While Deanna is away on her honeymoon, Emily welcomes fabulous psychic and tarot reader Angie Banicki to tell us about the future of OMFG! Are big things coming for the show? What is the future of nail art? Are man buns here to stay? Is Drake still going to be crying Drizzy Tearz in 2016? Tune in to find out!

Comedian and Get Up OFF expert Jenny Johnson joins Jensen and Matty to talk about getting up OFF high heels, teenagers on hover boards, lottery tickets, the “Whip and Nae Nae” “On Broadway,” and how we were dead wrong about pocket squares, yams, and matte black wheels on cars.

Singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim and Matt Besser of improv4humans make their way to Sklarbro County! Langhorne tells us about what it was like getting laughs before his sets opening up for Eugene Mirman on tour and plays songs off his new album The Spirit Moves. Also, Matt talks about his new stand-up special “Besser Breaks The Record” (available to watch on www.seeso.com), the first improv show he saw which had a cast that included Chris Farley, and Making a Murderer (there will be spoilers!). As always Daniel Van Kirk brings us crazy stories that include an Indiana woman charged in urine tossing and much more. Later, prosecuting attorney Ken Kratz of Making a Murderer stops by to defend The Martian as a comedy.

Happy 2016, Chat Show fans! For the first entry of the new year, guest host Samm Levine reunites with his Freaks & Geeks dad, actor Sam McMurray! In this Sam(m)-centric episode: The Tracey Ullman Show, being born with an old Jewish soul, and more!

Today, individuality and social norms duke it out regarding the costs and benefits of pursuing a graduate degree.

Sean is joined by ghostsmasher NEIL CASEY, acclaimed voice actor BEN RODGERS, and good drawer DOMINIC DIERKES to workshop scenes from a new animated movie and address topics such as capital punishment and processed food.

The exceptionally talented, tall, and dashing Domhnall Gleeson dominated 2015 as an actor. Domhnall joins Josh this week to talk about his sketch comedy past, Brooklyn, Ex Machina, and portraying General Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. There will be spoilers!

This week Devin & Amy discuss the 1989 American independent drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape. It’s a four character story about sexuality and the relationships of a troubled married couple and the wife’s younger sister starring James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, and Laura San Giacomo. It won the Palme d’Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, and was influential in revolutionizing the independent film movement in the early 1990s. Tune in to hear Devin & Amy talk about the Steven Soderbergh film that brought him to prominence — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Our old friend Zach Galifianakis joins Scott and Scott’s nephew Todd on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! After Scott & Todd catch up and play “What’s That Phrase?”, Zach tells us about his new FX show “Baskets” and considers Todd to be his new stand-up opening act. Later, U.S. citizen Don Darling stops by all the way from Wisconsin to tell us all about being a Sugar Daddy.

It’s 2016 and Marissa and Listler are kicking the new year off strong as they welcome Marina Del Ray High’s Class President Chet Noseworthy (Jack McBrayer) on a new episode of WOMP IT UP! After everyone shares their New Year’s Resolutions, tensions rise between Marissa and Chet during “What’s Cheesing You?”. Then, the spotlight is on Chet as he tells us what led him to become Class President, who he is taking to prom, and the Jellyfish incident which required him to use his gifted manhood. Plus, everyone gives listeners advice on being afraid of commitment and more during Listler’s Love Lockdown!

Paul F. Tompkins once again welcomes the wonderful real people of Los Angeles AND the internet to a LIVE episode of Spontaneanation, recorded at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul’s special guest is singer-songwriter Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles! They chat about her new love affair with ice cream, aggressive squirrels, and scary neighborhood vans. Paul is then joined by his No, You Shut Up! colleagues Drew Massey, Colleen Smith, and Victor Yerrid to improvise a story set in The First Class Cabin of An Aer Lingus 747 in The 1970s. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

Remember when memes actually made sense and weren’t just screencaps of Minions with text like, ‘Obama: You Only Had One Job!’ Remember when ‘First World Problems’ wasn’t an excuse to complainbrag about your yacht running out of champagne? Remember when ‘LOL’ wasn’t a mere punctuation mark and actually meant that someone was laughing out loud?

