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Satisficers and maximizers collide on today’s action-packed episode of QOD! Will one of them attain happiness? How long might it last? Listen along to find out!

Two years ago a note came in the mail with surprising and horrifying news about her husband. But despite all the darkness that's crept into her life she is shining with positivity.

Join Kevin as he sits down with legendary musician David Foster. David chats about his career as a record producer, composer, and songwriter to such icons as Whitney Houston, Rod Stewart, and Barbra Streisand.

Kate Micucci, one half of Garfunkel and Oates joins Randy and Jason to talk about her new Vimeo special "Trying to be Special," skiing as a 2-year-old, and aspiring to be a toy designer in college. Daniel Van Kirk brings County Stories which include a 6-month-old baby breaking a record on water skis. Plus, our good friend Doug Buffone leaves us a special voicemail for us all!

Comedians Daliya Karnofsky & Avra Friedman have created an amazing live show experience that is half comedy show and half live dating app. They join Deanna & Emily this week to chat about the ins and outs of their monthly Los Angeles show "All My Single Friends," what they learned when taking the show to New York, and where they are at in their dating lives. Get off your phone and check the show out every month at The Copper Still in Los Angeles!

Jensen is sick this week. Please continue to support his book "Kanye West Owes Me $300" by grabbing one over at www.jensenkarp.com!

What's so special about being a specialist? What is a specialist, in general? How, generally, does one become a specialist? James and Stephen won't specifically answer any of those questions today, but they will speak about them in a general sense. Mostly, our hosts will break down what it means to be a generalist or a specialist across as many disciplines as they can think of - from economics and mathematics to golf, chess, and dating - and attempt to bridge the similarities across all of the fields.

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone to unwrap the Christmas gift of a new SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul's special guest is Ravi Patel of Grandfathered and Meet the Patels! They chat about Ravi's secret girlfriend, what's going on with Mario Lopez, and the difficulty of taking compliments. Paul is then joined by Janet Varney, Chris Tallman, and Jean Villepique to improvise a story set in Freeport, Illinois. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! LIVE episodes of SPONTANEANATION return to Largo on The Coronet on Saturday, February 6, 2016! Get your tickets now: bit.ly/SPONT0216 PFT's EPISODE NOTES - Now it MUST be told: Andy Daly could not assist when I fell off the stage because he had a glass of soda in one hand and the rest of the soda in a bottle in his other hand. So he got out of the way lest anything spill on himself or anyone else, and made a bit out of it by "running away." Andy is a good guy!

It feels like this may be it... our last chance to save Chunt. Credits Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Dorian Deville: Zach Thompson Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi Editor: Chris Rathjen Theme Music: Andy Poland Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban Audio Assistance: Jason Knox Production Assistant: Garrett Schultz

Comedians Rhea Butcher, Curtis Cook, and Sam Jay join Andrew Ti in Portland, Oregon as part of the Bridgetown Comedy Festival to answer racism questions in front of a live audience. They discuss censorship in comedy, the society looking down upon you argument, who pioneered voguing, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Fan theories are kind of our thing. We talk about them on this podcast (https://goo.gl/dZXW05) and in our articles (http://goo.gl/dSyV31). We even created After Hours (https://goo.gl/uQqjmK), a whole series dedicated to fleshing out even the most unrealistic interpretations of our favorite TV shows and movies. But rarely do the creators of the pop culture we love reach out to us about our theories. A few months ago we released an After Hours episode (https://goo.gl/aFfIAr) where we presented some pretty out-there speculations about the Simpsons universe. We thought Bart, Lisa and Marge represented Freud's id, ego and superego, and we thought the universe as a whole was populated by thousands of clones. Little did we know how wrong we were. We thought they were fun what-ifs, but long-time Simpsons writer Mike Reiss emailed us to tell us our theories were pure fantasy. So we thought we'd have him on the podcast! Mike along with Simpsons writer Jeff Martin sit down with Jack O'Brien, Dan O'Brien and Michael Swaim for a long discussion about Simpsons fan theories and the origins of some of our favorite episodes and jokes. Footnotes: Every Episode of The Simpsons: http://goo.gl/cbSi8E List of Simpsons Scholarly Articles : http://goo.gl/QLqNBc

Singer-songwriters Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan together are The Milk Carton Kids and this week they join Mary Holland, Matt Newell, and Seth Morris for another musical edition of improv4humans with Matt Besser! The Milk Carton Kids play us some select tracks off of their many albums that will inspire scenes about a new dog who learns how to fit in, heaven being much like life on Earth, and the incredible lengths a group of kids go to find out what kind of jean shorts a lady in their neighborhood is wearing. Make sure to get the Upright Citizens Brigade television show season 3 now available on DVD, the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, and pick up The Milk Carton Kids music at www.themilkcartonkids.com!

