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Straight from The Magic Tavern come Adal Rifai, Arnie Niekamp, and Matt Young to interrupt Scott's one man program. Rollicking adventures ensue when the gang gets trapped in the Earwolf studio. They find out whose father is a ghost, play "Honesty or Challenge," and try to undo the curse that may keep them locked away for all time.

Paying the rent with Gary Gulman.

Doug Loves Movies host Doug Benson joins Adam Scott Aukerman to discuss the broadway rock musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. They’ll get into the conception and making of the musical, Bono & The Edge’s involvement with writing the music & lyrics for the musical, and share their impressions of the musical. Plus, the guys talk about the times Doug & Scott saw U2’s PopMart Tour & The 360° Tour, recap night 3 of Hollywood Joel, go through some listener mail, and ask Doug “What’s Your Deductible Bro?”

On December 29, 1962, twenty-three-year old Patricia Bissette was found strangled in her Boston apartment. She was second young victim, and the seventh overall attributed to The Boston Strangler. But there were some who weren't so sure Bissette was a victim of THE Strangler. There was legitimate suspicion that Bissette’s boss—a married man with a motive for keeping his affair with Bissette quiet—had killed her. In this episode, host Portland Helmich reveals how one significant detail, Bissette’s address, might have helped police find the real killer in 1962. We’ll hear more about the tragic consequences of this missed opportunity, and we’ll meet Adele Roof, who believes that she befriended the Boston Strangler in 1962—and almost became one of his victims. Episode Title: Abnormal Psychology.

The Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Kogan joins Sarah and guest co-host, local improv legend Susan Messing (Second City, The Annoyance Theater, iO Theater) live at the Chicago Podcast Festival to talk about John Prine’s “Hello In There,” A River Runs Through It, and Spartacus. Plus, special musical guests Sunshine Boys open with a cover of the famous "Crybabies" theme, and play a few originals to wrap up this magical evening.

Live from the Now Hear This Festival, actor, author, cat lover, and vanguard podcaster Marc Maron joins Matt to talk about his role as the Angry Promoter in the 2000 Cameron Crowe film Almost Famous. Marc tells us all about the pants his character wears, how his scene has now since established a catchprhase in the intro of his popular podcast “WTF with Marc Maron,” and why this role fits just right in his personal range as an actor. He also talks about his cats Monkey & LaFonda, what it’s like to prepare for an interview with Neil Young, and the now infamous Gallagher mid-interview walk out. Plus, Matt’s old college buddy and author Tyler Dilts joins Matt to talk about how WTF and I Was There Too are big influences in his detective novels.

Cast Me If You Can We've got every episode of Don't Look Back with host Julian McCullough in Howl Premium. To hear the entire series use promo code LOOK at check-out for 1-month free. Julian asks his friends from the world of stand up, acting and music what their back up plan would be if they weren't in show business. They then interview a person who does that very thing for a living. In episode one, Jon Gabrus reveals to Julian that he wanted to be an FBI Agent in high school. They welcome 20 year FBI veteran Jim Sheehan into the studio to see if Jon had a chance to make it chasing bad guys.

Actress and comedian Grace Parra joins Andrew this week to talk about how much knowledge we should know on every cabinet member, engaging with the Latino community, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

The boys are joined by D'ARCY CARDEN from The Good Place to talk about who gets to go there and other big questions.

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes friends and lovers to this week’s episode of Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special return guest is the hilarious Ron Funches! They chat about what Ron bought with his own money as a child, the grisly aspects of working at a cannery, and the unique way employees were punished at a telemarketing job he once had. Paul is then joined by Jordan Black, Jeremy Carter, and Jean Villepique, to improvise a story set in a Salem, Oregon Comic Shop. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! SAN FRANCISCO! Spontaneanation Live returns to SF Sketchfest on January 14th! With Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome & Little Janet Varney, plus a very special guest. Tickets are almost gone, so get yours NOW! http://bit.ly/SFSFSPONT17

Makeup artist Lauren Urasek joins Deanna and Emily to share the story on how she became the most messaged woman on OkCupid. We hear how her life changed afterward including all the insane messages she received, writing a book about her experience, and venturing into podcasting herself. Plus, she shows off her makeup skills on Deanna & Emily!

Join Kevin as he sits down with actor and comedian Jay Mohr (Mohr Stories, Jerry Maguire). With much conversational digression, Jay chats about painting pictures with words and how never to do an impression of 'them' for 'them'.

No matter how you feel about the films of Brian Taylor—a high-voltage assortment that includes Crank, Gamer and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance—they all, at first glance, inspire a shared singular question: how the fuck did this get made? Seriously. Just look at what these movies are about: To avoid dying, a British hitman must keep adrenaline coursing through his body. In a future where kids can control humans as if they were videogame characters, a wrongly imprisoned death row convict seeks freedom. Years after making a deal with the Devil, a hell-on-wheels monster known as “The Ghost Rider” must save a young boy (and, ultimately, the world). To many, these films are considered “guilty pleasures.” Yet interestingly enough, they come from an unexpectedly honest place; a desire to provide viewers with an alternative to the four-quadrant, check-the-boxes, CGI-everything Hollywood Machine. This underlying, upend-the-system ethos was just one the many things I learned during my conversation with Taylor. But by no means was it the most interesting. Not compared to hearing about his wild and crazy “maniac” days, the strange legacy of Gamer and what it’s really like to work with the iconic and eccentric enigma that is Nicolas Cage.

