways texting “okay” can express how you feel, and dealing with ruthless cliques when she moved from school to school. Plus, Kenzie puts her Brat Pack knowledge to test during a game of How Well Do You Know the Brat Pack?

Hayes is joined by Tom Scharpling in Tom’s railyard studio to acknowledge the many awards their shows have gotten lately and to tell the entire true story of the technical difficulties that got last week’s episode canceled.

NFL Media analyst/host Dave Damashek stops by the County to talk about Adam Carolla’s very long vetting process, being jealous of Ike Taylor for being naturally funny, and his issues with the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Christmas special. Then, Daniel Van Kirk brings us stories that include a California mom who is fighting back after she was arrested for letting her 4-year-old son play 120 feet from her home within gated community and much more. Plus, Dr. Phil chimes in with his thoughts on a story about a goat who doesn’t listen.

James gets introspective today, tasked with naming his five best and worst personal attributes and actions. We’ll find out if “the ability to answer spontaneous questions” should be listed as one of his strong suits or weaknesses.

Megan Rosati and Andrew to talk about complimenting someone on their accent. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

The legendary Henry Rollins of Black Flag and star of the movie He Never Died joins Devin & Amy this week to nominate Francis Ford Coppola 1979 film Apocalypse Now into The Canon! It’s a movie about insanity loosely based on the Vietnam War. It’s the film that had such an impact on Henry and his best friend Ian MacKaye that it resulted in them walking home in silence from having their mind blown. Tune in to hear a discussion on one of the greatest films of all time — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

We’re going from inner city superhero to a galaxy far, far away this Christmas for one of the best Holiday specials of all time. This week Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Steel and gives listeners very special recommendations in a Holiday Edition of Paul’s Picks of the Week. Plus, Paul tells us the moment when he learned the truth about Santa and more as he answers your Qs!

Don’t forget to check out Blake Harris’ Oral History of Steel over at http://www.slashfilm.com/steel-oral-history/!

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 The Night Before 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!).  

As we say farewell to another year of Comedy Bang! Bang! we look back at some of the favorite moments of 2015. Joining Scott is Paul F. Tompkins of SPONTANEANATION to countdown numbers fourteen through eleven of the Best CBB episodes of 2015 as voted by YOU the listener. Stay tuned for Pt. 2 dropping on Christmas Eve!

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone to unwrap the Christmas gift of a new SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is Ravi Patel of Grandfathered and Meet the Patels! They chat about Ravi’s secret girlfriend, what’s going on with Mario Lopez, and the difficulty of taking compliments. Paul is then joined by Janet Varney, Chris Tallman, and Jean Villepique to improvise a story set in Freeport, Illinois. 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

As everything in the world becomes more interconnected and as the cost of recording and storing data sharply decreases, we’ve seen a steep rise in the importance of statistics. It seems like there isn’t a single facet of human life that isn’t quantifiable now that our phones and watches are counting each step and and calorie, while Facebook and Twitter collects each thought.

If you don’t think data is important, look what happens when we lose it, or realize we didn’t even have it at all. In 2015 we had two major hacks in Sony and Ashley Madison, found out Volkswagen’s data was a complete lie, and discovered we never were even tracking US police shooting deaths, which is completely *$@#ed.

2015 was a huge year for both the data we had and the data we lost. In our final episode of the year, Cracked editor-in-chief Jack O’Brien and Creative Director of Video Dan O’Brien are joined by FiveThirtyEight’s Jody Avirgan, host of What’s the Point, to recap the year in data.

Also, be sure to buy tickets to our next LIVE podcast on Wednesday, January 6th at 7pm at the UCB Sunset theatre in Los Angeles. Jack will be joined by Dan O’Brien, Alex Schmidt and Carmen Angelica to talk about the frustrating intricacies and strange evolution of the English language. Tickets are only $5 and on sale here: http://bit.ly/1OCNQTK

Actor and comedian Megan Rosati returns to join Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss a New York story of an unnecessary Kickstarter. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

It’s time once again for another Book Club episode with friends new and old! Nelson Franklin, Robyn Clark, Ele Woods, Kerrie Kvashay-Boyle, and John Ross Bowie join Nate to discuss “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel. It is a science fiction novel that takes place in the Great Lakes region after a fictional disease, the “Georgia Flu,” has devastated the world, killing most of the population.

The fantastic director & extremely funny Jason Reitman is a huge fan of comedy and has carved out a wonderful film career from Juno to Young Adult. Jason joins Randy & Jason this week to discuss his love of The Comedy Store’s Roast Battle which he’s shot a short documentary on that will play at Sundance, his memories from being on the Ghostbusters set as a child, and the difficulties of shooting the sex scene for Young Adult. Later, Jason explains how he grew to appreciate hockey much more after playing it during Quick Hits. Finally, Steven Seagal arrives in-studio to tell us what he’s been up to during this holiday season. Konichiwa and Happy Holidays!

Recorded LIVE from the famed Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, we welcome you back to The Riffing Much aka The Hard Rock Cafe Radio Hour with your host Shane Shore-Levine (Gil Ozeri)! It’s the kick ass show where we keep you tuned into all the latest Hard Rock news, Cafe news, and bring you tons of great guests. This week Billionaire Playboy and President & CEO of Hard Rock Cafe Sis Penny graciously joins Shane to lay many rumors to rest. They’ll talk about the conspiracy around whether the Hard Rock Cafe indeed has the original Bible in its possession, Sis’ love life which includes the famous “Ginger Six-em,” and his big fight with Sheryl Crow. Later, Hard Rock Cafe super fan Traci Reardon arrives to help answer all Hard Rock Cafe questions from her Twitter followers in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from Ronna & Beverly! Irish comedian Gearoid Farrelly joins them this week to chat about owning a rabbit, being frightened by driving on the different side of the road in Los Angeles, being in a gay relationship with a scientist, and the time he celebrated his birthday with Joan Rivers. Plus, Beverly shares why she’s not in the Christmas spirit this year.

Andrew Ti and special guests Ariana Lenarsky and Aileen Parungao finish the week off by discussing Affirmative Action. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

It’s the return of the mack! OG Denzealot David Alan Grier joins Kamau & Kevin once again to talk about his surprise over the overwhelming positive response to The Wiz Live!, how he emotionally prepared himself to play the Cowardly Lion, and secrets from behind the scenes of the production. Plus, David takes us through his Crimson Tide audition, which he explains might be the worst audition he has ever done as he shares his Top 5 Denzel Movies!

Mickey Fisher and Brian Depetris are the screenwriters of The Winter King. They join Franklin this week to chat about how they met playing Santa Claus, coming up with the idea for the script walking around New York City on Valentine’s Day, and their actual writing process.

The Holiday season is upon us and we have the perfect thing for you here at The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard this week as we present the action-comedy The Winter King from screenwriters Mickey Fisher and Brian Depetris. Mickey and Brian met each other while working as Santa Claus at a major department store in New York City and hatched the idea for the script while walking around NYC on Valentine’s Day. The Winter King stars Jason Ritter, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman, Darren Ritchie, Kristen Johnston, Gabriel Mann, Brandon Scott, Lori Alan, Abraham Benrubi, and Cooper Thornton. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!