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Paul F. Tompkins compliments you with a sincere “good job” since you made it to this place called SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is comedian, actor, writer Bob Kerr of This Hour Has 22 Minutes! They chat about Bob’s dream career of being a musician, why revisiting Thunderbirds as an adult is not a good idea, and being terrified of driving in Los Angeles. Paul is then joined by Shulie Cowen, Matt Gourley, and Jean Villepique to improvise a story set in a Clown Cemetery. And as always, Eban Schletter (only the best) scores it all on piano! Attention Worldwide Web! On SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPONTANEANATION streams LIVE from The Los Angeles Podcast Festival! With improvisers CRAIG CACKOWSKI, MATT GOURLEY and JANET VARNEY, accompanist EBAN SCHLETTER, and a special guest! Go to www.lapodfest.com and use the code PFT to get a li’l discount!

Howard, Kulap, and Stard kick off the show with some gifts, heavy gifts, and some very heavy gifts! Then, Howard pitches his new restaurant wherein customers always end up with more than they bargained for. Lastly, Kulap leaks some insider details about her secret new job site.

A long awaited fan favorite will finally be covered on next week’s episode! This week Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Theodore Rex, expertly describes why Nic Cage would make Theodore Rex better, and shares which celebrity animal he would be as he answers your Qs! People of the internet: A while ago, Paul and Rob Huebel did a comedy special on a 60 foot glass bus that traveled around LA and now you’ll be able to see it. Go to vim.io/crashtestpaul now to buy it! The Hotwives (Casey Wilson, Danielle Schneider, Andrea Savage, Dannah Phirman, Tymberlee Hill, Angela Kinsey, Erinn Hayes) are back and this time they are in Vegas baby! The Hotwives of Las Vegas is coming to Hulu on Tuesday, August 18th! Also, check out June in Grace and Frankie available on Netflix, Paul in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp on Netflix, all the episodes of NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU for free, ScheeRL on YouTube here: , and Jason in The Dictator (he’s still in it!).

D'Arcy Carden, Jill Donnelly, and Craig Rowin explore a new toothless gummy language society, follow the life of Marcy the Interrupter, and take us to the beginning of the Metal and Social wars on this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! Plus, Matt explains how his experience at the Outside Lands Festival ended up with him running from security. Make sure to get the Upright Citizens Brigade television show season 3 now available on DVD, the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, and Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com! - Intro Story – Famous person hook-up who spouse would be okay with – Girlfriend informs boyfriend that Obama wants to have sex with her (0:33) - Intro Story – New season of Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell - Negotiating for season 3 at Ad-ult Swim. (7:36) - Twitter Suggestion – Roadkill – Running toward bears to avoid squirrels (16:49) - Crap on YouTube – Dentist pulls 32 teeth instead of 3 – 1-tooth man claims to look like the Bitter Beer Face guy (25:09) - Question from Listener – What is your favorite part about Donald Trump? – High school student gets grief for interrupting people (37:16) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Songs that tell you what to do – Creating a horrible throwback song (58:17) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Besser’s daughter singing “Bicycle” by Queen – Learning different lyrics to nursery rhymes (1:09:00) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Running from security at Outside Lands – Grounded kids try to escape obese parents (1:18:10)

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all of youse (as we said back in the Philadelphia times) back to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is Derek Waters of Drunk History! They chat about how Derek is brave for making himself get in a deprivation tank, the one time he got a citation for being a witness to beer, and why he chooses to drink with the storytellers on his show Drunk History. Paul is then joined by Carla Cackowski, Marc Evan Jackson, and Colleen Smith to improvise a story set in a Miami Record Store in 1967. And as always, Eban Schletter (only the best) scores it all on piano! Attention Worldwide Web! On SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2015 SPONTANEANATION streams LIVE from The Los Angeles Podcast Festival! With improvisers CRAIG CACKOWSKI, MATT GOURLEY and JANET VARNEY, accompanist EBAN SCHLETTER, and a special guest! Go to www.lapodfest.com and use the code PFT to get a li’l discount!

