Writer and stand-up comedian Jena Friedman returns to join Andrew to discuss news stress, Politicon, Nazi paraphernalia being sold in an antique shop, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Green Party candidate and Harvard-educated doctor Jill Stein (D’Arcy Carden) returns to Hard Nation, where she avoids answering whether she’s responsible for Donald Trump by playing Never Have I Ever and Zip Zap Kraut. Later, Jimmy Buffett (Geoff Garlock) calls in to preach the gospel of island livin’ and keeping the bad people out. Plus: Mark thinks Nazis are bad!

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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?

Episode two of Cracked Gets Personal is available now on its own feed, and new episodes will be released every Wednesday. Search for “Cracked Gets Personal” on your podcast app of choice or click here to subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/cj7V5h

Actress Azure Parsons joins Matt this week to discuss her role as Charmaine Boudreaux on the hit television series “True Detective.” She tells Matt about her first reaction to reading her part as well as the strategies she took to enmesh herself into such a dark mindset. Then, she shares the unusual way in which she nabbed the role and her recollections of run-ins with Woody Harrelson. Later, Matt gets fellow “True Detective” actors Christopher Berry and Dave Davis on the line to talk about getting roughed up by Matthew McConaughey and how they landed on the right motivations for their characters.

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Comedian Erica Rhodes joins Jensen and guest co-host Drew Unga to talk about performing on A Prairie Home Companion since the age of 10, Coast Modern, Eva and the Vagabond Tales, Ingrid Goes West, how we were late on Live PD, and many more things you should know about.

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Steve Agee joins the Matts for a revisit of the Pierce Brosnan Classic(?), Goldeneye. Plus, the latest Bond 25 news with our man in the east, Phil Nobile Jr.

Having dealt with mental health issues and an eating disorder this caller now helps others confront those problems. She tells Chris about the repercussions of coming out in a small town, and the two discuss their strategies for dealing with anxiety, including the best funny animal videos on YouTube.

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Join Kevin as he sits down with actor Josh Hopkins (Cougar Town, G.I. Jane). Josh chats about being a self-proclaimed TV show killer, breaking the fourth wall in real life, and he makes up a song about the Sundance Film Festival.

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NICK WIGER from the Doughboys has come to visit the boys and help them come up with some new segments for their show.

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Child actress Ella Anderson joins Emily and Deanna this week to talk about her new film “The Glass Castle.” She talks about playing a young Brie Larson and working with Woody Harrelson before they dive into Ella’s skin care line, “Aiko by Ella.” Later, the girls get Ella to dish on who she knows and how she feels about them.

It’s a tale of competing teenage soccer teams in the brand-new musical “LEAVING YOUR HEART ON THE FIELD.” Betsy Sodaro joins in for the musical offering of a lifetime by way of hit numbers such as “Sports Boner”, “Empty Nest Syndrome”, “You Like My Face” and many more in this timeless classic that will remind you that with every new day comes a new kid.

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Jayme and Sayme the creepy twin children of Baron Ragoon are back and stranger than ever. Also, Chunt is trying out some secret names for himself.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp

Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Jayme: Gretchen Eng
Sayme: Brad Pike
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Audio Assistance: Jason Knox
Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

One of the podcast’s most popular guests, actor and comedian Ronnie Schell returns to entertain Gilbert and Frank with classic stories about co-stars and contemporaries Harvey Korman, Don Rickles, Mickey Rooney, Don Knotts, and of course, Pat McCormick. Also: Ol’ Blue Eyes takes a punch, Lee Marvin comes up short, Bob Newhart plays the Sahara and Ronnie writes a check to the mob. PLUS: Jesse White! “The Devil and Max Devlin”! The brilliance of Jack Riley! The madness of Marty Ingels! And Gilbert meets Sid Melton (and his dog)! 

For years, Cracked’s Personal Experience section has been home to some of the highest-performing articles on our site. We’ve interviewed doctors, former cult members, and basically every kind of prostitute imaginable.

Despite the success of these articles, there’s been one thing we can’t translate adapting our hard-hitting interviews into text on a screen: our subjects’ voices. So, for the last year we’ve been secretly taping conversations to create a podcast version of our 10 favorite Personal Experience subjects, and that season 1 of that podcast is premiering this Wednesday as Cracked Gets Personal.

And this week on the show, Alex Schmidt is welcoming Cracked Gets Personal’s hosts, Robert Evans and Brandon Johnson, for a discussion of how this mini-series came together, how the Personal Experience articles get written and how CGP deftly tackles the subjects of police brutality, the opiod epidemic and butts…lots of things getting stuck up lots of butts.

To catch the first two episodes of Cracked Gets Personal on Wednesday, August 16th search for it in your podcast app of choice or click here to subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/cj7V5h

East Coast! The Cracked Podcast is coming to you! The Cracked Podcast will be a part of the Now Hear This podcast festival in New York, taking place September 8th-10th. For $20 off your 3-day pass, head to NowHearThisFest.com and enter code ‘CRACKED’ at checkout.

