Christopher and Eric gear up for their birthday season with a gift exchange, then sound off on Chris Brown’s violent behavior. In a newsbreak before the featured guests, fairly imbalanced newsman Breck Artery phones it in…literally.

Guests Barrett Foa and Shoshana Bean take their seats at the table to discuss the journey from Broadway to Hollywood. Barrett explores his NCIS: Los Angeles character, tech operator Eric Beale. Shoshana talks about her latest album, O’FARRELL STREET, and one of her new tracks, Blood from a Stone, heats up the conversation. Two beloved recurring features have new installments: World’s Worst Pitch Meeting and Audiobook Bestsellers, the latter sure to put the zzzz’s in memoir. Twan, “Queen of the Stars,” and relationship “expert” JoNell Samms are back with more of their …ahem... unique talents. Barrett and Shoshana bring us back to reality by answering Facebook listener questions. Then, critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand closes the show with the latest in the show’s PSA series, Best Served Warm.