Think about the Disney princesses of the 1930s, 40s and 50s and what they actually accomplished in their films. Snow White: Hot girl falls asleep in the forest and is almost murdered by dwarfs until they realize how hot she is. Alice in Wonderland: English girl falls asleep at lunch, has crazy dreams, wakes up. Sleeping Beauty: Do you see where we’re going with this?

When you peel away your personal experiences with these movies and just think about their base elements, a dark subtext arises. The Disney filmography from the 1930s to today perpetuates an antiquated American value structure that depicts misogyny, racism, classism and narcissism, yet as kids watching these films and parents showing them to our children, we never think twice about it. Should we be more vigilant in deciphering what these movies are really about instead of just blindly trusting the logo on the Blu-Ray case?

This week on the podcast Jack O’Brien and guest host Tom Reimann are joined by Cracked editors Alex Schmidt, Josh Sargent and Adam Tod Brown. They discuss the grim underpinnings of the Disney film library, how his earliest films are ripe with misogyny, and Jack’s secretly horrifying childhood vacation to a Disney theme park.

Writer Jessica Gao joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss Gmail moving flights to Asia to the spam folder on the 700th episode. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

One woman’s unusual path toward becoming a single mother by choice.

The gorgeous Katie Lowes of Scandal joins Ronna & Beverly this week in the Earwolf studios to chat about how she talked herself into getting on the Serial train, the truth behind the glasses she occasionally wears, the first time she meet her husband Adam Shapiro, and the joy of playing a hedgehog in Disney’s Zootopia. Plus, Beverly explains the best way to go about tidying away your problems.

Greetings mortal! Welcome back to Ghost Calls Close Calls, haunting you LIVE from Bakersfield with your host Michael Jack-Son (Adam McCabe). Michael and his mute brother Henk bring you a ghost cast that acknowledges and welcomes spirits, ghosts, and creatures from the great beyond. This week they are joined by special guest and previous psych ward employee Jeannie Lumpskin. Jeannie shares some of the most frightening things she’s seen working at the psych ward, helps Michael decipher ghost noises in the EVP Corner, and attempts to be controlled by a spirit in the Possession Corner. Later, Traci Reardon arrives to answer paranormal tweets in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Nowhere is the cultural chasm between East and West more evident than in this one question: when do you take a shower?

Next week we’re going from fast cars to monster trucks that come to life! This week Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Furious 7, reads some Fast & Furious fan fiction, and gives a controversial answer to whether Nic Cage would make Furious 7 better. Plus, Paul answers your Qs about scary movies, Human Giant, and more!

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 vim.io/crashtestpaul now to buy it!

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! The Hotwives of Las Vegas is coming to Hulu on Tuesday, August 18th!

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!).

This week, the Sklars discuss why college stadium announcers can’t hold a job and why Japan’s olympic logo was thwarted by a theatre company. Then, Bill Lawrence joins the show wherein he discusses the art of performing live and how it translates to producing a multi-cam sitcom. Additionally, the gang debates on which players should be in the baseball hall of fame, despite being simply despicable. Later, the guys explain why passing out in your car is not a reasonable sports celebration, why you shouldn’t bring a gun on a plane, and how Marshawn Lynch seduced a TV host. Lastly, Nic Cage calls in to describe his very literal man cave.

On this week’s Two Charted, Howard explains why garbage trucks are against mankind, why the subtext of the NFL is the most interesting part, and why you should never watch a music video prior to hearing the song on it’s own.

The incredibly talented Alison Brie, star of Community and Mad Men joins Josh this week to talk about working with Jason Sudeikis on her latest film Sleeping With Other People, her bond with cheese, being a snobby theatre kid growing up, and her first gig on Hannah Montana.

The incredibly talented Alison Brie, star of Community and Mad Men joins Josh this week to talk about working with Jason Sudeikis on her latest film Sleeping With Other People, her bond with cheese, being a snobby theatre kid growing up, and her first gig on Hannah Montana.

Screenwriters John August (Big Fish, Dark Shadows) and Craig Mazin (Hangover 3, Identity Thief) of the Scriptnotes podcast, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters join Franklin Leonard for a in depth conversation on this week’s Black List Table Reads. They’ll talk about what lead them to start their podcast which has now hit over 200 episodes, the truth about paper teams, and when they realized when they were good as writers.

Alex Berg, Alex Fernie, and Todd Fasen together are known as the infamous fast-paced three-person improv group Convoy. This week they join Matt Besser for an improv4humans that will keep you informed about what the f*ck is going on in the world. They’ll create scenes about monkeys & falcons being used to ward off birds from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, being a real anarchist, and the hidden easter egg Star Wars scenes that will be discovered in the future when DVDs become rare. 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!

Spitting rhymes with Eliza Skinner.

Start the clock! Maxwell Keeper aka The Time Keeper, an observer and celebrator of time is back on a bonus Comedy Bing Bong to spend some precious time with Scott and company. They’ll have a grand ol’ time with the world’s most dangerous comedian Paul Rust as he debuts some fresh New No-Nos as well as Old Yes-Yeses. A young lad by the name of Marco also appears with a mission to look for donations for special trip and sticks around for a game of Would You Rather that will be talked about for future generations. Tick tock!

Finally, a sequel as good as the first! This week Leonard & Baron discuss the many great performances by Catherine O’Hara, Madeline Kahn, and Melissa McCarthy, as well as Baron’s new theme song!

