Kal Penn joins the gang to talk about his book ‘You Can’t Be Serious’ and tells the story of how he went from working in Hollywood to working at the White House all because of an open bar at an Obama campaign event. He tells them about a mistake he made on a government email reply, calling his parents from Air Force One, working with Hugh Laurie on ‘House’, and going from acting in ‘Van Wilder’ to being cast in ‘Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle’. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com BlindsGalore.com

Adam and Chris tell the story of their night at Jo Koy’s premiere for ‘Easter Sunday’ including an overly enthusiastic concession stand worker, a police escort across the street, and Adam’s slipup talking to Jimmy O. Yang. Author and host Dan Abrams joins to talk about his new show ‘On Patrol: Live’, a revival of his previous show that was pulled from A&E following the death of George Floyd. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: Alex Jones finally admitting the Sandy Hook shootings were real, Johnny Depp fans paying to unseal trial records, Georgia saying residents can claim embryos as dependents on their taxes, a woman falling to her death at a Kenny Chesney concert, and Monica Lewinsky wanting Beyoncé to remove a lyric about her. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com BlindsGalore.com

‘Animaniacs’ writer and an old friend/colleague of Adam’s comes in the studio and the two remember meeting while writing sketches for Acme. They revisit some of their favorites like ‘Expert Insights’ and ‘Skipper Ned’ and talk about ideas which never made it to the stage. John talks about writing for ‘Animaniacs’ and answers questions from Dawson and Gina. John talks about his new book, ‘How to Run a Marathon in 13 Years: How Hard Would You Fight for Your Dreams?’ which details his experience overcoming every struggle imaginable to run marathons again. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: Biden appointing monkeypox coordinators, Newsom declaring a state of emergency in California, Biden announcing Al Qaeda leader was killed in a drone strike, Tiger Woods turning down $700-800 million to play in LIV Golf, Elon Musk's father saying he hates his son, murder hornets being renamed, and two Italian men breaking the world record for changing a tire on a moving car. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com

Adam shares some fine art created by his old friend Chris Darga, and the gang recounts their different childhood experiences at Malibu Grand Prix locations. With his daughter now surfing, Adam remembers helping her cultivate balance at an early age and how that’s different than teaching her. Adam and Chris discuss how they are going to the premiere of Jo Koy’s new movie ‘Easter Sunday’ and Bryan explains why movie premieres are only fun if you’re a VIP. Mike August calls in to defend himself about the incident at the FivePoint Amphitheatre, explaining his whereabouts on the day of the Blues Traveler concert. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com

Actor Brian Austin Green joins the gang in studio to talk about his new movie ‘Last the Night’. He talks about how he got his start acting in commercials before being cast in ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’, growing up in the Valley, and building a chicken coop in his backyard. He is joined by the director of ‘Last the Night’, Nick Leisure, who gives some insight into his idea to make a movie about a teacher losing their mind during the pandemic. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: Deshaun Watson getting suspended for six games, Jon Stewart going to war on Twitter with Ted Cruz over veterans' healthcare, Sylvester Stallone condemning the Rocky spin-off ‘Drago’, the Britney Spears memoir being delayed by a paper shortage, and Beyoncé removing a word from her new song. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: TommyJohn.com/ADAM Geico.com

Adam recaps meeting Jewel and singing backup for Blues Traveler’s cover of ‘Big Bottom’ from ‘This is Spinal Tap’ at FivePoint Amphitheatre last Friday. The gang talks to geopolitical analyst, Peter Zeihan, about his new book ‘The End of The World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization’. They discuss how Americans changed the landscape after World War II, misconceptions about US semiconductor manufacturing, how developing new sources of energy is essential, and how Russia may set their sights on Poland after Ukraine. They listen to Adam’s abrupt exit from ‘The Janice Dean Podcast’ and Gina shows them the trailer for an after school special with a great name. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: TommyJohn.com/ADAM Geico.com

Comedian and friend of the show, Greg Fitzsimmons, returns to the show and talks to the gang about how you can tell how well a family is doing by the state of their fish tank, interesting costume choices for the guards in the film ‘Beastmaster’, and how he’s pitching a ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ game show. Adam pitches his own game show called ‘Claim the Name’ where fighters from different cities of the same name must compete for the right to keep the name so there will be no more duplicates. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: Will Smith’s apology to Chris Rock, Sesame Place facing a class action lawsuit following claims of racial bias, and monkeys terrorizing a Japanese city. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com Keeps.com/ADAM K12.com/PODCAST

