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Actress Tiya Sircar (The Good Place) joins Jensen and Matty to talk about Alex, Inc, musician Chris Crack, singer-songwriter Jade Bird, Documental, how we were late on Ebates, and many more things you should know about.

"Kids in the Hall" alum Scott Thompson spills all, while welcoming us all to the triumphant return of Mr. Buddy Cole.

Growing up in Northern England, this week’s caller became unlikely pen pals with a death row inmate in the American South. That experience, along with an unusual proximity to murder that she describes as a “family quirk”, inspired her career path.

Grunkle, the Garbage Lady of Hogsface, stops by the tavern for the first time in 13 years. Also, everyone’s getting old. Credits: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Grunkle the Garbage Lady: Betsy Sodaro Gwendolyn, Endolyn, and Todd: Lauren Shippen, Julia Morizawa, and Briggon Snow from The Bright Sessions Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi Editor: Garrett Schultz Theme Music: Andy Poland Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban Audio Assistance: Jason Knox Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz Listen to season 2 of Hello from the Magic Tavern Presents: Offices and Bosses only on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of listening, go to stitcherpremium.com/magic and use promo code ‘MAGIC’.

Legendary character actor M. Emmet Walsh ("Blade Runner," "Fletch," "The Jerk") joins Gilbert and Frank for a fascinating conversation about acing auditions, stealing scenes, disappearing into roles, reinventing characters and humanizing heavies and bad guys. Also, Laurence Oliver gets "the wish," Henry Fonda rallies the troops, Lauren Bacall reads the riot act and the Coen Brothers pay in cash. PLUS: The Stanton-Walsh rule! J. Carrol Naish! Loving Lee Grant! Deconstructing "Blood Simple"! And Emmet plays "tennis" with Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Harrison Ford!

“Hollywood” might be the most nebulous entity in America. It’s somehow a location and an industry and a big goofy hill-sign. It’s the source of all entertainment without entertaining us very often. And it’s where budding young artists flock to make it “big” (in Schwarzenegger’s case, literally). In popular consciousness, Hollywood is a sea of countless artists making our culture. But what if we told you the music world, movie world, and more pillars of American fun are driving by a shockingly tiny number of artists? And even weirder, the key artists are people you’ve never even heard of? On this week’s episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt and special guest Jensen Karp (Get Up On This) celebrate rappers, writers, filmmakers, and wrestlers who remade our entire culture without the wider public knowing it. They’ll rediscover a comic book artist who resurrected Princess Di. They’ll champion the mid-1990s bodybuilder who reinvented rap. And because everybody needs a little care right now, they’ll grief-counsel themselves AND you through the end of Kanye West. Footnotes: https://goo.gl/Erv19d

Paul F. Tompkins contemplates whether he wants welcome everyone back back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is Natasha Rothwell of HBO’s Insecure and Love, Simon! Natasha chats about a dream she had that is actually interesting, how she deals with confrontation, and the best part of being an army brat. Then, they are joined by improviser Hal Lublin, to improvise a story set in a Grocery Store. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

Our man in the East, Phil Nobile Jr returns to talk all manner of Roger Moore, New Orleans and Voodoo. #KanangaBalloon

Briga Heelan (Great News) stars in a monstrous new musical filled with blood, bikes, belting vocals and more. With songs like "Sunnybrooke Side of Life", "You Need Us Kids", "It's Midnight...", don't wait to Upside-download this sure-to-be-classic episode!

Cam and Rhea talk alarms, Phantom Thread and junk food. Sets from JC Coccoli, Jenny Yang, Donny Divanian, Negin Farsad and Marcella Arguello.

Lu's drunken tirade, Tinsley's primal scream, Cameron's husband's penis, Kyle's stolen purses, Nivea moisturizer, so much to cover and Casey and Danielle take it ALL on this week with the help of Deanna Cheng and Dennis Rodman. God bless America!

Treading the boards with John Ross Bowie.