Howard and Kulap start off the show by mourning the loss of Summah. Then, special guest Mary Holland joins in to talk about her new show on Starz, Blunt Talk. Also, the gang discuss their brand new improv game, as well as why Who Charted would continue under post apocalyptic conditions. Lastly, Mary explains which Ninja Turtle she most relates to.

An unexpected homonym creates confusion in the studio, so we get two questions for the price of one! James de-clutters his life, while Stephen waxes philosophical about an Argentine soccer star.

Continuing down the seemingly endless path, our heroes encounter giants (again) and outdated jokes from Blaine (again). What is the significance of the birds following them? Who is spying on them? Who’s dick will be traced? All that and more will be answered this week, maybe.

Stand-up comedian and podcaster Brad WIlliams joins Jensen and Matty to talk about Jensen’s new cast, why Brad has given false hope to hecklers, the Kevin and Bean morning show, his podcast About Last Night with Adam Ray, Until Dawn, 3nder, Creep, hoverboards, Codenames, how we’re late on The Great Debates with Steve Hely and Dave King, Kung Fu Elliot, Sons of Anarchy, and many other things you should know about. Plus, the debut of Is This An Actual Air Jordan Shoe or Something I Just Made Up!

Vine superstar Matt King arrives to finally reveal to Deanna & Emily the origin of “F*ck Up Some Commas!” Matt also tells us about the super underground secret warehouse party he recently attended, how a New Year’s resolution lead him to start vining, and quizzes Deanna & Emily on all the latest slang terms.

This week, Randy, Jason, and Daniel Van Kirk reveal why flying is reason enough to abandon acceptable human behavior. Then, Doug Benson joins the show to discuss the affects of drugs and alcohol on an audience, as well as a comedians ability to develop a broad demographic that can still relate to one another. Then, Daniel covers stories that include a man who can’t resist the seductive purr of a cougar, why the best time to propose to your girlfriend is during an armed robbery, and why you should never shoot a gun at a hard shelled animal. Lastly, Michael Kissick leaves a voicemail that spawns the invention of “Friend Tinder.”

This week I meet a little girl who will live forever! I think? I’m not super clear on the rules, but Chunt and Usidore are excited about it.

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Eternia: Becca Barish
Burger King Employee: Max Temkin
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen

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

Sponsored By: Subscrybe via The Chicago Podcast Cooperative

This week Devin and Amy are nominating the 1932 Black and White film Freaks. A drama love triangle romance quasi murder story set in a traveling circus starring real life people with real life physical abnormalities. Can Freaks make into the canon? Tune in to hear Devin & Amy discuss this seminal horror film — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Paul F. Tompkins once again welcomes the beautiful 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 Kumail Nanjiani of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and HBO’s Silicon Valley! They chat about his childhood scuffles with his younger brother, his recent sleepwalking incident, and the three scariest dreams he’s had in his life. Paul is then joined by Steve Agee, Sarah Burns, and Jean Villepique to improvise a story set at a Sport Club. And as always, Eban Schletter (only the best) scores it all on piano!

NOTE: There are some sound issues! Sorry so sloppy!

Attention Worldwide Web! On SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPONTANEANATION streams LIVE from The Los Angeles Podcast Festival! With improvisers CRAIG CACKOWSKI, MATT GOURLEY and JANET VARNEY, accompanist EBAN SCHLETTER, and special guest ANDY DALY! Go to www.lapodfest.com and use the code PFT to get a li’l discount!

Photos by Liezl Estipona.

Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet joins the esteemed first timers club on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! Eric expertly tells us how to troll Instagram, the lessons he learned from Tina Fey & Del Close in Chicago, and why a spontaneous Z-snap might have helped him in his audition for the role of Cameron on Modern Family. Later, our favorite musical friends Victor & Tiny return with a new friend by the name of Willard “Willy” Mapleton who helps Scott & Eric with their accent work. Impress your Australian friends with this free speech lesson!

Prepare yourself for a roller-derby of emotions as Wompler & Listler put the Spotlight On Marissa’s childhood friend Becca Foster on this week’s WOMP IT UP! After we hear about Wompler & Listler’s Girl Power weekend at the Roller Derby, things get real as we go down memory lane with Becca and learn about her relationship with Marissa growing up in Marina Del Ray. Plus, we’ll discover that Becca has kinks during Listler’s Love Lockdown.

Stephen and James share their strategies for talking to strangers. They’ve tried everything, from photographing people’s tattoos to offering them bags of pennies, with mixed results.

The great John Ross Bowie starts the show by reading the hilarious Albert Burneko piece “Truly I Say To You Today That Bono Is An Asswipe” complete with some delightful bloopers. Then, Amy Nicholson, Chief Film critic for the LA Weekly and co-host of The Canon here on Wolfpop joins Nate to talk about how writing her book “Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor” made her realize why moviegoers are wrong about Tom Cruise, her favorite Hollywood memoir “The Million Dollar Mermaid,” and her two favorite films of all time. Pick up the Pulitzer Prize winning “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr to get a head start for the next book club episode and send in your thoughts on the book at readingaloudpodcast@gmail.com. The next Reading Aloud live show will be at UCB Franklin in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 13th at 7:30pm. Get tickets at www.ucbtheatre.com!

The Fast & Furious family are back together again! Adam Scott joins Paul, Jason, and June to discuss one of the most important films of our generation, Furious 7. Recorded LIVE from Largo in Los Angeles, they’ll cover everything from Vin Diesel and Jason Statham’s superhero level street fight, the gang parachuting out of an airplane in cars, why everyone having telepathy would make sense, and much more.Plus, we learn about Fast & Furious fan fiction during audience Q&As!