Phenomenal stand-up comedian Mo Mandel brings the dude energy to Sklarbro County! Mo tells us about how a joke he made at a Mendocino Farms made things eerily awkward, having the worst 49ers fan for a father, and the one run in he had with Katherine Heigl which leads the Sklars to share their Heigl hissy fit story. Daniel Van Kirk brings in crazy stories which include a man who stranded his girlfriend with a knife wielding mugger, a Florida man who bares all with the exception of his poncho, and a Wisconsin man who calls 911 to remove a snoring woman out of his bed. Finally, the guys call up Bruce Jenner who is back in the dating scene. Make sure to check out Daniel Van Kirk’s NFL column over at cover32.com and don’t forget that you can now get your tickets for the Sklar Bros one-hour special tapings at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI. Also, the brand new Sklarbro County shirt is available in the Earwolf store just in time for the holidays!

Naomi Ekperigin & Andrew discuss a caller’s expectations for an acupuncturist. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Michael and Michael respond to listener mail. If you have a question or comment please send it to topicspodcast@gmail.com

Harris Wittels is back to be your tour guide through the cosmos (sorry) along with special guest Tom Scharpling of The Best Show on WFMU. Similar to Scott Aukerman, Tom could care less about Phish but is certainly open to change his mind. Will Tom appreciate the musical palindromes that Phish has to offer and join the club? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

Harris Wittels is back to be your tour guide through the cosmos (sorry) along with special guest Tom Scharpling of The Best Show on WFMU. Similar to Scott Aukerman, Tom could care less about Phish but is certainly open to change his mind. Will Tom appreciate the musical palindromes that Phish has to offer and join the club? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

In part two, Jack O’Brien invites Cracked writers Soren Bowie, Cody Johnston, Michael Swaim, and director Abe Epperson into the studio to offer their alternate endings to ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ ‘Wall-E,’ ‘Forrest Gump,’ and ‘Breaking Bad.’

Creator, star, and driving force behind Metalocalypse, Brendon Small returns as well as Put Your Hands Together host/creator Cameron Esposito who’s making her first appearance on today’s Comedy Bing Bong! Cameron takes us through her memorable late night television debut experience and Brendon gives us a taste of his new one hour rock opera “Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem A Klok Opera” right before Jesse “The Mind/Body/Soul” Ventura drops by to address the possibility of running for president.

Stand-up, actress, and writer Naomi Ekperigin joins Andrew Ti all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they talk about Bill Cosby telling young black men to pull up their pants. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

Fearless comedy legend Dom Irrera delights us with many tales from his unbelievable career, including interviewing football greats as a host for Comedy Central’s football show Offsides to opening for Cher at Madison Square Garden. Dom also tells us about going way back with Bruce Willis, explains how his appearance on Rodney Dangerfield’s Young Comedians Special was explosive for his stand-up career, and describes a little incident which occurred on the set of The Big Lebowski. Later, a recovering Matthew McConaughey returns from making an Oscar worthy performance in Dallas Buyers Club to tell us how he accessed a turbulent part of his personality for the part and what role he will tackle next. Make sure to join the Sklar Bros for their one-hour special tapings (Saturday, February 22nd) at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI.

He’s a repeat offender on TLP and is dominating his world right now – writer for How I Met Your Mother and host of the greatest/shittiest podcast on itunes – Doodie Calls, DOUG MAND comes on and talks holiday mishaps, why porn killed imagination, why he’s equal parts jealous of and disgusted by PDA and oh yeah, how’s married life? Then he makes one of the most perfectly appropriate podcast departures ever recorded! Enjoy!

It looks like Howard is getting HAMMERED on this week’s TWO CHARTED! Dirt Cup gives Howard some tips on how to survive Jazz and Howard makes a proposition to get rid of Daylight saving time as he counts down his Wieek That Was. Then, Kulu Plus Vilaysack takes us through her weekend in Minnesota complete with live shows, food, and family. Plus, we get an update on the Who Charted? Christmas bundle!

Andrew Ti and this week’s special guest Emily Yoshida finish the week off by discussing when it sometimes goes too far when a white person discusses race relations. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Wake up from that power nap and join Tim Meadows, Betsy Sodaro, and Charlie Sanders on this week’s improv4humans! Find out what happens when Boy Scouts take over America, the truth about french kissing, and how special types of ecstasy pills help you forget about the most trivial matters in life. You can now get the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, Matt Besser’s new comedy album at mattbesser.com, and Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com!

Julie Klausner, Dave Hill, Katie Notopoulos, and Kitty join Jake LIVE from the Bell House in New York! They introduce Kars-4-Kids to Dave, take a look at another internet phenomenon involving dogs reacting to the Law & Order theme, and chat about Jordy, the french rapping baby. Plus, a very special hardcore punk guest drops by! As always, check out the full playlist over at youtube.com/TheFogelnestFiles!

Andrew and Emily Yoshida discuss a listener’s strange way of phrasing his question about differentiating Mexican Americans and Mexican Nationals. Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.

