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.

All kids have questions about death, and they can start really young. We brought in an expert to answer YOUR kids’ questions about death.

Nate crossed the river over to Brooklyn to have a delightful chat with singer-songwriter Aly Spaltro aka Lady Lamb. They’ll discuss how it took her 3 weeks to get the courage to perform live for the first time at an open mic in Portland at the age of 18, her writing process that begins by jotting down phrases on tour, the non-fiction she reads on tour to keep her brain from turning to mush, and her new album “After.” 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!

Ellie Kemper is the definition of young at heart! Ellie joins Ronna & Bevery in the Earwolf studio to chat about the wonderful cast of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, why she hasn’t joined Twitter, meeting her husband when she did bits on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and what her celebrity cause would be if she had one. Plus, Beverly explains why she’s been leaving a muffin on Ronna’s doorstep for the past 2 weeks.

Recorded LIVE as part of Cast Party in New York City is another edition of Celebrity Wow with Tyler (John Early)! All your latest news on celebrity news, gossip, and news. Tyler welcomes teen sensation Riley McDevit to talk gab about her new hit film Everybody’s Fake, sing a bit of her new single “We All Know the Secret,” and address the recent controversy that she’s a part of that has been making headlines.

A long awaited fan favorite will finally be covered on next week’s episode! This week Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Theodore Rex, expertly describes why Nic Cage would make Theodore Rex better, and shares which celebrity animal he would be as he answers your Qs!

People of the internet: 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!).

Howard and Kulap are together again! Sharing the details of his summer trip, Howard talks about his favorite casino game, Marco Hando. Also, Kulap explains how, in her travels, she learned that the only way to end a speech is with a Ronald Reagan quote. Lastly, Howard exposes the most egregious case of vista busting he’s ever witnessed.

Randy and Jason kick off this week’s episode by explaining why you don’t loose a game on purpose or remove the team that always lets you beat them from your schedule. Then, Michael Rapaport joins the Sklars to talk about his new show Public Morals, what lead him to make a documentary about a Tribe Called Quest, and all things basketball. Also, the gang covers headlines that include Gronk’s predatory training camp, a professional criminal that is anything but, and a picture frame that speaks a thousand words. Later, Jesse Thorne, not to be confused with Jesse Thorn, calls in to report that the Yankees are in fact still popular.

Andrew Ti and special guest Kirby Howell-Baptiste finish the week off by discussing an interracial couple’s debate on the subject of White people being tired of hearing about racism. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

I didn’t see him at first — probably because he’s a ghost, but Chunt’s dad is sitting at our table. I’m so excited to learn more about where Chunt came from.

It’s a jam-packed episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard this week with the thrilling conclusion of Chrome Noir. You’ll also hear an in-depth interview with the robot film noir’s writer Kent Tessman as well as a huge announcement about The Black List Table Reads universe. 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.

Omar Dorsey of Selma and the most popular guest on the Denzel podcast is back to join W. Kamau Bell and Kevin “Emmy award nominated” Avery to talk all about the latest Black people homework film Straight Outta Compton.

Clacking up with John Ross Bowie.

Paul Rust, Mookie Blaiklock, and Mike Mitchell join Matt Besser to make a meal of joke thief Josh Ostrovsky aka “The Fat Jew” on this week’s improv4humans! Their discussion of the recent plagiarism backlash will serve as inspiration for improvised scenes about taking serious offense to a child re-telling a joke they heard at summer camp, the trace of anti-semitism that is allowed when posting hate against his moniker, and being a writer who makes rappers uncomfortable in interviews. Plus, Mike gets put in the Confrontation Corner in a scenario in which a sketch group he was a part of uses his idea for a TV show and doesn’t let him be in the show. 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!

Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Andrew talk about radio stations with the tag line that says “All of the Hits and NONE of the Rap.” Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.