Howard and Kulap give an in depth acting tutorial which includes articulation drills and how to choose a stage name. Also, Kulap updates Chartists on Billion Dollar Properties, sparking hot debate on whether or not some TV shows are for old people. Later, Brian Huskey joins the show to discuss possible causes for why he lost a significant amount of his vocabulary, as well as his new improvised movie A Better You.

Arden Rose is a wonderfully talented YouTube star with over 1.3 million subscribers and is the right kind of person to tell Deanna & Emily what trends should be over. Arden also introduces us to face sheet masks (complete with snail essence), the terrifying Deep Web, and what it means to be best friends in the digital age. Plus, everyone shares their thoughts on Peeple, the new Yelp like app where you can rate people.

Comedian, actor, improviser Jon Gabrus joins Jensen and Matty to talk about Dungeons and Dragons, Wild ‘n Out, rappers from Long Island, Pell’s “Limbo,” Cinemax TV show Banshee, Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999, Rugby, adult coloring books, how we’re late on Project Greenlight, Anthony Jeselnik’s “Thoughts and Prayers,” Deadwood, and many other things you should know about.

This past Saturday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded director Spike Lee a Governors Award Oscar, honoring his lifetime of achievements. But the legendary director is far from retired. In fact, during an interview with W.Kamau Bell and Kevin Avery on the upcoming episode of their podcast, Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period, Spike revealed that Denzel himself asked him to direct one of 10 August Wilson plays being produced by HBO. (Denzel is executive producing the entire series)

The audio from that part of the interview is below, and the full episode will be released this Thursday. Tune in to hear Spike talk about working with Denzel & about his new movie Chi-Raq (plus a whole bunch of other Spike Lee amazingness). You can subscribe to Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period on iTunes.

Wonderful English actor (and now director) Paul Bettany joins Josh this week to talk about his directorial debut and passion project Shelter which is based on a real homeless couple, playing J.A.R.V.I.S. in many of the Marvel films as well as becoming The Vision, connecting with his friend Johnny Depp over scarves, and his experience working with Peter O’Toole.

Join Kevin as he sits down with Kelly Carlin as she chats about her newly published book, A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George. Kelly divulges stories about how growing up around the comedy community of the 70s forged her current career.

Hayes and Tom Scharpling are checking in this week from The Big Apple itself — New York City! They talk about potential New Yorkers to recruit to the east coast branch of the network, discuss the mega-hit Hamilton, and bond over their favorite NY memories on the phone with Sean.

Are you more likely to have an angry outburst when driving a car than walking? How about when commenting on an internet message board? Rage is all the rage on today’s Question of the Day.

Randy and Jason welcome to the show Eugene Mirman who talks about his new seven LP, nine volume album, I’m Sorry You’re Welcome, as well as the inspiration for his character Gene on Bob’s Burgers. Then, Daniel Van Kirk covers headlines that include a duck that can’t hold his liquor, a public masturbator, and a family of historical re-enactors. Lastly, Mark Wahlberg leaves a voicemail advertising a sale that he’s having for his brothers belongings.

Joshua Walker & Andrew talk about Yik Yak, the app that fielded racist threats at University of MIssouri. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

This week, Elijah Wood may have bitten off more than he can chew, when he joined Devin & Amy to discuss The Goonies. Filmed live at Vidiots in Santa Monica, CA, the gang discusses the film in it’s entirety. Is The Goonies a fun film, not meant to be anymore more? Or, is it a war crime that mentally scared it’s actors for life? Tune in to find out, and as always, stop by the Wolfpop forums to cast your vote on whether this film is Canon worthy!

Actor, writer, and founder of The Social Renaissance Project, Joshua Walker joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss racist little kids. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

After a brief hiatus, Wompler & Listler are back and bring along Marina Del Ray High’s own guidance counselor and first time podcast guest Red Morrison (Tony Hale) on this week’s WOMP IT UP! They’ll talk about Wompler & Listler’s recent Tijuana Halloween adventure, Red’s inspirational tape series “I Will Guide You,” and the incident that occurred the last time Red tried giving guidance to Wompler. Plus, Red advises Wompler on what to do with her Gutterballs situation.

