Comedian Adam Cayton-Holland (Those Who Can’t) joins Scott to talk about his new special “Adam Cayton-Holland Performs His Signature Bits,” how many ordinaries he’s put out, and shouts out his loved ones. Then, Larry the Loner returns to share some of his profound thoughts he has while driving his motorcycle. Plus, pop stars Dino and Shame aka The Pointing Sisters stop by to sing a couple of their number one hits.

This episode is brought to you by Acer (www.acer.com code: BANG), Bespoke Post (www.bespokepost.com code: BANGBANG), Stamps.com (www.stamps.com code: BANGBANG), and Amazon Music (www.amazonmusic.com).

Metamore is back to help us play another game of Offices and Bosses…and share some news about the spin-off.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp

Chunt: Adal Rifai

Usidore: Matt Young

Metamore: Bill Arnett

Chest Trünkborn: Travis McElroy

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

This episode is brought to you by Hello Fresh (www.hellofresh.com code: TAVERN30).

Offices & Bosses is available on Stitcher Premium. If you’re not a Stitcher Premium member, go to stitcherpremium.com/magic and use promo ‘MAGIC’ for a free month of listening!

Spring is upon us. And spring is like a starter pistol for the annual sale of 72 million major league baseball tickets all across America Plus (“America Plus” is our fun brand name idea for The United States + Toronto). Whether or not you like baseball, you know it’s been the United States’s national obsession for over a century. But what if we told you baseball is ALSO a fascinating Rosetta Stone-like guide to a slew of bizarre truths about America? And what if we told you those truths might blow your mind EVEN MORE if you DON’T follow the game?

On this week’s episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by comedian/writer/TV show creator Rhea Butcher and Cracked editor Dan Hopper for a deep dive into American culture, economics, morality, and awesomeness, all through the surprisingly revealing lens of Major League Baseball. They’ll tackle the racist 20th century cartoon that 21st century kids love. They’ll reveal how your tax dollars go into your nearest big city rich guy’s pocket, thanks to Congress’s ongoing bipartisan support. And they’ll rolodex the drugs, imperialism, sausage races, and goofy scooters that make America’s pastime as uniquely baffling as America itself.

Footnotes: https://goo.gl/prxJyE

Gilbert and Frank welcome “Mrs. C” herself,  Emmy-nominated actress Marion Ross, who recalls her early days as a studio contract player, her struggles to find her footing in Hollywood, her curious methods of getting into character and her working relationships with Claudette Colbert, Noel Coward, Kirk Douglas and Charlton Heston. Also, Marion crushes on Clark Gable, confides in Cary Grant, sets sail with Tony Curtis and pays a call on Bogie and Bacall. PLUS: Marlene Dietrich eats lunch! Jose Ferrer makes his move! Ginger Rogers robs the cradle! And Marion remembers colleagues Tom Bosley, Pat Morita and Garry Marshall! 

This episode is brought to you by Leesa (www.leesa.com/GILBERT).

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone born on Earth back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is actor/improviser/writer Ryan Gaul of The Last O.G.! Ryan chats about what he wants someone to whisper in his ear, his afterlife beliefs as a child and how they changed now that he’s an adult, and stealing a wad of 50 dollar bills and handing them out in Kindergarten. Then, they are joined by improvisers Ronnie Adrian and Stephanie Courtney, to improvise a story set at the San Diego Airport. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

This episode is brought to you by Leesa (www.leesa.com/PFT).

On the first episode of Threedom, hosts Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins and Lauren Lapkus discuss what inspired their new podcast. In Lauren’s segment “HAHAHA Thatsreallygoodthats,” two people improvise a boring conversation while the third laughs and makes up an excuse to leave. Then the three hosts try to decide what the show should be called.

If you’re not already a Stitcher Premium subscriber, you can go to StitcherPremium.com/threedom and use the code THREEDOM to get one month free!

