Comedian Mike Mitchell (The Doughboys Podcast, Love, Birthday Boys) joins Jensen and Matty to talk about his lifestyle changes after eating at so many fast food restaurants for his podcast, Taylor Bennett, Andrew Bird, how we were late on fancy watches, and many more things you should know about.

Join Kevin as he sits down with returning guest Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Sneaky Pete) with his first book, A Life in Parts. Bryan chats about acting through a cold on Broadway, how he broke Larry David on set, and his resting Walter White face.

This episode is brought to you by Littleton Coin Co. (www.littletoncoin.com/chatshow) and Casper Mattresses (www.casper.com/kevin).

An African American military vet living in Charlottesville discusses the recent protests in his town. He tells Chris about confronting KKK rallies and how to deal with white supremacists. He’s also playing Mario Kart and really hates Peach.

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Actress Lovie Simone (Greenleaf) joins Emily and Deanna this week to share her makeup expertise! Lovie talks meeting Oprah, which beauty trend she wishes would disappear, and contouring tips before telling her bad edge story and playing a game of Savvy, Thirsty, or Thavvy.

This episode is sponsored by ThirdLove (www.thirdlove.com/htblo).

D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place, Broad City) and Paul Scheer (How Did This Get Made?, The League) star in a new musical about sexy night hikes, wolves disguised as little girls giving relationship advice, and wolves taking over a Home Depot. Recorded live at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles, theater-goers will be entranced by such stand-out hits as “Let My Wolf Out Tonight,”  “Corporate Animal,” “Find the Wolf Man,” and many more. Stick around for a behind the scenes discussion about the production with the cast and crew!

This episode is sponsored by Spice Islands (www.spiceislands.com/offbook), Leesa (www.leesa.com/offbook), and ModCloth (www.modcloth.com code: OFFBOOK).

Imagine you’re just living your normal life, walking down the street and WHAM– a car slams into a traffic light and the driver bails out from the cabin, firing machine guns and rocket launchers at everything in sight. The police arrive at the scene, engage in a bloody firefight and eventually a high-speed chase. But, once the suspect leave their line of sight, they just sort of…give up.

You are an NPC (non-playable character) in the Grand Theft Auto universe, where the long arm of the law only reaches as far as the computer’s AI will allow it and even getting arrested by the cops only means a couple of hours in jail and a couple hundred bucks coming from your pocket.

Fun world to live in as a regular-joe? Maybe. Depends on how much you value your life, justice and going bowling with your cousin.

On this week’s episode of The Cracked Podcast, we think about the little people in our favorite video game universes. What would it be like to be an NPC in GTA, Red Dead Redemption and Sim City? Alex Schmidt is joined by Cracked’s Adam Ganser and Cristian Ramirez, and comedians Mike Drucker and Monika Scott to figure out which video game universe would be the best to live in and which one would be the worst?

Links, sources and footnotes: https://goo.gl/R5PQAT

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 stops by to talk about politics as well as his encounters with ghosts. Later, Randy Snutz returns to tell us about his new job at an ampm/Chevron. Plus, Dan plays tracks off his latest album live in-studio!

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everybody to this moment in time known as Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is actress Janina Gavankar of True Blood, The League, and Sleepy Hollow! They chat about whether using an Italian accent is racist or not, being a very serious little kid who was focused on her music, and falling in love at first sight in high school. Paul is then joined by Mandell Maughan, Tawny Newsome, and Jeremy Carter, to improvise a story set in the Lobby of a 3-Star Hotel. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Gilbert and Frank are joined by veteran stage and screen actor Tony Lo Bianco (“The French Connection,” “The Seven-Ups,” “The Honeymoon Killers”) for an absorbing discussion of the art of acting, the importance of self-starting, the inventiveness of Larry Cohen and the eccentricities of Rod Steiger. Also: Tony channels Fiorello La Guardia, treads the boards with Uncle Miltie, teaches Mama Cass (and Frankie Lymon) and stares down the immortal Sandy Koufax. PLUS: Franco Zeffirelli! Remembering Roy Scheider! Tony “scouts” for the Dodgers! William Friedkin pursues Jackie Gleason! And Leonard Kastle replaces Martin Scorsese!

