Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show, No Land’s Man) and Aparna Nancherla (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Comedy Central) join Fake the Nation for their first ever LIVE SHOW from WNYC’s The Greene Space! On tap: the thing giving Americans widespread panic; Putin and his washboard abs; and whether Airbnb belongs in that basket of deplorables. We also have a fashion tip for you: it’s tacky to endorse white supremacy after Labor Day. You can watch the video of the whole show here: http://livestream.com/thegreenespace/events/6315116

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Tara Lynne Barr is a young actress with an old soul who you may recognize from the hit Hulu show Casual. Tara joins Emily and guest co-host Matt McConkey to talk about Golden Girls, becoming a real yogi, and the demystification of the vagina. Plus, Tara explains how an intimate scene with her and a prehistoric vibrator was shot for Casual.

Chris Gethard’s Mom, Sally, is the kind that doesn’t like her son swearing so much. Our caller’s Mom is the kind that cheers when her daughter gets a penalty in a youth hockey game. She’s also the kind of Mom that picks up the phone at work to be on a podcast she’s never heard of. 

This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron, Casper Mattresses, and Talkspace.

Sean and Hayes invite MIKE HANFORD and DAVE FERGUSON from the Birthday Boys on the show but they have been busy so they’re not sure what they’re going to do yet. Listen to Mike’s show “Questions for Lennon” on Howl.

Actor Desmin Borges (“You’re the Worst”) joins the Sklars for this week’s County. They chat him up about being the “ethnic wildcard” in showbusiness and his Chicago roots. Then, Daniel Van Kirk brings stories about Michigan tubers who lack a basic understanding of river functionality, a woman arrested for drunk horseback riding, and a pizza lover who financed his habit by unscrupulous means. Finally, the Sklars listen to a musical voicemail from Bryant Gumbel.

This episode is sponsored by Draftkings and Audible.

Ahh September, the leaves are changing into autumnal shades of yellow, red and orange, the air has a chilly bite, and movie theaters are being inundated with ‘Based on a True Story’ Oscar-bait. This month alone we’ve got 3 true story movies that shouldn’t have much suspense to them: ‘Sully’ (the plane lands); ‘Deepwater Horizon’ (oil gets everywhere); and ‘Snowden’ (dude’s in Russia).

We’ve got a little hint for you, Hollywood: how about releasing a movie that isn’t about something that happened, like, six seconds ago? History is full of amazing true stories and you’re giving us a movie about the most unceremonious, bloodless and explosion-less crash in the history of aviation? Pshhh.

This week we’ve got seven true stories for you that we promise would make better movies than ‘Snowden’: from the mad warring paleontologists who would rather burn down a museum than see each other gain a modicum of success, to the 10th century Slavic saint who murdered just everybody. Jack O’Brien and Michael Swaim co-host live from the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles with Cracked guests Carmen Angelica, Tom Reimann and Alex Schmidt, and guest comedians Lindsay Adams, Sunah Bilsted, Eli Olsberg and Steven Wilber.

Jack is also joined by Cracked writer and researcher Evan Caris to talk about a major world event that is always underserved in film: World War I.

Footnotes:

Salon Interview with Atilla Ambrus, The Whiskey Robber: http://goo.gl/FLsxwZ

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: https://goo.gl/vxlFsw

Cracked: 6 People With WTF Secret Lives Absolutely Nobody Saw Coming: https://goo.gl/XBXQ7c

Biography of Julie d’Aubigny: http://goo.gl/c6fyrw

’60 Minutes’ Clip with Jack Barsky: https://goo.gl/mZxy4L

Biography of ‘The Bone Wars’: https://goo.gl/8mpfQU

Biography of Olga of Kiev: https://goo.gl/XxM08M

Biography of Sarah Jacob, The Fasting Girl: https://goo.gl/wlG4rq

Tom Reimann on Twitter: https://goo.gl/wgHhK2

Carmen Angelica on Twitter: https://goo.gl/B7W9JR

Steven Wilber on Twitter: https://goo.gl/4UNvFf

Lindsay Adams on Twitter: https://goo.gl/1L02UE

Alex Schmidt on Twitter: https://goo.gl/y5P6Yo

Eli Olsberg on Twitter: https://goo.gl/3eVRel

Sunah Bilsted on Twitter: https://goo.gl/3VgjE6

This episode is sponsored by Casper Mattresses and Blue Apron.

