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(Guest: Peter Sagal) We have something extra magical in the tavern this week, a unicorn named Windsprinkle. Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Windsprinkle: Peter Sagal Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Tricia: Kate James 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 Episode Art: Ellie Martin "Gas Wayne Yes My Star" Written and Performed by: Mike Doughty

Was Jason right about clowns all along? What the hell is friction tape? Paul gets into this and more as he opens up the Explanation Hope Line and goes through Corrections and Omissions for Dreamcatcher. Plus, you’ll hear which video game world we will be entering for our next movie!

Multi-platinum recording artist “Weird Al” Yankovic joins Scott and contest winner Claudia O’Doherty to talk about his achievement of completing his most recent tour, getting texts from Jesus, and the final 10 episodes of CBBTV. Later, a little 8-year-old girl by the name of Beth returns riding into the studio on her power wheels to ask everyone about their ideal Halloween costume.

Actress Mandell Maughan of "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$" returns to join Howard and Kulap in investigating this week's charts. They discuss Mandell's work on the show and what makes eating during a scene so difficult before listing Stereogum's Top 5 Songs of the Week. We hear tales about buying an old new phone and childhood grocery stores, and Howard gives an update on his family fantasy football league during the Movie Chart. Finally, they gang checks out Kevin's Hot Picks during Two Charted, where we hear an idea for an on-demand coin service and check up on SNL predictions.

Welcome back to Passions of the Christos with your hosts Carolina Christos (Heidi Gardner) and Stefono Christos (Greg Worswick). It’s the personal podcast that explores all kinds of passions from dance to music to art to ice. This week’s passion is food and who better to talk about food than famous chef Helen Poon-Kinney Gallagher. Helen tells us about secret of her Risotto balls, just cooking for the cast of “Who’s the Boss?”, and the inspiration behind her most famous dish. Plus, Traci Reardon stops by to help her Twitter followers with advice on pursuing their passions in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Just in time for Halloween, Chris and this spirited artist trade spooky stories...until they are rudely interrupted by the ghost of an angry biker. But the corporeal beings prevail, if only for the caller to give Chris his least favorite nickname ever: Chris Giraffe-Herd.

ITS A SPOOOOOOKY HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR VERY SPECIAL EPISODE! Live at Largo with special GUEST CO-HOST June Diane Raphael doing HER very best to defend Vicki G. Controversial theories are thrown out and controversial statements are made. We pat the puss and find out Danielle is meant to wear a Rinna wig! The Halloween parade will stun despite listeners not being able to see it. See pictures on CaseyRoseWilson's instagram.

Actor/writer/comedian Carl Tart (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Transparent) returns to join Andrew this week to talk about the mail-order bride comedy being cancelled after Twitter backlash, the current state of the 2016 election, why you shouldn’t change the color of your skin for Halloween costume, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all the citizens of the Motor City back to Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a LIVE audience at The Detroit Improv Festival! This week, Paul’s special guest is professional wrestler Zach Gowen! They chat about Zach having the sleeping schedule of his baby boy, befriending an older rich man who basically lived in the hotel where he worked the night shift, and whether any hotel guests tried to bribe him. Paul is then joined by Nyima Funk, Marc Evan Jackson, and Marc Warzecha to improvise a story set at Madison Square Garden. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! See Spontaneanation LIVE at the Now Hear This Festival on October 30th & at Largo on November 5th! Get your tickets at paulftompkins.com/live!

Katie Halper (The Katie Halper Show) and Christian Finnegan (A&E's Black and White) join Negin to dive into the dismal final days of the election cycle. They dissect Newt Gingrich and Megyn Kelly's on-air tiff, Donald Trump's newest hotel, and Obamacare's troubles. Plus, Negin heads to South Africa and asks, "How would you describe Americans?"

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has created intimate portraits of many presidents. Here she and David talk about the state of the 2016 race -- and remembers the time she caught LBJ in a lie.

Phenomenal comedic actor Charlie Day of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia finally jaunts his way into the calming shores of Sklarbro Country! Charlie tells us about one of his first TV roles on Law and Order, how he met the Sunny crew, and his early acting days with the Williamstown Theater Festival. After some quick hits, the Sklars call up Charlie Sheen to hear his thoughts on the MLB crushing his dream to throw the first pitch at the World Series.

Hanging off the edge and dangling with Ritch Shydner.

Ben Roy and Andrew Orvedahl of the comedy troupe The Grawlix and truTV’s Those Who Can’t join the CBB First Timers Club! They join Scott and world record holder for most wishes Frank Dorito to chat about wishes, smoking on planes, and favorite films. Later, our good friends Victor and Tiny are back to tell us about their relaxing time at the happiest place on Earth. Your wish for a classic episode in the making has been granted!