The Pistol Shrimps take on Hood 2 Hollywood at Pan Pacific Park. Mark and special guest Paul F. Tompkins say words while the game happens. The Shrimps on Twitter: @pistolshrimpsbb The Shrimps on Instagram: @thepistolshrimps Pistol Shrimps Radio on Twitter: @shrimpsradio Pistol Shrimps Radio on Instagram: @pistolshrimpsradio

Comedians Abbi Crutchfield (TruTV's You Can Do Better) & Matt Koff (The Daily Show) join Jo & Manolo to play listener-created games with callers. Games played: You Used To Call Me On My Homophone, I'm So Voice-Over It, and Every Pocket Tells A Story.

Comedy Bang Bang and Threedom’s own Scott Aukerman joins Jon & Lauren to remember a whole different era of TV! He talks about poring through TV Guides as a kid, Godzilla’s sidekick Godzooky, and watching sex scenes with his parents. Then, on the debut of Improvised Sitcoms, Nicole Byer stops by to create a show that never was.

Comedian Steve Hernandez (I Love You, America, Reality Bytes) joins Andrew once again to discuss Michelle Wolf at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Kanye West just learning about Republicans and slavery, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323)389-RACE.

The boys of Hello From the Magic Tavern: Adal Rifai, Arnie Niekamp and Matt Young, join Jess and Zach this week for a new musical filled with Xboxes, chicken parm, and of course, time traveling. With songs like "Piece of Peace", "Deus EXBoxina", and "Small Town Science", you'll want to keep traveling back for more!

Comedienne/Actress Maria Bamford sheds light on the darkness of thoughts and actions, as well as her Trump restraining order.

Filmmaker/writer Max Winkler joins Jensen and Matty to talk about boxing, his latest film Flower, Cobra Kai, Burger Lounge, how we were late on You Were Never Really Here, and many more things you should know about.

A political science student and self-described ‘Robin Hood of sugar babies’ talks with Geth about the significant emotional labor that goes into online sex work and the commensurate earnings. She also discusses her political aspirations, including her ideal running mate (hint: together they'll make money moves).

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Pam Murphy) returns to do shuttle runs around the Hard Nation studios. She reveals her true feelings about Hope Hicks, defends her handling of the Stormy Daniels scandal, and reads more real letters that real children wrote President Trump. Plus: Mark leads Pete on a meditative journey.

For centuries, glossy checkout stand magazines told us “stars: they’re just like us!” But did you know Cameron Diaz went to high school with Snoop Dogg? Did you know Mr. T had a pre-fame life as Muhammad Ali’s bodyguard? And did you know Andre the Giant spent his childhood getting driven to school by Samuel Beckett (yes, THAT playwright/poet/Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett)? Magazines are FAILING to tell us how awesomely weird famous peoples’ lives are. Who can save us from that boring lie? ...maybe with a podcast episode??? On this week's episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt is LIVE at UCB Sunset, saving the day with Jenny Jaffe (Big Hero 6, IFC), Matt Lieb (The Star Wars Show, AJ+), Carey O’Donnell (Heathers, Billy On The Street), and their audience. Get ready for a no-holds-barred deep dive into the most bizarre celebrity origins and backstories of all-time, AND a surprisingly strong focus on the wild world of grain dealing. Footnotes: https://goo.gl/3h15Zm

The Red Wizard is back, summoned to help Arnie with his citizenship test. But can she and Usidore work through their relationship problems? Credits: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Jyn’Leeviyah: Felicia Day Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Tricia: Kate James Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi Editor: Chris Rathjen Theme Music: Andy Poland Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban Audio Assistance: Jason Knox Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

This week’s Comedy Bang Bang was recorded live at the South by Southwest Festival 2014 in Austin, Texas with fan favorite Jonah Ray and soon to be fan favorite Adam Cayton-Holland! Also, The Sheriff of Nottingham makes a harrowing return as he crashes the show the only way a fictional character from the Robin Hood universe can. With style! Bow. Bow. Chicka Chickaaaa.

Casey, Danielle and April open the live show wearing their best Ramona, Sonja and Dorinda from the Halloween show. They are joined by the HILARIOUS AND GIFTED Kaitlin Olson (moonlighting as Carole/Amelia E.). Kaitlin performs a Dorinda for the ages that should win a goddamn Oscar or Nobel Peace Prize.