Hello and welcome to another episode of Hamilton High School’s podcast Teachers’ Lounge! In the lounge as always is Theatre teacher Keith Padre (Dan Lippert), Women’s Basketball Coach and Spanish teacher Logan Waters (Drew Tarver), Drivers Ed teacher Sam Weatherman (Ryan Rosenberg), and tenured Biology teacher Howard Levi’s (Jon Mackey). This week they are joined by Hamilton High’s new Principal and former Chemistry teacher Mrs. Linda Fishberg to talk about her new plans to keep students from being late to class, address Sam Weatherman’s on campus driving incident, and to pair up students romantically in another edition of “Will They or Won’t They? Plus, Hamilton High student Traci Reardon stops by to answer some High School & teacher tweets during “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Stay focused! Or, on second thought, don’t. Then you too could start one of the most influential companies of the 21st century. #guesswho

Howard, Kulap, and Stard kick off the show with some gifts, heavy gifts, and some very heavy gifts! Then, Howard pitches his new restaurant wherein customers always end up with more than they bargained for. Lastly, Kulap leaks some insider details about her secret new job site.

Randy and Jason explain why the only way to deal with your problems is to punch them in the face, as well as the best ways for a racist to die. Then, Lauren Lapkus joins the show to talk about the joy of having supportive parents, how she developed her podcast, and why her wisdom teeth forced her to end her basketball career early. Additionally, the gang discusses why Kate Upton is the LeBron James of tits, why two minutes is two minutes too many to have to wear shoes designed specifically for you, and why college mascots should not be living animals. Lastly, Jerry Jones and Matthew McConaughey call in to reveal the plot of True Detective season three.

Omar Dorsey is back this week to join W. Kamau Bell and “Baby” Kevin Avery as they dive deeper into Training Day in a special episode of Denzel Washington Is the Baddest Mofo on the Planet of All Time Period! They’ll talk about why Denzel’s character Alonzo should be considered Red Velvet Denzel, the Three Wise Men, the tension of the poker table scene, and where would you get a swivel rifle.

Literary powerhouses and friends in real life, the New Yorker’s Hilton Als and Rookie Mag’s Tavi Gevinson join Sarah and Susan to dive into the tear pool as they discuss Girlpool’s “Before the World Was Big,” Parlami d’amore, being sensitive aggressive, Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” Harold and Maude, and more.

On this bonus episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard, we hear an in depth conversation with author Uzodinma Iweala. Uzo’s novel “Beasts of No Nation” was published when he was twenty three years old. In 2006, he won the New York Public Library’s Young Lions of Fiction Award, and a year later he was named one of America’s 20 Best Young Novelists by Granta magazine. Uzo joins Franklin to talk about growing up in Washington D.C. to Nigerian parents, his early fascination with paper, and how his novel (originally his Harvard senior thesis) “Beasts of No Nation” became one of the most anticipated films of this year’s Awards season, directed by Cary Fukunaga, starring Idris Elba, and to be released by Netflix.

Making pictures with Larry Miller.

D’Arcy Carden, Jill Donnelly, and Craig Rowin explore a new toothless gummy language society, follow the life of Marcy the Interrupter, and take us to the beginning of the Metal and Social wars on this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! Plus, Matt explains how his experience at the Outside Lands Festival ended up with him running from security. 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!

Lea Thau is one of the strongest influencers of the modern storytelling style that has taken off in radio, television, advertising, and, of course, podcasting. She is a Peabody Award-winning producer and director, the former executive director of The Moth storytelling organization, and now the creator and host of the podcast Strangers. On this episode Lea tells Adam why she left The Moth and how Strangers came together, explaining the show’s relationship to  public radio station KCRW and the Public Radio Exchange’s Radiotopia podcast network. Since Radiotopia is funded through both Kickstarter and sponsorships, Lea touches on the difference, and how listeners respond to hearing her read advertisements. They discuss the recent evolution of storytelling, why Lea is drawn to it, and how the kind of narratives she presents on Strangers differ from journalism. She also shares the process of revealing her life more in the show, and what her advice is for the podcaster who wants to be a good storyteller.

Wow. The Vermilion Minotaur is really crowded tonight. Are they here to see… us? Our old friends Spants and Glenn Miller are back to sing some songs for us and Usidore’s robes and hat seem unusually uncomfortable.

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Special Guest: Brooke Breit
Glenn Miller: Nick Gage
Spants: Meridith Stepien
Puddle: Brian Holden
Reverend: Jakob Schaeffer
Spindella: Jamie Burns
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Technical Difficulties Witch: Shama Jacover

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editors: Ryan DiGiorgi, Evan Jacover
Live Audio Engineer: Mark Swiderski
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban

Recorded Live at: iO Chicago as part of A Jangleheart Circus.
Sponsored By: Inventables via The Chicago Podcast Cooperative

Do Europeans develop deeper, longer-lasting friendships than Americans? Possibly, but that might not be such a bad thing.

The affable, the talented, the hairy Jason Schwartzman joins Josh to talk about his terrific new film 7 Chinese Brothers, the 2nd season of Mozart in the Jungle, his manly beard, how BIll Murray was helpful towards him while shooting Rushmore, and more.

Lisa Jakub began her acting career as a child in Canada and decided to retire from acting at the age of 22. Lisa joins Matt to talk about her many roles as a child actor including her role as Lydia Hillard in 1993’s Mrs. Doubtfire. Lisa tells us about her experience improvising intimately with Robin Williams, her book “You Look Like That Girl” which chronicles her life as a child actress, and the one time she was almost kidnapped. Plus, Matt shares more children’s cartoons that were based off R-rated movies in the debut of I Was R Too.

