Comedian Rhea Butcher chats with Andy Richter about the Midwestern ethos, coming to grips with heritage, their years-long coming out story, and trying not to take ‘truth in comedy’ too literally. Plus, Rhea talks about learning how to give advice by asking for it.

Celebrate the holiday with a voyage… to the closet with shitty presents, in this White Elephant special!

SHAUN DISTON returns to help The Boys make a Christmas album.

HDTGM All-star Jessica St. Clair joins Paul, Jason, and June (via Jury Duty) to discuss the Hallmark classic The Spirit of Christmas. They break down everything about this story of a young lawyer who finds romance with a spirit that takes the form of a human 12 days before Christmas. Plus, Paul shares his ghost sighting story.

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Happy Holidays from Comedy Bang! Bang! Join Scott and Paul F. Tompkins as they countdown numbers fifteen through twelve of the Best CBB episodes of 2019 as voted by YOU listeners. Tune in Thursday for Part 2!

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Ashley Esqueda (Senior Editor at CNET) joins Nick and Heather to discuss Christmas NiGHTS! They talk about gaming while being a new parent, bonus content in games, the Sega Saturn, and more.

This is an evergreen episode of The Cracked Podcast — and not just because it involves Christmas trees. “Evergreen”, in case you don’t know, is a media term for stuff that’s worth listening to any time after its publication. And on this episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt and his special guest Jason Pargin (who writes for Cracked as David Wong) are taking a Christmas-sparked look at the overall, global, all-encompassing meaningfulness of holidays. Why does your culture, no matter who you are, spend time and resources and energy on a set of traditions? What are we missing if we become Too Modern to value a break from everyday life? And how can anyone generate a holiday feeling in their own heart, any time of the year?

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/why-holidays-are-secretly-crucial-to-our-survival

A special holiday song for our wonderful listeners. Enjoy Festival and an Amiable Winter Solstice to All!

Special Guest Musician: Arne Parrott

Author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell feels pressured into being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Malcolm and Conan sit down to talk about Malcolm’s new book Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know, conversations about gardening, tabloid inventions, tales from the IRA, and Conan’s own special cult of personality. Plus, Conan and his assistant Sona engage in a struggle for power.

Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821.

Lisa Kudrow gets in bed with Nick and Megan to talk about series finales, successful relationships and powering through the goofiness of her first acting class.

A compilation of some of the best Queery conversations from 2019, featuring clips from Episode #81 with Abby Wambach, Episode #97 with Kalen Allen, and Episode #94 with Ryan O’Connell.

The Spirit of Christmas episode will be dropping Monday, December 23rd!

Actor/director Robin Lord Taylor joins Matt and Dave to talk about being inspired by Tim Curry and Clue, Joni Mitchell sightings, freaking out at a Madonna show with best pal Billy Eichner, and meeting his husband on a Frito-Lay commercial audition. Plus, growing up in a liberal subset of Iowa, theater as a therapeutic escape, the most life-changing elements of working on Gotham, and much more.

Check out THE MANDELA EFFECT, now in select theaters and on VOD December 6th.

Alec Sulkin (writer of Ted, Family Guy) is back in the nook for our last show of 2019 and bringing lots of HOT takes. From Jen’s much lauded impressions to Stephanie’s Nancy Regan party ensemble, Alec has some tough love(?) for all our ladies , and some of our men as well. Happy Holidays, and may you be safe and happy, and nestled all comfy on Julio Iglesias’s lap. 

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Dan Pashman and Dustin Chafin join Negin to discuss the latest on the Afghanistan Papers and how civility has changed during the Trump Era. Then they ask: should the United States should be more like the capitalist paradise Finland?

The gang makes some New Rules about Three Men and a Baby, discuss owning pets and play The Movie Game.

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This week Joel and Mitra offer listeners advice on agreeing to disagree with a friend, communicating with family when it comes to your romantic relationships, navigating a post grad friendship, and more. Plus, comedian Peter Smith calls in for some urgent care regarding Hamilton.

Ask us some q’s! Our number is 323-334-0371 + our email is: urgentcarepod@gmail.com CONTACT US, IF YOU DARE!