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Welcome back to another episode of Mary, Mary, On the Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow? with your host Mary McMahon (Pam Murphy)! This week Mary is excited to have a controversial figure in the garden world join her, plant psychic Diana Van. Diana speaks on critics allegations of her being a fraud, does a live psychic reading on some of Mary’s plants, and shares a secret about her book “Listen to the Lilies, Love the Lavender.” Later, Traci Reardon stops by to help listeners with their plant problems in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

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Paul Rust, Mookie Blaiklock, and Mike Mitchell join Matt Besser to make a meal of joke thief Josh Ostrovsky aka “The Fat Jew” on this week’s improv4humans! Their discussion of the recent plagiarism backlash will serve as inspiration for improvised scenes about taking serious offense to a child re-telling a joke they heard at summer camp, the trace of anti-semitism that is allowed when posting hate against his moniker, and being a writer who makes rappers uncomfortable in interviews. Plus, Mike gets put in the Confrontation Corner in a scenario in which a sketch group he was a part of uses his idea for a TV show and doesn’t let him be in the show. Make sure to get the Upright Citizens Brigade television show season 3 now available on DVD, the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, and Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com! - Intro Story - @FatJew steals Besser joke – Parents get angry at son for not crediting jokes heard at camp (1:40) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Finding out how many calories are burned during masturbation – Burning calories at the gym by masturbating (19:25) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Traces of anti-Semitism being allowed when posting hate at his Twitter handle – Searching for The Ugly Jew columnist who writes advice (27:36) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Joke-stealer defends himself in interview – Writer who makes rappers uncomfortable during interviews (40:11) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – If the joke-stealer had a show at UCB - Erin Brockovich has to show top after trying to force someone to drink poison water (50:05) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Stealing Besser’s joke word-for-word – Mookie has to admit at school assembly that he had sex with his dog (54:22) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Getting credit when not deserved – Ed Sullivan getting credit for Beatles performance (1:06:01) - Confrontation Corner – TV show doesn’t give credit to co-creator – Mike discusses getting recognition for his contribution to new sitcom (1:10:52)

Andy Daly, Sean Conroy, and Brett Gelman have been around since the early days of improv4humans with Matt Besser and now they are back for the very special 200th episode! Listen as the greatest improvisers in the universe explore the secret code of Star Wars, the lives of the real Chemical Brothers, and whether you would judge a lion killer’s dentistry abilities. Make sure to get the Upright Citizens Brigade television show season 3 now available on DVD, the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, and Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com! - Intro Story – Buying music online – The Chemical Brothers threaten Andy for money after he gets their music online for free (0:29) - Intro Story – Parking valet tells Brett the lot is full due to “Star Wars” –Brett gets kicked out of various places for “Star Wars” but doesn’t get any other explanation (8:58) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Going off on a stranger – Racist store gives customer VIP treatment/following (14:23) - What is Bothering You? – Dentist who killed Cecil the Lion – Man continues to go to dentist even though he killed Cecil (29:42) - Let’s Talk Some More About That – Transporting dead animals at an airport – Airport security grills passenger about putting gazelle in zebra bag (41:39) - Crap on YouTube – Police officer gives message to thief who broke into his favorite restaurant – Officers follow up on restaurant robbery (52:55) - Crap on YouTube – Mason’s Dream Wave – Documentarian interviews surfers about their perfect wave (1:06:44) - Crap on YouTube – Post-fight interview – Fighter afraid of hurting kindhearted opponent (1:16:55) - Twitter Suggestion – Blackout – Chemical Brothers discuss making chemical kills everything and converts them into Chemical Brothers (1:24:51)

Dan Harmon joins Paul, June, and Jason to discuss the Michael Keaton classic Jack Frost in another LIVE episode recorded at Largo in Los Angeles! They talk about George Clooney’s connection to the movie, the snowman’s journey from bad dad to bad husband, the premise being identical to that of a horror movie, and the emotional roller coaster June was on while watching the movie. May you all have snow dads!

