Josh Fadem & Andrew talk about the use of the “T word.” Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

You’ll be seeing a lot of the lovely and talented Alicia Vikander on the big screen very soon. Alicia joins Josh to talk about her new film Testament of Youth, growing up in fun play environment with her stage actress mother, horrible auditions gone awry, and much more.

Devin & Amy are back in battle mode as they put two adventure/monster films against each other: 1933’s King Kong vs. 1993’s Jurassic Park. Will King Kong’s iconic status as a staple in pop culture give it the edge it needs to be entered into the Canon? Or will Spielberg’s mastery of filmmaking and impact on the way we looked at dinosaurs give Jurassic Park the upper hand? Tune in to hear a battle as iconic as Kong vs. the T-Rex between Devin & Amy — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Lauren Lapkus and Thomas Middleditch go way back to their days of performing together in Chicago and now they’re back at it again on a new Comedy Bing Bong! We’ll hear if Lauren will be playing a dinosaur in Jurassic World, the TBS Clipped situation, what Thomas’ schedule looks like for the next season of Silicon Valley, and high school make-out stories. Later, kid detectives JJ and Murphy O’Malaman stop by to gather clues on their latest case.

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes you and yours, including families, back to Spontaneanation! This week Paul’s special guest is singer-songwriter Aimee Mann! They chat about the thing Aimee desires that she is most ashamed of desiring, accepting that other people have opinions of their own, and Aimee’s response to a therapist telling her to talk to her younger self. Paul is then joined by his pals from his show No, You Shut Up!, improvisers Ted Michaels, Michael Oosterom, and Colleen Smith, to improvise a story set at the Underwear Department at Macy’s. As always, the glorious Eban Schletter scores it all on piano! 

Los Angeles: Spontaneanation is happening LIVE with special guests on Friday, June 19th at Largo at the Coronet and you can be there too! Get tickets now at http://www.largo-la.com/!

Why is it that if you hear a pop song like “I Kissed A Girl” more than two or three times, you feel like you’re going insane, but when you play an old video game you can listen to the music for hours? Some of the song loops from Super Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog are only around a minute long, yet they never annoy or distract as you try to finish a level. 

The brain does weird things in response to repetition. As you’ll hear in the episode, a UCSD professor found that if you hear a repeating loop of almost any series of spoken words, your mind will begin to hear that input as music.

This week on the podcast, Jack O’Brien is joined by Cracked editors Dan O’Brien and Alex Schmidt to discuss how the human mind seeks out repetition, turns that repetition into music, and how video games have turned this science into an unsung art form.

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The hilarious Josh Fadem joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss the phrase “Black don’t crack.” Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

A game of got-yer-nose turns racial and a 6-year-old raps to her white mom about not getting her Blackness. Two stories of biracial kids schooling their mamas.

On next week’s episode we will cover a space episode that takes place in the year 2015. This week Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Hercules in New York, casts Nicolas Cage as Pretzie, and plays a ScheeRL edition of Fuck, Mary, Kill as he answers your Qs!

People of the internet: Check out June in Grace and Frankie available on Netflix, all the episodes of NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU for free, and ScheeRL on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbNGyZuMGBm0cq73JN-QhcpQNc-Shtlb7

Welcome to Smiles and Sunshine live from Rolling Hills with your host Del LaRue (Kyle Dunnigan)! It’s a throwback radio show coming to you from the old age home Rolling Hills. This week Del is joined by the delightful Lucy Anderson, a ball busting nurse here at Rolling Hills. They’ll chat about how Lucy was once on the road to being a supermodel, Del’s clowning days, and play a game of “Scrotum or a Piece of My Leg Skin?” Later, Traci Reardon, a friend of Del’s granddaughter, visits Del to offer her advice to Twitter followers in her recurring segment, “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Nate has another wonderfully jam packed episode of Reading Aloud for your ears! First off the hilarious James Urbaniak reads a Tom O’Donnell piece called “You Are Fired From This Father-Son Acrobatics Duo,” recorded live from the UCB-Franklin theatre in Los Angeles. Then, the great Steven Weber joins Nate in studio to discuss the life of Eugene O’Neill, the epic play Long Day’s Journey into Night, and to read a devastating speech from the play. Face your fear and grab Stephen King’s “11/22/63” and send in your thoughts on the book at readingaloudpodcast@gmail.com. Los Angeles: Come out to see the show LIVE on Sunday, June 14th at UCB-Franklin at 7:30pm. Get your tickets at www.ucbtheatre.com!

It’s a very special episode of Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor of All Time Period as Kevin & Kamau chat with Liz, the woman behind the @Denzealots Twitter account. They’ll get into her early Denzealotry, what drove her to create the @Denzealots Twitter account, and her unique Top 5 Denzel movies. Plus, Kevin & Kamau talk about kid birthday parties and ask listeners what’s the best and worst Denzel dad movie.

On this week’s episode, a warning is issued to all flakey guests, particularly Dolph Lundgren, that if you promise to appear on Sklarbro Country and don’t, a British jackass will pee on your shoes. Then, Randy and Jason welcome to the show John Darnielle, lead singer of The Mountain Goats. John, talks about his latest album, wherein he drew inspiration from his love of Pro Wrestling, as well as parenthood and it’s affects on life as a professional performer. Later, the gang covers stories that include the world record for planking, Caitlyn Jenner’s social grey area’s, and a basketball charity event that fights violence with violence. Lastly, Dennis Rodman calls in to publicly welcome Caitlyn Jenner into his personal life.

