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Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata
Big Grande Teachers’ Lounge
Bitch Sesh
Comedy Bang Bang
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
Culture Kings
Factually! with Adam Conover
Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
Hello From The Magic Tavern
Hollywood Handbook
Homophilia
How Did This Get Made?
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In Bed with Nick and Megan
I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
Off Book: The Improvised Musical
Office Ladies
Queery with Cameron Esposito
Scam Goddess
Spanish Aquí Presents
The Three Questions with Andy Richter
Threedom
Throwing Shade
Unspooled
Urgent Care with Joel Kim Booster and Mitra Jouhari
Yo, Is This Racist?
Tawny Newsome
Tawny Newsome is an improviser and a musician who you might know from Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, or maybe from The Comedy Get Down on BET or perhaps TVLand’s Nobodies? Or maybe you know her from one zillion podcasts like Comedy Bang Bang, Spontaneanation or Hollywood Handbook, or as the co-host of Yo, is This Racist? The point is: I don’t know where you know her from, dawg. She’s also in a band called Four Lost Souls, and, this is exciting for you because now you can say you know at least one black person in the alt-country scene. They recorded their 2016 album in Muscle Shoals, AL and she once called Robert Plant “Dad” to his face on Fathers’ Day. He didn’t love it.
Host Information
Yo, Is This Racist?
Yo, Is This Racist?, hosted by Andrew Ti, creator of the popular blog of the same name, is now a weekly podcast! Every Wednesday, Ti, co-host Tawny Newsome, and their guests answer questions from fan-submitted voicemails and emails about whether or not something is, in fact, racist. Looking for the archives? All episodes older than 6 months can be found exclusively on Stitcher Premium, ad-free. Go to stitcher.com/premium and use promo code EARWOLF for 1 month free (and $5 off the annual plan!)
Guest Appearances
The Infomercial Impostor with Tawny Newsome
What's up, con-gregation? This week Laci is joined by Tawny Newsome to hear the sales pitch from the star fraud salesman himself, Don Lapre. Plus more proof that love is blind (and expensive!) Research by Sharilyn Vera. Sources: https://thegrio.com/2020/05/10/jenifer-lewis-victim-of-con-artist-nearly-400000-scheme/amp/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/santa-monica-man-allegedly-conned-4-women-including-actress-jenifer-lewis-out-of- [ktla.com]nearly-400000-in-a-romance-scam/ [ktla.com]…
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Undercovers with Off Book + Tawny Newsome!
Best friend of the show + star of the new Netflix series, Space Force, Tawny Newsome is undercovers this week with Jess, Zach and the rest of the band! Find out more about "Barrel Racing", a "No Thank You Pasta" song, a "Wrap…
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Tawny Newsome and Her Friends, Our Close Friends Again
The Boys ask TAWNY NEWSOME to call some of her famous friends again to hear the pitch of a lifetime.
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Boldly Going There with Tawny Newsome
Tawny Newsome (Yo, Is This Racist?) joins Edgar and Jacquis to talk about her new show Space Force Premiering on Netflix on 5/29, preparing for her role as a pilot, and what space is actually like!
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Space Forts, Baby!
Ben Schwartz and Tawny Newsome join Scott to talk about their new Netflix show “Space Force” and to hold an audition for She-Hulk. Then, publicist Seth Berkowitz returns to talk about his new venture with Zoom. Plus, Zoo custodians Genevieve and Genzer…
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Virtual Styling
Jonathan Van Ness (Getting Curious, Queer Eye) joins Scott and co-host Bean Dip to talk about his work and how his quarantine is going. Then, wardrobe stylist Auntie Renee drops by to talk about virtual styling. Later, entrepreneur Joel Spanaducci stops by…
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Moshe Rock, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber & Jim the Shim
Comedian extraordinaire Moshe Kasher joins Scott to talk about his new all crowd work stand-up album “Crowd Surfing,” legends of crowd work, and Flintstone names. Then, songwriter Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber returns to revel in the success of the motion picture Cats.…
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10th Anniversary Part 1
Scott Aukerman celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Comedy Bang! Bang! by implementing a true open door policy and welcomes fan favorite guests of the show over the last 10 years! Part One Featuring: Jason Mantzoukas Andy Daly Paul F. Tompkins Seth Morris…
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People Of Color With Opinions
This week, Earwolf's "Yo, Is This Racist" hosts Andrew Ti and Tawny Newsome take over for Negin. They're joined by Joel Kim Booster (Big Mouth) to find some unexpected sympathy for TSA workers affected by Trump's shutdown, rage about the trans military…
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Charleston, South Carolina
Paul F. Tompkins says hello and goodbye on this edition of Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s very special guest is Spontaneanation’s first and final guest, Busy Philipps of Busy Tonight! They chat about what Busy’s themed restaurant would be and why. Then,…
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Season 2, Ep 90 - What Winter Solstice Means to Me (w/ Tawney Newsome, Symphony Sanders and More, Live from Chicago)