Comedian, musician and overall incredible woman Margaret Cho joins Dave & Matt this week to talk about ayahuasca, Wild Wild Country & cults, the comedy renaissance, and her love of Taylor Swift. Plus more on dating men and women, polyamory, getting married in Vegas, and Matt gives Dave his birthday present!

This episode is sponsored by Joule: Sous Vide by ChefSteps (www.chefsteps.com/joule code: HOMOPHILIA), Dollar Shave Club (www.dollarshaveclub.com/HOMO), and Away (www.awaytravel.com/HOMO code: HOMO).

Charles Rogers and Jordan Firstman (Search Party) along with HDTGM All-star Kulap Vilaysack join Paul and Jason to discuss the 2013 drama Adore starring Naomi Watts and Robin Wright. They talk about the yacht-building business, aggrosurfing, flirting with moms, and much more. Plus, they unpack five star reviews of the movie on Amazon.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace (www.squarespace.com code: BONKERS), Spotify, Audible (audible.com/BONKERS) and New Belgium Brewery (www.newbelgium.com).

Check out new HDTGM merch over at https://www.teepublic.com/user/howdidthisgetmade

Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

You can see Jason, June, and Paul in The Disaster Artist in theaters now.

Paul’s new comedy Drive Share is available on Go90. Paul can be seen on A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Opening Night, and Veep. You can see June and Paul on NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU. June stars in Grace and Frankie on Netflix, as well as Lady Dynamite alongside with Jason.

Jason can be seen in The Good Place, The House, The Lego Batman Movie, How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.

On the first episode of Threedom, hosts Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins and Lauren Lapkus discuss what inspired their new podcast. In Lauren’s segment “HAHAHA Thatsreallygoodthats,” two people improvise a boring conversation while the third laughs and makes up an excuse to leave. Then the three hosts try to decide what the show should be called.

If you’re not already a Stitcher Premium subscriber, you can go to StitcherPremium.com/threedom and use the code THREEDOM to get one month free!

On the first episode of Threedom, hosts Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins and Lauren Lapkus discuss what inspired their new podcast. In Lauren’s segment “HAHAHA Thatsreallygoodthats,” two people improvise a boring conversation while the third laughs and makes up an excuse to leave. Then the three hosts try to decide what the show should be called.

If you’re not already a Stitcher Premium subscriber, you can go to StitcherPremium.com/threedom and use the code THREEDOM to get one month free!

Casey and Danielle thought Watch What Happens Live was the pinnacle of this week/life. They were wrong. Last night they welcomed feminist icon, cultural critic, New York Times best selling author, funny MF and Bravo OBSESSED, Roxane Gay. She is all things and more. They talk Vanderpump, Dorit Dorit Dorit and the nose ring heard round the world.

This episode is sponsored by Rachel Zoe Box of Style (boxofstyle.com/bitchsesh code: BITCHSESH), Tripping.com (www.tripping.com/HOUSEWIVES) and thredUP (www.thredup.com/HOUSEWIVES).

Comedians Todd Barry (Spicy Honey) and Andrew Heaton (Reason) join Negin to chat about the impact of the Stormy Daniels 60 Minutes interview. Plus, they discuss Trump’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Lastly, Negin asks the panel: How do you deal with negative feedback?

This episode is sponsored by The Harold Ramis Film School (ramisfilmschool.com)

Recorded live at the Shangri La arts and culture museum in Honolulu Hawaii, Hari and Ashok Kondabolu figure out the true meaning of vacation, refuse to say Aloha, and even interact with birds.

