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May 2, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, San Diego's own Ron Burgundy joins panelists Eugene Cordero, Paula Poundstone, and Alzo Slade to celebrate his friend and mentor Bill Kurtis
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April 29, 2026 • 26 mins
Ian and Mike help a caller solve a handshake issue. Plus, how to mourn the loss of a favorite dish.
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April 25, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, the FBI deals with some DUIs and special guest Father James Martin hears the confessions of guest host Tom Papa and panelists Josh Gondelman, Shantira Jackson, and Katie Nolan
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April 18, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, Phil Pritchard, NHL's Keeper of the Stanley Cup, joins us to about taking the cup jet-skiing and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Adam Burke, and Dulcé Sloan beef with the Pope and get misdiagnosed.
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April 15, 2026 • 17 mins
This week: How to tell your crush you like them. Plus, do smells really linger in your nose?
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April 11, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, we're celebrating spring break with our friends Rhea Seehorn, Delroy Lindo, Andy Richter, and Jon M. Chu. Plus, the panel gets in on the fun with some of our favorite questions from this past year.
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April 4, 2026 • 48 mins
Olivia Munn talks casing Steve Martin's house and being the only actor to talk too fast for Aaron Sorkin. Plus, panelists Rachel Coster, Peter Grosz, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson visit the Supreme Court
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April 1, 2026 • 26 mins
This week: Ian and Mike help a couple figure out who exactly is responsible for stealing the covers at night.
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March 28, 2026 • 46 mins
This week, we're live in Savannah with actor and director D.W. Moffett and panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson
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March 21, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, we talk new dimes and where to spend them, and special guest Aasif Mandvi tells us the best way to get over an ex.
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March 18, 2026 • 17 mins
This week: How to tell the temperature outside without a thermometer. Plus, how clowns trademark their unique looks.
Featuring Marlene Zuk and Julie Proctor.
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Featuring Marlene Zuk and Julie Proctor.
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March 14, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, John Cusack joins us to talk high school reunions, graphic novels, and the secrets to keeping your Vespa's tank full. Plus, panelists Rachel Coster, Adam Felber, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson go on spring break
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March 7, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, and Hari Kondabolu offer Kristi Noem some parting words and we quiz the new voice of Sunday Night Baseball, Jason Benetti, on his knowledge of confetti
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March 4, 2026 • 23 mins
This week: How the Wait, Wait team decides what jokes are too inappropriate for the airwaves. Plus Mike and Ian help a caller with a personal grammar problem.
Featuring author Keith Houston.
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February 28, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, we're live in Bloomington, Indiana with Olympic champion Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie
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February 21, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, we give out our own Olympic gold medals to some of our favorite guests and segments of the past year, with Roy Choi, Cynthia Nixon, Ally the Piper, and more!
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February 18, 2026 • 19 mins
More behind the scenes at the Milan Cortina Olympics with unsung heroes of the Winter Games. Mike and Ian talk with a curling legend, find out where those big stones come from and meet a guy snowboarders couldn't land without.
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February 14, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, KPop Demon Hunters' Arden Cho joins us to talk about Rumi, the World Series of Poker, and how NOT to behave when you're about to propose. Plus, the Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone, and Beth Stelling shut down El Paso's airport and confess to cheating at the Olympics.
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February 11, 2026 • 18 mins
This week: Mike and Ian talk with an Olympic Ice Master, help a listener who keeps meeting people with their same name, and get to the bottom of a mysterious survey glitch.
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February 7, 2026 • 47 mins
This week, we're joined by Mychal Threets, the world's most popular librarian, who talks about Library Joy and rebooting Reading Rainbow. Plus, panelists Tom Bodett, Josh Gondelman, and Tig Notaro prepare for the big game by eating goo
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