Story Break is a weekly podcast from RocketJump where we (Will Campos, Matt Arnold, and Freddie Wong) sit down in the RocketJump writer's room and attempt to "break" a story for a ridiculous concept, property, or idea that we in NO way have any rights to. Join us every week as we attempt to tackle everything from beloved video games to billion dollar franchises!
Troubled Waters is the pop culture quiz show where comedians disagree to disagree. Twice a month, Dave will stoke pointless arguments between two teams of comedians and make them compete against each other in order to settle their meaningless debates once and for all. Winner takes home the right to be right.
Welcome to Oh No, Ross and Carrie, the show where we don’t just report on fringe science, spirituality, and claims of the paranormal, but take part ourselves. Follow us as we join religions, undergo alternative treatments, seek out the paranormal, and always find the humor in life's biggest mysteries. We show up - so you don’t have to.
Remember what it was like to be an awkward teenager? And remember how some things haven't really changed that much for you since then? Join proud dork Janet Varney as she explores the highs and lows of the bygone years with some of her favorite women as they talk their way through the terrible teens into adult-lescence. Warning: This Podcast Contains Sincerity.
Are you easily confused by terms like cultural appropriation, cisgender, toxic masculinity, twunk, queer, black girl magic, and woke? Or maybe you’re tired of explaining terms like these and you need a community that gets you! Welcome to Minority Korner, where we take an introspective look at the world. through an intersectional lens. Join James: a queer, political, comedian, self proclaimed, sexy blerd (that’s Black Nerd) and each week he's joined in the Korner by another fabulous minority ...
Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara every week as they discuss tips and tricks for reading better! Listeners will learn how to vanquish their To-Be-Read piles, get pointers on organizing their bookshelves and hear reviews on the newest reading gadgets. Brea and Mallory also offer advice on bookish problems. How do you climb out of a reading slump? How do you support authors while still getting books on the cheap? Where do you hide the ...
Tiny Victories is the 15 minute podcast that pushes back on the notion that you have to "go big" or "go home". Sometimes just going is the victory. Each week, hosts Annabelle Gurwitch and Laura House invite listeners to adopt a TINY victory frame of mind, and share tales of fleeting joys and minor accomplishments in this majorly messed-up world.
Jo Firestone and Manolo Moreno play original game shows sent in by listeners with their comedian friends and listener call-ins. Listen as Jo and Manolo struggle through these outrageous games submitted by people all over the world, from New Jersey to Pakistan.
John Hodgman's Today in the Past podcast is now The Judge John Hodgman Podcast. Have your pressing issues decided by Famous Minor Television Personality John Hodgman, Certified Judge. If you'd like John Hodgman to solve your pressing issue, simply email it, along with your phone number, to hodgman@maximumfun.org. THAT IS ALL.
Video games: They’re serious business! Except when they’re not serious at all. Each week on Triple Click, video game experts Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and Jason Schreier journey into the fascinating world of games. They’ll explore hot topics in video game news and culture, answer burning listener questions, debate the pros and cons of the biggest new games, and replay old classics together.
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Sometimes the people, places, and things we love don't love us back. We're fans, but we also have some ANTI- feelings toward them. Every week on FANTI, journalists Tre'vell Anderson and Jarrett Hill bring their pop culture and political expertise to things we must stan and stand up against. FANTI is a place where nuance reigns supreme with energetic, complicated, and sometimes difficult conversations that bring deep knowledge and thoughtful perspective to the things we love and rage about, f ...
Tights and Fights is the podcast that covers pro-wrestling with the sincerity and hilarity that it deserves. Every week, hosts Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk make sense of the chaos that is the world of sports-entertainment. Whether it's the latest headlines, a cultural analysis of an old angle or a debate about which wrestler has the best merch, Tights and Fights will examine every corner of the squared-circle for your enjoyment.
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A compendium of classic episodes of Maximum Fun shows! Revisit some old favorites or be introduced to new ones!
