Comedian and actor Robby Hoffman, closing out a very good year with her Netflix special Wake Up, talks poverty, the irrelevance of political correctness and how she'd fare on The Traitors. That's after THR's David Canfield joins to debate the good and the bad of The Golden Globes and Mikey offers an obligatory take on the Warner Bros. sale.

Comedian Sarah Sherman visits to talk about her wild new HBO special (Sarah Squirm: Live + In The Flesh), John Waters core and being SNL's resident weirdo, after Lacey Rose and Mikey debate how Gwyneth Paltrow became a cultural obsession as the Goop goddess returns to acting in Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme.

'Wicked: For Good' screenwriter Dana Fox discusses the movie musical's conclusion, the necessity of rom-coms and her Little House on the Prairie reboot... after Mia Galuppo joins Mikey to debate awards season movie-going priorities and Mikey yells about the long wait for Stranger Things season five.

Rhea Seehorn discusses 'Pluribus,' reuniting with Vince Gilligan and vending machine tutorial videos. But first, Mia Galuppo joins Mikey to ponder reality TV's current obsession with the women of Utah.

Leanne Morgan discusses Dollywood, L.A. Costco anonymity and flirting with Pedro Pascal... after Mikey digests the wild press tour (and unprecedentedly bad reviews) for Kim Kardashian and Ryan Murphy's All's Fair.

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