It’s Sunday in the tavern so let’s talk to two of our old goblin friends.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp

Chunt: Adal Rifai

Usidore: Matt Young

Inta and Nerf: Marla Caceres and Eddie Piña

Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen

Tricia: Kate James

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 sponsored by Cards Against Humanity and Blue Apron.

Returning CBB champs Tatiana Maslany and Kristian Bruun of Orphan Black join Scott to chat about the times they broke their foot, the process of crying on camera, and exclusive monologues that will appear on their show. Then, Janice Cramps stops by to tell us all about her new pregnancy. Finally, children’s entertainer Big Chunky Bubbles makes his way into the studio for the first time to tell us about how he’s trying to branch out of entertaining children.

This episode is sponsored by HBO’s High Maintenance, Jack Threads, Leesa, and Legal Zoom.

Podcast maven Tracy Clayton (Another Round) is here and she’s ready to confess the number of times she’s gone to see Hamilton (both the musical and that one statue in Boston). Of the many things Tracy loves about the show, she particularly adores how it challenges the distinction between high and low art. She tells us why her current favorite Hamilton song is “Non-Stop” and what it was like to interview Lin-Manuel Miranda. We want to hear you and yours belt out your favorite songs from the show. Warm up your vocal cords and give us a call: 937-9MYSHOT.

This episode is brought to you by Fracture and Pacific Shaving Company.

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the mighty and the humble back to Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a LIVE audience at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul’s special guest is Desmin Borges of FXX’s You’re the Worst! They chat about Desmin’s childhood heroes, what the movie Purple Rain is truly about, and Desmin’s days of hustling in Chicago. Paul is then joined by his Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ co-stars Dan Ahdoot, Tim Baltz, and Tawny Newsome to improvise a story set in a Donut Factory. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

Go to paulftompkins.com/live to get tickets for live performances of Spontaneanation October 1st at Lago and October 30th at The Now Hear This Festival in Anaheim!

Devin and Amy take on the 1982 Scorsese film “The King of Comedy” on this week’s episode of The Canon. They praise the old-school punchline delivery of Jerry Lewis, analyze how the film views through the modern lens of self-fulfilling dreamseekers, and dissect Sandra Bernhard’s particular brand of hot-crazy. Later, they assess the challenge presented for Robert De Niro in performing a character who never stops performing. Should “The King of Comedy” find a place in the Canon? Head to the Earwolf forums to cast your vote!

This episode is sponsored by Universal Pictures and Harry’s.

Charlie Sykes is one of the most prominent conservative talk show hosts in Wisconsin – but he took on Donald Trump. In this episode, he talks to David about what he thinks conservative media has gotten wrong this election.

This episode is brought to you by The Great Courses.

The very hilarious actor/writer Charlie Sanders (Key & Peele, Facebook at UCB-Franklin) joins Paul and Jason for a boys club episode of How Did This Get Made? in which they discuss the 2005 action film Stealth. They’ll cover everything from Jamie Foxx’s untimely demise to the sentient robot plane’s emo music playlist. Plus, for the first time ever we hear Kid Reviews for the movie during 2nd Opinions!

Come see us at the Now Hear This podcast festival: nowhearthisfest.com

Get yourself a BB-8 “What Is Its Mission?” T-shirt or Tote Bag over at http://howdidthisgetmade.bigcartel.com

Where to Find Jason, June & Paul: 

Paul, Jason and June appear in a new animated pilot BAD GUYS on Adult Swim watch and vote here http://adultswim.com/misc/pilots/

Paul’s new comedy Filthy Preppy Teen$ is now avail on the FullScreen and you can see June and Paul in their old show NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU. Paul also appears on Fresh off the Boat on ABC. 