Scott Aukerman, Horatio Sanz, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino, Craig Rowin, Mookie Blaiklock, Peter Hulne, St. Lenox, Laura Willcox, Don Fanelli, Brett Morris, James Adomian, and Betsy Sodaro join Matt Besser for LIVE Sing A Long experiments from UCB Sunset’s Inner Sanctum and SXSW! They get the audience grooving with songs by The Band, Radiohead, Johnny Cash, Foo Fighters, The Smiths, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, Tom Petty and many more. Using lyrics as inspiration, they perform scenes about a support group for kissing addicts, a rock & roll musician who appreciates the hotel experience, and a farmer who cultivates organic dirt. Plus, we meet bar patrons who bond while waiting to fight and a priest who can’t give his sermon because of the holes in his socks.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace (Squarespace.com code: IMPROV) and Away (awaytravel.com/IMPROV code: IMPROV).

This week, Bryan focuses on the first ever Pride festival to take place in Columbus, Indiana – also known as the hometown of Mike Pence. We’ll hear how protestors made sure the VP’s visit to Savannah for St. Patrick’s Day was filled with rainbow flags before Erin gets into the alarming removal of lesbian and bisexual health resources from the HHS website womenshealth.gov. Then, writer and stand-up comedian Gaby Dunn stops by to tell all about performing with a comedy troupe by day and crime reporting by night, dealing with haters, and distinguishing between polyamory and non-monogamy.

This episode is sponsored by Dollar Shave Club (dollarshaveclub.com/SHADE), Forto Coffee (fortocoffee.com code: SHADE), and Tripping.com (tripping.com/SHADE).

Rhea talks bomber jackets, Skype sex and ghost quails. Sets from Tommy McNamara, Dan Black, Anna Gillcrist and Rojo Perez.

This episode is brought to you by Harold Ramis Film School and TomboyX

On today’s episode, Andy Daly & Matt Gourley have chosen a unique interactive podcast experience in a pilot hosted by 91-year-old Personal Trainer to the Stars Bill Carter. Bill will lead you through the steps needed for the workout of a lifetime, he’ll chat with his good friends Victor the Giant (Billy Merritt) & Rochelle the Elf (Miriam Tolan), former Wrestler/Governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura (James Adomian) will make an appearance to challenge the listener, and everyone will answer some questions from Twitter about fitness. Plus, you’ll be treated with the world premiere of the greatest workout song ever to be written since “Eye of the Tiger” by the one and only Spyryt (Jeremy Carter, Mark McConville, James Bladon).

This episode is brought to you by Mack Weldon (www.mackweldon.com code: ANDY).

Listen to Season 2 starting Thursday, March 8th on Stitcher Premium! For a free month trial, go to stitcherpremium.com/andy and use promo code ‘ANDY’.

Comedian Scott Thompson (The Kids in the Hall, Hannibal) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” by Al Green, the death of Nancy in Oliver Twist, “The Killing of Georgie” by Rod Stewart, the I Got The Bullets! scene from Rebel Without a Cause, Sam’s speech to Frodo in The Return of the King, and “Love is Stronger Than Pride” by Sade.

This episode is brought to you by Juice Beauty (www.juicebeauty.com/CRYBABIES code: CRYBABIES20) and Leesa (www.leesa.com/CRYBABIES).

Sarah van Mosel, Chief Podcast Sales and Strategy Officer at Market Enginuity joins Chris and Lex on the Wolf Den. The three discuss Market Enginuity’s unique role in podcast and public media advertising, outline the reasons various types of ads work well for different shows, and forecast how podcast ads will continue to evolve over the coming years.

This podcast is brought to you by Act!. Go to act.com for a FREE consultation with one of our growth advisors to see how Act! CRM can grow your business for as low as $1 a day. Also brought to you by Suny Stonybrook (www.stonybrook.edu/southampton/mfa/podcast).

Going boldly with Anthony Rapp.

This episode is brought to you by Squarespace (www.squarespace.com code: PARDO), ZipRecruiter (www.ziprecruiter.com/PARDO), Harry’s (www.harrys.com/PARDO) and Away (www.awaytravel.com/pardo code: PARDO).

