Beautiful Stories
Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata
Big Grande Teachers’ Lounge
Bitch Sesh
Comedy Bang Bang
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
Factually! with Adam Conover
Get Rich Nick
Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
Hello From The Magic Tavern
Hollywood Handbook
Homophilia
How Did This Get Made?
How Did This Get Played?
improv4humans
Never Not Funny
Off Book: The Improvised Musical
Office Ladies
Queery with Cameron Esposito
Scam Goddess
Spanish Aquí Presents
The Three Questions with Andy Richter
Threedom
Throwing Shade
Unspooled
Who Charted?
Yo, Is This Racist?
Jordan Black
Jordan Black is a Groundlings alumnus and former Saturday Night Live writer. His television credits include How I Met Your Mother, Jimmy Kimmel Live, South Park and more. For a glimpse at his pretty face, look no further than For Your Consideration or Bridesmaids. He can still be found occasionally at Groundlings performing in The Crazy Uncle Joe Show, S#!T My Folks Don’t Know, and The Black Version: Black in 2011.
Guest Appearances
1910s Home Being Renovated In Hudson River Valley
Paul F. Tompkins loves that he caught you listening to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is Erin Gibson of Throwing Shade! Erin chats about which weapon she would prefer be used to kill her, why ghosts aren’t afraid of…
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The Belly of a Whale
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guests are Beth Newell and Sarah Pappalardo, editors and co-founders of Reductress! Beth and Sarah chat about whether or not they’ve ever stolen anything, being propositioned by an older…
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Splash Mountain at Disneyland
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes ladies, gentleman, and cats walking across any keyboards to this week's Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is singer-songwriter Aimee Mann! They chat about how many times Aimee googled herself this week, baby bangs, and phone…
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Grass-Fed Bits
David Wain and musician Dan Wilson join Scott to talk about Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later which was co-created by David, Dan’s latest album “Re-Covered,” and the art of starting with titles to create songs. Then, political pundit Testarossa Manigault…
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Karaoke Night at A Small Logging Town Tavern
Paul F. Tompkins keeps his cool on this week’s Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special return guest is Scott Aukerman of Comedy Bang! Bang! They chat about something Scott’s hometown is known for, students mostly being interested in the famous people Scott knows when…
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Life Drawing Class
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes adult men and women back to Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest is singer-songwriter Ted Leo! They chat about when was the last time Ted cried out of happiness, a story about a determined tortoise, and going from…
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Schwimm On In
Stand-up comedians Ron Funches and Nick Thune join the show this week to face their greatest fears and to find the most fun things to eat and say. Acclaimed indie musician Papa Johns Misty begins his year-long residency with his favorite catchphrases…
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The Evigan Way
Dr. Martinia Johansson joins Scott this week to talk about the challenges of being a physician as well as owning a Quiznos, previously working at a Subway, and believing that bugs are robots. Then, nail technician Tracy Evigan of Stiletto Nail Bar…
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A High-End Boxing Gym
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and sloths to Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest is Andrew Ti of Yo, Is This Racist! They chat about what Andrew does for exercise, how almost getting in several bar fights…
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Controversial Babies Tweet to A Goofy Movie (w/ Jordan Black)
Hilarious actor, writer, improviser Jordan Black (The Black Version) joins Andrew to talk about how he’s dealing with the Trump era, Steve King’s controversial “babies” tweet, A Goofy Movie, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think…
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Salem, Oregon Comic Shop
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…
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Jordan Black Is A Popper
The adorable actor/improviser Jordan Black joins Ronna and Beverly to chat about working with Joey McIntyre of New Kids on The Block, his live show “The Black Version,” the Jamie Foxx commercial campaign he’s in, and much more. Plus, Beverly surprises Ronna…
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State Fair: Live from Largo
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the live audience and unseen listeners back to Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a LIVE audience at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul’s special returning guest is Kumail Nanjiani of The Meltdown with Jonah and…
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Hamilton on Broadway
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes those near and far to this week’s episode of Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special returning guest is Busy Philipps of HBO's Vice Principals! They chat about whether or not her child self would like her adult self, what…
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A Suburban High School History Class on The First Day of Black History Month: Live from Largo
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the people right here and people out there, to a LIVE episode of Spontaneanation, recorded at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul’s special guest is returning champion and hip-hop artist Open Mike Eagle! They chat…
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Holiday Party!
Glitter in the Garbage has been a year long bash, but before we go to the after party let's load up on drinks, grab a bunch of crazy assholes, invite all our friends and have the podcast equivalent of fireworks at midnight!…
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Happy Presidents' Day
Oh Say Can You See the Glitter in the Garbage? Drew and his friends Roy and Jordan celebrate Presidents' Day with a tribute to an American hero, President Ronald Reagan. Join us on this trip through American history: From loud-and-proud racists to…
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