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Hollis Wong-Wear joins Andrew to talk about whether it's okay for Dominicans saying the n-word. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Have you ever reminisced about a trip you took to Disney World with your family, only to find out it never happened? While this may read like science fiction, it actually happened to our guest co-host A.J. Jacobs! On today's episode, our hosts recount stories of false memories that have happened to them and others, including Stephen misrepresenting the lifetime score of his years-long backgammon match against James, and they try to decipher why our brains are playing tricks on us.

Hollis Wong-Wear joins Andrew to talk about a caller who made a micro revelation. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Join Kevin as he sits down with fellow character actor John C. McGinley (Scrubs, Platoon). John chats about his beginnings in New York theater leading to memorable performances on both the small and big screen.

Jensen & Matty go solo this week to talk about The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, The Girlfriend Experience, the new DOOM, how we're late on Uncharted 4, Windows, and many more things you should know about. Pick up Jensen's new book "Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big" wherever books are sold!

Lea Palmieri is the Senior Producer at Decider.com and on this coast-to-coast episode of OMFG!, Lea and Deanna are in New York while Emily is in Los Angeles. They are brought together by the internet which is something Lea dreads as a tool for dating. We hear from Lea (an old millennial) as to why it's important not to share everything on the internet (photos with celebrities included) and everything about the Boy Bands from yesteryear and today.

Why do people feel obligated to do favors for family members that they wouldn't do for friends? Today, our guest co-host A.J. Jacobs, who has been researching families for his newest book, helps James and Stephen answer that and other questions about families. Some of the topics include the fallacy of surnames being changed at Ellis Island, matriarchy and patriarchy in different cultures, and cheating at poker with your cousin in Las Vegas using Google Glass.

Bullseye from NPR host and resident Fantasy-ologist Jesse Thorn joins Randy and Jason from the Maximum Fun studios to talk about what he's learned in his 12 years of podcasting, his comedy podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go! being much more blue than Bullseye, and taking Judge John Hodgman on the road. Daniel Van Kirk brings County Stories of a man playing hide-and-seek being found naked in a chimney and much more. Later, Jesse Thorn's British cousin Jesse Thorne arrives to give us the British Sports Report.

Sorry to get personal, but which way do you wipe? The only reason we ask is because a recent thread (http://goo.gl/49Viln) melted the Cracked.com forums when our dear readers realized that people had slightly different bathroom preferences than them. As we looked upon the carnage, we realized there are so many insignificant topics that people feel almost violently confident about: hanging your toilet paper over or under, oxford commas, whether to say 'the' before the number of a freeway. No matter which side of the aisle you come down on, you know that anyone who disagrees with you is wrong and should probably be sent via a rocket into the sun. These insignificant topics are what we're talking about on this week's podcast. Special guest-host Soren Bowie is joined by Cracked's Cody Johnston and Michael Swaim and comedian Annie Lederman for a graphic conversation about what these topics are and why they're so easy to fight over. Also make sure to buy tickets to our next LIVE podcast taping on Saturday June 11th at 7pm at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles! Every summer we're treated to the same buffet of three or four science fiction movies with the same basic conceits. There's man vs. aliens, man vs. robots, man vs. army of clones and man vs. complicated time travel rules. With virtual reality and self-driving cars fast approaching, it's time to consider what type of sci-fi movie we want to be living in for the rest of our lives. Co-hosts Jack O'Brien and Adam Tod Brown are joined by Cracked's Tom Reimann and Josh Sargent and comedians David Huntsberger, Adam Newman and Caitlin Gill to figure out which sci-fi trope would be the best to make a reality. Tickets are only $5 and on sale here: https://goo.gl/EjlM4L

I meet Foon's current Mauve Wizard who is also Foon's first black wizard. CREDITS: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Jamillious Washington the Mauve: Anthony LeBlanc Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi Tricia: Kate James Kern: Spencer Ham 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

Screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg joins Josh to talk about writing this year's summer blockbuster X-Men: Apocalypse and so much more. Have a Happy Sad Confused Memorial Day!

The absolutely adorable Ally Maki joins Ronna and Beverly to chat about her role in the new TBS comedy Wrecked, playing a man on Bones, growing up in Seattle, and her favorite theatre roles she has portrayed. Plus, the ladies share how they spent Mother's Day.

Megyn Kelly (Jessica Chaffin) goes deep with Mark and Pete about her Donald Trump interview, her beauty secrets, and Mark’s unfortunate medical condition. Plus: Dwayne Johnson (Craig Rowin) takes initiative at school.

Comedian and Jersey boy Chris Gethard wasn’t quite ready to host one of the hottest and most popular podcasts around. As he explains to Adam Sachs on this episode of The Wolf Den, he thought there would be some time in the first few months to feel it out. Instead, getting featured on This American Life attracted a massive audience to his show, Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, who stuck around because of the singular mix of openness, honesty and empathy with which Chris treats the callers to his show. He talks about how the concept for the podcast evolved with the help of producers Gretta Cohn and John Delore, and how he was also surprised by the effusive feedback he’s received from listeners and fans. Chris also reflects on how making the podcast is different from his Fusion television show, “The Chris Gethard Show,” and how Beautiful/Anonymous fits into his desire to find happiness in making things. Finally, he doles out some tough love advice for aspiring podcasters, and anyone pursuing creative endeavors.