June stars in Grace and Frankie on Netflix, as well as Lady Dynamite alongside with Jason. 

Jason can be seen in How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator. 

Recorded LIVE as part of Cast Party in New York City is another edition of Celebrity Sightings with Jonathan Biting (Bobby Moynihan)! It’s the show where we gab about all the celebs we see running around the city. Jonathan welcomes frequent caller to the show Mary Assey to talk about some of the many celebs she’s recently seen including one of the stars of the Minions film. Check out the video of this performance on Netflix!

Come see us at the Now Hear This podcast festival: nowhearthisfest.com

This episode is brought to you by Modcloth.

John Fugelsang (SirusXM) and one-time Jeb Bush senior staffer Erin Gaetz join Negin to discuss Hillary Clinton and germ warfare. Plus, prepare to meet and love Fake the Nation’s very own medical correspondent: Negin’s dad. The group also takes a metaphorical knee to talk about recent protests in the NFL and the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy.  If you can’t make it to the Fake the Nation live show in NYC, have no fear! A podcast of the show drops September 20th.

This episode is brought to you by Casper Mattresses and Squarespace.

Actor and comedian Adam Ray joins Randy and Jason on this week’s Sklarbro Country. The Sklars talk about the voicemail outlining a plan to ambush Rob Ryan and Kid Rock’s Kaepernick shoutout during Takes. Then they chat with Adam about his background working as Wolverine at Universal Studios, his worst sports memories, and TCU QB Kenny Hill’s throat slashing gesture during the game against Arkansas. Finally, Jerry Jones stops in to discuss the future of the Dallas Cowboys.

This episode is sponsored by Blue Apron and Draftkings.

Join Casey and Danielle and special guest “San Pedro” as they discuss Shannon and David’s daughters rock band, NYC Reunion Part 3 and Danielle shares a very creepy, dark habit. If you die… let’s just say she’ll hear about it. Most importantly, the girls give info for how to join the Bitch Sesh Facebook group!! (SEARCH: SESH POD on Facebook and add yourself and you will be invited to join the “secret” Whispering Alene’s group.) Holla!

Come see us at the Now Hear This podcast festival: nowhearthisfest.com

This episode is brought to you by RZI Box of Style, Texture, Eloquii, and Havenly.

The boys bring you this special mini-episode to celebrate Kevin’s brand new Emmy! Denzel Washington Is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period will be back to its regular schedule on September 29th.

This week Bryan is sick of your Emirates travels being thrown in his face, while Erin is coming clean about squatting at her friends apartment. In other news, Hillary Clinton has pneumonia and ignorant fools across the nation have consequently branded her unfit for president. Have you seen the other guy? Also, marriage equality in Australia, though favored by the people, has parliament in a tizzy and subjecting the country to a useless plebiscite. Plus comedians Danielle Schneider and Casey Wilson are here and we dive deep into our Real Housewives obsession, their podcast Bitch Sesh, and their growing army of passionate listeners.

Comedian extraordinaire Michelle Biloon joins Scott in-studio for a bonus Comedy Bang! Bang! After looking through Michell’s Kindle, they welcome American Hero Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger to speak on his hatred of geese, his favorite mode of transportation, and what he thought of Academy Award winner Tom Hanks’ portrayal of him in the new film “Sully.”

Come see us at the Now Hear This podcast festival: nowhearthisfest.com

This episode is sponsored by Audible, Wealthfront Veritone, and Thursday Boot Company.

Rena Unger has a uniquely comprehensive view of the digital audio industry. She’s worked on the brand side, on the content side, and now helps to guide and grow the industry as as whole as the Director of Industry Initiatives at the Interactive Advertising Bureau. With her work as the lead for the IAB’s Digital Audio Committee Rena is responsible for the Podcast Upfronts which recently happened in New York City. In this edition of the Wolf Den Rena explains where the idea for the Upfronts came from, and why podcasting’s version of this kind of event stands apart from the television upfront and the digital media New Fronts. This year 12 podcast companies presented their slate of shows and talent to ad buyers at the Upfronts, and she shares some feedback from those buyers and her own thoughts on the event. Rena also details what she thinks is special about podcasting, and gives some concise, but trenchant advice for the podcasting industry as a whole.

