Howard kicks things off by telling us about the one time he had a roommate who was on heroin on today’s TWO CHARTED! Wie-Wie gives us some breaking news as he counts down the Top 5 EDM Songs of 2013 and Ku-Ku gives us a history refresher while counting down the Wikipedia’s Most Significant People of All Time chart. Remember that you can give that special someone the GIFT of the Who Charted? Holiday Bundle and a pair of Kulap Vilay-SOCKS over at the Earwolf store!

Andrew Ti and this week’s special guest Andy Beckerman finish the week off by discussing if Afrocentrism is a racist ideology. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Welcome to a special Christmas family hour of improv4humans starring Mike Mitchell, Mike Hanford, and Dave Ferguson of The Birthday Boys with your host Matt Besser! Get into the holiday spirit with improvised scenes inspired by tales of awkward classroom moments, Matt’s dad, and critical feedback from those closest to you. So grab yourself some dog bone stew and enjoy! Give the gift of the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, Matt Besser’s new comedy album at mattbesser.com, Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com, and the new improv4humans sexy robot t-shirt at the Earwolf store!

Bo Burnham is a very funny standup/writer who you may know from the internet and he just released his new special “what.” absolutely for free on YouTube & Netflix. Bo joins Jake to discuss growing up as a theatre nerd, the process of developing his MTV show “Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous,” and his fascination with para-social relationships. They also check out the genius of Tom Lehrer, Bill Cosby covering “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” and “Weird Al” Yankovic’s television debut on The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder. As always, check out all the videos over atyoutube.com/TheFogelnestFiles! If you’re listening to this on Thursday December 19th, tune in for a LIVE VPN edition of THE FOGELNEST FILES with special guest MOBY at 6pm PST/9pm EST over at youtube.com/Earwolf!

Andrew and Andy Beckerman talk about a caller being asked if she’s ever wondered why she was born black by her pastor’s son. Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.

The lovely and hilarious Sarah Silverman joins Kulap and a layered Howard on a VPN edition of WHO CHARTED! We hear one of Sarah’s diary entries, where she got her new dog, and her thoughts on Drake during the Billboard Rhythmic Songs Chart. Later, we learn how Howard stores his contact lenses and where Sarah got her professional dance moves from while counting down the Highest Grossing Animated Movie Chart & answering your Twitter Qs!

The gang is guided by Trondoor to the Dwarf fortress of Vex to prepare for the 7 Course Dwarf Feast and meet the King of the Dwarves.

Today Andy Beckerman and Andrew talk about what is appropriate to serve for a group presentation on a specific culture. Be sure to keep leaving us messages at (323) 389-RACE.

In Episode 9 of Season 2, Michael and Michael discuss “Dialogue and Discourse.”

“Topics” features original music by Dan Deacon and is produced by Matthew Kahn.

It’s not a music video and not yet a movie. Jeff Rubin of The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show joins Paul, June, and Jason to discuss Britney Spears in 2002’s Crossroads. They talk about why you shouldn’t judge the movie from the poster, the many similarities to Adventures in Babysitting, the heavy secrets montage, and the very dark ending. Plus, Paul gives everyone a Pop Quiz that features some insane trivia!

The crew makes their way to San Diego! They talk about Tig’s Grammy nomination and David’s mother before welcoming back former US Army Sergeant Andrew Shaver to discuss life after the military. Andrew chats about the tough transitional period after leaving the military, some of the behavior he keeps up, and what made him want to go in the military in the first place. Plus, Andrew & Kyle do a bit of Army role-playing!

Sean and Hayes celebrate the season of Goldie Nods by talking about how much they crushed in the comedy noms department and sharing their love of the music in the Coen bros film Inside Llewyn Davis. Then, child star JAKE FOGELNEST drops by to chat about his Hollywood upbringing, taking the Disney route, believing in the power of buzz, his big meeting with Grumpy Cat, and his role in the Third Wave podcast movement.

The warm and hilarious Ron Funches brings the positive energy to this week’s County! Ron chats about moving down to LA from Portland, being in an upcoming NBC multi-cam comedy currently titled “Undateable,” his love of 90s R&B, being in Chicago during the Michael Jordan era, and the House Party movies. Daniel Van Kirk returns as well with crazy stories that include love at first shot, a pantsless woman accused of causing ruckus at a Baraboo bar, and a Georgia woman who finds a half-smoked marijuana blunt in her Wendy’s burger. Finally, in honor of the NFL pre-playoffs, Doug Buffone drops by to share what the holidays look like in the Buffone home. Make sure to check out Daniel Van Kirk’s NFL column over at cover32.com and don’t forget that you can now get your tickets for the Sklar Bros one-hour special tapings at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI. Also, the brand new Sklarbro County shirt is available in the Earwolf store just in time for the holidays!