Activia Barleyfoot, Flower the talking flower, Jamilous the Mauve Wizard and more stop by to help celebrate the many holidays of Winter Solstice. Credits: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Activia Barleyfoot: Tawny Newsome Jamillious Washington the Mauve: Anthony LeBlanc Rhapsody Gunderheirre: Symphony Sanders Flower: Brooke…
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Orlando, Florida: Live from The Bell House
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the audience at The Bell House in Brooklyn back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is comedian Matt Rogers of Las Culturistas! Then, they are joined by improvisers Eugene Cordero and Tawny Newsome, to improvise a…
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Parking Lot At A Phish Concert: Live from The Bell House
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes theatre patrons and listeners at home back to Spontaneanation live from The Bell House in Brooklyn! This time out, Paul’s special guest is singer/actress Natalie Walker! Then, they are joined by improvisers Eugene Cordero and Tawny Newsome, to…
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Live from Dynasty Typewriter (w/ Tawny Newsome, Carl Tart)
It’s a Raised By TV sleepover, live from LA’s Dynasty Typewriter with special guests Tawny Newsome and Carl Tart! After sharing some of their favorite sleepover memories, they watch a clip show of racy late night TV and bizarre commercials from the…
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A Train Platform: Live from London
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the live London audience to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is broadcaster/writer/nice person Starlee Kine! Starlee chats about her relationship with God, her sister’s Shakeology phase, and recently having a full on sister fight in public.…
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Hot Spring At A Discount Resort In Iceland
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all of Detroit to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is musician and actor Christophe Zajac-Denek of Twin Peaks! Christophe chats about putting chewed up pieces of paper into light sockets when he was 5 to 7…
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A Night In Heaven: LIVE!
Tawny Newsome (Yo, Is This Racist?, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) and Jen D’Angelo (Loosely Exactly Nicole) joins Paul and Jason to discuss the 1983 romance film A Night in Heaven. Recorded live from Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, they cover not…
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In Line at a Delayed Lauryn Hill Concert: Live from Detroit
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the beautiful crowd of Detroit to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is the proprietor of Mabel Gray, Chef James Rigato! James chats about recurring dreams that are significant to him, why goats are the hardest to…
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Germany: Live from Philly
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the wonderful crowd of Philadelphia back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is Food Editor for USA Today, Kae Lani! Kae chats about her first job, how her grandfather would pull her in a Radio Flyer…
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San Diego Comic-Con: Live from Philly
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the wonderful crowd of Philadelphia to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse owner Ariell Johnson! Ariell chats about what her first pet’s name was, all of her fish she had growing up,…
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Season 2, Ep 76 - Activia's Quest
We sneak back into the Vermilion Minotaur to try to talk Activia Barleyfoot into setting off on a quest to find her father. Credits: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Activia Barleyfoot: Tawny Newsome Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Ryan DiGiorgi, Evan Jacover…
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Men In Black 4 (w/ Tawny Newsome)
The awesome Tawny Newsome is back on stage with Jess + Zach in a new musical with all your favs: The Rock, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Steve Bezos (?!) and more! With songs like "Three Things (You Love Hot Springs)", "Put The Rock In 'Men In…
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Poke Mitzvah
Comedic powerhouse and show friend Andy Richter of Conan returns to talk to Scott about secret beach hideouts, creepy cartoons, and his deep knowledge of pop culture. Plus, Pokémon trainer Dash Grabum reappears to discuss his new strategy for catching monsters, and…
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The Final Off Book (w/ Very Special Guests!)
It's OFF BOOK 's one-year anniversary and we have a blow out episode with all your favorite characters old and new! With Scott Aukerman, Paul Scheer, Paul F. Tompkins, Nicole Parker, Zeke Nicholson, John Hartman, Erin Whitehead, Eliza Skinner, Tawny Newsome and Ashley Ward, plus…
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Swing Time
Put on your best dancing shoes for Swing Time with Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire! Paul & Amy caper through the 1936 film's strange comic beats, spontaneous choreographed dances and timeless tunes. Plus: an interview with choreographer Kat Burns (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) about…
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Know What I'm Saying?
Gillian Jacobs of Netflix’s LOVE returns to Comedy Bang! Bang! to talk about her new film Ibiza on Netflix and skeletons before Lavinia Marsh Caruthers aka Shevel Knievel the Lady Daredevil bursts into the studio to talk about which stunt she’s most…
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: LIVE!