Digging deep with Nikki Glaser.

Come see us at the Now Hear This podcast festival: nowhearthisfest.com

This episode is sponsored by Blue Apron, Harry’s, and Indochino.

Horatio Sanz, Colton Dunn, Eugene Cordero, and Danielle Schneider join Matt Besser for a special sing-a-long episode! Matt leads classic songs by Journey, Bon Jovi, Pink Floyd and more, while they perform scenes based off of the timeless lyrics. They check in with the coolest talking songbird in town, Crazy Dante’s Mattress Store, and a diner chef who pays his waitress in love coupons. Plus, we meet little Jackie Paper all grown up and find out what happens when David Bowie and Prince come face-to-face in the afterlife.

This episode is sponsored by NatureBox and Audible.

Come see us at the Now Hear This podcast festival: nowhearthisfest.com

The magnetic comedian Kate Berlant (The Characters on Netflix) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about Bridget Everett singing “I’ll Take You Home” unplugged, Patti Smith and Philip Glass doing a tribute to Allen Ginsberg, Sex and the City, and Stevie Nicks singing “Wild Heart” at a Rolling Stones shoot.

Come see us at the Now Hear This podcast festival: nowhearthisfest.com

This episode is sponsored by Third Love and Blue Apron.

Writer/actor Cynthia Kao (CollegeHumor) joins Andrew to talk about current trends including Air China removing in-flight magazine criticized as racist, Donald Trump’s “basket of Deplorables,” SNL adding their first Latina cast member, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

This episode is sponsored by DKMS.

The Shrimps take on the Shecago Bulls at Pan Pacific Auditorium. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action, James Bladon sits IN. Happy birthday, Sexy Ref!

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Got a query? Need some life advice? Check out new Howl Original, Questions for Lennon with the former rock and roll guitarist and frequent visitor to the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast John Lennon (Mike Hanford). To hear the entire series on Howl.fm use promo code LENNON and you’ll get 1-month for free! In this six episode series, John Lennon teams up with guests to answer questions sent in by you, the listener. It’s as simple as that!

How do you keep the fire alive? Can motherhood awaken your inner lesbian? Couples therapist and author Esther Perel answers YOUR sex advice questions. To join the conversation, go to: www.longestshortesttime.com!

This episode is sponsored by Material Wrld, Fracture, The Great Courses Plus, Thirdlove and Horizon Organics61

Is there a guest as wonderful as Lauren Lapkus? Probably not. Lauren joins Matt to talk about playing Vivian, one of the control room workers dealing with the chaos that unravels in Jurassic World. We hear about how Lauren had to get NASA clearance to shoot her scenes, what it’s like to be in a mega-blockbuster, and her experience auditioning for Star Wars Episode 8. As a bonus, Lauren tells us what it was like working alongside Joe Pesci and Don Rickles in a Snickers commercial. Later, Matt shares an exclusive and deep cover interview with a secret guest who also auditioned for Star Wars Episode 8. Plus, Matt answers listener questions in the return of I Was There Q&A!

The Strangely Cruel and Unusual Death in Jurassic World: 

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/06/15/the-strangely-cruel-and-unusual-death-in-jurassic-world

The James Bond Stunt Spectacular That Never Was:

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201410/4241/

Come see us at the Now Hear This podcast festival: nowhearthisfest.com

This episode is sponsored by Mack Weldon and Stamps.com.

First Lady Michelle Obama (Ego Nwodim) brightens up Hard Nation with stories about avoiding assassination, doing Pilates while watching pilots, and her burning hatred for Eleanor Roosevelt. Plus: Mark remembers 9/11, in poem.