You’ll be snorting in no time as special guest co-host Emily Gordon of The Indoor Kids and lovable comedy person Ron Funches join Howard on this week’s live VPN edition of WHO CHARTED! They’ll talk Ninch Nails, Prince, and chef rapper Action Bronson while counting down Billboard’s Top 5 Digital Songs Chart. Later they chat about space sex and recall Howard’s summah affair during the Highest Grossing Video Game Adaptations Movie Chart. Plus, Howard shares his final thoughts on Halloween, and Ron & Emily describe the world of Animal Crossing to Howard as they answer some listener questions!

Deputy Editor of Fast Company and podcast enthusiast David Lidsky joins Jeff all the way from New York for a special episode of the Wolf Den that we hope will get some press! David gives us a quick history of business media, tells us how Fast Company’s audience has evolved through digital consumption, and explains how important press is for new small businesses. David then offers Jeff some free advice on press strategies for Earwolf & The Mid Roll and finds out how he played a major role in Earwolf’s birth.

The whole gang is back just in time to reunite with Blackie Green on the skiff they rode in on but they must hurry before their ship crash lands on the nearest star in space. Will they survive so that Sir Richard can punch Blackie Green for abandoning them? Tune in to find out!

In Episode 4 of Season 2, Michael and Michael discuss “Food and Wine.” Their conversation focuses exclusively on the crisp riesling wines from the local grape vineyards of Long Island.

“Topics” features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.

Today Emily Yoshida & Andrew finally get down to business and talk about how mad racist Legends of The Hidden Temple was. Be sure to keep leaving us messages at (323) 389-RACE.

Sean and Hayes reveal the real next gen power players of the biz by going through their list of 15 Under 15 Hollywood Up and Comers. Then they educate listeners on what role each 10 Percentary brings to the table during 10 Percentary Elementary. Finally, PAUL RUST does us a solid by dropping by to reminisce about his famous flash mobs, tells us  how he stays connected to the world outside of his funny glasses, performs some of his KTLA 5 10 Second Movie Reviews, speaks on working with Quentin Tarankillam on Inglourious Bees, and shares an embarrassing Hollywood moment while answering hard hitting questions from the Popcorn Gallery.

You are all in for a treat next week because we’re watching Cindy Crawford & William Baldwin in 1995’s Fair Game! Paul also goes through some Corrections & Omissions for Daredevil, explains why you shouldn’t trust a penguin while answering your Qs, and reads the winning submissions for last week’s Movie Title Game. Don’t forget to submit your HDTGM T-shirt designs over at the Earwolf forums! Also, be sure to get tickets for Paul’s Christmas Spectacular and a LIVE Holiday edition of How Did This Get Made? at Largo in Los Angeles on December 12th & 13th! And make sure to see June’s movie Ass Backwards in theaters now!

Get ready as the Blastoff crew come at you LIVE from Boston to share about their time with mother (Kyle’s mom) and welcome back Sascha Cohen to talk about the world’s earliest profession aka sex work. They’ll cover early demand of sexual acts through brothels, whether strippers are sex workers, survival sex work, and pornography. And they also travel back in time to meet up with a caveman by the name of Grock.

Academy award winning screenwriter, producer and director Diablo Cody takes some time from writing films like Juno & Young Adult to bring some lady energy to the County! Diablo tells us about her talk show pilot which had her singing a bunch, whether she would make an appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, and the drunkest she’s ever been as Daniel Van Kirk brings us stories of Walmart Subway shop confrontations, a Sasquatch expedition accident, and a couple getting frisky in a Georgia Waffle House parking lot. Plus, Mark Wahlberg drops by to promote his new movie! Make sure to check out Daniel Van Kirk’s NFL column over at cover32.com and don’t forget that you can now get your tickets for the Sklar Bros one-hour special tapings at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI. Also, the brand new Sklarbro County shirt is available in the Earwolf store just in time for the holidays!

Michael and Michael respond to listener mail. If you have a question or comment please send it to topicspodcast@gmail.com

Emily Yoshida & Andrew talk about the Republican party calling themselves the “party of Lincoln.” Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE and be sure to keep it under 30 seconds everyone.

Twitter expert, comedian extraordinaire, and author Rob Delaney returns on this week’s episode of Comedy Bing! Bong! After a chat about poop, Twitter headquarters, and Rob’s new book, “Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage,” a reincarnated Michael Jackson makes a special visit straight from Hell. Hee! Hee!

In part one of a two-part discussion, Jack O’Brien welcomes in Cracked staffers Breandan Carter, Adam Ganser, and Dan O’Brien to offer alternate endings to ‘Dexter’, ‘101 Dalmatians’, and the ABC live-action puppet sitcom ‘Dinosaurs’ that would’ve made more sense than their original conclusions.

Grantland Pop Culture editor Emily Yoshida joins Andrew Ti all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss New York City Police commissioner Raymond Kelly getting booed off stage at Brown University. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

Actor, comedian, podcaster Bryan Callen is confidence personified and isn’t hesitant to punch waterfalls on today’s Sklarbro Country! Bryan takes us through his incredibly interesting life by telling us about growing up overseas, getting knocked while Tae Kwon Do sparring, how his longtime friend David Blaine helped him audition and get on MaDtv, and taking part in a orgy. Finally, after a round of Quick Hits, Tim Gunn graces us with his presence to give us his take on bullying. Make sure to join the Sklar Bros tonight (Friday, November 8th) in St. Louis, MO and for their one-hour special tapings (Saturday, February 22nd) at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI.