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

Roman Mars likes to say that the first year of his twins’ life was the worst year of his. Tune in to hear how Roman’s babies gave him courage, how he’s afraid he might’ve offended his single mom; and how his boys are completely different from him in one key way.

Welcome back to The Black List Table Reads as we continue with Stacey Maltin’s Williamsburg-set drama “The Other Side”. When we last left the story, Jacob, a devout Hasidic Jew, had his first encounter with alluring secular girl Hannah. His older brother Shimi had gotten engaged, but he’d just witnessed something shocking happen to his younger brother Chaim. The Other Side stars Cooper Thornton, Darren Criss, Jerry Adler, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Tammy Blanchard, Wallis Currie-Wood, Pico Alexander, Ron Tsur, Bill Raymond, and Neal Lerner.

Living Colour’s own Vernon Reid joins Kamau & Kevin for a special Marvel crossover edition of The Field Negro Guide to Arts and Culture and Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor of All Time Period. They’ll discuss the Sam Raimi Spiderman film trilogy, the Batman vs. Superman trailer feeling like it was fan made, and actors making bad choices. Then, Vernon tells us how the King Kong scene in Training Day became instantly iconic, why Inside Man is possible Spike Lee’s best work as a director, and what bothers him about Mo’ Better Blues as he shares his Top 5 Denzel Movies.

Specializing with Lauren Lapkus.

Neil Flynn, Matt Walsh, Peter Hulne, and Danielle Schneider are all on a out of this world episode of improv4humans with Matt Besser! Learn about the effects of moon madness, witness a forbidden love between a dot and a feather, and meet the new police force in town. 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!

Carl Tart and Andrew talk about a caller’s question about being asked how much they charge for gardening while they were seen gardening their own house by a stranger. Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.

This week Leonard and Baron discuss three movies made by women: Love & Basketball, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, a reimagining of a popular TV show that’s not worthy of its director or star, and a compelling sleeper written and directed by Dee Rees called Pariah.

Funny or Die writer, filmmaker and friend Alex Richanbach stops by bro-bro studios to chat with Horatio and Chad about his independent film “We Are Young”. In addition to the movie, the guys discuss a few traumatic events in their lives as well as the three esses on The Hooray Show: Star Wars, Star Trek and Sports. Horatio opens the show in defense of irony on twitter. 

Exploring a cave outskirts of a blue giant city, the gang inside found treasure and spiders grabbed their faces. Now huddled together they continue through the darkness to see what else they can find deep within the cave.

Kulap and Howard welcome to the show Mad Men’s Rich Sommer, who talks about the emotional experience of his shows finale, as well as why One Direction is unable to pass an eye test. Additionally, during the billboard countdown, the gang discusses board games and Howard’s health. Later, Howard presents reasoning for why any cast member of Mad Men could easily be mistaken for a cast member of Mad Max. Lastly, Rich reveals what the cast was really drinking for the past seven seasons.

Carl Tart & Andrew talk about friendship. Be sure to keep leaving us messages at (323) 389-RACE.

The Shrimps take on the Lisa Franks at Pan Pacific Park. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action.

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Join special guest host Samm Levine as he sits down with actor/director Saul Rubinek (Unforgiven, Cruel But Necessary). Saul shares the unbelievable story of his family’s journey to America. And yes, he also talks about Warehouse 13.

Director Payman Benz joins Jensen & Matty to talk about how he got into directing comedy sketches, working on Key & Peele, what’s next in the ArScheerio Paul/ScheeRL interview reenactment series, being a Jose Canseco fanatic, the Jamie xx solo album In Colour, Drowning Mona, American Crime Story, the movie Frank, flute fails, how we’re late on David Letterman, The Wire, Ashlee Simpson, and many other things you should know about.

While Emily is getting married, Deanna hits the streets of LA to ask real life teens what’s on fleek this week. Join Deanna as she talks to the youth about what “trill” means, finding man buns attractive, and what does it mean to be a “thot.”

David discusses how he almost got hit by a car, Kyle describes an uncomfortable plane trip, and Tig delves into her travel anxieties. Then, a blastronaut from Lockheed Martin, Rhys Forgie, is in the hatch to discuss global warming, his job working with landfills, and the future of  renewable energy. Finally, a potato-themed Mother Meditation!

After their triumph over Comedy Bang Bang, the guys present a series of the best clips from the show in hopes of being poached by a new podcast network. Hayes and a very hungry Sean introduce each clip from New York with help from Engineer Rashid.

Comedian Carl Tart & Andrew talk about policing the n-word. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Randy, Jason, and Daniel Van Kirk welcome to the show stand up comedian Jamie Kaler, who discusses his new movie Teacher of the Year and the importance of preparing the children for a robot uprising. Additionally, director of the film Jason Strouse, joins the gang to discuss why it’s so hard to book the Sklars. Then, Daniel covers stories from across the country that include; a couple that looses their apartment to a party gone wrong, a couple that picks the worst place to have sex, and a couple that is not a couple at all. Lastly, D.R. Tuttle calls in to discuss everything he knows about horse racing.

