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Looking for the best comedy podcasts currently broadcasting? Want some wit, some politics, or some edge with your chuckles? Well, my friend, you've come to the right place.

We here at Urlesque know how intimidating the podcast-o-sphere can be. There are literally millions of podcasts floating through the intertubes -- far too many for any one person to sort through on their own! Lucky for you, we've painstakingly combed through the best of the best comedy podcasts to arrive at a solid introduction to what you should be listening to when you feel like tickling your funny bone.

After the break, check out our list of the 5 best comedy podcasts:

5. Comedy Death-Ray Radio

Founded by former 'Mr. Show' writers, 'Comedy Death-Ray' is an alternative stand-up comedy showcase based out of LA. The show features some of the best and brightest upcoming stand-up comics the country has to offer and is mandatory viewing for comedy fans; lucky for those of us who don't live in the city of angels, 'Comedy Death-Ray' gets released as a weekly podcast.


4. You Look Nice Today

In 2008, 'You Look Nice Today' won the Podcast Award for Best Comedy Podcast and it hasn't looked back since. Every month or so, the show's three hosts Merlin Mann, Scott Simpson and Adam Lisagor take to the airwaves to offer very funny, but occasionally frighteningly blunt, observations on the pratfalls of being an adult. A self described "Journal of Emotional Hygiene," 'You Look Nice Today' is humorous, acerbic, and always on the edge.


3. Nobody Likes Onions

Winner of the 2007 Podcast Award for Best Comedy Podcast, 'Nobody Likes Onions' is still going strong. The show delivers politically incorrect humor on topics ranging from politics to pop culture to food. With a thriving fan community built around forums on the show's website, this is one podcast you could get lost in.


2. The Onion Radio News

Punchy and very very funny, 'Onion Radio News' is the perfect audio distillation of everyone's favorite satirical newspaper. If you're looking for reports like "Half Of Japanese Legislators Admit To Undergoing Cybernetic Improvements," then you're looking for 'Onion Radio News.'


1. The Ricky Gervais Show

The most successful podcast of all time, widely praised among critics (including us!) and drop dead funny, 'The Ricky Gervais Show' is must listen material. Ricky Gervais and writing partner Stephen Merchant spend most of the show winding up their doofy buddy Karl Pilkington, but their hilarious musings on pop culture, science and the arts are the real draw.