Comedians Joe Mande (The Good Place) and Tawny Newsome (Yo, Is This Racist, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) joins Paul and Jason to discuss the 2004 science fiction action adventure film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Recored live from Largo at the…
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Season 2, Ep 59 - Activia (w/ Tawny Newsome)
After over three years missing, Activia Barleyfoot, daughter of Otok, returns to the tavern. Credits: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Activia Barleyfoot: Tawny Newsome Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi Tricia: Kate James Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi Theme Music: Andy Poland Magic Tavern…
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Bonus - Baskin-Robbins: Live from SF SketchFest
As promised, Paul F. Tompkins releases the damaged audio from the 2018 San Francisco SketchFest featuring special guests Tony Hale, Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome, Little Janet Varney, and Eban (only the best) Schletter on piano.
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Baskin-Robbins
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes gigglers and laughers to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is actor and comedian Tony Hale of Arrested Development and Veep! Tony chats about whether or not he would invite himself somewhere, the size of a party…
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Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful
Author (and Harris Wittels’ sister) Stephanie Wittels Wachs joins Scott this week to discuss her new book “Everything Is Horrible And Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss.” Stephanie discusses her book, stories of growing up with Harris, and…
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Civil War Reenactment
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes his wonderful listeners back to Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest and SOLE improvisor is Spontaneanation’s good friend Tawny Newsome! Tawny chats about how many eggs she can eat in one sitting, wondering if Scarface is a spin-off…
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United Airlines Flight One Way LA To Duluth
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone to a very special 150th episode of Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is singer/actor/writer/director Nathan Lee Graham! Nathan chats about what’s the best thing to find underwater, what prompted the decision to learn how…
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Tawny Newsome and Her Friends, Our Close Friends
TAWNY NEWSOME from Bajillion Dollar Properties returns to help the boys be a different kind of agent now. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace (code: THEBOYS), Simple Contacts (code: THEBOYS), and Blue Apron.
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Yngwie Malmstein Concert: Live from The Bell House
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the audience under the roof of the Bell House in Brooklyn to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is humorist David Rees! David chats about which 3 celebrities he would recruit to his post-apocalyptic survival team…
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Wisconsin: Live from The Bell House
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes clappers and wooers to Spontaneanation live at the Bell House in Brooklyn! This time out, Paul’s special guest is senior editor for The Daily Beast, Erin Gloria Ryan! Erin chats about whether she is excited for the singularity…
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Make Space For Family (w/ Tawny Newsome)
The incredible Tawny Newsome joins Jess and Zach this week for a new musical that is legitimately out of this world. With songs like "It's Gossip In Space", "That Is Dragon Ball Z", and "You're Not A Robot", you'll be moonwalking and…
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A Corn Maze
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes friends both far and near to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is Kristian Bruun of Orphan Black! Kristian chats about what movie universe would he most want to live in, thinking a practical joke was…
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2017 Holiday Spectacular
It’s that special time of year again where Scott invites old friends and new friends to celebrate the Holidays! Expect appearances by Ho Ho the naughty Elf, intern Gino Lambardo, Jason “Heynong Man” Mantzoukas, formerly deceased music idol John Lennon, Mayor Junius Bobbledoonary,…
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High School Reunion
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes listeners to a spoOoky edition of Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest return guest and first 4-time guest is Busy Philipps of HBO’s Vice Principals! Busy chats about the one kind of cuisine she would eat her entire…
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Popcorn Costume
Comedians Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher of Put Your Hands Together and Take My Wife join Scott and Mike the Janitor to talk about their upcoming tour “Back to Back,” a man eating peanuts with the shell at a baseball game, and…
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Lobby of a 3-Star Hotel
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everybody to this moment in time known as Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is actress Janina Gavankar of True Blood, The League, and Sleepy Hollow! They chat about whether using an Italian accent is racist or…
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Highway Clean Up
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes little sound makers to Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special return guests are Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon of The Big Sick! They chat about when they first learned what SEX was and how, what medical condition you may contract as a result…
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Tawny Newsome, Our Close Friend
Sean and Hayes bring in TAWNY NEWSOME from Bajillion Dollar Properties for a real estate venture. This episode is brought to you by Casper Mattresses (www.casper.com/handbook code: HANDBOOK).
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The Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Elevator Pitch
The cast and crew of Seeso’s Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ returns on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! Kulap Vilaysack, Paul F. Tompkins, Dan Ahdoot, Drew Tarver, Mandell Maughan, Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome, and Tim Baltz are in the studio ready to give listeners…
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No Way Jose (w/ Tawny Newsome)
Actress and improviser Tawny Newsome (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) joins Andrew to discuss whether or not the phrase “no way Jose” is racist, confederate monuments being taken down in New Orleans, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you…
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The 8th Anniversary Show!