John Popper has asked Adam to sing backup vocals on the Spinal Tap song, ‘Big Bottom’ which leads the gang to listen to other covers like the Barenaked Ladies cover of the Happy Days theme song and a Travis cover of ‘Baby One More Time’ by Britney Spears. Gina presents an invention she found called ‘Laundry Jet’ which has a very similar concept to Adam’s ‘Recyclarolla’. Before playing a round of the ‘Rotten Tomatoes Game’ with a summer camp theme, Chris gives an update on the controversial ‘Thelma and Louise’ round they played at the Springfield show. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com Keeps.com/ADAM K12.com/PODCAST

Today, Adam is joined by Music historian and Rock expert, Eddie Trunk. They kick it off by sharing their love of music, they talk all things Rock and Roll, and their picks for the Mount Rushmore of Rock music. Eddie shares how his passion for music began, the door that got him into the industry, and they discuss how juggling jobs and passions is possible. You can listen to Eddie on his daily, and live, show Trunk Nation on Faction Talk 103, available on SiriusXM and On Demand on the app.

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Adam remembers the stunt casting in the 1995 lineup for KLSX Los Angeles and Dawson reads the description for Michelle Obama’s new book, ‘The Light We Carry’. Kato Kaelin and Tom Zenner come in the studio to talk about their podcast, ‘One Degree of Scandalous’. Kato tells the story of how he ended up on the estate the night of the murders which lead to the OJ Simpsons trial and how he saw the infamous bag that was never found. Tom talks about covering Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls and seeing OJ the weekend he was arrested in Las Vegas. Kato shows them a clip of ‘Ice Wars’ which is all the fighting in hockey, but with none of the hockey. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: Con-Cret.com/PODCAST The Jordan Harbinger Show Geico.com Apartments.com Fitbod.me/CAROLLA

Comedian Jackie Fabulous comes in the studio to talk about her new standup special, ‘Menoplause’, her experience moving back into her childhood bedroom in the Bronx during the pandemic, her decision to become a comedian instead of a lawyer, and how Pete Davidson is a good combination of nice and badass. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: LA County not reinstating the indoor mask mandate, the suspect in the July 4 mass shooting near Chicago being indicted on 117 counts, Chris Rock finally opening up about the Oscar’s slap, and how Britney Spears won't have to be deposed. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: Con-Cret.com/PODCAST The Jordan Harbinger Show Geico.com Apartments.com Fitbod.me/CAROLLA

Actor and comedian, Erik Griffin, comes in the studio and talks to the gang about how Olympic fencing should be far more exciting than it is, so they discuss ways to improve it. Erik talks about his recent wedding to a model and how he ‘swung up’. Adam and Erik talk about getting their starts in comedy, the differences between standup and improv, the Groundlings, Christopher Darga, and if ‘Seinfeld’ could be made today. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: the death of Tony Dow, a scathing obituary of an ex-NYPD cop that trashed him as ‘abusive alcoholic’, Russia dropping out of the International Space Station, and the lottery going up to over $1 billion. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: Con-Cret.com/PODCAST Geico.com HyundaiUSA.com Download DAVE on Apple and Google Play The Jordan Harbinger Show

The recently opened 6th street bridge in Los Angeles has been closed for illegal activity and public safety concerns, and Adam thinks if we can’t even open a bridge, we are truly done for. They look at an LA supervisor calling people snowflakes and realize it’s the same one who dined outdoors right after the voting in favor of the outdoor dining ban. Adam talks about how he had to get a picture of Bill Burr for his son and running into John Tesh at the same show. Chris presents a round of ‘Trending Topics’ including: Aaron Rodgers arriving at Packers training camp looking like Nic Cage in ‘Con Air’, a series racist Rosita snubs at Sesame Place, and users unsubscribing from Hulu for not airing political ads. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: Con-Cret.com/PODCAST Geico.com HyundaiUSA.com Download DAVE on Apple or Google Play The Jordan Harbinger Show