Seth Morris, Brian Huskey, and Joel Spence join Matt Besser to give you all the gift of improv this holiday season! Listen as they discuss the worst Christmas gifts they’ve received and for some improvised scenes on everything from straight edge punk to holiday sex rules. Don’t be a grinch and enjoy! Be sure to pick up an improv4humans shirt from the Earwolf Store and follow @MattBesser on Twitter to send in your improv suggestions. Music by Bobby Matthews and Dragoon. You can also now get Matt Besser’s new comedy album “The Six Most Important Sets in the History of Standup” at mattbesser.com!

Jake is joined by the great Andy Kindler to discuss hooks, jokes, and bits on today’s episode of THE FOGELNEST FILES! Andy shares his thoughts on Robin Williams, witnesses the genius of Albert Brooks, and sees a different side of Billy Crystal. Jake and Andy look at some clips from the world of comedy which include; Alonzo “Hamburger” Jones on Def Comedy Jam, Willie Tyler and Lester’s Who’s On First, and Charlie Barnett performing in Washington Square Park. Make sure to go leave reviews for Billy Crystal’s Jazzman character in “The Fogelnest Files” section on iTunes. Don’t forget to get your tickets for The Twitter IRL taping of THE FOGELNEST FILES with Megan Amram, Danny Zuker, and Billy Eichner, December 27th at UCB-LA!

The grizzled veteran returns with some important news on today’s Love, Dad! The dads discuss the future of the podcast, share tales of babysitting, and talk about Dave’s recent venture to New Orleans. They also talk about their holiday plans, holiday stresses, and sleeping schedules. Plus, a holiday helping of Clean Jokes of the Week!

Andrew Ti and Gabe Delahaye have a tough time figuring out what our caller is actually doing. They talk about what the point of a broadcast class is, what he means by grading urban students leniently, and what would hanging with Bill O’Reilly be like. We’ll let you know what is racist or not by calling (323) 389-RACE.

Jessica St. Clair aka Marissa Wompler charts it up on today’s Who Charted! Jessica unearths Howard’s memories of his superhero group days during the 2012 Billboard Year End Hot 100 Songs and says no thank you to The Hobbit during the Movie Chart. Plus, we hear tales of babysitting, college, and Jessica’s early days at UCB-NY as she coaxes Hermes the Chart Goose!

A large rift has left the gang stranded on the sinking ship. Amarth Amon (Brian Posehn) and Mildred Maxton (Sarah Guzzardo) must lash together the remaining wreckage to sail off into safety. Before they depart, Blackee Green (Blaine Capatch), Bartho Shett (Ken Daly), and Ell Ryan (Gerry Duggan) explore the ship for food and supplies. What does the dungeon master (Mr. Sark) have in store for them next? Will they survive? Can the spirit bear swim? Listen to find out! Plus, the gang shares a coconut filled tale of a past shipfucked D&D adventure.

Jenny Eliscu drops by the Earwolf studios to review weed and share some embarrassing stories on today’s Nocturnal Emotions! Jenny talks about why you shouldn’t go see an artist who you’ve never seen during their original prime, breaking a tooth on a pot brownie once, and accidentally leaving her vibrator out as she invited an intern to feed her cat while she was out of town. Plus, Har Mar and Jenny dive into the world of reality television as they play a game of Let’s Create A Show!

Check your attitudes y’all! Andrew Ti and guest Gabe Delahaye talk about the manners of today’s caller, how he should just get it together, and how being from the South doesn’t mean you’re a racist. Leave us a question and be nice about it at (323) 389-RACE.

Join us this Christmas as we discuss one of the worst holiday-themed movies to come out two months after December, Reindeer Games.  We talk about terrible open-mouthed kissing, how much Ben Affleck likes pecan pie, and a strange cameo by Ashton Kutcher.  Also, we learn all about Paul’s intimate relationship history with his mom.  Joining us this week is Who Charted’s Howard Kremer who helps us learn about symbolism and what the holidays really mean.  There are no reindeer games here! Happy holidays from How Did This Get Made!

