The award-winning Story Pirates Podcast takes stories written by kids and turns them into sketch comedy and songs. Made up of talented comedians, songwriters, and frequent celebrity guests, the Story Pirates inspire kids to create, bringing laughter to kids and grownups of all ages with hilarious sketches, catchy original songs from all genres, and interviews with the creative geniuses behind the stories… kids!
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Comedy sketches, characters and messages in bottles plucked from unknown shores. Written and performed by Tom Crowley. crowleytime.com
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A Necromunda focused podcast that mixes sketches of the denizens of the hive and real life chat of all things 'munda between the dedicated hosts and the odd guest.
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“ Jimmy Dore is outrageous and outraged, bothersome and bothered, a crucial, profane, passionate voice for progressives and freethinkers in 21st century America.” -Patton Oswalt
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Pappy’s Flatshare is the home of all of Pappy’s podcast ventures with a brand new episode appearing every week. There’s their award winning live panel gameshow Flatshare Slamdown in which they play silly games with famous names from the world of comedy (previous guests include Romesh Ranganathan, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Sara Pascoe, Josh Widdicombe, Bridget Christie, James Acaster, Kerry Godliman and many more). There’s Beef Brothers: Cold Cuts in which Pappy’s solve you the listeners’ flat ...
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Inside the mind of Pete Zias as he discusses hot topics, performs original sketch comedy, and reads the latest tabloid trash!
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Listen as Andy and Al come up with five sketch ideas, without fail. Maybe seven if we don't think that the first five were very good. Follow us on twitter! Al - @alasdairtb Andy - @stupidoldandy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Left Handed Radio is an indie narrative comedy podcast hosted, written and produced by Anna Rubanova and Adam Bozarth. It features some of the funniest, talented comedians from across the country. The show is a hybrid of sketch comedy, audio plays, satirical short stories and parodies of podcasts and public radio programming. For our back catalogue, visit our new Patreon!
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The Hole in the Wall Gang are on air with a brand new sketch show, delivering their hilarious verdict on the politicians and current events in Northern Ireland.
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Laugh Out Loud is your radio and web destination for Canadian comedy. From the famous to the newly found, you are guaranteed to laugh out loud. Every week, host Ali Hassan crosses the country and cruises the Web to bring you what's new and hot in Canadian comedy from stand-up to sketch to musical comedy and beyond.
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After These Messages is a short sketch comedy podcast about tv commercial breaks. Come on a tour of insane tv shows, unusual movie mash ups and implausible businesses. Listen to them between longer podcasts.
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Victrola! is a monthly smorgasbord of audio-phonic chaos. Sketch comedy culled together from improvised bits and forged into a single, mighty podcast! Brought to you by the fine folks at Austin's ColdTowne Theater. Written by and Starring Michael Jastroch, Bob McNichol, Bryan Roberts, Lance Gilstrap, Cortnie Jones and Jericho Thorp. Produced by Michael Jastroch, in collaboration with our good friends at Got Your Back! (http://GYBPOD.com) http://victrolapod.com http://coldtownetheater.com
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An interconnected world of comedy sketches, serials and radio plays. Includes episodes from the "sketch era," the comedic soap opera Contentment Corner, the old-time radio throwback Sarcastic Voyage Theatre and the brand's current iteration: standalone comedy audio plays!
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Sketch Nerds is a comedy podcast about the craft of sketch comedy. Andy, Seth and Julian chat with fellow sketch nerds from comedy troupes, theaters, and festivals to breakdown your favorite sketches to figure out what works, what doesn't and why. If you're a student of sketch comedy or love shows like Saturday Night Live, Monty Python, and Key & Peele then you will enjoy this podcast. To join our conversation please submit your comments or favorite sketches to @badmedicinedc with the hashta ...
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Join Macaulay Culkin and a cavalcade of special guests, friends, and sworn enemies as they chat about whatever. Comedy sketches, frank discussions, music and more. Weekly. For free. That's a bargain! Who doesn't love a bargain?! We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
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As It Occurs To Me (AIOTM) was a smash-hit sketch show written by Richard Herring and performed in front of a live audience. It ran for three series and was nominated for a Sony Award. It's now back!