Jeff Foxworthy is at the door, and Mark & Pete are closing the borders with help from Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Paul F. Tompkins), former presidential candidate Jill Stein (D’Arcy Carden), prominent Trump supporter Velveteen Carter (Carl Tart), patriotic singer Miguel Wargo (Craig Rowin), conservative media personality Alex Jones (Henry Zebrowski), video game legend Mario and his talking hat Cappy (Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino), and maybe more. Secret alliances are revealed, murder will be attempted, and things get surprisingly intimate. Plus: Mark offers some words to live by.

Anna Hossnieh and Shereen Lani Younes (Ethnically Ambiguous) join Andrew to discuss protest culture and the response to the gun control activists, Pharrell’s Holi-inspired Adidas line, picking a sperm donor of a different ethnicity, and more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Comedian Brandon Wardell joins Howard, Natasha and the gang to count down the latest charts in pop culture! We’ll find out which rapper stole a bit from Brandon’s Twitter while they count down the Top 5 from the Billboard 100. Plus, they talk getting sauced at the cinema during the Movie Chart, and Brandon offers millennial tips for rock bands during a specially curated third chart.

This episode is sponsored by Nathaniel Rateliff (www.nathanielrateliff.com).

DJ/Improviser/Comedian Cipha Sounds (Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks, Roc Nation) joins Jo & Manolo to play listener-created games with callers. 

Games played: Prequel of Fortune, Manolo Sometune, and Dr. Hangout.

Adam Scott Aukerman welcome everyone back as they discuss R.E.M.’s fifth studio album, Document. They’ll talk about eyes, what R.E.M. stands for, and Adam’s old tie-dye business at 15 years old before diving into the 1987 album. Plus, they chat about Adam’s alternate universe life in another episode of “Talkin’ Bout Other Timelines.”

This episode is brought to you by Spotify and Squarespace.

Trumpet player/banjo player/composer Jordan Katz (Drop the Mic) joins Matt and guest co-host Mark McConville to discuss being one of the students in the climactic school scene in 1992’s Scent of a Woman. Jordan talks about his experience watching Al Pacino reaching peak Pacino, getting scouted for the scene by someone’s mother who knew an agent in Long Island, and watching Philip Seymour Hoffman telling a whole room of teenagers to be quiet. Plus, Jordan shares why he was ultimately told to leave the set during the week of shooting.

This episode is brought to you by Mack Weldon (www.mackweldon.com code: WASTHERE) and Mubi.com.

Casey and Danielle sing and dance their way to Broadway (adjacent!). Here is a condensed version of the show featuring TONY MF AWARD WINNER Laura Benanti. She talks doing Lu’s cabaret, Nanny Kay, Pink Dog and lowers herself to sing with Casey and Danielle. (The rest of the show can be seen on tour)

Rapper Cal Scruby joins Jensen and Matty to talk about Maxo Kream, BillyRacxx, Eight Grade, Steve1989, how we were late on Dragon Ball Z, and many more things you should know about.

Actress, writer, and co-host of Bitch Sesh Danielle Schneider joins Emily and Deanna this week to talk about paying off late fees, most coveted gadgets, best Real Housewives social media presence and more. Plus, they try to figure out the origin of the new slang “wig” and just what is going on with Facebook’s latest scandal before launching into a game of Then And Now.

This episode is sponsored by Juice Beauty (www.juicebeauty.com/HTBLO code: HTBLO20), Dailylook (www.dailylook.com/htblo code: HTBLO), and ThirdLove (www.thirdlove.com/HTBLO).

Marissa and Listler are joined by district representatives Scott Plummer and Mickey Braskin (Randy Sklar, Jason Sklar), the identical twins with identical jobs. Scott and Mickey discuss their turbulent home lives and explain the deal with leaving their mustache shavings around. Then, they pitch improvements for The Shape Of Water during “What’s Cheesing You?” and we hear a prom proposal song for Marissa while the twins discover a newfound brotherly love during “Spotlight On.”