Paul F. Tompkins once again welcomes the wonderful real people of Los Angeles AND the internet to a LIVE episode of Spontaneanation recorded at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul’s special guest is Kristen Schaal of Flights of the Conchords, Bob’s Burgers and The Last Man on Earth. They chat about what event Kristen would change in her life, the aftermath of her recent bike accident, and watching The Hobbit with Bret and Jemaine of Flight of the Conchords. Paul is then joined by his Superego colleagues Matt Gourley, Mark McConville, and Jeremy Carter to improvise a story set in a Parking Garage. And as always, Eban Schletter (only the best) scores it all on piano!

Photos by Liezl Estipona

LA: TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR the DECEMBER 5th SPONTANEANATION LIVE AT LARGO, FEATURING IMPROVISERS HAL LUBLIN, ANNIE SAVAGE AND JANET VARNEY, WITH SPECIAL GUEST RON FUNCHES! ALL PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITY. TICKETS

It’s Comedy Bang Bang’s first ever Double Header! Some times, half + half just equals one, and this episode is one of those times. In the first half, Bob Odenkirk stops by to talk “Better Call Saul” and extra special guest Reverend Robert Parsimony joins us to help save our souls. Then in the second half, David Cross stops by the talk about the new episodes of “With Bob & David” and special guest life coach Zin Bradley stops by to help us all get our lives back on track.

Search through the DVD extras of ‘Back To The Future’ and you’ll come across one of the greatest what-ifs of movie history. The part of Marty McFly was originally played by Eric Stoltz (John Travolta’s drug dealer from ‘Pulp Fiction’), and they shot the movie for 5 weeks before ultimately replacing him with Michael J. Fox. The deleted scenes with Stoltz reveal a dour, contemplative Marty and the whole tone of the movie is off – like watching a Twilight Zone version of a movie you’ve seen 100 times before.

This one casting change completely revamped the voice and quality of the movie for the better. In this vein, Jack O’Brien is joined by Cracked editors Dan O’Brien and Soren Bowie to discuss the one simple change they would make to movies like ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and ‘Pacific Rim’ that would make them infinitely better.

On this bonus episode of The Cracked Podcast, Jack O’Brien is joined by Steve Ramirez, a PhD student at MIT who actually incepted mice! With laser beams! They talk about that experiment and how it will shape the future of treating mental disorders. Jack is then joined by Dr. William Hirst, Professor of Psychology at the New School for Social Research, to talk about how utterly unreliable our memories are, even when trying to recall the most important moments of our lives.

Hello people of space! Beware of space vampires that will french kiss the blood out of you. Lennon Parham of Playing House and WOMP IT UP! joins Paul and Jason this week to talk all about sexy vampires in the 1985 film Lifeforce. They cover everything from Patrick Stewart being hypnotized, the news reporter of an “evil star,” and the best & worst boobs in HDTGM history.

Check out Blake Harris’ Oral History of Lifeforce over at www.slashfilm.com!

Los Angeles: Grab your tickets now for How Did This Get Made? LIVE from Largo at the Coronet on January 23rd, 2 shows (8pm and 10:30pm)! Go towww.largo-la.com for tickets!

People of the internet: The League is back on FXX 10pm on Wednesdays! 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 Sleeping With Other People in a theater near you!

The Hotwives (Casey Wilson, Danielle Schneider, Andrea Savage, Dannah Phirman, Tymberlee Hill, Angela Kinsey, Erinn Hayes) are back and this time they are in Vegas baby! Watch The Hotwives of Las Vegas on Hulu today!