Pepperidge Farm remembers. And now that meme is probably ruined too. The problem with the internet sometimes is that when creative, novel, and useful ideas get put into it, suddenly everyone has permission to reuse them. From there they get repeatedly misused, and before you know it, they completely lose all of their meaning. Literally. Or figuratively. We don’t know because literally doesn’t mean literally anymore.

On this week’s podcast, Jack O’Brien is joined by Cracked editors Jason Pargin (aka David Wong) and Josh Sargent to talk about when great ideas go wrong and how the evolution of language and the internet drives them into the ground.

Andrew Ti brings Yo, Is This Racist? to UCB-Sunset for a LIVE episode with special return guests Baron Vaughn (Grace and Frankie, Maltin On Movies), Ify Nwadiwe (@midnight, White Women)! They talk about trying to police being called the “n-word” by your friends, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the porn industry, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Fantastic Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani finally makes his way to the calming shores of Sklarbro Country! Maz tells us about growing up in Iran, freezing up on the radio in the middle of a round of “The Dozens” early in his stand-up career, and how breaking his ankle while playing soccer helped him really focus on his joke writing. Then, Maz tells us about being on Dr. Drew to talk Making A Murderer during Quick Hits! Later, the Sklars call up Ozzie Guillen to hear his thoughts on Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza being elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

LIVE from Largo in Los Angeles, Kay Cannon of Pitch Perfect and 30 Rock joins Paul, Jason, and June to discuss Shaquille O’Neal as the one and only rapping genie in the 1996 film Kazaam. They’ll cover everything from what Max’s dad really does, whether a genie can ask another genie for a wish, and the tale of how Kazaam was born. Plus, everyone talks about the movie calling Jesus a genie during Audience Q&A!

Attention: The Crash Test special that Paul & Rob Huebel performed on a 60 foot glass bus is coming to Comedy Central on January 23rd. Set your DVRs!

Don’t forget to check out Blake Harris’ Oral History of Kazaam over at www.slashfilm.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 Sleeping With Other People on iTunes! 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!).

Welcome to a special episode of Wine Time with Martha (Betsy Sodaro) and Margie (Toni Charline)! This week they visit their number one co-pilot Shelley in the hospital. They comfort Shelley, who recently had a terrible accident that has left her in the burn ward, with some signature segments from the show such as “Horny or Hot Flash?”. Later, Traci Reardon arrives to do some community service by helping her Twitter followers with advice in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard is starting 2016 with a special twofer interview episode with screenwriters Phyllis Nagy and Emma Donoghue. First comes a conversation with Indie Spirit Award nominated and New York City Film Critics Circle winning screenwriter Phyllis Nagy is the screenwriter of Carol, which itself is nominated for 5 Golden Globes and has won many Critics’ Choice Awards. Adapted from the novel by Patricia Highsmith, it’s a story about a department store clerk who dreams of a better life and falls for an older married woman. Then, Franklin chats with Emma Donoghue, Golden Globe nominated screenwriter of Room, which she adapted from her own Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel. The film is about a five-year-old and his mother escaping from a room in which they have been trapped for the child’s entire life and is also nominated for 3 Golden Globes.

Esteemed comedian and actor Baron Vaughn of Maltin On Movies joins Sarah & Susan to talk about Chekov’s The Seagull, living in the moment, Donny Hathaway, Little Giants, James Baldwin, and #BlackLivesMatter.

Actor Edi Gathegi and writer/editor Brandon Sonnier of The Blacklist on NBC join Kevin & Kamau this week to talk about Edi & Kevin’s history, the diverse cast/crew on The Blacklist, and one of Edi’s acting secrets. Then, Edi & Brandon share their Top 5 Denzel films, Brandon tells us about his close connection to Glory, and everyone gets deep into Out of Time. Plus, Sonari Glinton reveals the answers to last week’s Quiz!

Meeting the world half way with Matt Oswalt.

