Paul & Amy hunker down to cover 1986’s Vietnam War drama Platoon! They look at director Oliver Stone’s relationship with Martin Scorsese, discover how he film captures the chaos of war, and remember the ill-advised Platoon video game Plus: Amy sits down with the military advisor on Platoon, Dale Dye, to learn how he helped the cast get in the soldier mindset.

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Friend of the show Reggie Watts joins Scott to talk about what he’s up to once the Late Late Show is wrapped, attending SatanCon, and his upcoming book about his high school years.

Heather, Nick and Matt are joined by return guest Jordan Morris to discuss the latest 3D Sonic entry Sonic Frontiers!

Comedian Vir Das feels unique about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Giant talking gorillas, lasers, and volcanoes are all a part of the insanity that is Congo. Nick Wiger (Doughboys) joins Paul, June, and Jason (via computer magic) to ask important questions such as: What are communication lasers?

Original release date: August 2, 2021. Author Junauda Petrus-Nasah sits down with Cameron to discuss her book THE STARS AND THE BLACKNESS BETWEEN THEM (the August pick for Cammy’s Book Club!), writing a queer Black YA love story, and fighting shame surrounding sexuality.

Jason and Paul chat about the movies/TV they’re currently loving, Paul digs into Corrections and Omissions from Open Marriage, and we look back on the origin of Tall John Scheer.

Biochemist and author Jessie Inchauspe (Aka – the Glucose Goddess) joins Jameela to talk about the many ways glucose affects your body.

Amy and Paul react to the 2023 Oscar nominations in a bonus Unspooled. We’ll be back on Thursday with Crash!

In this week’s episode Casey makes a HUGE announcement and spoiler alert it’s not that she’s already bought tickets for Magic Mike 3 (which she has). Then Chelsea Devantez (Celebrity Book Club) is back on the pod and makes a case for why she is LOVING this season of Salt Lake and why the rest of us are just damn wrong.

Lauren, Paul and Scott talk about the m&m’s, going to see a basketball game and listen to some voicemails.

Paul & Amy force-project into Rian Johnson’s galaxy-brained Star Wars entry The Last Jedi!

Conan chats with Simon from Slovenia about his favorite specialty coffee shop and its unusual location.

Toni Charline, Dan Lippert, and Ryan Rosenberg join Matt Besser for a Man Dog Pod crossover episode of improv4humans!

Starting in the late 1800s, a group of Syrian immigrants settled in America. Many of them took up peddling as a career. When American newspapers described these peddlers, it was often in derogatory ways—and specifically through terms of queerness.

This week Jessica and June’s excellence can no longer be held back and in 2023 we are landing at Mach 11 while trying new experiences on for size.

This week we’re breaking down “Garage Sale.”

Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata are two TV greats, and they’re both in Ashley’s fave network TV sitcoms Grand Crew and Home Economics.

Chef and author Noah Galuten joins Iliza to answer your food questions and share insights from his upcoming cookbook, The Don’t Panic Pantry Cookbook: Mostly Vegetarian Comfort Food That Happens to Be Pretty Good for You.

Sometimes we want vacations, and sometimes, vacations don’t want us! Nicole and Sasheer share their trip to the Bahamas and it was everything BUT relaxing!

What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari join the show to discuss William Mize, who created a family business of staging car accidents.

Bears, mountain lions, and a lost pinky toe. A logger from Montana shares crazy stories about animal encounters, broken legs, and “Lucky one nutted Norm.”

Threevisiting on the Tues: Scott, Paul and Lauren discuss parties, birth certificates and prison. For their feature segment, the gang plays 32 Toothless Vegetables.

We sit down with the goddess to discuss her new book, Bravo, Broadway and most importantly what happened to Heather’s eye!!!!

Podcast co-host Ted Newguy joins Scott to talk about his false crime podcast Murder Was Wrote, Sesame Street, and waterpark buffets.

Heather, Nick and Matt discuss some of their favorite first entries in video game franchises!

Timothy Olyphant feels splendiferous about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Timothy and Conan sit down once more to discuss their unique friendship, being shot at in New Orleans while filming Justified: City Primeval, and a possible new talk show featuring the two of them.

Original release date: April 23, 2018. Actor Clea DuVall sits down with Cameron to discuss fighting for yourself, loving yourself, and auditioning for Veep.