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The sketch comedy podcast that's a bop on the head with an inflatable mallet.
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Your host is Horatio Sanz. Sitting across the table from him, as always, is producer Chad Krueger. The Hooray Show is recorded in the lovely hills of Echo Park, CA. If you're reading this, we just started Season Six. Go back to any of them. It's cool. We're here. This is a Bro Bro Studios Production on the UCB Comedy Podcast Network. itsthehoorayshow@gmail.com
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Welcome Thru Effingham, brought to you by Sketchpad Comedy
A sketch comedy podcast produced by Sketchpad Comedy with STL Vernacular
If Portlandia and Welcome To Night Vale had a baby it would be Welcome Thru Effingham. It's the city everyone has passed through and no one stops to explore. Until now, of course. Enjoy the characters and stories (that we made up) from the Crossroads of America; Effingham, IL. All characters and events in this show - even those based on real people - are entirely fictional. All celebrity voices are impersonated - poorly. The following program contains clean comedy and due to its content shou ...
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What happens when you cross the 43rd President, late night sketch comedy, and interesting conversation? The inspiration behind The Strategerist– a podcast series highlighting the American spirit of leadership and compassion.
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Pod Awful is imagination terrorism that broadcasts LIVE every Sunday and Wednesday at 8pm EST! Host Jesse P-S bullies the internet's weirdest people and darkest corners. Jesse has been arrested LIVE on the show. He was investigated by the secret service. He's taken down notorious pedophiles, prank called celebrities, and went to war with the internet's craziest denizens. This is the only comedy podcast that will actually make you laugh, and you will hate yourself for doing it.
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An insanely silly, yet utterly peculiar award-winning sketch show. The episodes - created by and starring John Dredge - feature sketches, surreal spoofs and sublime sound effects. There are five series to enjoy.
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THE sketch comedy show for sinners.
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Sketchy Characters is a fresh Sketch Comedy Show for the Podcast Age.
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Original sketch comedy, plus bits and pieces of audio weirdness lost in time and space. You never know what's inside.
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A podcast about cocktails. Each week, comedy rockers The Sloppy Boys (Mike Hanford, Tim Kalpakis and Jefferson Dutton) drink and discuss a cocktail recognized by the International Bartenders Association. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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IM1 - The satirical look behind the scenes at Manx Radio.
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Wasting ALL the Time is a weekly audio improv comedy podcast hosted by Cody Parcell, Dave Paterson, Jes Deprez, and Jon Hansen with occasional guests. We improvise scenes and play improv games!
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An original collection of sketch comedy.
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Twice a week, Award winning Las Vegas comedians Matt Donnelly, Paul Mattingly and Jacob The Audio Guy give their behind the scenes takes on Las Vegas news and rumors. Plus, they end each episode with Jock vs. Nerd Triva battles. Matt Donnelly, co host on Penn Jillette's "Penn's Sunday School" podcast, and Paul Mattingly, co-host of the "Geek Shock" and "The Ugly Couch Show" podcasts combine to form a Voltron of hilarity. So in a drastic stretch of the imagination- this podcast is a Las Vegas ...
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My First Sketch, hosted by Josh Higham, talks with sketch comedians about their first attempt to make an audience laugh, what made them laugh growing up, and what they've learned in their experiences. My First Sketch is presented by Philly Sketchfest.
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The world's favorite new time podcast in the style of old-time radio. The Thrilling Adventure Hour anthologizes the thrilling adventures of space cowboy Sparks Nevada (Marc Evan Jackson), married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle (Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster), all-American hero Jefferson Reid (Nathan Fillion), and more. Find the complete Thrilling Adventure back catalog plus libraries of classic segments and bonus content on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehour Prod ...
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Watch Out for Fireballs! is a game club podcast, focused on retro and non-current games. Every week, we play a game in its entirety, then discuss its merits and flaws at length. Most episodes begin with a short sketch, and we're pretty liberal about keeping tangents in. But it ultimately comes down to: Why do we like (or dislike?) this game.
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Presenting the people who make the Austin, Texas comedy scene amazing.