RAMBO AND THE FORCES OF FREEDOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eliQEStzhu4

TOXIC CRUSADERS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2_g52p__Y

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOXS6f77Sek

ROUGHNECKS: STARSHIP TROOPERS CHRONICLES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-97DMohl6o

POLICE ACADEMY, THE SERIES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOE0F4i7GK8

OPERATION: ALIENS

http://alienanthology.wikia.com/wiki/Operation:_Aliens

BONUS: XENOMORPH COMMERCIAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ8sYXVoAZA

HIGHLANDER: THE ANIMATED SERIES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRQHOc2gS-M

ROBOCOP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp4Sqn0eX_Q

CONAN THE ADVENTURER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SsHfWBLVr0

School is back in session and this week Leonard and Baron discuss three films that deal with school life: the terrific social satire Election, a movie with a likable cast that is unapologetically bad, and the breath of fresh air that is 2004’s Saved!

Howard and Kulap welcome Derek Waters, of Drunk History, who discusses why a good Morgan Freeman impression should only ever be screamed, as well as what life would be like if Starbucks had a playground area. Additionally, the gang explains why Millenial’s must only watch movies in segments, as they simply have too many other things to focus on. Lastly, Derek explains why the trick to Drunk History has very little to do with how much you drink.

Andrew the Magic Carpet has helped our adventurers make it to a small Giant Resort area with cabins to rest and recover. Now they must get out of Giant Land for good!

Conner McNutt is a fresh young face in the comedy game. Conner joins Deanna & Emily to tell us about his younger days as a renegade skater, being in the LA stand-up scene as a 21 year-old, and bestowing a chain onto Waka Flocka Flame.

Comedian Hal Rudnick joins Jensen & Matty to talk about Tournament of Nerds, Screen Junkies, getting up OFF a specific driving lane issue Matty’s upset over, True Detective, any porn that depicts violence, YouTube pranks in the “hood,” segways without a stick, and how we were dead wrong about Kingdom Builder, Demetri Martin, and Air Jordans.

Hayes and Sean had a tragic mishap with their phones so they’re using this week’s episode to reach out with some critical messages. Then, Paul Rust, the head editor of lifestyle magazine “Grauman’s” is on the show again to go deeper into the contents of the issue, including Fashion Passion and dad bods,  talk about his new Netflix show Love, and give Engineer Sam some advice about buying his new motorcycle.

The Sklars welcome Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair, of Playing House, to discuss how they met, as well as how dead teeth help define the major differences between Catholics and Jews. Additionally, the gang explains why the idea of the Tooth Fairy is simply teaching parents how to be criminals. Lastly, Lennon and Jessica take over the show with a very special preview of their podcast WOMP It Up!

Devin & Amy take their versus series to another level as they debate the age old question: Is the remake better than the original? This week they discuss the differences between 2008’s Swedish romantic horror film Let the Right One and 2010’s American remake Let Me In. Which will be entered into the canon as one of the greatest vampire films of all time? Tune into hear Devin & Amy defend their favorite version — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Growing up we were taught to abide by the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But that’s hard to maintain. People get in the way and always seem to let you down, right? A  co worker is a jerk to you and you don’t know why. You hold a door for someone at the coffee shop and then that person and 15 of their friends all stand in front of you in line. What if there  were a simple hack to get  your enemies to work for you; some sort of jedi mind-trick for assholes?

Well, lucky for you, that actually exists and Ben Franklin figured it out two centuries ago. He found that asking people he didn’t get  get along with to do simple favors for him subconsciously forced them into liking him. It’s kind of an anti-golden rule that doesn’t flow off the tongue at all: Have others do unto you what you want and then they’ll continue to do good unto you. ..or something like that.

This week Jack O’Brien is joined by Cracked editors Jason Pargin (aka David Wong) and Alex Schmidt to discuss this “Ben Franklin effect” and why it explains some more troubling human behaviors like internet mob culture and why celebrities  slowly turn into their own personas.

It’s a very musical episode of Comedy Bing Bong as the legendary John Lennon of The Beatles joins Scott as this week’s co-host and helps welcome singer Diane Coffee aka Shaun Fleming to play tracks off his new album “Everybody’s A Good Dog.” They’ll also chat about Motown, Fleming’s favorite song of all time, and the Willennium before rock ‘n’ roll photographer Skip Garcia arrives. Skip takes us through the different kinds of photos he takes as he tells us all we need to know about his new photography book has “I Walk Among Trees.” Plus, Diane Coffee plays some acoustic ‘sclusies from his new album!

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all of youse (as we said back in the Philadelphia times) back to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is Derek Waters of Drunk History! They chat about how Derek is brave for making himself get in a deprivation tank, the one time he got a citation for being a witness to beer, and why he chooses to drink with the storytellers on his show Drunk History. Paul is then joined by Carla Cackowski, Marc Evan Jackson, and Colleen Smith to improvise a story set in a Miami Record Store in 1967. And as always, Eban Schletter (only the best) scores it all on piano!

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 a special guest! Go to www.lapodfest.com and use the code PFT to get a li’l discount!

Ever wonder why your voice sounds so strange when you hear it recorded? Ever want to hear Stephen and James sing “Welcome Back Kotter?” Yikes.

If the first ten minutes didn’t change your life, these ten probably won’t either. But if you take advice from James about wearing a doctor’s lab coat, you’re guaranteed to stand out in a crowd.

Can ten minutes change your life? At the very least, your writing could improve. Stephen shares tips gleaned from Anton Checkhov and Stephen King.

Sometimes the right words just won’t come. So is it time to make up some new ones? Turns out that Stephen already has.

Stephen J. Dubner and James Altucher: longtime friends and backgammon nemeses. Together they tackle questions from quora.com. First up: the pros and cons of punching the clock.