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What happens when an Iranian-American comedian from Southern California decides to make a leap into the publishing world by writing a book about how to entertain Caucasians? We find out today as cultural polymath and new Earwolf podcaster Negin Farsad returns to Question of the Day joining Stephen and James in the studio to discuss comedy, race, and white people owning outer space. Listen all week as Negin stays in the booth to ask the questions she's been looking for QOD to answer!

Pete Davidson of Saturday Night Live joins Jensen and Matty to talk about tattoos that he will potentially regret having, not trusting himself to be on social media, Kid Cudi, Clams Casino's "32 Levels", HBO's The Night Of, and how we were late on Joshua Tree, Albert Brooks movies being on Netflix, The Sopranos, and many more things you should know about.

Adam Scott Aukerman say hello to family, friends, and U2 fans as they dive into U2‘s fourth studio album The Unforgettable Fire. They’ll talk about where their little boy selves were at the time of its October 1st 1984 release, the significant event that occurred at 1985‘s Live Aid that made U2 superstars, and what their impressions of the album are today. Plus, they’ll share some of their favorite movie quotes in the return of their podcast “I Love Films.”

The delightful Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson film series, Perks of Being a Wallflower) joins Josh to chat about the state of film, the difficult choices he has to make choosing roles, and much more.

The prominent philosophers The Righteous Brothers once warned about "los[ing] that loving feeling," and the sentiment was famously echoed in the 1986 fighter pilot documentary 'Top Gun'. After having lost said loving feeling, the brothers (not actually brothers) felt as if they couldn't go on. The sensation they felt wasn't poetic exaggeration. The Righteous Brothers, along with brothers Maverick and Goose were experiencing a very real and potentially dangerous biological response known as skin hunger. Skin hunger is your body's reaction to lack of physical touch and it affects an increasing number of Americans while being a non existent phenomenon in more touch-happy countries like France. The problem that we're learning is that without skin-to-skin touch (might we add that it doesn't have to be sexual), your body doesn't produce the hormone oxytocin. Without that natural chemical, adults are more susceptible to depression and infants can have developmental problems or even die. On this week's podcast, Jack O'Brien and Cracked editor Robert Evans are first joined by Dr. Kory Floyd, a professor at the University of Arizona, to talk about the physiological and sociological repercussions of skin hunger and why it's so prominent in today's culture. Later Jack and Robert are joined by Jean Franzblau of the Cuddle Sanctuary in Los Angeles and Travis Ashkenasy, an independent contractor, to talk about the services they provide as professional cuddlers and why you shouldn't be embarrassed to seek out a cuddle party. Footnotes: Psychology Today: What Lack of Affection Can Do to You: https://goo.gl/HOlA9y Sebastian Junger TED Talk on PTSD, Loneliness: https://goo.gl/e31gD3 NYT Book Review: Sebastian Junger's 'Tribe': http://goo.gl/ysbAAd Tiffany Field's Book 'Touch': https://goo.gl/oj4NzM Tiffany Field's Study of Touch at McDonald's in the US and France: https://goo.gl/LxipQv Do High Fives Help Sports Teams?: https://goo.gl/7OJlY9

I'm not entirely sure, but I think my next guest is in a cult. Credits: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Gracie, the Lonely Cult Member: Scott Elam From the Fingarian: Mark Logsdon Otok Barleyfoot: Nick Baer Flower: Brooke Breit Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi Editor: Evan Jacover Theme Music: Andy Poland Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban Audio Assistance: Jason Knox Production Assistant: Garrett Schultz

The hilarious and fashion forward Marcos Luevanos (Telenovela, Life in Pieces) joins Casey and Danielle in the nook to talk about Milania's home under the couch and what is worthy or unworthy of being called a "Housewife trip". Also Casey reveals her secret Jersey feelings and Danielle's house is filled with bath salts. And for a bonus treat, Bitch Sesh superstar and staunch Vicky Gunvelson advocate June Diane Raphael chimes in with a voice memo giving us all her thoughts on Vicky's latest struggles.

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Sirius/XM host John Fugelsang and comedian and Nightly Show producer Benari Poulten join Negin this week. What's on tap? Adorable baby talk between Trump and the Notorious RBG, Bernie's "endorsement" of Hillary, and the polarizing issue of gun violence and gun control. Plus, in case Pokemon Go brought you here, hang tight, we have a monster for you at the end.