Footnotes:

Robert and Brandon on Harmontown: https://goo.gl/ffpHH3

City Museum: https://goo.gl/YVBMfy

Article: Cracked: 6 Realities Of Life When You’re Raped By A Celebrity: https://goo.gl/XwVgMA

Article: Cracked: 7 Things You Learn Surviving an Atomic Blast: https://goo.gl/OytRes

Article: Cracked: 5 Ugly Things You Learn as a Sex Slave in the Modern World: https://goo.gl/pNoyuU

Article: Cracked: 5 Things Your Doctor Really Wants To Say About You (But Wont): https://goo.gl/k4Vwny

Article: Cracked: 5 Horrifying Things Only Garbagemen Know About Your Town: https://goo.gl/xGNhMQ

Article: Cracked: 7 Things Former Slaves of ISIS Want You To Know: https://goo.gl/ZVTwDM

Paul F. Tompkins clears his throat as he welcomes everyone back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is actress and comedian Alice Wetterlund of TBS’ People of Earth! They chat about the moment Alice was at her very hottest and the moment she was at her very not hottest, whether she has a preference between having a baby boy or baby girl, and her short-lived marriage. Paul is then joined by Mandell Maughan, Annie Savage, and Matt Gourley, to improvise a story set at Casting Auditions for the New Haunted Hayride. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Writer Carina Chocano joins Amy this week to discuss the original 1975 horror/thriller “The Stepford Wives.” First, Carina tells Amy about her new book You Play the Girl, and then they get into “The Stepford Wives,” noting how the film plays to director Bryan Forbes’ strengths and what it says about the power of perspective. They pick apart the use of sound design in the film, how it deals with themes of cultural abuse, and its lasting impact. Does “The Stepford Wives” belong in The Canon? Head to the Earwolf forums now to cast your vote!

Comedy superstar Andy Richter returns this week to talk about co-hosting Conan and to help fix everything about Comic-Con. Then, Denmark native Tina Danish arrives to map out her plan to achieve a Guinness World Record, and educator Patricia Primm makes a scheduled appearance to give etiquette tips and to perform some observational humor.

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Join your host John Tortorro (Sean Conroy) for another episode of “Why Ma? Why Ma! Weimar.” After the usual rant and Brand New Rules, John welcomes his ma Rose Marie Tortorro to answer all his burning questions including why she had so many jobs when he was growing up. Plus, Traci Reardon stops by to answer Twitter questions about John in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

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Airplane maintenance, suction cups, and a man who watched 8 Andy Sidaris movies on this week’s mini-sode! Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Hard Ticket to Hawaii and Blake J. Harris returns to talk to Rodrigo Obregon, the main villain of Hard Ticket to Hawaii (for the full interview go to www.slashfilm.com). Paul gives some recs in Paul’s Picks and the Movie Bitches review 47 Meters Down. Plus, you’ll find out which gross movie we will be covering next!

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

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

On the premiere episode of HOMOPHILIA, Dave Holmes and Matt McConkey welcome the amazing Cameron Esposito (Take My Wife, Queery) to the studio to talk about bad break-ups, poorly-timed tattoos, her wife Rhea’s tiny hat, and more on what they’re loving & who they loving.

Huddle up! It’s time for a dream team lineup of some of Fake the Nation’s smartest and funniest guests. Maeve Higgins (Maeve In America) and Seema Iyer (The Bollywood Lawyer) ponder how to take control of their emotions. John Fugelsang (Tell Me Everything) and Dean Obeidallah (The Dean Obeidallah Show) discuss interracial dating and look ahead to America’s mixed race future. Plus, Stephanie Butnick (Unorthodox) and Azhar Usman (Ultra American) take a deep dive into cultural appropriation.

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After a week of great tragedy, Casey and Danielle are joined by Leslie Grossman to help them mourn, process and heal from the loss of Tommy’s cookies. There is song, prayer, and discussion of Tamra’s rotten insides, all to help in the grieving process. Plus, Greg Bennett chimes in with his thoughts and wishes for the future of his precious Countess O Countess.

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Bracing for impact with Dave Holmes.

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In 2010, Christopher Nolan pissed off Batman fans around the world by taking a break in between Dark Knight movies to make an original film about dream thieves. Inception went on to become a genuine phenomenon, grossing only slightly less money than either of Nolan’s Batman sequels and becoming the subject of countless message board arguments that pop up across the internet to this day. And it almost starred James Franco.

This week, Tom and Abe are joined by Cracked’s Head of Video Cody Johnston as they dive headfirst into the undeniable creative artistry behind one of the biggest films of all time, the imagery Nolan used to simultaneously connect and separate the dream world from reality, and how to make sense of what is easily the most nonsensical crime thriller ever produced.

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Bryan and Erin spend some time this week digging into the leather-bound collection of nonsense Suzanne Venker calls her new book as well as the concept of the unloving “Alpha Female.” Then, they give a rundown of Australia’s messy gay marriage situation, and writer Diallo Riddle sits in to talk about writing for Jimmy Fallon and to share his feelings about everything from Despacito to sex after Chinese food.

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Jessica St. Clair, Lennon Parham, and Will Hines join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They perform scenes about a group audition involving jetpacks, having your name drawn out by an improv coach, and a couple that won’t tolerate peeking while kissing. Plus, a family game of Monopoly gets extremely tense, and Jessica goes through a series of challenges in order to change her IMDB profile picture.

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This week, Kamau and Hari cope with possible nuclear threat, learn how Jessica Byrd helps underrepresented communities engage in the political process, and “bravely” release the interview with Jake Tapper. How has the Trump administration affected Tapper’s reporting style? Why hasn’t Byrd given up all hope on the Democratic party? ALL OF THIS IS ANSWERED HERE.

Find Jessica Byrd on Twitter at @JessicaLBYRD and at http://threepointstrategies.org.

Follow Jake Tapper on Twitter at @jaketapper and on CNN as host of ‘The Lead’ (4pm ET) and ‘State of the Union’ (9am and 12pm ET).

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Check out Hari’s tour dates and albums at Harikondabolu.com and for all Kamau’s projects check out wkamaubell.com.

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Actor, writer, producer, Diallo Riddle joins Andrew to discuss fetish territory when it comes to dating, HBO’s Confederate, and more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.