Inspired by the 2016 Oscar Nominees, Leonard and Baron discuss the movies of two actors and one filmmaker: Brie Larson in the tremendous Short Term 12, a turkey from Sylvester Stallone, and a sleeper by the name of Win Win from Spotlight director Tom McCarthy.

From the creator of the YouTube web series The Mis-adventures of Awkward Black Girl, Issa Rae debuts a 10-part audio drama titled “FRUIT” exclusively for Howl. Listen as a professional football player named X, recounts his journey of self-discovery and sexual exploration both on and off the field. FRUIT chronicles X’s relationship with his friends, teammates and family as they impose their own perceptions of his role in an alpha-male dominated industry of professional sports. Amidst questioning for a larger league-related scandal, X must ultimately decide how he wants his story to be told, for himself, and for others like him.

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The fab research geeks at Stuff Mom Never Told you unpack the history of the cesarean. Plus, listeners share their wildly conflicting feelings over the procedure.

To join the conversation about this episode, go to longestshortesttime.com!

Why haven’t humans “evolved as a species away from aggression”? Stephen and James summon up some statistics and studies to attempt to answer this question from a listener.

Naomi Ko and Andrew talk about a caller’s Japanese Nativity scene. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

The gang reunites for this wonderful episode of Who Charted? They chat with “Fresh Off the Boat” star Randall “Randruff” Park about rappers’ stage names during the Top 5 Shazam’s Future Hits chart. Randall cracks why Howard has a strong dislike of motorcycles during the Top 5 Video Game Releases in February chart. H. Michael Kre talks about his Texas tour with KuKu and Engineer Cody Pendent during Two Charted. Lastly, Kulap updates us on all the amazing cameos to keep an eye out for on “Bajillion Dollar Propertie$.”

The Shrimps take on the Ba Dunka Dunks at Pan Pacific Park. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action, Greg Escalante has the Sock Report. Skør!

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OMFG! all-stars Yimu Xue and Garrick Bernard return for a roundtable discussion with Deanna and Emily on the “All-White” Oscars. How do they feel about non-white representation at this year’s Oscars? How does the Academy work? What are Yimu and Garrick love lives looking like today? Tune in to find out!

Actress and comedian Milana Vayntrub joins Jensen and special guest co-host Drew Unga to talk about her short documentary “Milana Can’t Do Nothing: Refugees in Lesbos,” Rumors, Sylvan Esso, Packer Shoes, Impractical Jokers, I’ll Have What Phil’s Having, how we’re late on The Americans, selling stuff on eBay, meditation, and many other things you should know about.

Following the musical theme, our next movie selection is a classic disco/rock opera. This week Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Streets of Fire and gives a couple of recommendations for fans of VR and food in another edition Paul’s Pick of the Week. Plus, Paul shares which film role Rick Moranis would knock out of the park as he answers your Qs!

Don’t forget to check out Blake Harris’ Oral History of Streets of Fire over at www.slashfilm.com!

HDTGM: LIVE! returns to Largo at the Coronet on March 19th at 7pm and 9:30pm! Get your tickets now over at www.largo-la.com!

Get yourself a BB-8 “What Is Its Mission?” T-shirt or Tote Bag over at http://howdidthisgetmade.bigcartel.com/! People of the internet: Watch Paul in Fresh off the Boat on ABC and a while ago, Paul and Rob Huebel did a comedy special on a 60 foot glass bus that traveled around LA and now you’ll be able to see it. Go to https://itun.es/us/3M4J9 now to buy it! You can also see Jason in Transparent on Amazon and in Dirty Grandpa in a theater near you! Also, check out June in Grace and Frankie available on Netflix, and in all the episodes of NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU for free, and Jason in The Dictator (he’s still in it!).

Hayes is still in New York. Sean does the show alone with Brett.

Jason and Randy catch up with comedian Dave Ross on this week’s Sklarbro County. They discuss experimenting with drugs in college and when you can call heroin “H.” On topic, Daniel Van Kirk’s crazy story follows two stoned drug dealers who called the cops on themselves. Dave explains how he created the viral political sign “IDK Not Trump Tho 2016.” Lastly, actor and lawman Steven Seagal informs Dave and the Sklars what to do when being approached by a man with a pipe bomb.

How far away from actual events can a ‘historical’ story veer before there’s outrage? Also today, Stephen gets duped by a guard at the Tower of London, while James attempts to find out what mysteries have intrigued Stephen the most.

Naomi Ko and Andrew to talk about Macklemore’s song “White Privilege II”. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

LIVE from SF Sketchfest 2016, Mark Wahlberg (Daniel Van Kirk) solves the problems of the world (because Donnie can’t) with his very famous friends Tom Leykis (James Adomian), Erica Rhodes, Macklemore (Jon Daly), and Michael Caine (Kenny Stevenson).

This week Devin & Amy are nominating Park Chan-wook’s classic South-Korean mystery thriller Oldboy for consideration into The Canon. Based on a manga, it follows Oh Dae-su, a man who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing the identity of his captor. When he is finally released, he decides to find the guy who did this to him and get revenge, but does not realize that his search for revenge is all part of his captor’s very elaborate revenge plan. Listen as Devin shares his love for the film & Amy discusses why all the computer scenes should be skipped if this is your second viewing — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Joel Edgerton is a hard working actor and filmmaker. His 2015 directorial debut The Gift, which he also wrote, co-produced and co-starred in has been met with critical acclaim. Joel joins Josh this week to talk about how it was a miracle that his latest film Jane Got a Gun even got made, working with George Lucas on Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and his movie swag.