It’s a very musical episode of Comedy Bing Bong as the legendary John Lennon of The Beatles joins Scott as this week’s co-host and helps welcome singer Diane Coffee aka Shaun Fleming to play tracks off his new album “Everybody’s A Good Dog.” They’ll also chat about Motown, Fleming’s favorite song of all time, and the Willennium before rock ‘n’ roll photographer Skip Garcia arrives. Skip takes us through the different kinds of photos he takes as he tells us all we need to know about his new photography book has “I Walk Among Trees.” Plus, Diane Coffee plays some acoustic ‘sclusies from his new album!

Lea Thau is one of the strongest influencers of the modern storytelling style that has taken off in radio, television, advertising, and, of course, podcasting. She is a Peabody Award-winning producer and director, the former executive director of The Moth storytelling organization, and now the creator and host of the podcast Strangers. On this episode Lea tells Adam why she left The Moth and how Strangers came together, explaining the show’s relationship to public radio station KCRW and the Public Radio Exchange’s Radiotopia podcast network. Since Radiotopia is funded through both Kickstarter and sponsorships, Lea touches on the difference, and how listeners respond to hearing her read advertisements. They discuss the recent evolution of storytelling, why Lea is drawn to it, and how the kind of narratives she presents on Strangers differ from journalism. She also shares the process of revealing her life more in the show, and what her advice is for the podcaster who wants to be a good storyteller.

This week on Two Charted the gang discusses why Howard might want to consider using both of his eyes. Then, Howard pitches to the Sharks, as played by Kulap and Stard, some brilliant new business ideas that will disrupt snacking, pocket change, and rock n' roll. Also, our hosts introduce a new segment wherein they explore and discuss the vast and wondrous world of China. Later, Stard tells the story of his virtual audience with Paul McCartney, which sparks Howard's memories of his relationship with President Obama. Lastly, Howard comes out of the eye-color closet for the first time.

Stephen J. Dubner and James Altucher: longtime friends and backgammon nemeses. Together they tackle questions from quora.com. First up: the pros and cons of punching the clock.

Do Europeans develop deeper, longer-lasting friendships than Americans? Possibly, but that might not be such a bad thing.

Comedy’s own Michael Ian Black aka The Marm of Smarm returns along with Scott’s nephew Todd on a special B-B-BONUS episode of Comedy Bing Bong! Why is MIB in everything from Smosh: The Movie to Another Period to Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp? Who were MIB and Todd’s first crushes? Will Riddle Me This go as smoothly as it always does? Tune in to find out!

Recorded LIVE as part of Cast Party in New York City is another edition of Celebrity Wow with Tyler (John Early)! All your latest news on celebrity news, gossip, and news. Tyler welcomes teen sensation Riley McDevit to talk gab about her new hit film Everybody’s Fake, sing a bit of her new single “We All Know the Secret,” and address the recent controversy that she’s a part of that has been making headlines.

Lakshmi Sundaram and Andrew talk all about whether there is such a thing as an Asian American accent. Be sure to keep leaving us messages at (323) 389-RACE.

Sometimes the right words just won't come. So is it time to make up some new ones? Turns out that Stephen already has.

Do you believe in psychic abilities? The Flagen sisters, Juniper, Peony, Hyacinth, and Shrub stop by the studio on their carnival tour to predict Scott’s future as well as the future of Fresno. Have you ever thought what it would be like to have Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords as your dad? Jemaine also arrives to talk about being a dad in his new film People Places Things, his brand new limited series on HOWL called The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie’s Botanarium, and whether he believes in Santa Claus or not. You’ll never guess which it is unless you’re a psychic or listen!

Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Andrew talk about radio stations with the tag line that says “All of the Hits and NONE of the Rap.” Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.

New friend Thomas Middleditch returns this week to join our heroes as they depart from the desert and head West atop of Andrew the Magic Carpet!

Check out this sneak peek of Question of the Day, launching on August 31st! Co-hosted by Stephen J. Dubner and James Altucher, it's the show for listeners who are short on time and long on curiosity. Subscribe now, and you won't miss a thing.

Ever wonder why your voice sounds so strange when you hear it recorded? Ever want to hear Stephen and James sing “Welcome Back Kotter?” Yikes.