Ronna & Beverly return to the UCB theater in Los Angeles with their special guests Danny Pudi of Community and Paul F. Tompkins of Spontaneanation! Tune in to hear about the Polish plays Danny starred in as a child, Paul’s thoughts on Donald Trump, and what the ladies did for Yom Kippur this year.

Welcome back to The Pickup The Podcast with your hosts Blake Sugar (Chris Alvarado) and Dominic DuBois (Dustin Sterling)! Learn tips on how to carry yourself, get what you want, and get the ladies. This week is very special as Blake & Dominic finally welcome Dominic’s mystery woman Roxie and get to know the real her as they get intimate with a True or False segment called The Three Way. Later, Traci Reardon stops by to offer advice on dating to her Twitter in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Howard does his best 007 impression and stakes out the LA Podfest and a Walmart in the midwest. Will he find rogue Chartists? Will he prove more intimidating than a man a hog? Will he find a summer cereal? Answers to these questions and more on this week’s Two Charted.

Americans go absolutely nuts for their coffee. But why so much fuss over the pit of a cherry that nobody eats?

Andrew Ti and special guest Lauren Cook finish the week off by discussing a theater selling 40s of Old English as a promotion for the Straight Outta Compton movie. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Ethan Hawke is an exceptional actor as well as talker as he joins Josh this week to chat about working on Boyhood, exploring the life and lessons of piano teacher Seymour Bernstein in his documentary Seymour, how movies are about a collective imagination, his name being thrown into the mix for Doctor Strange thanks to Josh, and much more.

The supremely talented Kevin Bacon joins Josh to talk about his memories of working at the All State Cafe in New York, his new thriller Cop Car, early on being in a play called Slab Boys with Sean Penn & Val Kilmer, JFK, X-Men, and much more.

It finally happened. Kevin along with fellow Denzealot J. August Richards attended An Evening with Denzel Washington at the Wallis Annenberg Center for he Performing Arts in Hollywood, CA and witnessed a night that would surely make any Denzealot shed a glory tear. Kevin and Kamau recap the night as well as discuss Kevin’s special and unexpected chat with the greatest actor of all time himself including the special message Denzel had for Kamau.

Recorded from the 2015 Los Angeles Podfest, Leonard and Baron discuss LA Movies: the 2006 true-crime period film Hollywoodland, a true-crime turkey also released that very same year, and a brilliant sleeper by the name of King of California. Plus, they take questions from the live audience!

The extraordinary talented screenwriter/director/actor Lorene Scafaria (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) joins Franklin Leonard for an in depth conversation on this week’s Black List Table Reads. They’ll talk about how she would write action screenplays in 3rd grade growing up in New Jersey, being the real life Lisa Simpson in college, becoming writing partners with her old roommate Bryan Sipeto, what lead to Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, and her latest film The Meddler.

Trumpeting success with Pat Francis. (Recorded live at the Los Angeles Podcast Festival on September 20, 2015.)

Singer-songwriter Jake Smith of The White Buffalo joins Eugene Cordero, Stephanie Allynne, and Seth Morris on another musical edition of improv4humans with Matt Besser! The White Buffalo will perform songs live in-studio from his new album “Love & The Death of Damnation” that will inspire scenes about entitled millennials taking positions in the Supreme Court, wanting more production value for the Birds and the Bees talk, and a popular duo of singers who are famous for bickering in their songs. Make sure to get the Upright Citizens Brigade television show season 3 now available on DVD, the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, and pick up The White Buffalo’s music over at www.thewhitebuffalo.com!

Lauren Cook and Andrew talk about the term Reverse Racism. Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.

Last time our adventurers were trying to escape flying eagle people, got into some woods, and saw some blue eagles. Now they are in the woods and things aren’t looking too good.

Our two self-described introverts find out if you can train yourself to enjoy talking to strangers. Plus, Stephen records part of this podcast upside-down.

Lauren Cook and Andrew talk all about using the phrase the “n-word” as a cop out. Be sure to keep leaving us messages at (323) 389-RACE.

In a Who charted exclusive, Howard admits to abandoning his fictional friend. Then, comedian Beth Stelling joins the show to explain why there should be a quota on how many movies of the same genre can be made each year, as well as why hover boards are just a little too showy. Additionally, the gang discusses why Olivia Newton-John is timeless. Lastly, Beth talks about the comedian that most influenced her comedy.