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The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour (Formerly known as Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident and The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on WFMU)


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The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour (Formerly known as Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident and The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on WFMU)
The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour (formerly known as both Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident and The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on WFMU) features comedian/musician/writer/actor/artist/man-about-town/thinking man Dave Hill sitting down and having a delightful conversation with various notable people, including but not limited to fellow comedians, musicians, actors, authors, supermodels, convicts and whoever else he can talk into it. Watch live every Monday at 8pm ET on YouTube. Call in (347) 474-0260.
Bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert returns for the second season of her hit podcast MAGIC LESSONS, ready to help another batch of aspiring artists overcome their fears and create more joyfully. This year’s guest experts include Neil Gaiman, Gary Shteyngart, Amy Purdy, Michael Ian Black, Brandon Stanton, Martha Beck, and Glennon Doyle Melton. MAGIC LESSONS art courtesy of Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
THE OUTER REACH: Stories from Beyond is an anthology series inspired by pulp science fiction of the mid-century. In this distant future, space travel is common and colonies span hundreds of different planets - but humans still struggle with small stuff: love, jealousy, ambition, failure and what it all means.
Two women in comedy, Jackie Kashian and Laurie Kilmartin, talking about women and comedy. No guests, just two headliners who started in the 80s and never stopped.
Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) finds stories about getting creative, making meaning, and breaking rules. We are an independent show from the public radio world carefully crafted for an audience of makers, doers, and curious minds. We are proud to be a part of Maximum Fun family of podcasts.
The Turnaround is a new series about our greatest living interviewers, hosted by Jesse Thorn and produced by Maximum Fun and The Columbia Journalism Review. Featuring conversations with prominent interviewers about their careers and their craft, the show is a perfect resource for a new generation of storytellers and journalists. You'll hear Jesse speak with Larry King, Terry Gross, Werner Herzog, Audie Cornish, and so many more!
Round Springfield is a Simpsons-adjacent podcast hosted by Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott where they interview writers, directors, showrunners, and voice-actors from the Simpsons-verse on their various paths to Springfield, failed pilots, other projects, and beyond. In this 20-episode limited series, you'll hear David X. Cohen talk Futurama, Josh Weinstein talk Mission Hill, and Yeardley Smith dig deep into her diverse path of becoming Lisa Simpson.
This podcast is for the wanna be podcaster as well as veteran podcasters. Get strategies, insights, and tools to help you start your podcast and grow your influence. Each week Dave Jackson helps you shape your podcast for maximum impact delivered in a fun and entertaining style.
I, Podius is a twelve episode weekly series in which hosts John Hodgman and Elliott Kalan recap the BBC miniseries I, Claudius, an adaptation of Robert Graves’ I, Claudius and Claudius the God. John's watched the show before. Elliott's watching for the first time. The miniseries features an obscenely talented ensemble cast, and is – chock full of sex, backstabbing and murder. This ain't your daddy's I, Claudius. Well, actually it is as the series premiered in 1976. But this ain't your daddy' ...
Join us every two weeks as we discuss the latest episode of The Adventure Zone: a tabletop RPG podcast created by Justin, Travis, Griffin, and Clint McElroy and hosted on the Maximum Fun Network.
Welcome to Fairhaven, a literal Bubble of corporate utopia set amid the wild, goblin-infested Brush. The first scripted comedy series from Maximum Fun, Bubble was created by Jordan Morris, and tells the tale of a small band of monster killers struggling to make ends meet and find love in a nightmarish version of the gig economy. Starring: Alison Becker (Parks and Recreation), Keith Powell (30 Rock), Cristela Alonzo (Cristela), Eliza Skinner (The Late Late Show) and Mike Mitchell (Love), with ...
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Jar Jar - Sc. 8 - Vader? I hardly know 'er!
