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One of America's best and most versatile actresses Piper Laurie joins Matt to talk about initially approaching the role of Carrie's mother in Brian De Palma's Carrie as a comedy, her experience working alongside Paul Newman and George C. Scott in the 1961 film The Hustler, and many other gems from her fantastic autobiography 'Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir.' Plus, Amanda Lund joins Matt to share a special talent that will enhance your listening enjoyment of certain songs in the return of I Was There Tune.

Mike Hanford, Mike Mitchell, Eugene Cordero, and Joe Hartzler join Matt Besser on this week's improv4humans. They learn what it means for a homeless person to live the good life, discover a magical realm in the forbidden part of the restaurant, and get stuck to the wall while making magic brownies. Plus, Matt shares stories from his grandmother's memory book.

Jensen Karp is a writer, fellow Earwolf podcast host (Get Up On This), art dealer, and a former rapper under the name Hot Karl. Jensen joins Nate this week to talk about his new book "Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big". Make sure to pick up a copy of next month's book for our book club, “The Girls: A Novel” by Emma Cline Once you’re done reading, call us at (702) 751-READ and let us know what you thought!

Stuart Stevens is an explorer in search of experience. A seventh-generation Mississippian, he’s traveled the world and written books about it, he’s helped run presidential campaigns, and he’s recently finished a darkly comic novel about an authoritarian politician. He and David explore the state of the 2016 race, how a place can help shape one’s identity, and why running for president may be the hardest job around.

Actress and comedian Jade Catta-Preta joins Kulap and engineer Brett Morris for this week's episode of Who Charted! We'll listen to Soundcloud's Top 5 Songs while hearing about life in clown college and why you shouldn't smoke a chocolate chip cookie. Then, they theorize on alien genitalia during the Movie Chart, and Kulap's sister joins the debate on red drippies during Two Charted.

Blowing Up with Maria Bamford.

DC musical mainstays The Capitol Steps ("Baby Wants Candy"'s Chris Grace, Ashley Ward, Amber Petty, John Hartman and Scott Passarella) perform some of their greatest hits on a Hard Nation musical extravaganza! Hear about their Vietnam-themed spinoff group and how Hamilton ripped them off between such classics as "ISIS Love" and "This Is The 90’s."

Aisha Harris (Slate staff writer) returns and brings along Dan Kois (Slate senior editor) to join Kamau and Kevin to talk about The Black Film Canon, a list of the 50 Greatest Films by Black Directors they both compiled for Slate. This is literally Black People Homework so get on this y'all! Check out the full list here: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/cover_story/2016/05/the_50_greatest_films_by_black_directors.html

Writer, director, and radio host Tom Scharpling of The Best Show joins Sarah and Susan to talk about the music of ABBA, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly performing "Por Ti Volare" from the movie Step Brothers, the movie Creed, and "Rent" by Pet Shop Boys.

Can a person's "creative gas tank" run out of fuel from over use? James has been working on a new photography project for his social media account (intagram.com/altucher), but it's been hampering his ability to keep up with his daily writing schedule. Multitasking Stephen believes that it is possible to unintentionally drain one artistic reservoir by focusing on a new creative project, but it also might be that James is spending too much time trying to master a skill where he's still a beginner. Will James be able to overcome his writing slump without giving up on his new pet project?

On this episode Matt Lieber provides some insight on what makes his company, Gimlet Media, tick. He is the president of Gimlet, which produces popular podcasts like Reply All, Surprisingly Awesome, and Startup, the company’s first show, which also documented Gimlet’s own launch. Adam asks Matt to share what it was like to go through that experience, with so many people learning so many intimate details on the show. Matt also charts his career journey, from unexpectedly reporting on 9/11, to becoming a public radio producer, taking a turn into business school and consulting, then returning to audio with Gimlet. He explains why he is confident in the future of podcasting, and reveals the factors he believes contribute to audience growth. Finally, he talks about the company’s Gimlet Creative brand studio, and what it takes to get audiences to listen to branded podcasts.