USE promo code COLUMBO at checkout to hear the entire series of The Casefiles of Columbo on Howl Premium. In this episode, The very amazing and hilarious Paul F. Tompkins (Bajillion Dollar Properties, Spontaneanation, Superego) joins Aaron Abrams and Kevin Seccia to investigate Season 1, Episode 1 of Columbo - “Murder By The Book”. Together, they discuss Jack Cassidy’s glorious moustache, Peter Falk’s troglodyte voice and Columbo going after Dick Cheney. Plus, Kevin suffers a stroke!

Comedy writer and fellow Earwolf podcaster Travon Free (The Room Where It’s Happening, Any Given Wednesday) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about coming up on the 10th anniversary of the last time he cried real hard, Doctor Who, School of Rock the Musical, Air Bud, and Denzel Washington’s speech at the end of The Great Debaters.

Kevin and Kamau reunite this week to discuss the 1989 thriller "The Mighty Quinn." Before getting into the movie, they discuss Donald Glover landing Lando and evaluate the hotness of comedic men. Then they take care of Denzel Business and talk goal-setting before diving into an analysis of "The Mighty Quinn." They address the film's introduction of Denzel as a sex symbol, explain the high concentration of Denzelisms throughout, and finally, give the film an official Denzel rating.

Jason "Heynong Man" Mantzoukas joins Scott once again to talk about beating the heat, famous snakes, and worst jobs on this week's Comedy Bang! Bang! Later, educator and fry cook Marvin Phelps stops by to tell us how he could have been a champion swimmer like his cousin. Plus, Larry the Loner arrives to spread the word of the loner lifestyle and share some of the deep thoughts he's had so all listeners can enjoy.

On the second of three very special Star Wars trilogy episodes of I Was There Too, Matt is joined by Clive Revill who voices The Emperor in the pre-special edition 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. Clive tells us about how director Irvin Kershner reached out to him for the role, finding the voice for The Emperor, and his thoughts on the final physical representation. Then, expert witnesses Pete the Retailer and Alex Robinson of the Star Wars Minute podcast join Matt to figure out who and actually what played the body of The Emperor during a new segment called Was I There Too? Plus, another classic Star Wars Superego sketch! THE ORIGINAL FOOTAGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtciRCVpFE EXHIBIT 1: https://www.amazon.c...s/dp/0345509617 EXHIBIT 2: http://x3rxe5.tumblr...eginning-return EXHIBIT 3: http://boards.thefor...peror.50033425/ EXHIBIT 4: See the pics posted on this page.

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson (Jacob Wysocki) and Green Party candidate Jill Stein (D’Arcy Carden) join Mark and Pete for a revealing candidates roundtable. Learn about important issues the two major parties won’t talk about, including soldiers, squatches, warp core technology, and the difference between a sea monkey and a sea horse.

Join Casey and Danielle as they unpack their bags on the Baba Bees and soak up the Miami sun and craziness. Special guest Lindy Jamil Gomez shares her love for Shah's of Sunsets, Asa's brother and her kaftans. Jessica Chaffin treats us to a breathtaking review of New Jersey and Danielle imagines a world where Ramona goes downtown on Sonja.

Actress Kate Flannery joins Randy and Jason this week for Sklarbro County. She regales the Bros with tales of her origins with Second City and Daniel Van Kirk explains his take on the value of sports as well as how he nearly ended up working for the Cubs. Then they dive into Stories, hearing about a man who brought corn cobs to a potato gun fight and Canada's bear spray epidemic. Finally, former linebacker Doug Buffone pays an otherwordly visit to weigh in on the Cubs making the World Series.

In the second episode of ROCK BOTTOM, Matt welcomes the pioneers of Finding Prince Charming-related comedy: Actor/Writer/Vulture Recapper Jeffery Self and Actors/Comedians Tom Lenk and Jimmy Fowlie. The guys discuss their real life run-ins with the cast, and Hollywood Correspondent Stephen Guarino calls in to "read" the guests. Plus, Matt interviews Darryl Stephens about the perils of online dating when you're a gaymous superstar.

We're still testing out new co-hosts, so I invited the Memory Gremlin to join us and help us remember an old friend. Credits: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Memory Gremlin: Sarah Maher A Memory: Matt Young Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi 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 Episode Sponsors: Wondery/Secrets, Crimes and Audio Tape: smarturl.it/SCA Zip Recruiter: www.ziprecruiter.com/first Cards Against Humanity: www.cardsagainsthumanity.com Craig-Cast Theme Music: Loping Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Delightful actress Eden Sher of The Middle joins Deanna and Emily this week to talk about her childhood journey to learn to embrace her name, being cloaked in Miley Cyrus, and some of the new words she made up in her new book “The Emotionary: A Dictionary of Words That Don’t Exist for Feelings That Do.” Plus, Eden does her best to guess the meanings of words we should have in the English language.