Happy New Years humons! Tim Meadows, Paul Rust, Stephanie Allynne, and Anthony King join Matt Besser to ask humons about the worst gifts they’ve received this holiday  season on a LIVE improv4humans from the UCB’s Sunset theater in Hollywood California! Listen as they explore the Ultimate Bath Experience, take you inside the writers’ room of Wacky Packs, and participate in a spelling bee of naughty sounding words. Make sure to sign up for Seeso.com to get Matt Besser’s new standup special “Besser Breaks the Record” and the new live comedy show filmed at the UCB theaters called “The UCB Show”.

Brian Koppelman believes people who accomplish remarkable things do something differently than most other. The screenwriter, producer and essayist thinks they marshall the best of themselves in the low moments, as well as the high ones. Learning about these moments is what drives his podcast, The Moment. On this episode of The Wolf Den Brian tells Adam why he got into podcasting, who influenced his approach, and how he prepares for his deeply engaged interviews. He also explains his thoughts about having his own wife, novelist Amy Koppelman, on for a very intimate and unflinchingly honest interview. Finally, Brian shares his thoughts on the business of podcasting, and his advice for new podcasters. 

Stephen likens his mind to an attic, which shouldn’t be filled with ‘meaningless crap’. Will he be able to find any tidbits up there which answer a question over 2400 Quora users are wondering?

We’re joined by Arnor, the greatest warrior in all of Foon! People have been comparing us a lot since our names are so similar. I bet he’ll get a kick out of that.

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Arnor: Blaine Swen
Otok Barleyfoot: Nick Baer
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editor: Evan Jacover
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Episode Art: Kevin Budnik

Sponsored by: Cards Against Humanity via The Chicago Podcast Cooperative

Jonathan is joined by lobbyist Samantha Corbin to find out about what’s happening in the world of internet security, how companies are selling your information and what you can do to avoid it being stolen.

On this week’s Bitch Sesh, Casey and Danielle discuss the results of their “Vanderpump Rules” challenge and sum up 4 (painful) seasons worth of drunken debauchery. Then, Morgan Walsh (Burning Love, Brooklyn 99) joins them for another rundown of this weeks RHOBH where they breakdown the sight of Yolanda’s rotting boob implant, Erika Jayne and Mr. Girardi’s true love affair and Lisa Rinna’s choppy shag, a do or a don’t? Listen and find out!

From the vaults of I Was There Too, Matt brings out a classic episode with Jenette Goldstein of Aliens, T2, and Titanic. This week Jenette Goldstein joins Matt to chat about her portrayal as bad-ass Pvt. Vasquez in Aliens, John Connor’s foster mother in Terminator 2, and Irish Mommy in Titanic. Jenette tells us how she fell into the body building sub-culture in East London prior to being cast as Pvt. Vasquez, what it was like shooting in the huge vat of baby oil for the T-1000 in the lava bath scene, and using her own experience as a mother while putting her children to bed for the last time in Titanic. Plus, we finally lay some deep film score time signature controversy to rest as James Bladon returns in another edition of I Was There Tune.

Happy New Year from The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard! On a bonus episode, Franklin sits down to chat with Cary Fukunaga, screenwriter and director of Beasts of Nation, director of the critically acclaimed first season of True Detective for which he won an Emmy, and writer/director of Sin Nombre. They’ll discuss the process of adapting Beasts of Nation from a novel to a major motion picture now available to watch on Netflix.

Happy New Year Chartists! Howard and guest co-host Ele “Ku” Woods welcome the return of the Prince of Periscope, Steven Brody Stevens! Everyone chats about their first cellphones, the clubs, and the possibility of having children as they count down the Top 5 Songs on iTunes. Then, Howard shares an unfortunate outcome regarding his Fantasy Championship as they count down the Top 5 NFL Games of the Week. Plus, the Valley is the topic of discussion during the Wie Wie Chart!

James could have invested in a company that earns billions of dollars a year as part of Google, but passed. What other fateful opportunities have our hosts encountered over the course of their careers, and do they have any regrets?