Pro wrestling is known for larger-than-life-figures, but the 7’7” Jorge "El Gigante" Gonzalez was a giant even among them. Colt and Rob Naylor tell the story of his brief and unusual career. To hear new episodes of this series log on to Howl.fm and use the promo code COLT for 1-month free.

Tom Magee, the Canadian champion powerlifter, looked like pro wrestling's next big thing after a high-profile win against Bret Hart. However, as Colt and Dave Meltzer discover, looks can be deceiving. To hear new episodes of this series log on to Howl.fm and use the promo code COLT for 1-month free.

In the 1950s, in racially segregated Memphis, Tennessee, Sputnik Monroe was a wrestling superstar. Colt and David Bixenspan discuss how Sputnik’s support of desegregation resonated throughout professional sports.To hear new episodes of this series log on to Howl.fm and use the promo code COLT for 1-month free.

Leonard and his daughter Jessie are joined by British actress and singer Danielle Hope to talk about their favorite British actors (including Dani’s mentor, Michael Crawford) and films over the years, including the current release Genius with Colin Firth and Jude Law, the 2014 family comedy Paddington, and the works of the brilliant Mike Leigh.

Fan fave and dear friend Deanna Cheng (OMFG! podcast) joins Casey and Danielle to dive deep into RHONY this week. Between Jules' divorce, Yolanda's premature exit and T-Rav's dinner party explosion, they have to lot to process. Also, they discuss LuAnn's unhinged behavior and Bethenny's bleed out.

Friend/fan fave/movie reviewer Matt McConkey joins Danielle in the nook this week where they talk red jumpsuits, bags of poop and Dorinda's nasty little secret. Matt reads from Kelly Bensimon's literary debut and Danielle tries to dissect Landon's mumble-mother profession of love to Shep. Casey also chimes in to tackle last weeks controversial "Hamil-hate" and the anger it has rained down upon her.

Sarah Pappalardo of Reductress joins Jensen and Matty to talk about The Avalanches album "Wildflower", The Nice Guys, Tickled, how we were late on The Oh, Hello Show, Paradox Interactive games, House of Cards, and many more things you should know about.

Amina Munir (Funny or Die) joins Deanna & Emily to unpack Kylie Jenner's Instagram comments, what it means to "Hoe Hard For Your Money", and how you can become "glowed up." Plus, everyone shares their secret celebrity crushes!

Stephen's success with the Freakonomics series of books made a great deal of money for his publisher, but how much of that ends up back in his bank account? On today's show, James and Stephen discuss how royalty splits work in the publishing business from the top down and compare those numbers to successful self-publishing efforts. Do the benefits of signing a book deal with a major publisher outweigh the larger percentage of revenue an author could make self-publishing e-books on the internet?

Hilarious stand-up comedian Ramon Rivas II joins the County boys to talk about the emotional/historic NBA finals and feeling Cleveland pride now that the Cavaliers are NBA champions. Daniel Van Kirk brings County Stories which includes Meat-wielding 'extremists' starting a brawl at a Georgia vegan cafe. Plus, Mark Wahlberg shares some advice on winning to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Solomon Georgio (Viceland's Flophouse, Conan) joins Andrew to discuss the aftermath of the Orlando tragedy. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Lauren Weedman (HBO's Looking) is one hell of a storyteller and an indie film darling. Lauren joins Randy and Jason in the calming shores of Sklarbro Country to talk about meeting a guy on a dating app, her young son being a real dude's dude, met her first Trump supporter, and her recent experience doing a cabaret show on a gay cruise. Plus, the Sklars call up Tiger Woods to catch up and find out when he's coming back to the game.

The one and only Jeff Goldblum joins Josh this week to discuss his admiration for numerous actors, returning to the Independence Day series with the new film Independence Day: Resurgence, and how fatherhood is treating him.

I stepped on some ooze in the dungeon and then became friends with it...him...them? Credits: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Ooze: Paul Grondy Blemish: Martin Wilson Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi Theme Music: Andy Poland Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban Audio Assistance: Jason Knox Production Assistant: Garrett Schultz