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Go Fact Yourself

Ep. 40: Anthony Rapp & Jessica McKenna

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

Game Show, J. Keith Van Straaten, Quiz, Arts, Helen Hong, Comedy, Angel City, Trivia, Podcast

4.8862 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Go Fact Yourself is coming to Chicago! Join us on August 9 & 10 at Sleeping Village. Visit gofactyourpod.com for tickets and details. Cristela Alonzo is a comedian and former guest on Go Fact Yourself. This week, she’s stepping in as the co-host! Her new book "Music to My Years" will be out in October. Jessica McKenna is known for the podcast "Off Book" where she and her co-host Zach Reino improvise a full musical with special guests… even if the guests aren’t totally aware of what’s going on when they first join the program. Jessica is also a voice-artist who’s cornered a very specific portrayal: scrappy ten-year-old boys. She’ll explain what’s behind her expertise. Jessica will face off against someone who also knows a lot about musicals: actor Anthony Rapp. He was part of the original cast of Rent and now stars on the CBS show "Star Trek: Discovery." You could say he’s a pretty accomplished guy, but he’ll tell us about his formative years where he got some unsolicited advice from legendary stage actor Yul Brynner. The guests will also discuss American presidents, contemporary films and denim jackets. What’s the Difference: Pay me back What’s the difference between "loan" and "lend?" What’s the difference between a charge card and a credit card? Areas of Expertise Jessica McKenna: American Presidents, the musical Hamilton and Christmas & Christmas movies Anthony Rapp: The Coen Brothers movies, the Chicago Cubs baseball team from the early 2000’s to the present and the Mass Effect video-game series. Appearing in this episode: J. Keith van Straaten Cristela Alonzo Jessica McKenna Anthony Rapp With guest experts: Rory O’Malley, Tony Award-nominated actor who's performed in the stage shows Hamilton and The Book of Mormon. Stephen Park, actor who’s known for his performances in the films Fargo and Do the Right Thing. Helen Hong, comedian and actress who appeared in the film Inside Llewyn Davis and who’s the regular co-host of Go Fact Yourself! Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. The show was recorded at The Angel City Brewery in Los Angeles. Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. The show is edited by Julian Burrell.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody, it's Jay Keith.

0:01.4

The brand new episode of GoFactor Self is coming right up.

0:04.0

But first, we wanted to share some exciting news.

0:06.2

We're recording two shows in my sweet hometown Chicago.

0:09.1

On August 9th and 10th at Sleeping Village, you can go to gofactorpod.com for scheduling tickets.

0:15.0

I can tell you already, though, the doors open at 8, the show's at 9, and we're going to have some very special guests. We'd love to see you there,

0:21.0

so please come check us out. You can go to gofactorpod.com for tickets. Thanks, and enjoy this week's show.

0:31.8

Are you a real no-it-all? Do you annoy your family by shouting the responses while watching Jeopardy? Do you drive people

0:38.9

crazy when you start a sentence with, well, actually? Well, guess what? You can go fact yourself.

0:49.1

Hi everyone. Welcome to Go Fact Yourself, the show where we take the smartest people we know

0:53.8

and make them look dumb.

0:56.0

And then smart again.

0:58.9

I'm Crystal Alonzo, and now from the Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles, here's our moderator, Jay Keith Van Stratton.

1:07.3

Thank you, everybody. What a crowd.

1:10.5

Thank you, Christella. Hello. How are you? I'm good. How are you?

1:13.5

Very well. Now, Christel, I couldn't help but notice that you were not my usual co-host.

1:17.1

No. No. No. I am not Helen Hong, but I would like to fill her shoes.

1:22.7

Yes. Well, you're doing so very well and very kindly tonight. Helen had what we call in the

1:26.7

business of show a gig.

1:29.0

She had a gig that went late tonight,

1:30.8

and so she was not able to make the show.

1:32.3

I know she's very sorry that she can't be here.

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