Andy Beckerman & Andrew discuss whether a caller should let the 11 year old she’s babysitting know about the true Walt Disney as part of her book report. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Ho! Ho! Ho! Surfing Santa wipeout! It’s time once again for the year end holiday episode of Comedy Bing Bong! with guests galore! Jason Mantzoukas returns with singer-songwriter Nick Lowe who’ll play some festive songs from his new Christmas record “Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family.” Along the way, we’ll hear a cowboy Christmas poem, a new Christmas theme song, hear from a Stallone brother, and much more. Merrill Holidays, babe!

Jack O’Brien rings in the holiday season with resident Scrooge and Executive Editor Jason Pargin to discuss 7 famous Christmas movies, from ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ to ‘Die Hard.’ They chart some of the faulty logic in their cheery resolutions and how the messages of charity and goodwill towards men are poorly conveyed, if at all, through these holiday classics.

Andy Beckerman (host of the Beginnings podcast/writer for The Pete Holmes Show) returns all this week to answer some racism questions with Andrew. Today they talk about recognizing history without having the symbols of the worst parts of history up front in center in culture. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

Paul Rust, Sean Conroy, and Billy Merritt join Matt Besser to discuss why improv4humans didn’t make any Top Podcasts of 2013 lists and why nobody buys any new music on another edition of What’s Bothering You. Remember that you can now get the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, Matt Besser’s new comedy album at mattbesser.com, Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com, and a new improv4humans t-shirt at the Earwolf store!

Welcome to the Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project explainer, introduction, and teaser episode with Earwolf producer Matt Gourley (Superego) and Andy Daly (the upcoming Comedy Central series Review). Special guest/podcast King Scott Aukerman joins Andy & Matt to discuss the premise of the podcast and some of the submitted podcast pilots whose hosts have oddly enough taken advantage of the open door policy on Comedy Bang! Bang!

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Tom Scharpling will end The Best Show on WFMU on December 17th. Daniel Ralston, co-host of The Low Times Podcast joins Jake to celebrate all things Newbridge.

They are simply THE BEST! You know them from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and this very podcast, the two best friends a gal could ask for – TLP favorites ARTEMIS PEBDANI and MARY ELIZABETH ELLIS came on, saved Elizabeth’s ass, all the while discussing fun things like holiday memories, making love in the ocean, how these two best friends met, and lots of stuff about Elizabeth’s nipples. Enjoy!

Improv and comedy legend Horatio Sanz always knocks out his performances whether he’s playing the straight man to Amy Poehler or playing a retiring monster truck driver on Comedy Bang! Bang! Horatio joins the Sklars to talk about the time his brothers were beat up and arrested after the Chicago  blank won, doing sketches with Tom Brady and Derek Jeter at SNL, and the difference between performing for a live audience & performing on a film/tv set. Later, Horatio describes who he would be in the athletic world and shares if he’s ever dropped his name to get a table at a restaurant during a round of Quick Hits. Finally, our resident Fantasy-ologist Jesse Thorn shares some wonderful holiday tips for anyone in a Fantasy Nativity league. Remember to get your tickets for the Sklar Bros one-hour special tapings at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI. Give the gift of Sklarbro Country pint glasses and a brand new Sklarbro County shirt to that special someone now available in the Earwolf store just in time for the holidays!

Still riding on the Brody energy, Ku-Ku & Wie-Wie are psyched to bring us some end of the year charts on today’s TWO CHARTED! We’ll learn a couple of things about Jay-Z & humming birds as Howard counts down his Top 5 Rap Songs of 2013 and in honor of charting on USA Today’s Best of 2013 podcast list, Kulap counts down the Top 5 Pop Candy Documentaries. Plus, we got some GIFTS and new insight about twins in the womb!

Andrew Ti and this week’s special guest Emily Gordon finish the week off by discussing people laughing at comedians for the wrong reason. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Paul Rust, Sean Conroy, and Billy Merritt join Matt Besser for a monumental improv4humans where they hear from Doug Levison aka the angry trumpet fight guy in another edition of Case Closed. Plus, Matt will soon be immortalized in trading card form! You can now get the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, Matt Besser’s new comedy album at mattbesser.com, Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com, and a new improv4humans t-shirt at the Earwolf store!

In addition to being the lead singer of several punk rock groups including Bratmobile and Partyline, Allison Wolfe is one of the pioneers of the underground feminist punk rock movement known as Riot grrrl. She joins Jake to discuss what is was like to be a central figure in the Riot grrrl movement, how the first disbandment of Bratmobile lead to the formation of Cold Cold Hearts, the later reformation of Bratmobile, and the birth of Partyline. As always, check out all the videos over at youtube.com/TheFogelnestFiles!

Andrew and Emily Gordon discuss if it’s racist for someone to constantly bring up how they don’t like Rap music. Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.