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We introduce Darth Vader as Jar Jar accepts his role as Governor of Naboo. Edited by Chad Ellis Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwongBy RocketJump
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MK290: Exhume the Bodies! (Amistad, Its A Sin, Dorthy Dandridge & Ertha Kitt, Golden Globes Are Trash, Argentina's Racists History)
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Nnekay is here and James has to confront her and have it out on the pod because she... spoiled.. last weeks... WandaVision in one simple text. We are on a mission to, as Viola Davis says, "exhume the bodies," and bare witness as James saw Amistad for the first time, and HBO Max’s It’s a Sin about a group of young gays in the 80s in London during th…
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The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour (Formerly known as Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident and The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on WFMU)


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Episode 209: Ryan Burke from 60 Cycle Hum
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Get ready for yet another exciting ninety minutes of The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour as Dave, Dez, and Chris discuss dental work, bullshit miniature food items, rockstar biographies and a bunch of other stuff before welcoming Ryan Burke from the 60 Cycle Hum podcast for some serious #PedalTalk. Recorded live February 22, 2021. Listen to 60 Cycle Hum wh…
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Ep 192 - Poetry Cleared My Skin and Now I Can Do More Sit Ups
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Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2021 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a poetry collection. They also give out some video game readalikes and recommend some games to play with your book club. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - Kitty Poo Club Promo Code - GLASSES Com…
This week, Jarrett Hill and Tre'vell Anderson respond to even more of your VMs, DMs and EMs with the third installment of FANTI FamMail! Plus, we'll check in with another Dionne Warwick Update, our Black History Moment and a very special announcement! DIS/Honorable Mentions This week, Jarrett has a dishonorable mention for the foolery, fuckery and …
Join JV and this week’s awesome guest, Kate Willett (Dirtbag Anthropology) as they rock the world with a new kind of Show Choir extravaganza— for adults with adult problems! Plus: roller coaster makeouts. Forgiving yourself. Area codes. More! Kate Willett's Audible Original, Dirtbag Anthropology is now available at audible.com/dirtbag.…
It's finally time! Per Jason's orders, Kirk and Maddy are playing through Final Fantasy VI. This week: they get up to the Opera House. What has aged well? What hasn't? Will the grind and tedium break Maddy's brain? Will Kirk fall in love with Celes and crew? Find out on this week's Triple Click! One More Thing: Kirk: Demon’s Souls Maddy: You’re Wro…
It's Extra Bailiff Day with Summertime Fun Time Bailiff Monte Belmonte! In the winter! Monte joins Judge Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse in chambers to discuss mini golf, joke origins, winter layering, local TV stations, child names, and the return of the hit segment DRACULA OR NO! LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Spicy Pony Head by Kasper Hauser Dogsled…
Hosts Jo Firestone & Manolo Moreno play listener-created games with callers via Zoom! Games played: With That Being Said..., Rocky Talky, and Dr. Hot Dog (AKA Dr. Timesaver) Callers: Adam & Ted from Yellow Springs, Ohio; Carrie & Kevin from Green Bay, Wisconsin; Trey from Kalamazoo, Michigan; Chloe & Meatloaf (the cat) from Corvallis, Oregon; Josh …
This week on The Jackie and Laurie Show, last good feature, missed a spot and it still haunts me, comics smelling each other, and men are hysterical... Comic of the Week: Christiana Jackson @incomparablemsc Go to www.FunctionofBeauty.com/JACKIELAURIE to let them know we sent you, and to get 20% off your order! Buy Laurie’s books: https://www.amazon…
We’ll also hear from Frank, who emailed us a birthday-related tiny victory. *Even the cover of her upcoming book “You’re Leaving When?” Things You Should Stop Worrying About This Week Russians hacking into President Biden’s Peloton The creation of Bigfoot Hunting Season in Oklahoma Do YOU have a tiny victory to share? Call the Tiny Victories Hotlin…
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Ross and Carrie Become Exorcists (Part 10): Bob Larson Isn’t a Therapist
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Ross and Carrie grit their teeth as they round the bend on the last few classes in Bob Larson’s exorcist school. In this episode, they learn how to act like a therapist without being one, and how to protect yourself from lawsuits should anyone hold you to account. Plus, they study Bob’s distinctions between possession, schizophrenia, bipolar, borde…
We've All Pushed Through Awkward Moments of Being Vulnerable Do you remember your first real kiss? I was with my first girlfriend. I was probably 14? I was scared to death. There was no internet, and for me, nobody to ask? So I went in for the kiss and kissed her in a very TV-friendly way. I stopped and said, "Let's try that again" and I figured ou…
A belated happy Vengeance Day to all! It’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! The latest NXT TakeOver certainly delivered the goods as we prepare for the brand’s WrestleMania weekend plans. For starters, we have our winners of both versions of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic! Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez looked great in their coronation,…
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Jar Jar - Sc. 7 - The Scene of the Crime
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Qui-Gon shows Jar Jar the awful truth... Edited by Chad Ellis Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwongBy RocketJump
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MK289: Get Yo Hand Outta My Pocket! (Justin Timberlake's Apology, 10 Black Iconic TV Characters, Joss Whedon Fallout, Gina Carano Fired, Malcolm X Biopic, Importance of Sleep, Appreciating Little Things ...
