It’s John David Washington’s birthday (at the time of this recording) and Kevin and Kamau are celebrating! They discuss J.D.W.’s role as Ricky Jerret in HBO’s Ballers as the NFL player who’s trying to clean up his act as well as his Denzelishness qualities. Plus, Kevin and Kamau go through the official Black People and White People Homework lists as compiled by Denzealot Igor Rusinov!

Licking it up with Todd Levin.

Neil Casey, Betsy Sodaro, Colton Dunn, and Joe Hartzler are on this week’s improv5humans with Matt Besser! They’ll encounter an Indonesian Hobbit, get into a coffee fight, and make each other fall asleep by talking about their problems. Plus, they follow the life of Scooge, a zany radio DJ who will eat anything. 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!

Lakshmi Sundaram and Andrew talk about The Wiz with a White cast. Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.

She’s here! Somehow my wife, Sarah, is in Foon. I’ve been chasing her through McShingleshane forest for the last two weeks, but now she’s here!

Kulap welcomes back Howard who tells the tale of his Summah Sojourn, as well as why convenient stores are at times, rather inconvenient. Then, Natasha Leggero joins our hosts to discuss her new show Another Period and why having to go to the zoo is one of the harder aspects of parenthood. Also, the gang predicts whether or not the children of today will grow up to be robots. Lastly, Natasha explains the best way to day drink and not feel bad about it.

Lakshmi Sundaram and Andrew talk all about whether there is such a thing as an Asian American accent. Be sure to keep leaving us messages at (323) 389-RACE.

Join Kevin as he sits down with actress and stunt woman Zoe Bell (Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2, Death Proof) as they discuss her extraordinary profession. Zoe chats about how fearlessness, determination, and laughter lead her to the role of a lifetime.

From Los Angeles to New York to Washington D.C. to space! Scott Aukerman returns to join Paul and Jason to discuss the extensive list of celebrity cameos in Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! They’ll talk about Fin’s running style, President Mark Cuban, the Universal Studios VIP front of the line pass, the return of Nova, and David Hasselhoff in space. Plus, Nova is back baby!

San Diego: How Did This Get Made will be LIVE at the House of Blues on Saturday, August 1st! Get tickets now for both shows here: http://concerts.livenation.com/venueartist/82551/2104335?c=LNSM_CT_SanDiego_HowDidThisGetMade_twt_ad_070915

People of the internet: Check out June in Grace and Frankie available on Netflix, all the episodes of NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU for free, and ScheeRL on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbNGyZuMGBm0cq73JN-QhcpQNc-Shtlb7

This week Randy and Jason welcome to the show Dave Huntsberger, who talks about his new show Reactor on the Syfy Network. Also, Daniel Van Kirk covers headlines that include a man who does private dances for the police, a renaissance fair that suffers a major security breach and a birthday cake that is covered in genitals. Lastly, Dick Vitale stops by to discuss his special relationship with the grateful dead.

Sean and Hayes start today’s show by laying out their favorite places to escape to for summer vacation and scroll through Engineer Cody’s Twitter feed. Then, Hayes’ daughter HAYLEY HUNTLEY comes on the show to read some scripts, including Smirnoff Isis, H.R. K-cups, and more!

Lakshmi Sundaram & Andrew talk about a White caller policing the comedy of Katt Williams. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Devin and Amy are back from their brief vacation to discuss one of the most important motion pictures made period: Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity. Did this movie give birth to the Film noir movement? How does Fred MacMurray play credible dumb confident with ease? Which U.S. President claims this is his favorite film of all time? Tune in to hear Devin & Amy perform a dramatic reading of the some of the lines from the movie — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Jason Heynong-Mantzoukas couldn’t be happier with the worldwide reception to Heynong Man so he’s back to bro-out with Scott about summer, a 3rd gender, and Star Wars. After they discuss the possibility of making Jason a genie who can grant one wish for charity, Marina Del Ray High health teacher Joe Bongo joins them to talk about his faculty band Rosebush Red, record an episode of Talkin’ Tang, and introduce them to his bongo playing alter-ego Jimmy Bongos. Plus, Jarles drops by to add yet another Classic Jarles moment to the CBB canon!

Scott Aukerman aka the Choctaw and Seth Wompler (Brian Huskey) join Marissa & Listler to WOMP IT UP! in front of a LIVE audience at UCB-Sunset in Los Angeles! After Listler lets us know about her upcoming marriage, Marissa’s mother Diane (Michaela Watkins) arrives to confront Listler once and for all. Later, everyone answers audience questions about Gutterballs, scissoring and more during Listler’s Love Lockdown!

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes friends, family, cousin varietals, uncles not related by blood, and pets to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is creator of the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg! They chat about which reality competition show Raphael would have come to his home, why The Phantom Tollbooth holds up beautifully, and being hated by his middle school teacher for taking liberties during a historical re-enactment. Paul is then joined by Erinn Hayes, Marc Evan Jackson, and Mark McConville to improvise a story set at the break room for costumed characters and ride operators at a theme park. As always, the exceptional Eban Schletter scores it all on piano!