I’m starting to get the sense that Chunt might not actually like me at all. Maybe we’ll patch things up this week while we interview a magical midwife. I have so many questions about midwifery on Foon.

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Uteriah: Nicky Margolis
Bungaree Chubbins: Tom Gottlieb
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen

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

Sponsored By: Know Your Company via The Chicago Podcast Cooperative

Writer and Comedian Josh Gondelman joins Jensen and Matty to talk about writing on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Max Wonders, Worriers, Cop Car, The Sellout: A Novel, Purity: A Novel, how we’re late on Rocket League, The Americans, Rick and Morty, and many other things you should know about.

Lizzie Velasquez is an amazing motivational speaker and author. Being bullied growing up for her rare condition that makes it unable for her to gain weight inspired her to make her voice heard. Lizzie joins Deanna and Emily in studio to discuss how her TED talk on “How Do You Define Yourself” lead to the creation of the documentary “A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story,” the Safe Schools Improvement Act, and how using social media can be a supportive way to help the issue of bullying in schools.

Join Kevin as he sits down with actress Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect, Hairspray) as she discusses her lifetime career. Brittany chats about acting, singing, and her knack for turning movie titles into food puns.

Hayes and Sean have finally produced a quiz to determine whether fans are a Hayes or a Sean, and Engineer Brett is the first quiz-taker. Then JOE WENGERT returns to the show to promote his old appearance on the show and introduce himself as the new Head of Branded Content at WolfCool Industries.

Josh Gondelman joins the gang to discuss life as a writer on HBO’s Last Week Tonight, the most efficient way to make an audience boo you, and what Seinfeld would be like if it was still on the air. Then, Daniel Van Kirk covers headlines that include a back alley penis enlargement, a very special political campaign, and a man that most certainly leaves behind evidence at the scene of the crime. Lastly, Dr. Phil stops by to PMS the whole crew!

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Lauren Cook & Andrew talk about a caller’s story about being profiled by a cop for driving in a Cadillac. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

This week Devin and Amy are going back in time as they discuss the 1956 John Ford and John Wayne Western: The Searchers. It was named the greatest American western by the American Film Institute. But will this and the film’s many other accolades be enough to get it into the canon? Tune in as Devin & Amy discuss one of the most stunning performances by John Wayne — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

A truly unique and fascination individual, actor Michael Shannon joins Josh this week to talk about his rough high school years, his favorite Star Wars character, preparing for his role in 99 Homes, and his experience meeting David Lynch.

A couple of Canucks, Tatiana Maslany and Kristian Bruun give us the ‘sclusies on the upcoming fourth season of their hit TV series Orphan Black on this week’s Comedy Bing Bong! They’ll also share the stylish ways they’ve been getting around LA before being introduced to a couple of other celebs, radio hosts Chazmin and Sunny of Good Night In The Morning. Chazmin and Sunny bring the sweetness, charm, and hilarity that their very popular radio show is known for across the nation. It’s an episode that clones and non-clones can both enjoy!

From mnemonics to mirroring, Stephen and James pick apart some psychological life hacks to see how useful they really are. Some help you remember names, while others can do wonders for your love life.

As we’ve pointed out many times before, just because a movie advertises itself as “based on a true story,” that doesn’t mean you should take anything that happens in the movie for fact. We’re good at spotting the dichotomy with insane horror movies that sell themselves as “inspired by actual events.” We know that in real life the doll doesn’t actually come alive and gore the family to death; that it’s a construction of the horror movie genre. But why, when it’s a biopic or a historical drama, do we automatically assume that we’re essentially watching a documentary with contemporary actors?

This week guest host Dan O’Brien is joined by author Liana Maeby and Cracked editor Josh Sargent to discuss the weird relationship between truth and fiction, expectation and reality, and movies that changed the real stories that inspired them for better or worse — usually worse.

School is back in session and Wompler & Listler are here with Donna “Pep” Delpepio (Jessica Chaffin), a longtime Marina Del Ray High School student to hear about her Marina Del Ray experience on this week’s WOMP IT UP! We’ll find out how Marissa’s Back to School Glee Project went during Hot Topix and why Pep moved all the way from Boston to be student for such a long time. Plus, Pep drops some clues on which teacher she has a crush on as everyone offers love advice to listeners during Listler’s Love Lockdown.