A very treasured special guest who shall not be named joins Scott to do some vocal exercises, play a game of “False or True?”, and to talk about departing The Daily Show for her new TBS show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Later, entrepreneurs Craig and Ron Bieber of the very famous Bieber family stop by to workshop their commercial jingles.

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone in the world, including people he knows, back to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is Jerry Minor of Mr. Show and Saturday Night Live! They chat about Jerry’s million-dollar idea, why Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t celebrate birthdays, and which race makeup needs to be perfected. Paul is then joined by Hal Lublin, Michael Oosterom, and Jean Villepique to improvise a story set in Margaritaville. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! SPONTANEANATION LIVE returns to Largo Saturday, February 6th! With interview guest Cedric Yardbrough from Reno 911 and improvisors JOrdan Black, Nyima Funk and Gary Anthony Williams! Get your tickets before it sells out! bit.ly/SPONTO216. Get yourself a pair of Spont socks, as seen on NATIONAL TELEVISION on The Bachelor Live in the Earwolf store: http://ear.wf/1K61sLq

The history of the music industry is littered with weird and possibly apocryphal stories of how people were discovered and how songs came to be. Sam Phillips, the man credited with discovering Elvis, tells the story of a shy 18-year-old Presley coming into his studio and Phillips having the gut instinct to shout something like, “say, this kid’s gonna be a star!” It’s a fine story, except Phillips wasn’t even there the day Elvis first went into Sun Records. It was his assistant Marion Keisker who heard Elvis first and thought to pass him along to her boss. We like to think of our artists as chess pieces in a heroes journey. It fits the story in our minds to have Elvis be discovered by Obi-Wan Kenobi and for them to have the determination to know ‘Hound Dog’ would be a big hit. But ‘Hound Dog’ was first recorded 4 years earlier by Big Mama Thornton. The history of the music industry is a surprisingly messy thing. Keith Richards comes up with the main riff to ‘Satisfaction’ and forgets how to play it the next day. What sounds like divine inspiration to us might very well be an accident. On this week’s podcast Jack sits down with Hrishikesh Hirway, the brilliant mind behind the podcast ‘Song Exploder’, to talk about his process and what he learns breaking down popular songs instrument-by-instrument. Later he talks with Peter Matthew Bauer of The Walkmen to talk gear culture, how demos are made, and Michael Jackson’s magical $20,000 mixing board.

Actor and writer Naomi Ko (Dear White People) joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss the term anti-colonial and Cecil Rhodes. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

Ronna & Beverly had a magnificent time at this year’s San Francisco Sketch Fest and are now sharing it with you! Joining them is the wonderfully warm & hilarious Guy Branum and the cute as a button Kate Micucci of Garfunkel and Oates. What more can you ask for?

Join the Hard Brothers, Mike and Paul (Mike Still and Paul Welsh), for a bare-knuckle political brawl that will leave you with an America-shaped bruise on your brain. Featuring your favorite comedians performing as your (least) favorite politicians.

On this episode, the Hard Brothers welcome Republican Presidential Primary front-runner, Donald Trump (Anthony Atamanuik) as they discuss bronze-plated “anchor babies,” the truth about 9-11 and the dangers of Italian ISIS.

Welcome to the first episode of Young People with Jeff Garlin! Jeff is a comedian of some notoriety who you may recognize from The Goldbergs and Curb Your Enthusiasm who has an interest in talking to young people in the industry. This week he reunites with his Disney’s The Whereabout Gang co-star and pop star Heather to chat about her recent club hookup with superstar Denny Peters, using Twitter to test out her new song lyrics, and her interesting relationship with her agency. Later, Traci Reardon arrives to help her Twitter followers with advice on enjoying life with a girlfriend, being surrounded by spiders, and more in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

What do Stephen and guest host Manoush Zomorodi have in common? 1. They try to wake up early. 2. They accidentally went on a family vacation together. That and more on today’s Question of the Day!

Randy and Jason review a Carolina Panthers superfan’s rap video on this week’s Sklarbro Country. Comedian and fellow Missourian Kathleen Madigan joins the Sklars to talk LA Rams, comedy clubs and touring the U.S. They also discuss Puerto Ricans who obeyed their friend’s dying wish of being propped up during a poker match (after he died). Lastly, former NBA star Dennis Rodman stops by the studio to promote the upcoming Wing Bowl and shows his support of Bernie Sanders.

Andrew Ti and special guest Deirdre Devlin finish the week off by discussing asking “what’s your ethnicity?” while online dating. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Finally someone in Foon is going on an actual quest. It’s not Usidore. It’s Otok Barleyfoot, off to find his daughter Activia.

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Otok Barleyfoot: Nick Baer
Blemish: Martin Wilson
Krom the Fingarian: Mark Logsdon
Flower: Brooke Breit
Honk: Ross Kimball
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editor: Evan Jacover
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban

Sponsored by: Basecamp via The Chicago Podcast Cooperative

We have another great script this week on The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard. Jody by Jason Wilborn and Chris Kyle is a great way to bridge the gap between the NFL’s Conference Championships and Sunday’s Super Bowl. A Black List reader wrote about the script, “This script fires pitch perfectly on all cylinders. From start to finish, this script surprises. Its characters and plot throwing left right punches making for edge of your seat drama.” Jody stars Ed Quinn, Ashley Greene, Constance Zimmer, Emily Osment, Michael Dempsey, Jonathan Goldstein, Aimee Teegarden, Matt Barr, Carter Hastings, JR Lemon, and Cooper Thornton.

Jody screenwriters Jason Wilborn and Chris Kyle join Franklin this week to talk about how they met because Chris was roommates with Jason’s future wife, coming up with the idea of Jody as the love story they we wanted to tell, and why writing in a room together helped them flesh out their script.