Scott celebrates 8 years of Comedy Bang! Bang! with his intern Gino Lambardo, Buddy Valastro aka The Cake Boss, and show favorites. We’ll hear from the writer/singer of America’s Funniest Home Videos theme song, a community activist & her world traveling sister,…
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A Parallel Universe w/ Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
Paul F. Tompkins kicks off the beginning of cross-over month on Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guests/improvisers are his Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ co-stars Tim Baltz, Mandell Maughan, Tawny Newsome, and Drew Tarver. They chat about what would be the most valuable item…
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Earwolf
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everybody (including hay eating horses) to Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special return guest is Kristen Schaal of Flight of the Conchords, Bob’s Burgers and The Last Man on Earth! They chat about whether Kristen has ever been arrested,…
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A High-End Boxing Gym
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and sloths to Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest is Andrew Ti of Yo, Is This Racist! They chat about what Andrew does for exercise, how almost getting in several bar fights…
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Burmese Therapist Office: Live from SF SketchFest
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes ladies and gentlemen of San Francisco and the world to a LIVE episode of Spontaneanation, recorded at San Francisco SketchFest 2017! This week, Paul’s special return and first 3-time guest is Busy Philipps of HBO’s Vice Principals! They chat…
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Putting the Top Hat on the Avocado
The bros welcome actress Tawny Newsome (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) for this week's episode of Sklarbro Country! During Takes, Randy and Jason discuss the Patriots' White House boycott and a Super Bowl bet between zoos. Then, they chat with Tawny about her audition…
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Art Gallery: Live from Largo
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the audience back to Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a LIVE audience at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul’s special guest is actor Steven Yeun of The Walking Dead! They chat about what day Steven…
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Boise, Idaho: Live from Now Hear This Festival
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the Anaheim audience to Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a LIVE audience at The Now Hear This Festival! This week, Paul’s special guests are Kulap Vilaysack and Howard Kremer of Who Charted! They chat about the first joke…
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2016 Holiday Spectacular
Scott is having the holiday blues and has some old friends and new friends join him to cheer him up on this year’s Holiday episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! Expect appearances by future CBB host Jason Mantzoukas, intern Gino Lambardo, John Lennon…
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Giamatti Gives Thanks
Novi-Doggie is upon us and it’s the time of year where we are thankful for everything in our lives. We are thankful that actress Maria Thayer of truTV’s Those Who Can’t and Strangers with Candy fame is here to honestly answer Scott’s…
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Madrid: Live from Outside Lands 2016
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all back to Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a LIVE audience at Outside Lands in San Francisco! This week, Paul’s special guest is Fred Armisen of Portlandia and Saturday Night Live! They chat about whether a cheeseburger is…
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Donut Factory: Live from Largo
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the mighty and the humble back to Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a LIVE audience at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul's special guest is Desmin Borges of FXX's You're the Worst! They chat about…
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A Summer Theatre Camp in Michigan
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all citizens with different voices to this week's episode of Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest is Nicole Parker of MADtv and the Broadway stage! They chat about what small business Nicole would like to own, having terrible…
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Paris
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all who enter a room (especially at Jury Duty) to this week’s episode of Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest is singer/actor/writer/director Nathan Lee Graham! They chat about what job Nathan would permanently erase from his timeline, how…
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Ghost Pets Are Liars
Brett Gelman was previously banned on the show but Scott has since lifted the ban on his old friend in order for him to tell us about his new Adult Swim special "Brett Gelman's Dinner in America." However, Brett seems as though…
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A Coffee Plantation in Bali: Live from SXSW
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all Texans and those on the internet to this episode of Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a live audience at the 2016 South By Southwest Festival in Austin, TX! This week, Paul’s special guest is Who Charted? and Bajillion Dollar Propertie$'…
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Mic Chew, One Tech
Kulap and Howard record a special episode in Stard Alley Studios. During Spotify's Global Top 5 Songs chart, actress and musician Tawny Newsome joins the gang and discusses her upcoming album. They talk about "Girls" and Howard's interesting experience at a T.G.I…
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Shut the Fuck Door!
The entire cast of Seeso's Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ joins Scott on this week's Comedy Bang! Bang! Paul F. Tompkins, Dan Ahdoot, Drew Tarver, Mandell Maughan, Ryan Gaul, Tawny Newsome, and Tim Baltz are in the studio ready to answer the important questions…
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Pronouncing in Accents
Andrew Ti and special guests Tawny Newsome and Drew Tarver of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ finish the week off by discussing the stance on pronouncing words in an accent that is not your own. As always, leave us a message about anything you…
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Iron Fist
Tawny Newsome and Drew Tarver of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ join Andrew to talk about the Iron Fist character from the Marvel Universe. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.
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Too White a Fanbase
Tawny Newsome and Drew Tarver of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ join Andrew to talk about the idea of something having too white a fanbase. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.
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The Percentage
Tawny Newsome and Drew Tarver of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ join Andrew to talk about being asked what is the percentage of black friends you have. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.
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Ghetto Party
Tawny Newsome and Drew Tarver of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss the idea of throwing a ghetto party. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is…
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