It’s Christmas! And speaking of immaculate conceptions, guest Jon Dore was on the calming shores for the birth of Henderson. Now he’s back, and joining the gang on County to laugh through takes on box fans and lap dances for the needy. Brandon’s gotten so big! Plus, we hear from weak Matthew McConaughey. This episode is the raisins for the season!

Yo Yo Yo! Andrew Ti and guest Gabe Delahaye recall their high school days and answer a listener’s question about whether it’s racist that white people assume he hates white people on a special Christmas episode. Call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask us if something is racist. Merry Christmas race cars!

Merry Nothingmas from the Reality Show Show! Sean and Hayes haven’t seen this week’s Challenge and Top Chef episodes, but they can tell with certainty what’s going to happen based on audio clips from the past week’s promos. Following that is a conversation about disappointments Sean and Hayes shared in the finales of the otherwise stellar seasons of Voice and Survivor. At last, Twitter account holder GUY ENDORE-KAISER reveals himself in his true form to discuss reality show adventures with the guys.

Don’t cry, humans! We got you a Christmas present… a bonus cut with Seth Morris, Brian Huskey, and Joel Spence! Speaking of presents, we’re talking about gift disappointment today. Unwrap it, and try to enjoy!

It’s a special podcast mashup this Christmas when the venerable Ira Glass joins Tig, David and Kyle on the Bell House stage in NYC. Tig and Ira discuss their questionable “fun things to do for free” in any city, including insulting unsuspecting strangers on the street and purposely misinforming partygoers. Armed with disturbing clips from This American Life, Ira tests the gang’s gag reflexes and improvises a few characters before debating the merits of forced political and religious conversions. Break out your magic Mormon underwear and cool beer for this unforgettable holiday episode.

Another year has flown by, so what better way to celebrate than to revisit some of the best Comedy Bang Bang moments that YOU voted for! Special guest Paul F. Tompkins makes a rare appearance as he helps Scott Aukerman countdown numbers ten through six of the listener selected episodes of the year and some very special b-b-b-bonus clips. Stay tuned for Pt 2 to see which episodes made it to the top of the list!

We’re counting down the Top 10 Songs of 2012 this week as Rafflecast Presents: Killer Tracks with Carly Rae Jepsen and Billy Braggart! Get ready for an all out chat about Bieber, Psy, and Rihanna! Plus, Billy gives us his rendition of protest artist Pitbull!

Brooklyn based producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter Alex Wong AKA A City On A Lake sits down to chat on today’s episode of Shortwave. Alex talks about his progression from producer to singer, his first bands, and how the legend of Mexico City inspired his debut album. He also tells us about working in the woods with the band Delta Rae, his thoughts on today’s musical landscape, and how he started working with Ximena Sariñana. Plus, Ximena Sariñana joins Alex to play some live songs from his debut album, “A City On A Lake.”

Andrew Ti welcomes special guest Gabe Delahaye today to figure out if the California Raisins were racist or just weird. Leave us a question about other claymation characters at (323) 389-RACE.

Jon Daly’s Rafflecast returns as the first infinite modular podcast! It’s one never ending podcast that you can join in with on at any point. Using computer technology, we will be adding an installment to it a week to make the Rafflecast a big infinite strip of comedy that you can press shuffle on and every single time you will have a different comedy experience. This week on the Rafflecast we have On Golden Film with our hosts the octogenarian film reviewers Kermit Sweeny and Mervin Dodson! Be sure to subscribe to Rafflecast on Earwolf and iTunes to catch new episodes every Monday!

On this week’s episode of Seth Godin’s Startup School we learn how to build the truth and why trust is at the heart of all transactions. Seth discusses why Amazon is successful, the difference between a CFO & COO, and the importance of an advisory board.