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The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, was a radio-TV comedy series which ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century comedy. Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois â December 26, 1974 in Beverly Hills, California), born Benjamin Kubelsky, was an American comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor. He was one of the biggest stars in classic American radio and was also a major television personalit ...
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Join us as we explore vintage episodes of SNL, analyzing the show and the bizarre pop culture ephemera that surrounded it. Tangents are had. Jokes are made.
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The podcast that asks actors, improvisers, musicians and entertainers what else is true about them and their lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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RISK! is a live show and podcast “where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share in public” hosted by Kevin Allison, of the legendary TV sketch comedy troupe The State. It's featured people like Janeane Garofalo, Lisa Lampanelli, Kevin Nealon, Margaret Cho, Marc Maron, Sarah Silverman, Andy Borowitz and more, dropping the act and showing a side of themselves we’ve never seen before. See more information at http://www.risk-show.com
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Sketch Comedy Made in an instant
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Late Night Party Boyz is a brand new Australian sketch comedy podcast where Damien Vosk & Ross Purdy invite comics to tell their best, worst or weirdest party stories. The story is then reimagined into a sketch where the guest plays the part of themselves.
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Each week podcasters O'Neil Henry, Olivia Fumiatti, and Tyler J. Carcara pitch and create new, innovative, and lucrative podcasts!
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THE JANEWAY PODCAST PROGRAM | After "Parallax"
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Janeway decompresses after getting Voyager stuck in the event horizon of a type-4 singularity. Because of the temporal distortion, Voyager answered it's own distress call and can saw itself in a time-space parallax reflection. Also on board, B'elanna Torres broke Lt. Carey's nose and still got promoted to head engineer. __ Every episode of the JPP …
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Adrian Villegas - El Sketch Maestro
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Read the article at ComedyWham.com Episode #326 Adrian Villegas talks with Valerie Lopez about His lifelong love of writing The origin story and longevity of the Latino Comedy Project The LCP's upcoming ¡Estar Guars! show July 5-7 at Scottish Rite Theater (it will be the final performance of this show ever) Vanessa Gonzalez (we both gushed profusel…
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In this episode we will examine the story of a real life demon who betrayed his brothers in arms, deceived many in a craven lust for power and murdered his own wife and child. With a resume like that, it goes without saying Roman Emperor, Saint Constantine the Great is held up as an iconic Christian hero. Also making special guest star appearances …
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DJ Squirm-a-Lot's Beach Day Mixtape (Summer Throwback)
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To celebrate our brand new album Key Change World (out now!), we’re throwing back to some of DJ Squirm-a-Lot’s favorite mixtapes from years past. Find Key Change World wherever you stream music. It features 12 remixed and mastered hits from the Story Pirates Podcast, including ‘The Alien That Discovered Banana Bread,’ ‘The Music Trials,’ ‘Zombie Pu…
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CrowdStrike CEO Can’t Explain WORLDWIDE Internet Failure!
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Hospitals, banks, airports, airlines and broadcasters worldwide were impacted by a massive, ongoing IT outage Friday. Thousands of Windows PCs, which many companies and organizations rely on as part of their critical internet infrastructure, were hit by the CrowdStrike outage. Perhaps most concerning, several US states reported that their emergency…
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On this episode, Friend of the Show, Tommy Hough and I talk about the craziness that was the Republican National Convention, the assassination attempt on former President Trump and the failure of the media to call out lies and misinformation. We also discussed Citizens United and the power that the donor class has. Check it out! It was a great hang…
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Withdrawing Mummy, Taking care of someone who looks like your mom, disposable elevator, boarding police station, tactical nuns, tragedy porn parody There's never been a better time to order Gustav & Henri from Andy and Pete's very own online shop. Check out Stupid Old Studios' COMEDY LAB here and support the artist fund if you can. You can support …
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EPISODE TWENTY SIX: Sump City Radio - A Necromunda Podcast
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Episode 26: HIVE SECUNDUS SPECIAL Hello Listeners! And Welcome to the 26th broadcast from Sump City Radio! In this Special instalment, The SCR boys Steve and Chris have finally reached the end of the SCR Ash Wastes Road Show Tour, But they are given one last location to visit before returning to Hive Primus by some 'one' (?) from The Hertzian Guild…
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The guys make a summery spritz hailing from Italy. The digestivo-plus-prosecco cocktail was recently namechecked by pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter. LIMONCELLO SPRITZ RECIPE 2oz/60ml LIMONCELLO 3oz/90ml PROSECCO 2oz/60ml CLUB SODA Combine all ingredients in a wine glass filled with ice and stir. Garnish with lemon wheel and mint sprig. Recipe via @…
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Snipers Saw Trump Assassin 3 Times Before Shooting & Did NOTHING! Said He “DISAPPEARED”!
