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.

John Gemberling, Gil Ozeri and Anthony Atamanuik deliver some good, fun and funny scenes on this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser. They improvise about Rosie Perez playing Jeopardy!, a couple’s fight about their sex noises and domesticating wild animals. Also, a conversation about lube inspires a scene about a former sex shop employee starting a new job at Subway. Sign up for Seeso.com to watch Besser’s new stand-up special “Besser Breaks the Record” and “The UCB Show,” which were filmed live in UCBLA.

Sitting down with David Steinberg.

Is there still a purpose to having a personal website when millions of users already go to ‘destination sites’ like Twitter and Medium for their blog posts? Also, what is Stephen going to do with his boxes of pictures and memorabilia currently stuck in a basement?

Deirdre Devlin and Andrew talk about racist bumper stickers. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Join Casey, Danielle and special guest Shira Weiss as they discuss the morally corrupt Faye Resnick, “The Brooks effect” and reveal the special Vanderpump Rules Star they spotted at SUR where they feasted upon dry chicken and microscopic goat cheese balls. Also, Shira tells us the TV shows you should be watching. Hint: none of them have been nominated for anything and some can only be found on YouTube.

Don’t forget, we’ll be Rabbling live during the February 2nd episode of RHOBH (during the 9p PT west coast feed.)  Check it out @ https://www.rabble.tv/broadcast/56829ffa381e23e660ad87f5/view

Leonard is joined by his ReelzChannel partner, the irrepressible Grae Drake, Senior Editor of Rotten Tomatoes. Grae recalls some of her unique press junket experiences, which include getting her own Bond Girl name from Dame Judi Dench and leaving Dustin Hoffman speechless. They also discuss two favorite films of 2015 that aren’t part of the Oscar conversation: 99 Homes and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

Howard is touring in Texas, so Stard fills in to join Kulap on this week’s Who Charted? The Top 5 songs on Spotify’s U.S. Top 50 inspire conversations about Vegas and sandwiches with actor/podcaster Nate Corddry. They pitch show ideas for the next NBC Chicago series and guess what is under The Edge’s beanie during the Top 5 TV Shows chart. Lastly, Kulap gives updates on the production of “Bajillion Dollar Propertie$,” and Stard shares his journey to the music event NAMM in Two Charted.

Can a fake C-section have real emotional impact? Plus, a simple change in the procedure that erases one mom’s C-section guilt.

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

A commonly cited study states that money’s ability to increase happiness diminishes above $70,000 per year. However, are the statistics really that cut-and-dried? Stephen, James, and guest host Manoush Zomorodi discuss their personal relationships with money, and we finally get one opinion that paying for college may be a worthwhile endeavor.

Deirdre Devlin and Andrew talk about the cartoons Doug and Arthur. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

The Shrimps take on the Alley Oopsies at Pan Pacific Park. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action, Greg Escalante has the Sock Report. Championship game!

The Shrimps on Twitter: @pistolshrimpsbb
The Shrimps on Instagram: thepistolshrimps

Pistol Shrimps Radio on Twitter: @ShrimpsRadio
Matt Gourley on Twitter and IG: @MattGourley
Mark McConville on Twitter and IG: @MarkMcConville

Podcaster and writer Alison Rosen of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend joins Jensen and special guest co-host Ali Segel to talk about ska, writing for the LA Times in high school, freelance writing, West Coast-based rapper Anderson Paak, The Thermals, GLADES, Henrietta Hen Egg Cooker, Birdemic, Fateful Findings, how we’re late on Room, Rick and Morty, The Godfather Trilogy, and many other things you should know about.

Laya DeLeon Hayes has officially become the youngest OMFG! guest to join Deanna & Emily in the studio! Laya tells us about her role as the titular star of Disney’s animated series Doc McStuffins, gives us hot tips on booking commercials, and gets us up on “Old Disney”. Plus, we’ll find out who this 11-year-old superstar thinks is “Old or Young?”.

On a bonus episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard, we are proud to present a live script reading of Jacob Isser’s “Hosers,” a half-hour television pilot recorded at The Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City. Hosers stars Jason Biggs, Bruce Altman, Katrina Bowden, Nick D’Agosto, Rumer Willis, Amy Rutberg, Geoffrey Arend, Anthony Ramos, Judy Gold, and is narrated by Franklin Leonard.

CHRIS GETHARD joins Hayes in New York for a surprise retrospective on Big Lake, the Comedy Central show Chris starred in and Hayes wrote for, to dispel the rumors and reveal the true story once and for all.

Guest host Samm Levine and KPCS guest Stuart Pankin (Actor, Dinosaurs; Not Necessarily The News) discuss a little bit of everything. How long they’ve known each other, Stuarts deep IMDB credit list, why he was barely in the movie “Congo”, and more!

Writer and producer John Matta joins Randy and Jason to discuss his new book “Matta Napkin,” which includes 300 hilarious cartoon drawings on napkins. They also chat about comedic inspirations and John’s upcoming show he co-created with Jerry Minor called “Grand Marquee.” One of Daniel Van Kirk’s crazy stories includes a middle-aged man who dressed up as an elderly woman for a snow-shoveling program’s photo-op. Inspired by the story, Randy and Jason talk to Robert Durst on the phone about his thoughts on wearing a wig.

@QOD Twitter follower @BradyWood15 sent the team a question about giving and receiving criticism. Can James, Stephen, and guest host Manoush handle taking each other’s heat while working out the best techniques to do so?

Deirdre Devlin and Andrew to talk about kids dressing up as a geisha. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Devin & Amy dive into the big-haired 80s as they nominate the 1988 romantic comedy-drama Working Girl into the Canon. It tells the story of a Staten Island-raised secretary, Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith), working in the mergers and acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank. Listen as Devin & Amy discuss whether the movie still holds up — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Hilarious human Rob Corddry joins Josh this week to talk about the time he tripped his socks off at Comic-Con, the new 7th season of Childrens Hospital on Adult Swim, playing lovable bad guys, and more.

“Weird Al” Yankovic joins Scott as a special co-host and to make a very major announcement on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! Child actress Dimples also visits the studio to talk about her new show “My Silly Step-Sister,” her foley artist work, and her dark home life. Then, spokesperson Cody Calavera stops by to raise awareness on what it means to be a “Moss Man.”