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He’s back! Fellow Blerd, Cymatic Bruce (he/him), VR Evangelist and entrepreneur, we dig into the film vaults and talk the power of the Spike Lee biopic Malcolm X. Looks like a lot of white folks are getting got: we talk the Joss Wheedon fallout, Gina Carano's firing from Star Wars as consequence culture continues- and we are here for it. Justin Tim…
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Episode 208: Author Paul Myers and musician Mike Adams
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It's another titillating episode of The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour as Dave, Dez and Chris discuss alpaca sweaters, micro-dosing, klonopin, rumors about ZZ Top and the Doors, and then welcome author Paul Myers and musician Mike Adams to the program for hot live podcasting times. Recorded live February 15, 2021. Listen to Paul's podcast The Record Store…
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Ep 191 - I’ll Just Read the Book! Review a Book by a BIPOC Author
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Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the Reading Glasses 2021 challenge - review a book by a BIPOC author! Also books with anxious leading characters and does fanfic count towards reading goals? Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsor - Bright Cellars Promo Code - GLASSES Green Chef Prom…
This week, Jarrett Hill and Tre'vell Anderson are talking about families, the one we're born into and the ones we create. What boundaries, if any, do you place on your family? But first... Tea Time We'll check in with Jarrett and Tre'vell on how they've been coping during a pon de replay and any strides they've made in their quest for better mental…
Get musical! Middle Earth-style! With this week’s bright and shiny guest, author and journalist Alexandra Petri (The Washington Post). Social clumping at dances! Star Wars Prequel apologists! And a good old-fashioned Narnia closet.By Washington Post, Janet Varney, Star Wars, Alexandra Petri, Narnia, prequels, newspaper, musica, JV, dances
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Triple Play: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
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Let's play Super Mario 3D World... plus Bowser's Fury! Jason, Maddy, and Kirk break down the Switch's newest Mario adventures, dive into the differences between linear and non-linear Mario games, and discuss whether or not they are all cats. Plus: Demon's Souls and much more. One More Thing: Kirk: The PS5 Experience Maddy: Judas and the Black Messi…
The docket is full of cases and there is only one justice team to clear it! Judge Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse discuss what counts as dating, duets, grand strategy space simulators, and much more!By John Hodgman, Jesse Thorn
This week on The Jackie and Laurie Show, surprise is integral, trying to participate, and unbraiding... Comic of the Week: Katrina Davis @Daviskatrinasiva Buy Laurie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Laurie-Kilmartin/e/B0096S2CLM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Buy anything from Jackie: http://jackiekashian.com/store Follow @jackiekashian and @anylaur…
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Coins & Ammo: The Saga of Two Texas Siblings
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Definition of numismatics nu·mis·mat·ics | \ ˌnü-məz-ˈma-tiks The study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) Texan nu·mis·mat·ics: (same as above, but with ammo) When Laura House and her older brother inherit their grandfather’s coin collection, it falls on her to find out if they're m…
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How To Be Amazing and Leave Them Wanting More - with Valerie Geller
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Are you looking to grow your audience? Get more engagement with your audience? Today I have Valerie Geller the author of the book Beyond Powerful Radio: A Communicator's Guide to the Internet Age—News, Talk, Information & Personality for Broadcasting, Podcasting, Internet, Radio which is also available on Audible Meet Valerie Geller Valerie Geller,…
This week, our contestants Ellington Wells and David Koechner learn about bizarre Valentine's Day promos, give some grand romantic speechers, and pitch a few replacements for Samantha on the Sex and the City reboot. David Koechner would like to plug The Right One and Hey Good Meeting and recommends Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Ellington Wells would li…