NPR political correspondent, journalist, and author of the NYT bestselling book "The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church", Sarah McCammon joins us to discuss her religious upbringing, covering the last few presidential elections and insight into devout faith. Fortunately, she was willing to join us on our level through these topics.

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"Millions of _______, _______ for me!" We know you're singing that now.

Chris Ballew joined us to talk President of the United States of America, Casper Babypants, his stories with just about every rockstar, and how to be fame-ish.

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Why is a guy who holds a PhD in History, is an honorary research fellow at University of Queensland, has appeared on CNN, been published in Time and authored the new book "One Nation Under Guns" slumming it with us? We asked the same question.

Dominic Erdozain brought his extensive knowledge of US History, our constitution, and the history of firearms to educate us on a topic we feel passionately about.

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Jenny Pentland, author of the darkly humorous memoir "This Will Be Funny Later" discusses her rebellious youth that played out in the public spotlight of her mom, Roseanne Barr's stardom.

Teen treatment facilities, death-match fights with her sister, pranking the paparazzi and Tom Arnold...As a well adjusted adult, she wears her past openly and is comfortable discussing any topic. This was a fun one.

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Author and journalist, Tony Ortega has been reporting on the Church of Scientology since 1995. He led a career writing for alt-weekly newspapers and ended up as Editor-In-Chief for the Village Voice in NY. He is now a prominent voice in exposing the misdeeds of the church and was happy to talk freely about it. So before you sign your billion year contract, hang onto your Thetans and buckle up. This episode goes to some weird places.

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Movie director, Mike Mendez shares the highs and lows of working in the film industry. From indie horror projects like The Convent to SyFy Channel originals like Lavalantula, his advice is to have a good time and always make the best movie you can, no matter the material. We also discuss his work on Beavis and Butthead and what actors have been great to work with.

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Screenwriter Jeff Howard (Oculus, Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, Gerald's Game...) spent some time with us this week to offer advice on how to break into and maneuver through the Hollywood system. We got plenty of behind the scenes and pitch room stories, what celebs have been great to work with, stories of failures and some big laughs.

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Salvadoran-American playwright, actor, and composer, Brian Quijada joins us this week to discuss his musical upbringing, how he discovered looping, and an ideal afternoon in Chicago.

His current touring project, Mexodus is described as a live looping, hip-hop remix about the Underground Railroad that went south into Mexico.

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