Paul F. Tompkins has some fun laughing and welcoming listeners back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is hip-hop artist Open Mike Eagle! Then, they are joined by improvisers Ally Beardsley, Chris Grace, and Jacquis Neal, to improvise a story set In a Magician’s Apartment. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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As the party winds to a close, John meets up with his first boss Michael Nesmith to talk about the Monkees, Television Parts, and the afterlife–and to find out if Nesmith tinkered with a video game to gain an unfair edge in a competition with John in 1985. Jack Handey refuses to take sides even though he was there, while Nick Kroll shares an old Deep Thoughts-related injustice. Sara Watkins talks about the invitation from her that led to Nesmith playing music again after a long hiatus. And John gets sloppy as he and editor and co-host Mary Kobayashi reminisce about the season…and take a risk.

TomboyX CEO Fran Dunaway sits down with Cameron to discuss inclusive sizing, running a Christian group home, and drawing inspiration from wonderful customer feedback.

This episode is sponsored by True & Co. (www.trueandco.com/QUEERY code: QUEERY).

Comedian, actor, and podcaster Marc Maron feels nervous about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Marc and Conan sit down this week to chat about beginner podcast tips, difficult interviewees, health scares, and why they don’t hang out. Plus, Conan receives feedback on his showmanship from his assistant Sona during a new segment called Ways In Which Conan Is Like Freddie Mercury.

Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com.

This episode is sponsored by Campaign Monitor (www.campaignmonitor.com/CONAN), Athletic Greens (www.athleticgreens.com/CONAN), tasc Performance (www.tascperformance.com code: CONAN), and HotelTonight.

In June 2017, a mother of 5 spent an hour talking to Chris while in a waiting room, about to hear life or death test results from her daughter’s oncologist. A year later, she tells Chris that all her daughter wants is for her and her family to keep living life, to know it’s okay to be happy and to fight to keep her message, Love Is Everywhere, alive. Find more Beautiful Follow-Ups plus all of the Beautiful Anonymous archives, completely ad-free, only on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of Premium, go to stitcherpremium.com/stories and use promo code ‘STORIES’.

Michael is joined by Another Period co-star Paget Brewster to read an intimate scene between the notorious cousins following an incident with Sue’s gossipy classmates.

(This is a rebroadcast from 2/28/2013. As the Put Your Hands Together team takes a break during the month of December, we invite you to enjoy this gem from our archives.)

Peerless sets from Rory Scovel, Myq Kaplan, Beth Stelling, Greg Barris, Rhea Butcher, and Paul F. Tompkins as “Cake Boss.” Cameo from Bruce McCulloch, and your host Cameron Esposito.

Casey and Danielle celebrate a new year and a new marriage…that will soon end in divorce, RIP Marty Caffrey and Danielle Staub, we hardly knew you. They are joined by hilarious comedian and writer Chelsea Devantez to talk Beer Cheese , morning fart time and the paper of Record: The Bergen NJ Record”. Plus Casey, always an onion, reveals a regretful roommate assault.

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Negin is joined by Matt Rogers, Leah Bonnema, Baratunde Thurston, Jody Avirgan, Jason Selvig, and Davram Stiefler to consider questions such as: What does it mean for people to be charming? Will millennials save the institution of marriage? Are we all just selling ourselves online?

Guest co-host Eliza Skinner is back for a threepeat on this week’s Throwing Shade! Eliza and Bryan usher in the new year with stories of dating, hookups and breakups before getting into the hottest topics. First, we’ll hear about the resignation of Grindr’s director of communications in response to CEO Scott Chen’s Facebook post that marriage is between a man and a woman. Then, they’ll get into a comprehensive new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research explaining why the gender gap is actually worse than we think it is and why it disproportionately affects women of color.

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’.

This episode is sponsored by Simple Contacts (www.simplecontacts.com/SHADE20 code: SHADE20) and Good Trouble.

Gavin Speiller, John Gemberling, and Horatio Sanz join Matt Besser for a LIVE improv4humans! They’ll revisit holiday classics that inspire scenes about songs from the director’s cut of Frosty Returns, re-dubbing The Fat Albert Christmas Special, and the processing line at the Island of Misfit Toys. Plus, we’ll meet a man seeking a permit for machine guns on his car and a therapist with an obnoxious wrap-up song.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace (www.squarespace.com/IMPROV code: IMPROV).

Scott, Paul and Lauren discuss Freedom Rock, retirement and play The Laughing Game.

Scott and Paul F. Tompkins have arrived to the final part of the Best of Comedy Bang! Bang! 2018 countdown with numbers three, two, and one as voted by YOU. Happy New Year!

