Cam talks Lent, Gray’s Anatomy and the election. Sets from Mary Lynn Rajskub, Emily Catalano and Louis Katz, and a chat with Moses Storm.

Berry Sykes of PodcastsInColor joins Lex on the Wolf Den. Berry and Lex discuss Berry’s journey from podcast superfan to creator of the largest directory of podcasts by and for people of color. Berry also gives her unique perspective on what podcast apps (including Stitcher) can do to better promote diversity for listeners. The two also discuss if gaming Apple’s podcast charts is worth the money.

Coming November 19th…

The first episode of Conan O’Brien’s new podcast is less than two weeks away. 

Conan really needs a friend. But does he need a podcast? Turns out he does. If only to find that friend. 

So Conan’s bringing his favorite celebrity guests by the studio for some lively conversations. 

Look out for episodes with Will Ferrell, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, Wanda Sykes, Marc Maron, Bill Burr, Kristen Bell, Dax Shepherd, and more! 

Subscribe now in Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you listen.

In this week’s special episode, Paul & Amy are answering all of your questions, submitted by Unspooled’s Facebook group!  They reminisce about the origin story of the podcast, explain which documentaries they would add to the AFI 100, and tell each other their favorite movie snacks. Finally, they celebrate the first 25 episodes by unveiling their official ranking of every movie covered on Unspooled so far.

Next week’s movie is “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,” so call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 with your best campaign speech for Jimmy Stewart (in a Jimmy Stewart voice!) Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts.

Scott, Paul and Lauren discuss buying birthdays and guilty pleasure songs. For their feature segment, the gang plays Celebrity Hunt.

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The humons have cast their votes, and here are your favorite scenes of 2018! These performances feature Don Fanelli, Laura Willcox, Gil Ozeri, John Gemberling, Curtis Gwinn, Tim Meadows, Peter Hulne, Colton Dunn, Jon Gabrus, James Adomian, Betsy Sodaro, Horatio Sanz, Lauren Lapkus, Ryan Walsh, Andy Daly, Danielle Schneider, Will Hines, Shaun Diston, Seth Morris, Mike Mitchell, Ego Nwodim, Craig Rowin, Ian Roberts, Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair, Matt Walsh, Chad Carter, Carl Tart, Hillary Matthews, Ali Ghandour, Gavin Speiller, Phil Rosenthal, Andy Daly,, Katie Dippold, and Ari Voukydis. Let these humons know you love them on improv4humans!

This episode is sponsored by The Jim Jefferies Show Podcast.

Bryan and Erin investigate the history of the decorative cameo before getting into the hottest stories of the week! Bryan covers a protest that erupted in Cedar Rapids after two transgender boys were kicked out of a “boys only” night at a local roller skating rink. Then, Erin runs through the implications of a report regarding millennial women’s perspectives when it comes to out-earning their boyfriends and husbands.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace (www.squarespace.com/SHADE code: SHADE), Poshmark (code: SHADE), Quip (www.getquip.com/SHADE), and NutriBullet (www.nutribulletbalance.com/SHADE).

Ringing the doorbell with Lauren Ash.

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The Pistol Shrimps take on Space Glam at Pan Pacific Park. Kristina Rodgers and her husband Mark call the action.

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Comedian and friend of the show Steven Brody Stevens joins Howard, Brett and Kev to take in that new equipment smell on this week’s Who Charted! Howard and Brody get stoked for their upcoming podcast Laurel Canyon Connection and find creative ways to wake each other up while counting down Billboard’s Top Emerging Artists. Later, we’ll find just what makes Brody Energy so potent during a special stand-up comedy chart, and the gang explores Tenacious D’s post-apocalyptic musical landscape and more as they dive into the Hot Picks.

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

Comedian Matt Braunger (Advice From A Dipshit) joins Andrew and Tawny to discuss white people naming their children “Indian” & “Harlem,” mimicking another person’s way of speech, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Comedian Marina Franklin (Friends Like Us podcast) joins Jo & Manolo to play listener-created games with callers, including a special call from Elliott Kalan (The Flop House podcast)! 

Games played: Celebrities, Cele-Birthdays, Sound Effect, and Hot Spicy Diarrhea. 