Singer Hadyn joins Jensen and Matty to talk about Jensen being his camp counselor, DJing, Flume’s cover of Ghost Town DJs “My Boo”, Seal’s 1994 album, battle rapper Fresco, how we were late on hypnotism, and much more.

Today's caller discusses beating cancer and raising her son as a single mom. Through all of her struggles, big and small, she’s stayed relentlessly positive. Let’s just hope she doesn’t get fired for talking to Chris for an hour while at work!

Get on your boots this week as Adam Scott Aukerman get deep into U2′s twelfth studio album No Line on the Horizon for the whole episode. They’ll talk about the aborted Rick Rubin sessions, the sessions with Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois, how U2’s “Get On Your Boots” sounds exactly like The Escape Club’s “Wild, Wild West,” their experiences with the record, the U2 360° Tour, and U2’s 2009 Grammys performance. Plus, they break down Billy Joel’s recent performance at the Hollywood Bowl.

In the past few weeks, we've written about not panicking, why you should absolutely panic, and just about everything in between when it comes to the Trump presidency. One thing we haven't quite touched on yet is how real life actual people will be affected by the changes he promised to make during his campaign. One thing Trump already promised to do is repeal an Obama executive order called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. DACA allows children who were brought here illegally (keyword: children) to gain somewhat-legal status; protection from deportation, a social security card, in exchange for staying out of trouble and being an active part of the workforce. These are law-abiding, tax-paying young adults whose home country for all intents and purposes is America. A lot of them don't even know the know the language spoken in their country of origin. The shittiest thing is these people might be the first to be deported because they had the unmitigated gall to actively try to live in the United States legally. Robert Evans and Tom Reimann grab the reigns of the podcast this week and have conversations with a potential victim of the removal of DACA, a transgender woman whose medications may no longer be covered, and an army vet whose parents are immigrants to talk about the scary world they've been suddenly thrust into. Later a British journalist joins to talk about the parallels to Brexit and why we might soon see fascist vs. anti-fascist fighting in the streets, and how it could look. If your life has been concretely or irrevocably changed by the new administration, we want to hear your story. Email us at tips@cracked.com. Footnotes: NYT: Former Head of Homeland Security on DACA: https://goo.gl/kUt7GP Complex: Trans People Rushing to get Gender-Affirming Surgery Before Trump: https://goo.gl/4Ie3M6 The Guardian: Fascist/Anti-Fascist Fight in Dover: https://goo.gl/HWOd8b VICE: More Fascist/Anti-Fascist Fighting: https://goo.gl/uNWTZO Southern Poverty Law Center: Hate & Extremism Statistics: https://goo.gl/5OPBdj Also make sure to buy tickets to our next LIVE podcast taping on Saturday, December 10th at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Jack and the crew will be giving a much needed, "good riddance" to the year 2016 with our annual Year In Review In Review. The Cracked staff and some special guests will fill in the gaps where most of of the other 'Years In Review' leave out half of the story. Tickets are only $5 and available here: https://goo.gl/zMwKua

Award-winning musician and radio host John Tesh has certainly earned the title of Hamilton superfan. At last count, he'd seen the show nine times. He joins Travon and Mike to geek out about the soundtrack and talk about the time Lin-Manuel Miranda shouted to him from onstage. He also raps some fatherly verses he wrote about his teenage daughter. Plus, Travon and Mike get answers to all of their questions about Tesh's iconic NBA theme song, "Roundball Rock."

Let's have a few drinks and talk about the adventures of the dwarf, Lager Brewerhead. Credits Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Lager Brewerhead: Jon Gabrus Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi Theme Music: Andy Poland Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban Audio Assistance: Jason Knox Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

Live from the LA Podfest, Ian Roberts, Sean Clements, Jessica McKenna, and Zach Reino join Matt Besser to find out how hairy you have to be to soak up all the water in the pool. An IRS scam call inspires a scene about overly personal government notices, sound engineers deal with kickball-obsessed recording artists, and a virtual fish agency programs extremely realistic death scenarios. Finally, Eric the Paid Intern returns for street interviews that lead to scenes about a playful drug dealer and getting beaten with a boat.

Musical guests Jeff Rosenstock and Chris Farren join Chad Carter, Betsy Sodaro, Craig Rowin, and Matt Besser for a saga of mirth and song! Jeff and Chris perform songs that inspire scenes about completely misreading a break-up, being very determined to poop in public, and the needy husband of a surgeon. Plus, a local candleshop cashes in, and a restaurant patron gets his go at running the place.

Casey and Danielle celebrate the one year anniversary of Bitch Sesh with a VERY special guest - THE boot on the ground himself: Saint Andy Cohen.

Recorded live as part of The Boston Jewish Film Festival at the Somerville Theatre in Boston, the fabulous Eugene Mirman of Bob’s Burgers joins Ronna and Beverly to chat about growing up speaking only Russian, crying for 45 minutes as part of his 9 volume comedy album, and who he closely resembles. It’s a fantastic night shared here for your listening pleasure!

We hear about ISIS all the time - but what is it really like, and how dangerous is it? Journalist Joby Warrick has been covering the Middle East and national security for decades, and in this episode he talks to David about just how we should be dealing with the extremist group.

Sarah Pappalardo (Reductress) and Frank Conniff (Mystery Science Theater 3000) join Negin as first-time guests to talk about the Jill Stein-led recount effort, Fidel Castro's death, and Donald Trump's cabinet picks. Plus, presidential conflicts of interest, Negin's trip to Cuba, and tips for confronting hateful comments and racist jokes.