There are parts of our daily lives that we just take for granted as being normal, but science proves us wrong. One of the best ways to look at this is language. We've previously discussed on the podcast how languages with future tenses (like English) make us really bad at planning for the future. We just think the future is some imaginary place that we'll always to go later. That's why we're great at fun things like procrastinating, drinking and smoking. Chinese, on the other hand, doesn't have tenses at all, so native speakers find themselves naturally better at planning for the time ahead. For Chinese speakers, the future isn't some magical fairy island that will always come tomorrow–the structure of the language just makes the consequences of life more immediate in their brains. These little cultural differences literally affect how we perceive the world. In languages with more words for the color green, for example, speakers can actually see more shades of green than us. What is a superpower to us is completely mundane to them because they've just had that language and ability their whole life. On this week's podcast Jack O'Brien is joined by Cracked executive editor Jason Pargin (aka David Wong) to outline some of the scientific ways our brains trick us with this phenomenon-- how our sense perception, something we assume is uniform across all humanity, actually changes depending on what culture we're brought up in. Footnotes: Donald Trump/Bernie Sanders "Yuuuge" Forum Thread: http://goo.gl/xNhQ4e Blue Square/Green Square Experiment: http://goo.gl/08DBcL Cracked: Unexplained Things That Only Happen In A Few Places On Earth: http://goo.gl/zf42ye Cracked: 7 Innocent Gestures That Can Get You Killed Overseas: http://goo.gl/7Nv1es Cracked: 6 Mental Illnesses That Only Happen in One Place on Earth: http://goo.gl/seibHn Cracked: 5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind: http://goo.gl/RlnD Cracked: 5 Surprising Ways Your Language Affects How You Think: http://goo.gl/3g3nBa Cracked: I Don't Know My Age: 5 Things I Learned in My Isolated Tribe: http://goo.gl/6LdJIh Cracked: 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed: http://goo.gl/e49hK Invisibilia: McDonald's in Russia: http://goo.gl/nBrjpd 99% Invisible: Devil's Rope: http://goo.gl/VTbc2K The McGurk Effect: https://goo.gl/T47EGZ The Atlantic: Can Your Language Influence Your Spending, Eating and Smoking Habits: http://goo.gl/R9oI0m Schoolboy Q's Blankface LP on Spotify: https://goo.gl/BgLM1a

Nate Corddry's Reading Aloud bids farewell to Earwolf. As a send off, Nate reads "Behold Your Newest Silver-Screen Sex Goddess, Jane Neighbor" by writer and playwright Rachel Axler (Veep), an excerpt from the novel Stoner by writer John Williams, and the first letter from "Letters to a Young Poet" written by poet Rainer Maria Rilke to Franz Xaver Kappus.

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the people right here and people out there, to a LIVE episode of Spontaneanation, recorded at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul’s special guest is returning champion and hip-hop artist Open Mike Eagle! They chat about why Mike might have a long face, what caused the end of Mike's graffiti career, and having his son be a part of some of his live shows. Paul is then joined by Jordan Black, Nyima Funk, and Daniele Gaither to improvise a story set in A Suburban High School History Class on The First Day of Black History Month. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! SPONTANEANATION LIVE returns to Largo on Saturday, June 4th, with improvisors Nyima Funk, Colleen Smith and Chris Tallman, with special interview guest Robyn Hitchcock! Tickets are available now: bit.ly/SPONT616

Actor and comedian Paul F. Tompkins (SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins) joins Howard and Kulap once again for this week's episode of Who Charted. They take to Periscope to talk bad band names while counting down Esquire's Top 5 Songs of the Summer, and Howard explains why animals should just stay animals during the Movie Chart. Later, Stard hops in for Two Charted where we hear why Who Charted isn't in Bora Bora and the story behind "drill videos." Make sure to buy Howard's new album, Oculus Summah, at https://howardkremer.bandcamp.com.

4 years ago, maybe the greatest recording in Earwolf history took place. Now, the Farts & Procreation crew aka Harris Wittels, Chelsea Peretti, and Adam Scott return for the fourth time to attempt to recreate the magic. Creak, slam, sit, and chill with the Farts & Pro crew as we hear some gems during Harris’ Foam Corner, an incredible charac from Chelsea, and the hard work (e-mails) that went into making this episode a reality.