That’s right, it’s a b-b-b-bonus episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! recorded live from San Diego Comic-Con! IT’S BEEN a while since we’ve heard what’s up with Hot Dog and since we heard a couple of New No-Nos from CBB favorite Paul Rust! What more can you ask for?

The Shrimps take on the The Princess Layups at Pan Pacific Park. Mark McConville and special guest Todd Cooper say words during the basketball game. The Shrimps on Twitter: @pistolshrimpsbb The Shrimps on Instagram: @thepistolshrimps Pistol Shrimps Radio on Twitter: @ShrimpsRadio Pistol Shrimps Radio on IG: @pistolshrimpsradio Mark McConville on Twitter and IG: @MarkMcConville Todd Cooper on Twitter: @ToddCooper Todd Cooper on IG: @ToddCCooper

From Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein to Spaceballs and The Producers, legendary filmmaker Mel Brooks has been responsible for some of the most beloved movies in the history of cinema. And unsurprisingly, at various points in his career, he has discussed the making of almost all his films. Except for one. The lone dud in his canon—a film so bad The New York Times declared it “an embarrassment”— which Brooks has never publicly discussed: Solarbabies. Well, at least not until now. Author Blake Harris of /Film chats with Mel Brooks about the whole story.

Engineer Cody "Ramhand" Skully joins Howard for a Chart Party! They contemplate the issues with dating a famous person as they count down Spotify's Top 5 Songs of the Summah. Then, they wonder if there is smart technology that can block out celebrities you are not into as they count down iTunes Top 5 TV Shows. Later, Howard tells us about a Dragon Manor theft during Two Charted.

Wonderful musician Peaches makes her CBB debut along with the return of contest winner Claudia O’Doherty who serves as co-host on this week’s bonus Comedy Bing! Bong! Peaches gets us more acquainted with her music by performing songs from her latest album “Rub” and we hear the new Rom Coms that Claudia has been working on at her new job. Plus, classic Rock aficionado Clayton Purdy stops by to recommend some great music that you should definitely be listening to if you’re not already!

It finally happened. Scott and Scott traveled to the legendary Electric Ladyland Studios in New York City for a monumental bare all confessional interview with the lovable lads Bonobos, Thedge, Larry Mullen Sr.'s Son & Adam Clay 2000 Pounds.

What better way to celebrate the 300th episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! than having a bro down hoedown with Jason Mantzoukas! As Scott & Jason look back at some of their favorite CBB moments, they remember that they never released the conclusion to the Oh, Golly episode. Who is knocking on the studio door? Who will appear to be on the side of Good? Who is behind the side of Evil? Finally, all questions will be answered regarding the battle between Good & Evil in an exciting episode you don’t want to miss!

The Shrimps take on the The Blouses at Lake Street Gym. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action, donut holes bring the satisfaction. The Shrimps on Twitter: @pistolshrimpsbb The Shrimps on Instagram: thepistolshrimps Pistol Shrimps Radio on Twitter: @ShrimpsRadio Matt Gourley on Twitter and IG: @MattGourley Mark McConville on Twitter and IG: @MarkMcConville

Welcome back to What Went Wrong? with your host Alex Papas (Jason Mantzoukas)! It's the podcast inspired by the movie and the book High Fidelity where Alex talks to ex-girlfriends to try to figure out "What Went Wrong?" This week is a good one as Alex welcomes Louise aka Lou Lou to reminisce about their wonderful relationship and pin point the moment where it went wrong. Later, Traci Reardon appears to answer love questions from her Twitter followers in another edition of "Help Me, Rhonda."

Andrew Ti and special guests Amanda Meadows and Robbin Higgins finish the week off by discussing if it's racist to say that only mothers can teach you about your culture. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Jeffrey Ross is known worldwide as The RoastMaster General for good reason. Jeff joins Randy and Jason to chat about taking The Comedy Store's Roast Battle on the road to becoming a TV show for Comedy Central, performing at one of his first ever roasts for Steven Seagal at the Friars Club, being terrified roasting inmates while filming his special "Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live at Brazos County Jail", and his latest experience roasting law enforcement for his special "Jeff Ross Roasts Cops." Later, we call up Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys to see what's going on with the NFL. Plus, Jeff roasts The Sklar Brothers with one singular joke! Please tune into The Sklar Brothers' pilot "Finding Funny" on Travel Channel on Sunday, June 12th at 11pm EST/10c.

Eight years ago, David Axelrod was in the thick of the Democratic primary, as Barack Obama's chief strategist. Now, he's able to offer some insight into what's going on in the Democratic party right now. He talks to David Gregory about about the significance of Hillary Clinton's run, and he gives us a look into his personal life: how he balanced (or in some cases, failed to balance) being a father with his career, how his father's suicide changed him, and why his sons never had Bar Mitzvahs.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Thomas Middleditch) visits South Boys Mark and Pete to discuss Elbowgate, quantum mechanics, and his First Nations heritage, while squeezing in a couple rounds of naked basketball.