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Ronna & Beverly once again bring down the house at the UCB theater in Los Angeles with their special guests Matt Walsh of HBO’s Veep and Jeff Garlin of The Goldbergs! Tune in to hear behind the scenes stories of Hugh Laurie, the legend of the super sized Snickers bar, and how Jeff lost his virginity to a heckler.

Andrew Ti and special guest Taz Ahmed finish the week off by discussing why you tend to gravitate to your ethnic group in social situations. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

On this week’s Two Charted, Kulap interviews Stard and Howard about their recent Summah Summit experience, an experience that included love making, murder, and many other things that will never be spoken of in public. Additionally, Howard explains why Uber owe’s him money. Then, Kulap discusses her trip to Vegas and why drunk people should never try and have a conversation with other drunk people. Lastly, the crew deliberates on whether or not male strippers lie to women.

In this final installment of the Hasidic culture-clash drama “The Other Side,” Jacob deals with the fallout of his decision to report the sexual assault of his brother, while navigating his deepening relationship with Hannah. After the story ends, stay tuned for an interview with “Other Side” writer Stacey Maltin, and the announcement of Black List Table Reads’ third script! The Other Side stars Cooper Thornton, Darren Criss, Jerry Adler, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Tammy Blanchard, Wallis Currie-Wood, Pico Alexander, Ron Tsur, Bill Raymond, and Neal Lerner.

Join guest host Samm Levine as he sits down with actor Dean Cameron (Summer School, Ski School) to discuss the many roles Dean has portrayed in the industry. Dean mostly chats about the great friendships he has maintained over the years aiding him to stay creative in his career.

Ian Roberts and Zach Woods join Matt Besser for a LIVE improv4humans recorded from the new UCB Sunset theatre in Los Angeles. They’ll do their best to ignore the attention wanting guy with the cat on his head, come up with a fun solution for a postcoital mess, and explore a young man’s snake fetish. Plus, Eric the Paid intern returns along with We Need To Talk about Kevin to share their Man on the Street Interview at the Santa Monica Pier. Make sure to get the Upright Citizens Brigade television show season 3 now available on DVD, the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, Matt Besser’s new comedy album at mattbesser.com, and Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com!

Thank god for eBay for saving Johnny’s Bananas and making it the first ever StreamBay original series! Rafflecast brings you inside the writer’s room of season 4 of the animated series Johnny’s Bananas starring Johnny “Drama” Chase & Andrew Dice Clay. Listen into hear staff writers Jon Daly, Gil Ozeri, Jake Fogelnest, Shelby Fero, Joe Mande, John Gemberling, Gabe Delahaye, Tom Scharpling, and John Levenstein as they create a hilarious season of the only show you’ll be watching on StreamBay this year.

Spicing it up with Cristela Alonzo.

One year ago, Ben Schwartz aka Benny Schwaz of Liar House joined Scott for a very special SOLO BOLO episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! and now it’s happening again! Expect characters, lip synch battles, and of course singing between bros. So sit tight because everything is alright because when it comes to SOLO BOLO all bets are off (and on) baby!

Thank god for eBay for saving Johnny’s Bananas and making it the first ever StreamBay original series! Rafflecast brings you inside the writer’s room of season 4 of the animated series Johnny’s Bananas starring Johnny “Drama” Chase & Andrew Dice Clay. Listen into hear staff writers Jon Daly, Gil Ozeri, Jake Fogelnest, Shelby Fero, Joe Mande, John Gemberling, Gabe Delahaye, Tom Scharpling, and John Levenstein as they create a hilarious season of the only show you’ll be watching on StreamBay this year.

Taz Ahmed and Andrew talk about whether elections are racist or not. Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.

Wonderful actress and one of the nicest people on the planet, Bryce Dallas Howard joins Josh to talk about getting permission from her parents to see Jurassic Park as a child to now starring in Jurassic World, performing naked onstage, her experience on M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village, and more.

Every rule has exceptions, and while Leonard and Baron have reservations about many remakes of older films, this week they spotlight a couple they love! They praise the breathless, incredibly funny His Girl Friday, lament that the latest RoboCop was hamstrung from the beginning by a terrible script, and recommend a remake of a spooky Swedish thriller.

After gutting that spider, our adventurers must heal up before continuing their travels. Will they discuss Mad Max, Spencer Gifts, and George Carlin? You bet they will!

Straight from the Mount Rushmore of Chicago Improv, Susan Messing comes down to Bro Bro to mess with Horatio, Chad and Hooray Show regular, Kevin Dorff. Susan tries out her new standup/rap persona “Too Soon” and Kevin tolerates fart jokes but only because of their place in history. Kevin stays patient at the plate while Chad goes on about his USO tour in Iraq.  

Taz Ahmed & Andrew talk about a parent’s issue with people assuming that her older children are the parents of their siblings. Be sure to keep leaving us messages at (323) 389-RACE.

Hot off the Summah Summit, Howard announces that he is officially seeing out of both eyes once again. Then, Kulap welcomes to the show comedian Jamie Lee, who incites an intense battle, as judged by Howard, of who has attended the nicest wedding. Then, the gang sheds light on how Australians got there accents, the secret behind writing the Pitch Perfect franchise, and how a Carousel may or may not work. Lastly, Howard and Stard premier a track form their latest album!!!