Comedian Brian Moses transitions from county lad to country boy on this week's Sklarbro Country! He joins the Sklars for discussions about Corey Tindal's poker robbery, how to kill at a rap battle, and Aaron Rodgers' family drama on The Bachelorette. Later, they dive into the Rourke/Dykstra feud, and Christoph Waltz calls in to share his concerns regarding the New York Knicks.

Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour is willing to take a chance this election season - on Donald Trump. He sat down with David on the last day of the Republican National Convention to talk about how he and Trump may disagree on certain issues, but looking past those differences is worth bringing a change to the White House. Keep an eye on your podcast feed next week for more conversations - this time from Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention!

Sirius/XM host Dean Obeidallah and comedian/writer Nato Green join Negin at the roundtable to talk about all things RNC and a little bit of Turkey. They discuss what Melania Trump has in common with My Little Pony and which Trump corresponds to which Lannister. They also dig deep on the RNC's platform positions and explain what the heck happened in Turkey last week. Learn how to say Erdogan the way Turks do.

The one and only Kevin Pollak is a wonderful character actor who has recently experienced what it's like behind the camera as a director. Kevin joins Leonard to talk about all the lessons he learned directing his first indie comedy The Late Bloomer. He also tells us why his roles in Deterrence, The Usual Suspects, and Avalon are important to him. Plus, Christopher Walken makes an appearance.

Nick Kroll breaks the return guest record as he joins Paul, June, and Jason to discuss Stallone & Russell as mismatched cops in Tango & Cash. They'll cover everything from cross dressing Kurt Russell, Jack Palance's master plan, 80s boobs, the newspaper headlines, and the will they, won’t they high-five relationship Sly & Kurt share onscreen. Plus, we find out if the ladies out there really do enjoy Stallone & Russell’s shower scene during 2nd Opinions!

Learn all about Audible's new Channels podcast line-up with Eric Nuzum, the company’s Vice President of Original Content. He joins new co-hosts Chris Bannon and Lex Friedman in the Wolf Den to explain what Channels is, and how the effort intends to grow the audience for spoken word audio by expanding the variety of content. Eric talks about how he evaluates programming and its performance, and recalls a mentor from early in his career who taught him what makes for really good content. He also addresses his move from NPR to Amazon, as well as the migration of talent out of public radio, reflecting on changes that public radio could make to adapt to the changing landscape. Plus, Eric shares his advice for podcasters and producers who are pursuing success.

Writer, journalist, and television host Touré joins Kamau to discuss "American Gangster" along with the rest of Touré's Top 5 Denzel Movies. They talk about what's wrong with having different awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, getting paid for movies you don't have to make, and Denzel's dedication to the ideal of black manhood. Plus, Touré tells the story of his fateful interview with Suge Knight. Starting July 27th, listen to Touré's Love City podcast mini-series on Howl. For one month FREE: go to Howl.fm and use promo code LOVECITY at check out.

It’s a HDTGM first as Paul, June, and Jason go guestless this week to tackle the terrifyingly terrible Halloween III: Season of the Witch. They’ll discuss Dr. Sexy Detective sleeping with everyone, the robots full of goo, the evil Irish novelty toy manufacturer’s reason for his big Halloween plan, Marge Guttman’s bedwear, and Stonehenge lasers. The gang also explains how they would turn humans into robots if they were evil masterminds right before getting into another edition of Second Opinions. 8 more days ‘til Halloween!

Ira Madison III (Senior Writer at MTV News) joins Andrew this week to discuss exposing violence by the use of phones, current trends, Pokemon Go, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

It was tough to find a scary movie that would top last year’s Sleepaway Camp but then we stumbled upon the holy grail that is Halloween III: Season of the Witch! We also are treated to a dramatic reading of an extra’s experience on the set of the Lindsay Lohan film “I Know Who Killed Me” by our very own June Diane Raphael. Plus, we get to the bottom of who was in that gorilla suit in Congo as Paul reads some Corrections & Omissions and answers your Siegfried & Roy questions. Don’t forget to send the new movie title submissions to hdtgmfilmtitles@gmail.com! Make sure to watch Ass Backwards now on VOD & iTunes and use your face to watch Hell Baby right now on Amazon!

Tim Pinebluff (Matt Besser), the founder of the All Lives Matter movement, joins Mark and Pete live from the Republican National Convention to discuss why some lives matter more than others and the demise of Crystal Pepsi. Plus; Mark reads poetry, Donald Trump (Anthony Atamanuik) promises to burn Ted Cruz alive, and Pete sneaks off to chat up his daughter Tiffany.