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From the vaults of I Was There Too, Matt brings out a classic episode with Jenette Goldstein of Aliens, T2, and Titanic. This week Jenette Goldstein joins Matt to chat about her portrayal as bad-ass Pvt. Vasquez in Aliens, John Connor’s foster mother in Terminator 2, and Irish Mommy in Titanic. Jenette tells us how she fell into the body building sub-culture in East London prior to being cast as Pvt. Vasquez, what it was like shooting in the huge vat of baby oil for the T-1000 in the lava bath scene, and using her own experience as a mother while putting her children to bed for the last time in Titanic. Plus, we finally lay some deep film score time signature controversy to rest as James Bladon returns in another edition of I Was There Tune.

Jon & Lauren’s deer friend Mary Holland (Veep, Wild Horses) is on RBTV this week! They talk about having regulated TV time growing up, and realize just how bad the sets and acting on Hey Dude were. Then, Mary pulls out the PowerPoint to break down the nuances of Survivor.

This episode is brought to you by Fallout 76, The Jim Jeffries Show podcast, and BlueChew (www.bluechew.com code: TV).

Paul Geithner is the Deputy Project Manager — Technical for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Paul joins Jonathan to give him a crash course in what the electro-magnetic spectrum is, how space debris can effect space programs, the vastness of space, his work with the James Webb Space Telescope and more.

Find Paul’s work at https://jwst.nasa.gov/meet-geithner.html. He’s on Twitter https://twitter.com/paulgeithner?lang=en

Find the James Webb Space Telescope youtube page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAWebbTelescope

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Catch Jonathan on Queer Eye streaming now on Netflix.

This episode is sponsored by Boy Erased, Gantri (www.gantri.com/JVN code: JVN), Ulta Beauty (www.ulta.com), Grove Collaborative (www.grove.co/JVN), and Bombas (www.bombas.com/JVN code: JVN).

JOHN LEVENSTEIN joins The Boys to recap the new TV pilots.

This episode is sponsored by Mack Weldon (www.mackweldon.com code: THEBOYS) and Harry’s (www.harrys.com/HANDBOOK).

Days after the 2016 election, a mother of three was nervous about how the outcome of the election would impact her children and left an emotional voicemail for Beautiful Anonymous. Two years later, she talked to Geth about the challenges she and her kids face today and all the love and beauty that inspire them.

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Kevin finds out what it’s like to be a first-timer as a film Writer/Director and star from Jenna Laurenzo, whose film “Lez Bomb”, about a young woman coming out to her parents during Thanksgiving, opens this weekend.

Podcasting king Travis McElroy (MBMBaM, Adventure Zone, Shmanners, Trends Like These, and Run: A Doctor Who Fancast) joins Zach and Jess for an all new, all-horse musical! With songs like “It’s Grand To Be A Horse Of The Land”, “H-O-R-S-E God” and “Three Little Sea Horses In A Human Suit”, you won’t say neigh to any of these new tracks. Plus, stay til the end for a fan-suggested “Cereal” rap!

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It’s a double whammy this week as Marissa and Listler open their arms to the dynamic duo of women’s studies professor Dr. Cheryl Myers (Stephnie Weir) and band teacher Joe Chantae (Bob Dassie) on another WOMP It Up! Dr. Myers and Mr. Chantae reveal how they fell for each other at an ice cream social before getting deep – real deep – into their sex life. Plus, we’ll hear about the finer points of saxophone politics during “What’s Cheesing You” and vicarious coping methods on “Listler’s Love Lockdown” before the two educators confess to their deepest fears in love during “Spotlight On.”

This episode is sponsored by Calm (www.calm.com/WOMP).

This week we’re bringing you something extra: a preview of UnErased, a new podcast from Jad Abumrad, revealing the hidden history of conversion therapy and its impact on America. Go find UnErased in your podcast app to hear the first episode now.