Photos © Charles Eshelman. www.charleseshelman.com

Ex-squire Rocky Cocodino is here to sell some lightly used warhorses.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp

Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Rocky Cocodino: Tim Lyons
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
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

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This week on Politically Re-Active we dedicated a full episode to the events that stirred the nation last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. We asked our listeners to call in and share their thoughts. And they sure did show up! We received more than 50 powerful messages centering on love, education, and perseverance. Thank you for inspiring us.

For updates on us, follow Politically Re-Active on Facebook (@politicallyreactive) and Twitter (@PoliticReActive.) Send us your comments using the #politicallyreactive. Thanks! Check out Hari’s tour dates and albums at Harikondabolu.com and for all Kamau’s projects check out wkamaubell.com.

Jon Lovett of Pod Save America joins Paul, June, and Jason to discuss the 1987 live action film adaptation of the children’s trading card series The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Recorded live from Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, they talk about whether or not some of the Garbage Pail Kids are adults, prisoners in the State Home for the Ugly, what’s the deal with Juice and his gang, and much more.

This episode is brought to you by Brigsby Bear and Casper Mattresses (www.casper.com/HOW code: HOW).

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

Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

Paul’s new comedy Drive Share is available on Go90. Paul can be seen on 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 House, The Lego Batman Movie, How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.

Welcome back to another episode of The Tonic of Wildness with your hosts and former park rangers Grahamjer Hyde (Kelly Hudson) and Len Chord (Dan Klein)! It’s the podcast where we talk all things wilderness, public parks, and mother nature. This week they are joined by animal safety expert Margaret Stone to tell us about her life as an outdoor dweller, her most recent mauling incident, and being an animal provoker. Plus, Traci Reardon stops by to answer Twitter questions about asexuality in another edition of “Help Me Rhonda.”

This episode is brought to you by Modcloth (www.modcloth.com code: LAPKUS).

Casey and Danielle go guest-less this week as they take on THREE cities. Exhausted and battle worn they come out the other side with a new respect for Real housewives of Dallas and less respect for themselves. Plus, Casey needs a bra for an unexpected part of her body and we find out some breaking news about a publication simply known as “Nobleman”.

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Christian Finnegan (The Fun Part) and Irene Bremis (The Scuttlebutt) join Negin to discuss white supremacy, confederate monuments, and Trump’s abominable remarks at Trump Tower. Plus, they dig into the plan from Betsy DeVos to weaken Title IX and ponder: what’s the difference between lying and being polite?

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Christopher Nolan month continues on Cracked Movie Club! Today, Christopher Nolan is one of the most famous commercial filmmakers in the world, but back in the year 2000, nobody knew who the hell he was. That all changed with the release of Memento, a psychological thriller written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan about a man struggling to solve a murder after being stricken with a rare form of amnesia that prevents him from making new memories. The movie’s uniquely disjointed narrative structure made it an overwhelming success, and put Christopher Nolan on the map, where he has remained ever since. 

This week, Tom and Abe are joined by comedian Eric Lampaert of Comedians Cinema Club to discuss Memento’s themes of memory as an unreliable force, how much of the film’s narrative we can actually trust, and whether or not you would starve to death if you couldn’t remember the last time you ate. 

Actress, comedian, and writer Dannah Phirman (The Hotwives of Orlando, WordGirl, Newsreaders) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about watching Real Housewives as research for her show The Hotwives, “Traveling Soldier” by Dixie Chicks, the goodbye scene from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, “We All Sing with the Same Voice” from Sesame Street, and The Snowman.

Shacking up with Matt Braunger.

