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Heads Will Roll is an Audible Original from Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon and her cocreator/costar (and real-life sister) Emily Lynne. Produced by Broadway Video, this is not an audiobook - it’s a 10-episode, star-studded audio comedy that features performances from Meryl Streep, Tim Gunn, Peter Dinklage, Queer Eye’s Fab Five, and so many more. Please note: This content is not for kids.

In sports, everybody loves redemption stories, the underdog who no one believes in but through sheer hard work wins it all. But no one tells the stories of the players who work hard and don’t make it. In pro football, 53 guys get on the roster. Ten make it to the practice squad. And then there’s the 64th Man - that’s Billy Logan (Cena), who seems to always be one spot from glory.

It used to be: Make good grades, get good SAT scores, write a good essay, and you were on your way to a good college. Now? Kiss that world goodbye. Merit isn’t a sure thing. Connections are everything. And money talks– a lot. Enter Kelly Pritzker (Abbi Jacobson), a shrewd, New Jersey-based college “consultant” who isn’t above faking athletic profiles, seducing administrators, greasing palms, and juicing GPAs. When it comes to getting the under-qualified and uber-privileged into the Ivy League, Kelly’s the closest thing you’ll find to a guarantee...If you can afford her, that is.

In which our intrepid correspondent flies in the face of conventional wisdom and defends Illinois Governor Blagojevich.... Nah. Like everybody else, he beats him like a rental car going off road over coastal gulleys.

In which our intrepid correspondent mutters aloud about the pressing concerns of...unh, something. Something really important, too.

In which our intrepid correspondent juggles the pros and cons of having a chief executive comfortable with the written word - and coming down firmly on the side of the former.

In which our intrepid correspondent figuratively shoots a Supersoaker at the Olympic Torch, but with, as always, a modicum of taste. No MSG.

In which our intrepid correspondent laments the passing of Goliath, felled by a slew of gnat-like Davids.

In which our intrepid correspondent goes on and on and on about limits on free speech. And guess what? He's against them. Who would have thunk it?

In which our intrepid correspondent muses about a change in "staying the course" in Iraq that promises to please nobody - which just might please everybody.

In which our intrepid correspondent takes the administration to task for accusing people who disagree with them of endangering our troops.

In which our leg-weary but intrepid correspondent gropes about the ring, his face swollen from the punishment absorbed by watching the penultimate in a mind-numbing series of debates.

In which our intrepid correspondent cites examples of why he is perfectly content not to be running for president and of his understanding of why you probably agree for totally different reasons.

In which our intrepid correspondent waxes waggishly on the marvels of worldly want and wonder.

In which our intrepid correspondent barely contains himself talking about what you could say was a shoe-in for this year's Iraqi Funniest Videos competition.

In which our intrepid correspondent ruminates about the deterioration of the dollar and the morass of ugliness that awaits us as we try to pick up the pieces.

In which our intrepid correspondent questions our President's true commitment as champion of the environment.

In which our intrepid correspondent cites examples of why he is perfectly content not to be running for President and of his understanding of why you probably agree for totally different reasons.

In which our intrepid correspondent muses about a change in "staying the course" in Iraq that promises to please nobody, which just might please everybody.

In which our intrepid correspondent scrapes the bottom of the barrel that holds our national soul.