UnErased in Apple Podcasts: applepodcasts.com/unerased

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all including Daredevil to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is writer and co-host of “Keep It,” Kara R. Brown! Kara chats about who is her secret crush right now, getting the first ever Distinguished Alumni Award from her small private school, and believing that weddings are not a big deal. Then, they are joined by improvisers Jaime Moyer, Mary Sohn, and Tim Baltz, to improvise a story set in A Jiffy Lube Waiting Room. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Gilbert and Frank welcome authors-journalists David Fantle and Tom Johnson, who discuss their compelling book of celebrity interviews, “Hollywood Heyday,” and recall their (often hilarious) adventures with Fred Astaire, George Burns, Bob Hope, Gene Kelly, Zeppo Marx, Mickey Rooney and Rod Steiger (to name a few). Also, Milton Berle works blue, Jerry Lewis skips town, Jack Carter disses Johnny Carson and Frank Capra sees the Mississippi River. PLUS: Jules White loads his gun! Uncle Fester eats an omelet! Don Rickles pranks Clark Gable! The return of Swain’s Rats & Cats! And George Jessel meets the Happy Hooker!

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Jason “Heynong Man” Mantzoukas joins Scott once again to chat about his new film The Long Dumb Road, Gremlins, and rhinos before an alien by the name of Buttonwillow McKittrick floats into the studio to warn them about a great danger to the human race. What could the impending danger be? Tune in to find out!

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If you took an advanced high school history class, you might remember that The Spanish-American War happened. You might even remember a few details: a ship sinking in Cuba, the U.S. taking over Puerto Rico, Teddy Roosevelt riding a horse…and once you answered a couple test questions about that, you moved on forever. To most people, the wars that define America involve George Washington winning, Adolf Hitler losing, and the Russians pointing nukes at us and frowning. But what if a brief American conflict in the year 1898 did just as much to shape the entire world’s destiny? And what if people of that time knew their votes in a few key elections would make all the difference?

On this week’s episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by Stephen Kinzer, author of ‘The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire’. Alex & Stephen dig into The Spanish-American War, and why it’s the most important American war nobody in America ever thinks about. They’ll look at how a little-known U.S. Senator, an even lesser-known populist silver freak, and the legacy of the Spanish Inquisition shape all our lives today. And they’ll consider how modern voters could finally answer the question of what America is supposed to be in the world, and answer it in a way where everybody benefits.

Footnotes: http://www.cracked.com/podcast/how-one-forgotten-war-created-modern-america/

Traach the Kobold returns to help us assess the many magic items found in the tavern.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp

Chunt: Adal Rifai

Usidore: Matt Young

Traach: James D’Amato

Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Ryan DiGiorgi, Evan Jacover

Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi

Theme Music: Andy Poland

Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban

Audio Assistance: Jason Knox

Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

Get your copy of the next Book Club read, Pride and Prejudice here!

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Nancy Pelosi is the Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 115th Congress. From 2007 to 2011, Pelosi served as Speaker of the House, the first woman to do so in American history.

For 30 years, Leader Pelosi has represented San Francisco, in Congress. She has led House Democrats for more than 12 years and previously served as House Democratic Whip.

Leader Pelosi joined Jonathan live on stage at the Bentzen Ball in Washington DC last weekend to talk about some of the exciting female and LGBTQ candidates fighting to flip the house and senate in Tuesday’s midterm election.

She shares some of her own experiences as a woman in politics, her insights on what needs to change in the country and how voters and even those being denied a vote can help make that happen.

Find Nancy Pelosi’s work at Pelosi.house.gov. She’s on Twitter @NancyPelosi and Instagram as NancyPelosi. On this week’s show she was directing people to RedToBlueSF.org.

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To kick off John’s retirement party, Jay Kogen (The Simpsons, Frasier) talks about The Stump, his social media site for comedy writers that John joined in the late 90s. Jill Soloway (Transparent) and Becky Thyre (Mad TV) trace how The Stump evolved into the stage show Sit n’ Spin. And veteran Sit n’ Spinners Claudia Lonow (Rude Awakenings), Maggie Rowe (Arrested Development), Jonathan Schmock (Ferris Bueller) and Ben Wexler (Scrubs) join the party to track down the audience member who threw up when John was on stage at the Aspen Comedy Festival in 2003. With retirement toasts from Kate Berlant and John Early.

Author Garrard Conley sits down with Cameron to discuss his memoir turned major motion picture Boy Erased, his experience with conversion therapy, and the new podcast UnErased.

This episode is sponsored by Wildfang (www.wildfang.com code: QUEERY), Daily Harvest (www.daily-harvest.com code: QUEERY), and Helix Sleep (www.helixsleep.com/QUEERY).

We learn more about Jude’s special cousin Sue Bridehead, who is also looking for something new in her life.