Entertainment Weekly - February 24 - March 3, 2017

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is back, now with video podcasts airing on Fullscreen.

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the talk show’s longtime staffers

and execs, the Queen of Daytime

herself makes cameos to reveal

set secrets we never knew we

wanted to hear.

RECOMMENDED EPISODE

YOU GET A CAR!

I WAS THERE TOO

Ever wonder what

it’s like to play a

stormtrooper inStar

Wars? How about

a concert promoter

inAlmost Famous? Now you’ll

know, as the actors who appeared

in minor roles in your favorite movies

share a unique on-set perspective

of what happened when the cam-

eras stopped rolling.

RECOMMENDED EPISODE

Dreamgirls With Jimmy Pardo

SEINCAST

Believe it or not,

there’s plenty to say

about a show about

nothing. The hosts,

two charming die-

hard fans of the hit sitcom, tackle

each of the series’ 180 episodes

one-by-one at length.

RECOMMENDED EPISODE

The Subway

IF YOU’RE FEELING

LOVESICK...

MODERN LOVE

Come to hear the

voices of A-list

celebs narrating this

popularNew York

Times column

about love and loss; stay for the

update on the original writer’s

current life situation.

RECOMMENDED EPISODE

Coming Out as a Modern Family

DTR

It’s no secret that dating in the

digital age is tough, but thanks to

IN OUR TIME

An oldie but definitely a goodie,

BBC Radio 4’s longtime show is a

legend on its own. Covering a wide

range of topics—from the ice ages

to the Salem witch trials—host

Melvyn Bragg has an enthusiasm

that makes you wish he’d helped

you get through AP History class.

RECOMMENDED EPISODECleopatra

IF YOU’RE IN NEED

OF A LAUGH...

HOW DID THIS GET MADE?

Comedians Paul Scheer, June

Diane Raphael, and Jason Mant-

zoukas are the brains behind the

clever idea of finding the joy in

watching a bad movie. As Upright

Citizens Brigade alums, the trio will

have you in tears from laughing so

hard over their retelling of the most

outrageous big-screen scenes.

RECOMMENDED EPISODE

Furious 7: LIVE

MY DAD WROTE A PORNO

The concept is as

audacious as it

sounds: Host Jamie

Morton reads a chap-

ter from an erotic

book his father has written. Joined

by two friends, the cohosts can

barely get through a paragraph

without shuddering or snickering—

and the same goes for the listener.

RECOMMENDED EPISODE

The Job Interview

NERDIST PODCAST

The setting is simple:

Comedian/TV host

Chris Hardwick talks

about anything and

everything with his

two friends Jonah Ray and Matt

Mira. The conversation never feels

forced, and Hardwick’s knack for

asking just the right questions

leaves you learning some pretty

cool things about the celeb guest.

RECOMMENDED EPISODETom Hanks

Tinder, there’s a little more clarity:

The swiping app has entered

the podcasting world to guide

daters through finding love online.

From what your profile pic says

about you to finding the right

opening line,DTR—an acronym

for Define the Relationship—

seeks to help you do just that.

RECOMMENDED EPISODEHey

DEAR SUGAR RADIO

If you ever read or

watched the film

adaptation ofWild,

you know author

Cheryl Strayed has

strong feelings about life, love,

and taking risks. Adapted from her

now-defunct advice column for the

cultural website The Rumpus, the

show lets Strayed and cohost Steve

Almond give sound life advice about

quandaries their listeners submit.

RECOMMENDED EPISODEFriends

With Benefits, Foursomes and Other

Messy Relationships

IF YOU’RE A

HISTORY BUFF...

HARDCORE HISTORY

Though not a historian, host Dan

Carlin does a masterful job of paint-

ing vivid pictures of moments in

history that many may have never

known. Even the lengthiest epi-

sodes—some of which run as long

as five hours—have narration enthrall-

ing enough to blow your mind.

RECOMMENDED EPISODE

Prophets of Doom

YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS

Hollywood has a past

filled with secrets and

scandals. Host Karina

Longworth dives deep

into Tinseltown’s first

century, sharing forgotten stories of

rivalries, abuses of power, and mur-

der. It’s enough to make TMZ blush.

RECOMMENDED EPISODE

Six Degrees of Joan Crawford series

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