Eli Attie, one of the most talented writers out there, is back to join Nate in a discussion about "Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir by Truman Capote," a book he collaborated on with the long lost photographs that his father took of Truman Capote that are incredible. They also talk about Eli's time working for Aaron Sorkin, his time working at the Gore campaign, and the love they share for the band Guided by Voices. Pick up a copy of next month's book, "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn! Once you’re done reading, call us at (702) 751-READ and let us know what you thought!

Andrew Ti and special guest Hayley Huntley finish the week off by discussing the line between a fetish and a preference. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Senator Tim Kaine never had ambitions to be in politics - but he says he had a calling. That calling took him from all the way from Honduras, where he worked as a Catholic missionary, to the US Senate, with plenty of stops in between. In this week's episode, Sen. Kaine talks about his political journey, the state of the Democratic party and the current race and whether he might enter it as a VP nominee. All along the way, Kaine says he had to balance his strong faith with his mandate to govern fairly.

Oakland's own indie rock band Rogue Wave and professional actor Haley Joel Osment join the 1st timers club on this week's Comedy Bang! Bang! We'll hear about Haley's acting journey as well as live songs by Rogue Wave off of their new album "Delusions of Grand Fur." (which is confirmed to be a play on the phrase "delusions of grandeur.") Plus, Scott's nephew Todd stops by having smoked a little too much of the reefer in celebration for the 420 episode and announces that he wants to become an actor.

We get our first hangup and it's pretty rattling. Let us know what you think.

How long does language hold its value? Our guest co-host A.J. Jacobs wants to hear Stephen and James' answer to that question, especially pertaining to humor. Today's conversation spans a few millennia, starting with a Sumerian "fart joke" regarded as the oldest surviving joke, moving to whether Shakespeare's version of English is intelligible to modern Americans, then debating if the top stand-up comics of the last thirty years would be funny to people 100 years ago.

Hayley Huntley joins Andrew to talk about naming your kid Malcolm X. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

New Yorker writer and humorist Andy Borowitz joins Sarah and Susan to talk about turning his wife into a cryer like himself, "Christmas Time Is Here" from A Charlie Brown Christmas, "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins, and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" by The Beatles. Plus, Sarah and Susan experience New York nostalgia as they discuss the Broadway musical Hamilton.

Welcome to another book club! For this round, Nate is joined by Susanna Fogel, Jimmi Simpson, Julie Sharbutt, Ryan Cartwright, and handsome Sam Kieffer, who is definitely not writing this description right now. Join us as we follow Addie & Louis's many chaptered, non punctuated, sleepovers, and ponder the aging process, abandonment, and the bakery man. Then pick up a copy of next month's book, "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn! Once you're done reading, call us at (702) 751-READ and let us know what you thought!

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes you all,whether puny, shy or high, to a LIVE episode of Spontaneanation, recorded at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul’s special guest is comedian Ron Funches of Undateable Live on NBC! They chat about whether it's possible to fix a bad kisser, the wet dog look, and Ron's son being a dog racist. Paul is then joined by Hal Lublin, Annie Savage, and Little Janet Varney to improvise a story set at a Call Center Christmas Party. 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 ! Tickets are available now: bit.ly/SPONT616

If you know that the early bird gets the worm, I'm sure you also know to stop and smell the roses, that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, and variety is the spice of life. Or maybe not, because those are all completely contradictory and made up by who, exactly? Some sort of internal rhyme shaman or sarcastic centuries-old grandmother? Where the hell did we get all these idioms from? A stitch in time saves nine? Turns out we've been saying that one wrong, there should be a comma in there. Don't put all your eggs in one basket? Well, I only have two hands, how many baskets should I be carrying? These situational little quips make us feel better in very specific moments, but the amount of them that seem to be direct opposites lead us to believe maybe none of them are worthwhile. On this week's episode, Jack O'Brien is joined by Michael Swaim to pour through the dozens of axioms that, when you think about them for a little bit, don't really give the best advice. Later they open up Poor Richard's Almanack, the 18th century source for many of these proverbs, and go through some of the sayings that didn't quite make it to the 21st century. Footnotes: Quotes from 'Poor Richard's Almanack': https://goo.gl/MUCZ4m Source Amnesia: https://goo.gl/PNIf9W Fake Kurt Vonnegut Speech: http://goo.gl/TgT9Xg Richard Dawkins' 'The Selfish Gene': https://goo.gl/n8BTJA Nicolo Machiavelli's 'The Prince': https://goo.gl/wKZV75 5 Famous Wise Sayings That Are Secretly Dumb: http://goo.gl/uVM6p2 5 Bits of 'Common Knowledge' Science Has Disproved: http://goo.gl/apg2r1 6 Famous Movie Wisemen Who Were Totally Full of Shit: http://goo.gl/mgBo 5 Staples of Wisdom That Need To Be Retired: http://goo.gl/TMBDbH 7 Quotes By Famous Geniuses (That Everyone Gets Wrong): http://goo.gl/imTECQ