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The history of the music industry is littered with weird and possibly apocryphal stories of how people were discovered and how songs came to be. Sam Phillips, the man credited with discovering Elvis, tells the story of a shy 18-year-old Presley coming into his studio and Phillips having the gut instinct to shout something like, "say, this kid's gonna be a star!" It's a fine story, except Phillips wasn't even there the day Elvis first went into Sun Records. It was his assistant Marion Keisker who heard Elvis first and thought to pass him along to her boss. We like to think of our artists as chess pieces in a heroes journey. It fits the story in our minds to have Elvis be discovered by Obi-Wan Kenobi and for them to have the determination to know 'Hound Dog' would be a big hit. But 'Hound Dog' was first recorded 4 years earlier by Big Mama Thornton. The history of the music industry is a surprisingly messy thing. Keith Richards comes up with the main riff to 'Satisfaction' and forgets how to play it the next day. What sounds like divine inspiration to us might very well be an accident. On this week's podcast Jack sits down with Hrishikesh Hirway, the brilliant mind behind the podcast 'Song Exploder', to talk about his process and what he learns breaking down popular songs instrument-by-instrument. Later he talks with Peter Matthew Bauer of The Walkmen to talk gear culture, how demos are made, and Michael Jackson's magical $20,000 mixing board.

Actor and writer Naomi Ko (Dear White People) joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss the term anti-colonial and Cecil Rhodes. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

Welcome to the first episode of Young People with Jeff Garlin! Jeff is a comedian of some notoriety who you may recognize from The Goldbergs and Curb Your Enthusiasm who has an interest in talking to young people in the industry. This week he reunites with his Disney's The Whereabout Gang co-star and pop star Heather to chat about her recent club hookup with superstar Denny Peters, using Twitter to test out her new song lyrics, and her interesting relationship with her agency. Later, Traci Reardon arrives to help her Twitter followers with advice on enjoying life with a girlfriend, being surrounded by spiders, and more in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Stand-up extraordinaire and official CBB friend of the show Whitney Cummings finally makes her first appearance on this week's Comedy Bang! Bang! Whitney tells us all about her new HBO special "I'm Your Girlfriend," what it means to be diagnosed as a love addict, and an important comedy lesson she learned early in her career. Then, Hollywood producer Gene Rottenberry arrives to talk about his new space show "Star Confirmation." Later, Scott's former next door neighbor Linda Gravel stops by to reconnect with Scott and reminiscence about his childhood.

Randy and Jason review a Carolina Panthers superfan's rap video on this week's Sklarbro Country. Comedian and fellow Missourian Kathleen Madigan joins the Sklars to talk LA Rams, comedy clubs and touring the U.S. They also discuss Puerto Ricans who obeyed their friend's dying wish of being propped up during a poker match (after he died). Lastly, former NBA star Dennis Rodman stops by the studio to promote the upcoming Wing Bowl and shows his support of Bernie Sanders.

If you look back at the most popular comedies through the years, there are always parts that don't hold up. A lot of the time when it's a sex, bro, or gross-out comedy, the stuff that doesn't hold up is usually a cringeworthy scene or two where you think, "they could never do this today." For example, Vince Vaughn getting raped in 'Wedding Crashers' is played for laughs, but then we feel better about it at the end because he falls in love with his assailant. Shannon Elizabeth's Nadia in 'American Pie' is secretly taped getting naked and her character is deported for it while no punishment comes to the men who do this to her. The villain in 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' is trans woman outed by a bunch of grossed-out dudes. Funny! The fact that you can't get away with stuff like this anymore isn't a bad sign, or a sign that comedies are becoming PC or watered down. This is a good thing. It means we're not making fun of genders, races, sexual orientations at their expense for no reason. On this week's podcast, Jack O'Brien is joined by Cracked editors Soren Bowie and Alex Schmidt to talk about some very recent movies, commercials and bits of pop-culture like these where what was once funny or en vogue is now horribly insensitive.

Join the Hard Brothers, Mike and Paul (Mike Still and Paul Welsh), for a bare-knuckle political brawl that will leave you with an America-shaped bruise on your brain. Featuring your favorite comedians performing as your (least) favorite politicians. On this episode, the Hard Brothers welcome Republican Presidential Primary front-runner, Donald Trump (Anthony Atamanuik) as they discuss bronze-plated "anchor babies," the truth about 9-11 and the dangers of Italian ISIS.

Ronna & Beverly had a magnificent time at this year's San Francisco Sketch Fest and are now sharing it with you! Joining them is the wonderfully warm & hilarious Guy Branum and the cute as a button Kate Micucci of Garfunkel and Oates. What more can you ask for?

Howard is touring in Texas, so Stard fills in to join Kulap on this week’s Who Charted? The Top 5 songs on Spotify’s U.S. Top 50 inspire conversations about Vegas and sandwiches with actor/podcaster Nate Corddry. They pitch show ideas for the next NBC Chicago series and guess what is under The Edge’s beanie during the Top 5 TV Shows chart. Lastly, Kulap gives updates on the production of “Bajillion Dollar Propertie$,” and Stard shares his journey to the music event NAMM in Two Charted.

What do Stephen and guest host Manoush Zomorodi have in common? 1. They try to wake up early. 2. They accidentally went on a family vacation together. That and more on today's Question of the Day!