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The story unfolding about the MASSIVE security failures that allowed 20-year-old Thomas Crooks to fire a direct shot at Donald Trump from less than 150 yards away during the former President’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally becomes more surreal and unbelievable every day. The latest bit to emerge is that snipers who were stationed inside the building s…
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Let's just do something with rocket launchers again. Support Watch Out for Fireballs!By Duckfeed.tv
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War of the Roses: His Car Wasn't At His Parents'
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The storms over the weekend caused Jake to lose power. He went to stay with his parents for wifi, but Tessa drove past and didn't see his car out front. She texted him to see what he was up to and he replied "just watching a movie with my dad" with a picture of him and his dad. But something about the picture didn't line up.…
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Do you like spaceships? What about when a spaceship goes haywire and things start breaking and alarms are going off and then whoever is driving the spaceship has to scramble to right the ship? Then you’re going to love today’s brand new story by Ally, age 13, in Kansas.By Story Pirates
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Matt picks up Paul from the airport and drives him straight to the churn before Fool Us Season 11 begins. Is any of our goals a biscuit worth chasing? Jacob takes in the Rolling Stones in LA. Matt's kids express some different ambitions and Matt remembers a virgin island friend who passed away. Sponsored by Burt's Broadway Bees! Jock Vs Nerd Price …
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You Actually Lightly Toasted My Toast Like I Like It
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This week Cody brings the Scrub Daddy, Dave is a wanderer, Jes gets breakfast in bed, and Jon has a 20 year-old Runescape account. Also, your dad might be a bus driver at any turn! Show Notes: 00:00 - The Beginning 01:13 - Cody's Words of Wisdom 07:58 - Dave's Segment: Paterson's Premises 14:48 - Jes' Segment: What Have You Been Up To? 36:01 - Jon'…
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A Classic RISK! episode – our 100th, actually – that first ran in September of 2012. • Come to Portugal for RISK!'s 15th Anniversary in May 2025: risk-show.com/portugal • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live show…
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Anesti Danelis sings a song about your mom that feels like it could be mean - but it's kind of sweet! And, you might be grateful that comedian Jason Blanchard is not your father!
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Milking DICK - PODAWFUL PODCAST EO9
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Dick Masterson has Mad Cow Disease now that his own "Dickpocracy" has caught up to him. After championing his minion Riley going after Eric July, Daxipad tweets his disapproval of the same harmless shenanigans happening to him. I've started a brand new business called RileyEats, where you can have lolcow milk delivered straight to your house. For s…
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FEED DROP: The House of Triviah w/ Oliviah Fumiatti - Violet Whispers and O Kneel Henry
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Welcome back to the House of Triviah! Your favorite LGBTQIA+ trivia game show host Olivia Fumiatti is back with two new contestants: O'Neil Henry and Tyler J Carcara! Who will win? Who will lose? And who will be crowed - ALLY! Our theme song is Everything is Going My Way by SKLLY Support our Trans Family: https://transequality.org/ways-to-give You …
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[UNLOCKED] The Worst of Dr. Benedicto and Lil Thrilla (and Those Other Guys Like Them)
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Enjoy this [UNLOCKED] episode of The Sloppy Boys Blowout, our weekly bonus episode available to Patreon subscribers. In this special episode, we revisit all the awful appearances from those shitty production-duo-slash-rappers. Visit patreon.com/thesloppyboys for more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Biden Renounces HIS OWN Hate Rhetoric Against Trump & MAGA!
