Kimia Behpoornia

It’s the Scam Goddess Olympic Games Grifting special! Kimia Behpoornia (Abbott Elementary) & Patrick McDonald (Radio Margaritaville) join the Con-gregation to discuss over a century of Olympics fraud—from cheating runners in the first modern marathon to Australian viral breakdancer RayGun at the 2024 Paris Games.

Paul & Amy are throwing an end-of-year party, and you’re invited! Joined by lots of film and podcast friends, Unspooled producers of past, present, and (maybe?) future all ask this year’s hot question: What was your favorite film of the year?

What’s Poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, we welcome comedians Josh Brekhus, Kimia Behpoornia, James Mannion, and Mary Anthony. Along with Laci, they’re a part of the UCB improv group LEROY.

Kimia Behpoornia and Gil Ozeri join Matt Besser for scenes about a baby before it develops a moral compass, the worst restaurant in Disneyland, the future of smell-o-vision, dangerous camp traditions, and revisiting Dracula: The Series.

Mary Holland, Bob Dassie, and Kimia Behpoornia join Matt Besser for improvised scenes about being shut down at a party, the worst house on Halloween, a Santa Claus that wants to clean your teeth, and more!

What’s poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, Kimia Behpoornia joins us to discuss how the FBI is looking into a woman who spent considerable time at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate, claiming to be an heiress. Plus, a manga artist has been scammed out of 75 million yen from someone who claimed to be Mark Ruffalo. Stay Schemin’!