Andrew Ti and special guest Deirdre Devlin finish the week off by discussing asking "what's your ethnicity?" while online dating. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Businessman and "Just Jillian" executive producer Giancarlo Chersich comes bearing gifts for Ku and H. Michael Kre on this week's Who Charted? They discuss modern music legends and Generation Z being "alone together" during the Billboard's Hot 100 music chart. The Top 5 Movies chart inspires conversation about the Oscar-nominated films, making "Just Jillian" and hosting a slime wrestling event in high school. Later, Howard recaps his San Francisco tour and Kulap updates us on "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$" during The Bugle.

TV's Fred Savage of The Grinder and comedian extraordinaire Wayne Federman join Scott to give listeners big auditioning tips on this week's Comedy Bing Bong! We'll hear all about Wayne's new 3-CD comedy album "The Chronicles of Federman," Fred's new TV show The Grinder which is one of Scott's Pick to Click, and what we should do to prepare for El Nino. Plus, Swiss narco-sculptor H.R. Giger returns to tell us why he got kicked out of hell!

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone, including non-listeners, back to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is podcaster, TV host, and author Dave Holmes! They chat about whether to live without electricity or a toilet, why Dave's no longer able to eat donuts, and parental eccentricities regarding science fiction. Paul is then joined by Jessica Chaffin, Craig Cackowski, and Brandon Johnson to improvise a story set in The One Beauty Parlor in a Small Town. 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 Get yourself a pair of Spont socks, as seen on NATIONAL TELEVISION on The Bachelor Live in the Earwolf store: http://ear.wf/1K61sLq

Is there still a purpose to having a personal website when millions of users already go to 'destination sites' like Twitter and Medium for their blog posts? Also, what is Stephen going to do with his boxes of pictures and memorabilia currently stuck in a basement?

Deirdre Devlin and Andrew talk about racist bumper stickers. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Welcome to a special episode of Wine Time with Martha (Betsy Sodaro) and Margie (Toni Charline)! This week they visit their number one co-pilot Shelley in the hospital. They comfort Shelley, who recently had a terrible accident that has left her in the burn ward, with some signature segments from the show such as "Horny or Hot Flash?". Later, Traci Reardon arrives to do some community service by helping her Twitter followers with advice in another edition of "Help Me, Rhonda."

Taylor Goldsmith, Griffin Goldsmith, and Wylie Gelber are together known as American folk-rock band Dawes and this week they join Danielle Schneider, Mike Mitchell, Mike Hanford, and Joe Wengert for a very special musical edition of improv4humans with Matt Besser! Dawes performs songs live in-studio that will inspire scenes about living in a Mountain Town, Kanye West becoming close friends with a wedding invitation planner, and someone who fetishizes the name "Lily." Make sure to get the Upright Citizens Brigade television show season 3 now available on DVD, the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, and pick up Dawes' music at www.dawestheband.com!

Deirdre Devlin and Andrew to talk about kids dressing up as a geisha. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

The time has come to determine who will officially be Scott's intern. Intern Gino Lambardo and Intern Marissa Wompler go head-to-head in the very first Comedy Bang! Bang! Intern Challenge judged by none other than CBB's first ever guest Rob Huebel of The Descendants, Childrens Hospital, and Crash Test fame. Two enter and one will leave the intern duties for good. Who will be victorious? Tune in to find out!

Spend this Christmas with Howard, Kulap, Stard, and Brody Stevens! We'll hear everyone chat about Brody's favorite baseball movie, how he became the Prince of Periscope, and the number one Christmas song as they count down the Top 5 Christmas Songs Music Chart. Then, Howard is Santa Claus and bears gifts for all during the Movie Chart. Later, they give Chartists a special thanks for their GIFTS, and Howard gives us an update on "Hey Gang." Download the Who Charted? Holiday Bundle here: http://store.earwolf.com/store/digital/3880/who-charted-holiday-bundle and check out Hey Gang! over at http://www.howardkremer.com/!

Fresh off his Chicago production of Sherlock Holmes, David Arquette visits the calming shores of Sklarbro Country! David joins Randy & Jason to talk about getting to know each other by playing golf together along with the Sklars' mother, how portraying deputy sheriff Dewey Riley differently than he was written saved the character from dying in Scream, his time with Courteney Cox at the height of Friends, and being in the studio audience for Happy Days multiple times as a child. Later, David tells us about becoming a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion during Quick Hits. Plus, Tiger Woods is in-studio to discuss his crazy year and what he means by hanging it up.

Marissa and Listler are back with their special guest, Mr. Dan Tennis (Andrew Barbot), Marina Del Rey High's Computer Teacher on this week's WOMP IT UP! Mr. Tennis talks Apple and Marissa has a few choice words for listeners during "What's Cheesing You?". Then, the spotlight is on Mr. Tennis as he tells us about his model train hobby, his foster kids, and his passion for playing acoustic covers of Dave Matthews Band. Plus, Listler reveals what happened to her previous marriage during Listler's Love Lockdown!

A commonly cited study states that money's ability to increase happiness diminishes above $70,000 per year. However, are the statistics really that cut-and-dried? Stephen, James, and guest host Manoush Zomorodi discuss their personal relationships with money, and we finally get one opinion that paying for college may be a worthwhile endeavor.

Deirdre Devlin and Andrew talk about the cartoons Doug and Arthur. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.