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Following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, President Biden addressed the nation, calling for all sides to tone down the violent rhetoric. Of course, the day before the shooting Biden had said Democrats should put Trump “in the bull’s-eye,” along with his usual rhetoric about Trump ending democracy, being a dictator and representing an exi…
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S15 Ep49: The Best of Controversial Stories
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Bruce A. Smith and Jupiter Diego present a couple of the most controversial stories that have ever appeared on RISK! • Come to Portugal for RISK!'s 15th Anniversary in May 2025: risk-show.com/portugal • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow …
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Beef Brothers Cold Cuts w/ Chloe Radcliffe S14E25
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The Beef Brothers are here to solve your beefs with special guest Chloe Radcliffe Chloe's website - https://www.chloeradcliffe.com/ Chloe's Edinburgh Fringe tickets - https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/chloe-radcliffe-proud-raccoon Pappy’s - https://twitter.com/pappystweet Pappy's Insta - https://www.instagram.com/pappyscomedy/ Support us on Patreon…
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Clear Signs The Trump Assassination Attempt Was A Set Up!
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The Trump assassination attempt has rocked the nation, leaving many bewildered how secret service could have possibly allowed a shooter such ready access to a location with a clear shot at the presumptive Republican nominee during a rally. Not only that, but witnesses apparently spotted the shooter well before he fired at Trump, but nothing was don…
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DJ Squirm-a-Lot's Summer BBQ Mixtape (Summer Throwback)
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To celebrate our brand new album Key Change World (coming 7/19), we’re throwing back to some of DJ Squirm-a-Lot’s favorite mixtapes from years past.By Story Pirates
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Amelia Earhart, Fearless Flyer, "Groundhog Dames"
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Amelia Earhart, Fearless Flyer, "Groundhog Dames" is written by Adam Rogers Starring Autumn Reeser as Amelia Earhart; Hal Lublin as Trick Clock and Narrators; Craig Cackowski as Colonel Tick-Tock; Annie Savage as Judy Resnik; and Todd Cooper as Mike Smith. Produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker Music by Jordan Katz and Jonathan Dinerstein Sound effect…
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Matt needs to stop talking about animals. Paul suspects Jacob might be a dictator. Jacob has some fresh animal facts. Matt finds god in a frozen yogurt parlor. Jock Vs Nerd Scoopardy Trivia.
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Clay Drinko, PhD--Author, Researcher and Improviser
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Clay Drinko, Ph.D. is an author and educator. He writes for Psychology Today about the intersection between improv comedy, science, and everyday life. He's also the author of the first academic book connecting improv and cognitive science, Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition. His most recent book, Play Your Way Sane: 120 Improv-I…
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There's never been a better time to order Gustav & Henri from Andy and Pete's very own online shop. Check out Stupid Old Studios' COMEDY LAB here and support the artist fund if you can. You can support the pod by chipping in to our patreon here (thank you!) Join the other TITTT scholars on the TITTT discord server here Hey, why not listen to Al's m…
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There's never been a better time to order Gustav & Henri from Andy and Pete's very own online shop. Check out Stupid Old Studios' COMEDY LAB here and support the artist fund if you can. You can support the pod by chipping in to our patreon here (thank you!) Join the other TITTT scholars on the TITTT discord server here Hey, why not listen to Al's m…
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The guys make the in-the-bottle cocktail that's swept social media by storm... but is it Drink of the Summer material? PINA COLADA CORONA RECIPE 12oz bottle CORONA 2oz/60ml WHITE RUM 1oz/30ml COCONUT CREAM* to top PINEAPPLE JUICE Drink down the neck of a bottle of Corona. Add rum, coconut cream and pineapple juice. Gently tilt to mix. Garnish with …
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Dem Rep ADMITS Elites Rigged Primary For Biden Picked Biden!
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During a recent appearance on CNN, Democratic Congressman Adam Smith chided President Joe Biden for criticizing the so-called “elites” who were trying to drive him out of the presidential race after his disastrous debate performance. Those are the same elites who put their collective thumb on the scale in Biden’s favor in 2020, Smith said, so the P…
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