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Seth Morris, John Gemberling, Colton Dunn, and Brett Morris join Matt Besser for special holiday sing-a-long episode! Songs by The Pixies, Queen, Paul McCartney, Cat Stevens and others inspire scenes about sending your surrogate to a party, the Batman section of the library, lumberjack injuries, a Middle-earth love triangle, and much more.

Check out Matt Besser’s new comedy album Pot Humor here.

On this week’s Throwing Shade, Erin discusses the ongoing turmoil in Santiago and the mass performances of the protest anthem ‘A Rapist in Your Path’ against sexual abuse and violence towards women in Chile. Then, Bryan takes a look at the Hallmark Channel’s course-correction after pulling an ad featuring a lesbian wedding – plus, standout nutty comments on evangelist Franklin Graham’s Facebook taking outrage over the decision.

And make sure to check out Deeper Shade of Shade on Stitcher Premium, where Bryan and Erin interview their favorite friends of the show. For a free month of listening, go to stitcherpremium.com/shade and use promo code ‘SHADE’.

Feeling fabulous with Craig Ferguson.

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If you feel like you live in a world that’s more chaotic and unequal, than the one your parents did: You’re right. Political scientist Mark Blyth joins Adam to explain the how we got here and why, the true mistakes of the 2008 financial crisis, and the effects that climate change will have on the global economic and political system going forward.

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The Preachers return to discuss the biggest building in our Milky Way and how the Lord continues to work in mysterious ways. Later, they welcome sinner Dusty (Demi Adejuyigbe) to the show for their famous segment Like a Conversion.

This week Jenna is on a cleanse and Angela falls into an ‘Amish In The City’ hole, but that doesn’t stop them from covering this week’s episode, Office Olympics. The ladies discuss how the animated series, King Of The Hill, inspired Office Olympics, and they take a call from this episodes director, Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks, Last Christmas). Paul chats about shooting in Micheal’s condo, the most he’s ever laughed on set, and the intricacies of picking the famed yogurt lid medals. Let the podcast games begin! 

Andrew and Tawny review the state of racism in American sports before Tawny and guest co-host Dani Fernandez (Nerdificent) sit down with writer/comedian Lorraine DeGraffenreidt (UCB, Tuca & Bertie) to answer listener voicemails about the availability of quality produce, whitesplaining HBCUs to black students and how to get your non-black family to stop using the N-word. The Holidays are rife with racism, so let us know if we can help with any of it: (323) 389-RACE

The kings venture to the San Gabriel Valley to try some of the finest chinese food in the country at Mama Lu’s Dumpling House.

Recorded live at the Largo at the Coronet, Nicole and Sasheer swap weird interview questions they have been asked, try to find the actual Paul Blart, pitch easy acronyms, and celebrate Nicole’s small foot movements. They recap the highlights of their Hawaii trip, their mission to see the giant dildo,  if either of them are approachable, and getting into fights at the airport. They take a quiz where they take a trip to Costco to see how good in bed they are, and answer listener questions about long-distance friendship, setting boundaries, bad titties, and more!

Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:

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Senator Elizabeth Warren was a professor of law for over 30 years at several esteemed universities including Harvard. In 2015 she became the first female Senator elected from Massachusetts and continued her fight for financial justice within the system.

During her campaign for president of the United States in 2020, she sat down with Jonathan and they talked about her childhood, her ongoing campaign, and solutions to big government problems.

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BREAKING NEWS OUT OF NEW JERSEY!

Salutations Congregation! We’ve back with our friend and noble cohort Edgar Momplaisir (Culture Kings) as we uncover the obsessive anglophile and Royal Wedding Scammer, Tommy Muscatello! 

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This week the SAP crew talk about 3LW, class rings, and their high school experiences. Then, Laura Di Lorenzo and Mimi Davila aka The Chonga Girls (@thechongagirls) drop by to talk about the definition of a “Chonga,” how their YouTube video “Chongalicious” went viral in 2007, why they returned to their Chonga Girls character 10 years after their first video, and using barbies for therapy. Plus, Laura and Mimi jump into some improv with the SAP crew based off their interview!

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