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This week Paul & Amy ride deep into Texas for The Searchers! They discuss the complicated legacy of John Wayne, place the film in the context of Western history, and look at The Searchers’ influence on directors from Martin Scorsese to George Lucas. Plus: Joely Proudfit speaks to us about American Indian representation in film history, and The Searchers in particular.

For Unforgiven week, who would you rather have in your posse – John Wayne or Clint Eastwood? Call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 with your answer. Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall

Lex speaks with ESPN’S Jody Avirgan, but he has a little help: He’s joined by Harrison Goldberg and Brody Pontarelli from Grace Church High School. The three ask Jody about the process of turning popular documentary series 30 for 30 into an audio format. Lex and Jody also give Harrison and Brody pointers on launching their own sports podcast, With Further Review.

Wondering aloud with Kulap Vilaysack. (This previously released Players Club episode was recorded on December 10, 2018.)

Katie Couric is an American journalist and author. She has hosted shows for every major television network, including Katie, Today, CBS Evening News, and 60 Minutes. She joins Jonathan to discuss her long career in journalism, how she uses her voice and various platforms to showcase different perspectives, empowering others through her work, the current political climate, and more.

Find Katie’s work at https://katiecouric.com/ She’s on Twitter https://twitter.com/katiecouric and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/katiecouric

LIsten to the Couric Podcast here:

http://www.couricpodcast.com/

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Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Also Twitter and Facebook.

Catch Jonathan on Queer Eye streaming now on Netflix.

This episode is sponsored by Freeform, Grove Collaborative (www.grove.co/JVN), Article (www.article.com/JVN), and thredUP (www.thredup.com/JVN).

This week Mary Holland, Erin Whitehead and Stephanie Allynne from Wild Horses are in studio to play the classic 90’s sleepover game Girl Talk! They will discover their futures while sharing embarrassing school stories and trying to avoid zit stickers. Plus: a Very Special Episode of Saved By The Bell that’s even more special than usual!

Actors and comedians Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton (Frangela) join Andrew and Tawny to discuss representing being a person of color when they wrote their scenes at Second City Detroit, calling activities “so white,” if you should be nice people who mistake you for someone else, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

The Boys and BANG RODGMAN have a little fun making a Choose Your Own Adventure episode.

This episode is sponsored by Harry’s (www.harrys.com/HANDBOOK).

Please enjoy this re-release of the very first WOMP It Up! Broadcasting LIVE from the Marina Del Ray Public Library, everybody’s favorite intern Marissa Wompler and her teacher/mentor/co-host/former sniper, Charlotte Listler bring you the first episode of Marissa’s new school project podcast WOMP IT UP!  Marissa’s one-time flame Eric “Gutterballs” Gutterman (Jason Mantzoukas) joins them to dish on everything that’s happening at Marina Del Ray Public High School in his signature segment “Gutterballing with Eric Gutterman.” Later, Marissa & Listler put the Spotlight On: Dr. Lionel Drioche (Seth Morris) and learn what it’s like leading the theatre department of Marina Del Ray High. Finally, Listler answers love questions from loyal listeners during “Listler’s Love Lockdown.”

It’s time for the annual Beautiful Anonymous New Year’s resolutions episode. Listeners (and a couple special guests) called in for a series of brief one minute calls to tell Geth their goals, hopes and plans for 2019.

Comedian Chris Fairbanks joins guest host Samm Levine for a lively chat about hip replacements, anger issues, and Canadian reggae singers.

Jess and Zach are live with Mary Holland from The Independent in San Francisco with “Bobobo: The Maybe Buffalo”, an all-new musical with mortuary ghosts, buffalo shrimp, fire chiefs and more. With songs like “Tell Us Tell Us Tell Us”, “Bernie Mac (We Miss You)”, and “Ocean Ghost”, you won’t say no no no to this Bobobo show.

Guests share their most star-studded anecdotes. With Abraham Higginbotham, Paul F. Tompkins, Karen Kilgariff, Joe Wengert, Jonathan Krisel, Eva Anderson, Courtney Lilly, Tim Heidecker, Pam Brady and Michael Nesmith.

A compilation of some of the best Queery conversations from 2018!

This episode is sponsored by Outdoor Voices (www.outdoorvoices.com/CAMERON code: CAMERON).

Enormous gratitude this week! New episode next week. And in the meantime, here are some of our recent favorite episodes of the show: http://www.cracked.com/podcast/happy-new-year-and-thank-you21-from-cracked-podcast/

Also did you know we’re going on tour in 2019? It’s true! See us LIVE in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday April 11th and in St. Paul, Minnesota on Friday April 12th.

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