Also, check out June in Grace and Frankie available on Netflix, Paul in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp on Netflix, all the episodes of NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU for free, ScheeRL on YouTube here:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbNGyZuMGBm0cq73JN-QhcpQNc-Shtlb7, and Jason in The Dictator (he’s still in it!).

Comedian Eliza Skinner of the Angry Little Goats podcast join Sarah & Susan to talk about The Fox and the Hound, Wicked, [title of show], FALSETTOS!, and complicated friendships.

Welcome back to Long Island’s only Drive Time Radio Show hosted by Comedy Bang Bang’s intern Gino Lambardo (Jon Gabrus)! Catch up on all the current Long Island news on this live call-in show. This week Gino is joined by Traci Reardon in the Earwolf studio to tackle the latest breaking Long Island news, play a game of Stump Gino with Jokes, and get political as they share their thoughts on ISIS. Plus, Traci helps her Twitter followers with advice on getting rid of a fever and more in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Today our hosts give their candid opinions and experiences regarding clinical depression, and discuss treatment methods they’ve seen performed.

Andrew Ti and special guest Caroline Anderson finish the week off by discussing racial fetishism. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

This week Randy and Jason discuss the dating app for bullies and the MLB’s inability to produce a calendar. Then, the Sklars welcome comedian and actor Judah Friedlander who talks about the proper way to do sports commentary, as well as the inspiration for his new book “If The Raindrops United.” Later, the gang gets into some takes that include an overbearing hockey dad, Lindsay Vonn’s dog fighting career, and Cam Newton’s thievery. Lastly, Chris Berman calls in to discuss his love of all things wine and women.

I was trying to teach Usidore the Earth phrase “when pigs fly.” One thing lead to another and I met this week’s guest.

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Tannakin: Sarah Fineout
Otok Barleyfoot: Nick Baer
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editor: Chris Rathjen
Theme Music: Andy Poland

Sponsors
Utter Nonsense via The Chicago Podcast Cooperative

Welcome back to The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard. Popular demand called for it, and we listened: Each earmovie is now a single episode. Today, we come to the end of our Season 1 earmovie binge-a-thon with our fourth earmovie – Kent Tessman’s Chrome Noir. Men in hats. Tommy guns. Robots. A film noir detective story that will have you riveted. Bringing the world of Chrome Noir to life is Colin Hanks, Zachary Levi, Rob Morrow, Katie Lowes, Billy Burke, Stephanie Drake, Matt Bohrer, Ben Schrader, Andrea Anders, and Cooper Thornton.

Kent Tessman, screenwriter of Chrome Noir joins Franklin this week for a one on one chat. They talk about how he came out to Los Angeles straight out of film school in Canada to write scripts, what lead to him creating the professional screenwriting software Fade In, and the early beginnings of writing his film noir with robots.

Kevin and Kamau celebrate one year of celebrating Denzel by playing back their favorite moments from the show! After Kevin gives Kamau his anniversary present, they reminisce about Black Judgement, Sam Jackson, weird Top 5 picks, elegant shade, Oprah’s house, the day Kevin met Denzel, and way more. Stay till the very end for the Denzelishness rating system, remixed!

In a special Danger Room episode of Nerd Poker, Dag and Houg awake and find themselves in a dark room surrounded by nude gnomes. How have they gotten to this nightmarish place? Tune in to find out!

D’Arcy Carden, Craig Rowin, Neil Campbell, and Danielle Schneider discover the sexual double-meaning of pet adoption on this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! They’ll also follow the career of an actor whose prime gig is pretending to be a monster in a child’s closet, Wee-Man on his new prank show Cat Nuts, and a dramatic actor who regards himself as a Dramatic Tornado. Plus, humon Sarah Schultz stops by to interview Matt about becoming undeniably funny, honing your act, and being inspired by the work of other comedians in The Interview Challenge. Make sure to get the Upright Citizens Brigade television show season 3 now available on DVD, the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, and Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com!

Bettering yourself with Matt Walsh.