The next LIVE SPONTANEANATION will be recorded at Largo on Saturday, August 1st, with special guests Thomas Lennon, Sarah Burns, Craig Cackowski and Marc Evan Jackson ! Last time, the live audience ONLY got to hear Paul and guest Scott Aukerman cover a Smiths song; what exclusive live moments will the August audience get? Get your tickets before it sells out: bit.ly/SPONT815

If you turn on the TV or scroll through Facebook for any short period of time, it seems like we’re consumed with fear. There’s always a new airborne virus or a new piece of legislature destined to sink the country into Purge-like anarchy, not to mention the sharks, snakes and spiders that have been trying to kill us for millennia.

It’s easy to place the blame on media in the 21st century, but fear mongering is no recent addition to the human experience. You can go back through history and trace all sorts of fears through the written word. Where now our movies depict zombies, alien invasions and nuclear wars, medieval literature spoke of demons, hellfire and apocalypse scenarios more fitting to the times.

This week Jack O’Brien is joined by Kristi Harrison and Michael Swaim to tackle everything related to how we experience fear in the 21st century: what fears we can blame on evolution and what fears we can blame on society, whether it’s true to say we’re more afraid now than ever before and what our most common fears say about us as a species.

Writer/director Lakshmi Sundaram returns to join Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss Hulk Hogan. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

In a Reading Aloud Book Club first, Nate is joined by Reading Aloud all-stars Aya Cash and Crispin Whittell to discuss Helen McDonald’s “H is for Hawk” LIVE from Skylight Books in Los Angeles. Pick up “The Invaders” by Karolina Waclawiak to get a head start for the next book club episode and send in your thoughts on the book at readingaloudpodcast@gmail.com.

This week, Randy and Jason help make clear how to know when a sales rep for the Phoenix Suns is aggressively pursuing your wife, as well as what could possibly be the greatest sports call of all time. Then, the Sklars welcome to the show Hal Rudnick who talks about how he lost his favorite shirt, why Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is an actual genie, and the time he almost stole Macho Man Randy Savage’s woman. Later, the gang discusses the most expensive sex Jon Daly ever had and the thing that woke a sleeping Tiger. Lastly, Michael Caine calls in to explain why a shot for shot remake of his movie Victory is absolutely necessary.

Growing up in Valencia, California, Danny Sexton (Neil Campbell) was a lonely little boy moving from foster home to foster home and had trouble making friends until he signed up for a pen pal service that changed his life. Danny became pen pals with other kids around the world, now in his late 30s, he is traveling around the country to finally meet some of his old pen pals face to face for the first time. This week he’s traveled to a Comfort Inn in Mansfield, Pennsylvania to finally meet one of the most elusive pen pals from his past, Alice-Ann Meyers. They’ll catch up on everything from their love of drawings to their relationship statuses. Later, Traci Reardon stumbles upon the podcast recording and offers to help Danny give advice to her Twitter followers in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Recorded from Dragon Manor, Howard is back and counts down some stand out moments from his Summah tour adventure from Brooklyn to Boston! Have a Silverado Summah!

Kulap is joined again by guest host Armen Weitzman and engineer Sam!!! Armen explains why Summah is a difficult time for him to feel comfortable, as well as why all of the “Armen haters” should really just learn to love him. Additionally, Kulap discusses the hardships that a dog must suffer through in order to have a healthy smile and why all great songs start with a solid sound effects library. Lastly, Armen reveals that he was his mothers second favorite son, next to an imaginary boy.

Andrew Ti and special guest Ann Friedman finish the week off by discussing the Afgan Girl National Geographic cover. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

This week The Black List Table Reads, hosted by Franklin Leonard brings you episode 3 of Suzanne Allain’s Mr. Malcolm’s List. When we last left our story, Julia and Selina’s relationship was in tatters and even all of the beauty that is Mr. Malcolm’s Hadley Hall estate could not make it less awkward. What happens next? Tune in to find out! Bringing Mr. Malcolm’s List to life is a team of classy folk from the Commonwealth, we have Rose McIver, Ashley Madekwe,Tom Riley, James Bloor, Sarah Armstrong, Sonya Walger, Jon Fletcher, Ben Schrader, and Parminder Nagra.

The founders of Big Gay Ice Cream, Bryan Petroff and Doug Quint join Sarah and Susan to talk about the early beginnings of Big Gay Ice Cream, “Misty Blue” by Wilma Burgess, The Ramones, 2001: A Space Odyssey live at the Met, WALL-E, Steel Magnolias, and many other things that make them cry.

This week W. Kamau Bell and Kevin “Emmy Nominated” Avery discuss everything Denzel in the 1984 made for TV movie License To Kill. They talk about watching it in parts on YouTube, not seeing Denzel until 40 minutes into the film, and some of the great lines delivered by the drunk driver. Plus, Kevin tells us if he was more excited for earning an Emmy nomination for Last Week Tonight or getting that free MacBook from a high-end hotel.

Comedy’s own Michael Ian Black aka The Marm of Smarm returns along with Scott’s nephew Todd on a special B-B-BONUS episode of Comedy Bing Bong! Why is MIB in everything from Smosh: The Movie to Another Period to Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp? Who were MIB and Todd’s first crushes? Will Riddle Me This go as smoothly as it always does? Tune in to find out!

Dancing in the deepest oceans with Greg Behrendt.

Dan Lippert, Drew Tarver, Drew Spears, and Echo Kellum join Matt Besser for a jam packed improv5humans! They’ll look to a party hero for guidance when crisis hits, break the rock band norms, and pitch new Subway games. They also check in with Thomas the Milkman’s new summer look and Matt gives a speech of inspiration for the new improv group coming out of the University of Arkansas. 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!