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Max Temkin, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity and the Chicago Podcast Cooperative, joins Chris and Lex on the Wolf Den. The three discuss how Cards Against Humanity went from a game created by high school friends to a highly profitable performance art piece. Max also talks about his reasons for starting the Chicago Podcast Co-op, his role in bringing Hello From the Magic Tavern to Earwolf, and his favorite podcast ads.

On a very special episode of Comedy Bang! Bang!, Scott is in conversation with actor and comedian Brett Gelman of iBrain, Twin Peaks, and Mad Men fame for the entire show. They put their past tensions aside as they discuss the themes and messages that reside in Brett’s new film “Lemon” which he co-wrote and stars in alongside a star-studded cast. Plus, Brett reads a hand-written letter addressed to him from his close friend Hillary Clinton.

Kamau and Hari dive deep into the events that stirred the nation this past weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. One of the largest white supremacist demonstrations in recent US history led to the death of anti-racist protester Heather Heyer and injured many others. Journalist/activist Spencer Sunshine explains the historical background of white supremacy groups in America and how they organize themselves today. We also hear from Media Matters senior fellow Matthew Gertz, community organizer Rosa Clemente, Pastor Michael McBride, and OUR LISTENERS. They all share how they’re processing this moment and taking action.

Follow our guests:

• Spencer Sunshine (@transform6789) https://spencersunshine.com/publications/
• Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) https://www.mediamatters.org/authors/matt-gertz/51
• Rosa Clemente (@rosaclemente) http://rosaclemente.net
• Pastor Michael McBride (@pastormykmac) http://www.livefreeusa.org

For updates on us, follow Politically Re-Active on Facebook and Twitter (@PoliticReActive.) Send us your comments using the #politicallyreactive. Thanks! Check out Hari’s tour dates and albums at Harikondabolu.com and for all Kamau’s projects check out wkamaubell.com.

This episode is sponsored by Texture (www.texture.com/REACTIVE) and Michael Moore’s “The Terms of My Surrender.”

Bryan and Erin take a moment this week to address the tragic events in Charlottesville and to discuss what we can do moving forward. Then, they dive into a story about a Missouri high school that censored its gay students’ yearbook quotes as well as the history of female involvement with the Ku Klux Klan. Plus, guests Kimmy Gatewood and Rebekka Johnson talk about how they developed their fabulous wrestling skills for the Netflix series GLOW before launching into a game of Shade or No Shade.

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Cory Branan returns along with Will Hines, Sean Conroy, Mary Holland, and Seth Morris for a musical improv4humans! Cory plays songs off his new album “Adios” that inspire scenes about toilet paper slogans, goofy high school sports nicknames, and an overly affectionate doctor. Plus, we find out what happens when Grandpa brings his second head to Thanksgiving dinner.

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Actress Beth Dover (Wet Hot American Summer, Orange Is the New Black) joins Howard and Kulap for this week’s Who Charted! She reminisces about bartending at the Magic Castle before they count down iTunes’ Top 5 Hot Tracks. Then, Beth shares stories of living all across the world during the Movie Chart. Later, Two Charted brings a special segment featuring the H. Michael Quiz.

On this episode of Cracked Gets Personal, Robert Evans and Brandon Johnson talk to three former pain pill addicts. Peter Grinspoon was a doctor, getting high at night and treating other drug addicts by day. Brendan stole dope from his dying father’s stash of cancer meds. Ed just loved sex on heroin. Our sources will tell you about their experiences lying, cheating and stealing to get high, they’ll talk about uncontrollable orgasms, and about how many gallons of urine it takes prove your sobriety.

On this inaugural episode of the Cracked Gets Personal, Brandon Johnson and Robert Evans look into the world of emergency medicine. This podcast features stories from two doctors, an ER nurse, and a physician’s assistant. They’ve got insane tales of butt-based disasters, alligator hunts gone wrong and the dumbest patients they’ve ever encountered. They also try to help us answer humankind’s most pressing question: which gender is more likely to accidentally lose foreign objects inside themselves?

This episode is brought to you by Casper (www.casper.com/PERSONAL).