Who doesn’t love Anna Kendrick? We all do! Anna joins Josh to talk about the surprise success of Pitch Perfect which lead to Pitch Perfect 2, why it’s good to have a period in your acting career where you are struggling, the resurgence of tattoo necklaces, and more.

The hills are alive with the sound of music! But it is good music? This week Devin & Amy tackle ‘The Sound of Music’. Do all these songs need to be in the movie? What’s worse, the children or the polite Nazis? Tune in as the hard questions are answered about this ‘flavorless yogurt’ of a movie — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport of the cult hit podcast Hollywood Handbook are finally making their Comedy Bang Bang debut! Sean & Hayes speak on the good ol’ days of baseball, their upcoming film Spies vs. Spies, and the history of phones. Then, actors Bang Rodgers and Hayes’ daughter Hayley Shields stop by to read Hayes & Sean’s Comedy Bang! Bang! movie script.

Transmitting from Marina Del Ray Public Library, Wompler & Listler are back with Computer Science teacher Mr. Jordache (Neil Casey) for another episode of WOMP IT UP! Mr. J is joining the STARS program to talk about the truth of his incident which occurred at the Marina Del Ray High Men’s locker room, taking time off on a cruise to Alaska, and the reason for his 6 month marriage. Plus, listeners get some relationship advice on outrageous kinks/fetishes during Listler’s Love Lockdown.

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all travelers to the shores of Spontaneanation! This week he is joined by special guest Elizabeth Reaser of The Twilight Saga and Mad Men! They chat about what Elizabeth likes the most about herself, the compassionate noises she makes to her ultimate rescue dog, and Wonder Woman. Paul is then joined by improvisers Craig Cackowski, Jessica Chaffin and Chris Tallman, to improvise a story set on a Superyacht in the Mediterranean-Italian Riviera. As always, the brilliant Eban Schletter scores it all on piano. Set sail with a complete cast of exotic characters as they embark on a Honeymoon cruise they’ll never forget!

Los Angeles: Spontaneanation will be LIVE in front of your very eyes with special guests on Friday, June 19th at Largo at the Coronet! Get tickets now at http://www.largo-la.com/!

In his new column going up tomorrow, David Wong uses the hilariously outdated Billy Joel song ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ to illustrate a confounding problem with dominant white and western culture. The song chronologically lists everything that’s gone wrong in the world from 1949 to 1989 in between choruses of “We didn’t start the fire,” meaning, “Hey, it’s not my fault that the world is so fucked up.”

It’s a common and understandable knee-jerk reaction for people in the 21st century to think that just because they were born in the 1980s, or that their grandparents didn’t come to America until the 20th century, that they’re not responsible for something like slavery. Yes, it’s true that you’re not individually to blame for slavery, but you still may reap countless invisible benefits from being a white male in the 21st century that you just don’t get if you’re African-American, or from a poor family, or a woman. There’s an endless context to complicated social matters that doesn’t just begin or end with, “I didn’t start the fire.”

That was just one example of the ways in which many people are blind to the historical context in which we live–that every moment in the present is either consciously or subconsciously tied to the entire history of our species. This week on the podcast, Jack O’Brien is joined by David Wong (aka Jason Pargin) and Josh Sargent to discuss these historical blindspots and how they’re being slowly eroded by the human progress of the last two centuries.

Comedian, writer, actor Carl Tart joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss sports relationship with comedy, reddit, and Black Twitter. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

On a bonus episode of Happy Sad Confused, amazing director George Miller joins Josh for an in-depth discussion of all things Mad Max. You’re going to want to see Mad Max: Fury Road before listening for maximum enjoyment!

This week’s show kicks off with Geoffrey Arend reading a popular piece from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency “A Realistic Assessment of How Many 12-year-olds I Could Beat Up Before They Overtook me” by Matt Schweiger live from UCB. Then, Nate has an in depth interview with Maura Deedy, Head of Reference & Adult Services from his childhood library, the Tufts Library in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Lastly, Nate reads often quoted graduation speech given by David Foster Wallace, called “This is Water”. Don’t forget to pick up the next Book Club Book, “God Help The Child”, by Toni Morrison!

Hello world! Gil Stanley (Gabe Liedman) is back with a new episode of Bad Religion (Not the Band), the podcast in which he discusses cool new cults you should join and which you should avoid. This week Gil is joined by a real blind God from Outer Space by the name of LaLa ALoLo. They talk about LaLa’s church Wooden Vine, living in outer space, and LaLa’s favorite follower. Later, Traci Reardon stops by to offer advice on meeting women, what to do in Vegas, and more to her Twitter followers in her recurring segment, “Help Me, Rhonda.”