The fantastic stand-up/improviser Kurt Braunohler rides the waves to the calming shores on today’s Sklarbro Country! Kurt tells us about his fascination with creating sketches in the dark with Kristen Schaal, his on the fence bit of still being breastfed at the age of 5, and how he almost chose a life as a surfer over college. Kurt also shares his favorite segment from his game show Bunk, makes up a story during Quick Hits, and we call up Richard Branson as he makes his final preparations for the apocalypse. If you live in San Francisco, it’s not too early to pick up tickets to see Randy and Jason at Cobb’s Comedy Club on January 18-20 and in Portland at Helium Comedy Club on January 24-26. Don’t forget to tune into the United Stats of America Season 1 Marathon 12/26, 6pm – 12am EST on H2. Henderson and hugs to all!

Ronna and Beverly give us a holiday treat with the Live Hanukkah Special recorded LIVE at UCB-LA! Guests Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, and Angela Kinsey let us know what they do to celebrate the holidays, take a whack at the Hanukkah Pig Piñata, and have themselves a Secret Santa. Plus, Ronna and Bev explain why they are sick of Jews and talk about their Christmas plans. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss!

She’s a wildly talented actress from one of our favorite shows – HBO’s Enlightened – Bayne Gibby came on and discussed sexual movie firsts, how karma will get ya, and why performance artists don’t necessarily make the best theatre professors. Enjoy!

Ku-Ku & Wie-Wie countdown the 10 Top Favorite Moments of Who Charted submitted by various Chartists on today’s TOOCH! We are graced by the presence of the Wie-Wie bear, Howard shares a star studded vet story, and we announce the winner of the Win Howard’s Hair contest! NO CLONING!

Andrew Ti and guest Joe Mande give their takes on cultural appropriation. They talk about white girls wearing headdresses, people celebrating other cultures, and explore the idea of Joe Mande’s Little New York restaurant. As always, call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask us if anything is racist.

On today’s episode of Owen & TJ Read The News, Owen tries his best to read the news as TJ’s step dad Jack (Rob Riggle) drops by to give his two cents on the current events, describes his mentoring relationship with TJ, and tells us about his plans on becoming a wrestler. It gets real heavy when they discuss the fiscal cliff, why sports isn’t news and the war on Christmas.

The recent events in Connecticut have inspired us to discuss the topic of gun control. Guests Paul Rust, Dominic Dierkes, and Sean Clements debate gun control with a human who Matt had a short dialogue with on Twitter. This episode’s also full of movie theater heroes, gun cars, and body occupying demons. Be sure to pick up an improv4humans shirt from the Earwolf Store and follow @MattBesser on Twitter to send in your improv suggestions. Music by Bobby Matthews and Dragoon. You can also now get Matt Besser’s new comedy album “The Six Most Important Sets in the History of Standup” at mattbesser.com!

Colbert Report writer and Jake’s old friend Eric Drysdale stops by to look at the glamorous world of late 70’s television on today’s episode of THE FOGELNEST FILES! Eric tells us about The Daryl Hall and John Oates Mumbo Jumbo Hour show which he produced in New York, how he got his first writing job for a Canadian late night comedy show, and his Rubik’s Cube novelty song as Crazy Davis. Jake and Eric discuss late 70’s television by looking at a couple of clips which include; The Carpenters in space, the Get High On Yourself anti-drug TV special, and the WPIX Yule Log. Make sure to go leave reviews for any of the reviews in “The Fogelnest Files” section on iTunes. Don’t forget to get your tickets for The Twitter IRL taping of THE FOGELNEST FILES with Megan Amram and Danny Zuker, December 27th at UCB-LA!

Andrew Ti and Joe Mande agree that Republicans are indeed racist. They let us know why they are racist, Joe tells us about Michelle Malkin writing a blog post about his 9/11 retweets, and both welcome the hate mail that they are sure to receive. We’ll let you know what is racist or not by calling (323) 389-RACE.

This week Jeff is joined by improviser, father, and fellow Earwolf podcaster — Owen Burke. Owen talks about what it was like moving to Los Angeles from New York without a job and a child on the way, cereal shopping with his daughters, and the importance of having patience as a father. He also tells us how decision making is a crucial part of his life, being worried about his daughters’ health, and focusing on the present.