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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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Comedians and cooking show superfans Mike Cabellon, Sierra Katow, and Ify Nwadiwe use fantasy sports rules to argue about America's favorite reality cooking competition shows. We pick chefs, we earn points based on how those chefs perform, and at the end of the season, we crown a winner!
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Getting to sleep can be difficult sometimes. Now you can achieve that urgently needed rest by taking advantage of our most precious natural resource: celebrities. Each week on the slyly humorous and reassuring Sleeping with Celebrities, host John Moe talks with a different guest from the world of entertainment about something they know a lot about. The conversation is guaranteed to be just interesting enough to draw your attention away from your own swirling anxieties but never interesting e ...
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Why pay for streaming services when movies like Timecop and Grease 2 can be watched for nothing more than the cost of enduring a few loud, unskippable ads? Join us every week for a dive into the internet’s bargain bin! Emily Fleming and Jordan Morris are real friends, real comedy writers and real cheapskates. They met working in comedy writing rooms and bonded over their love of “trashy” pop culture and saving a buck. They’re combining these loves for the podcast “Free With Ads,” a movie rev ...
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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.
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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 ...
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John-Luke Roberts, the CEO and Fun Captain of Sound Heap, Inc., welcomes you to the Sound Heap podcast – the podcast of podcasts. It will give you a taste of shows from across the Sound Heap network, which was set up in 2008, with a simple mission statement: “Make Too Many Podcasts,” and Lord knows we’ve been churning them out since then.
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Join host John Moe (The Hilarious World of Depression) for honest, relatable, and, yes, sometimes funny conversations about mental health. Hear from comedians, musicians, authors, actors, and other top names in entertainment and the arts about living with depression, anxiety, and many other common disorders. Find out what they’ve done to address it, what worked, and what didn’t. Depresh Mode also features useful insights on mental health issues with experts in the field. It’s honest talk fro ...
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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.
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Science communicators Ella Hubber, Tom Lum, and Caroline Roper learn about anything and everything interesting! Each episode they teach each other about a science topic, and learn about a miscellaneous topic. Whether it's bugs on drugs, temporal illusions, or fanfiction, there's so much out there, so let's learn everything! Join our Discord, email us, and follow us everywhere at www.LetsLearnEverything.com
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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.
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Jo Firestone and Manolo Moreno play original listener-created games with callers from all over the world! Listen as Jo, Manolo and the players struggle through these outrageous family-friendly games that are played regardless of quality!
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What has more pomp, spectacle, and sequins than the Olympics, Wrestlemania, and RuPaul's Drag Race combined? The Eurovision Song Contest, Europe’s yearly competition to determine which country has the best original song. It's an extraordinary live musical showdown in which Europe’s most dynamic singers put it all on the line in the name of national pride. And Eurovangelists, a hilarious podcast about all things Eurovision, is here to help you get in on the fun! Each week, we’ll guide you thr ...
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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.
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On Feeling Seen, writer and general enthusiast Jordan Crucchiola invites filmmakers, writers, comedians, and artists to discuss the movie characters that made them "feel seen." It's about that instant when a person connects to a piece of art so deeply that they see themselves reflected in it. Every week Jordan gabs it up with a guest about those magical moments when they were watching a film and realized, "That's me!" It's an informative, funny, and comforting show about our intimate relatio ...
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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 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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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Be Podding You is a limited release series in which hosts John Hodgman and Elliott Kalan discuss the innovative late 1960s British series The Prisoner. Each episode, creator and star Patrick McGoohan, known only as "Number Six" attempts to escape a mysterious island staffed by a powerful force and a giant orb. Will our hero discover the secrets of the village? Will his captors eventually break Number Six down enough to learn why he resigned from his post? Will Number Six ever escape? John an ...
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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.
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"We See Each Other: The Podcast" is a limited series that explores the histories and present realities of trans visibility. Hosted by journalists Tre'vell Anderson and Shar Jossell, this podcast aims to have a different kind of conversation about the images of trans folks on-screen, breathing new life into "the discourse." It's based on Tre'vell's debut book, "We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film."
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We have a week of reunions and debuts on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! Danielle, Hal and Lindsey are back together again, just in time for the final push into SummerSlam. No other group in wrestling has captured our hearts this week quite like Sonya Deville, Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler aka “The Studline.” Sure they may never actually …
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What movies do your families watch over and over again? The J Squad talks about their heavy rotation family movies in this clip from the July Membo Mailbag! For the full episode, check your members only bonus content feed! Not yet a member? It’s easy to become one! Go to maximumfun.org/join and become a member at $5 a month or higher. Don’t know ho…
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Ep 369 - Most Anticipated Books for August and September!
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Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for August and September, test out coaster bookmarks, and give advice for people who hate hardcovers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - Hello Comics www.hellocomics.net CODE: GLASSES Miracle Made www.trymiracle.com/GLASS…
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Get ready to see and be seen at a cool kids PL near you (c’mon- surely you know “PL” stands for “parking lot!”) with this week’s Boy of Summer, Adam Macias (Go listen to the "That Was Wild" podcast!), who takes us to the suburbs of Sacramento for teen bands, local acronyms, and dollar scoops!By Maximum Fun
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First time feature director Sean Wang wanted a story that only he could tell, specific yet relatable. And so, with his new film 'Dìdi,' (a Sundance hit this year) he chose the coming-of-age genre and a semi autobiographical narrative. He was inspired in his filmmaking by a movie he'd seen in the theaters when he was around the same age as its prota…
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We could've picked at random, but we decided to bring a MaxFun supporter on the show who sent us her original collage in honor of ESC 2024. Rachel Smith joins the trio as we discuss the best (and worst) songs from this year's class of Eurovision artists they've released since their trip to Malmö. Jeremy has stern words about forklift safety, Dimitr…
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When is it OK to cheat in a video game? When is it not OK? This week, the Triple Click gang ponders all things cheating, from codes to mods, and talks about the ethical dilemmas (or lack thereof) when it comes to altering the intended experience in a video game. One More Thing: Kirk: Twister (1996) Maddy: Suicide Squad Isekai Jason: Blink 182 (Live…
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Would you lightly squish a pre-wrapped cookie to ensure it's worth buying? This is exactly what Cynthia wants her husband, Joel to do. But Joel refuses! Who's right? Who's wrong? We are on TikTok and YouTube! Follow us on both @judgejohnhodgmanpod! Follow us on Instagram @judgejohnhodgman. Thanks to reddit user u/mkbecker for naming this week’s cas…
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Hosts Jo Firestone & Manolo Moreno play listener-created games with callers! Games played: Dr. Funkenheimer submitted by Nathan & Jonah Marinoff (father & son) from Maplewood, New Jersey, The Sports Doctor submitted by Braden Cahill from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Manolo Dreams of Genie submitted by Dr. N. Buckley from Philadelphia, P…
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This week Jackie (@jackiekashian) continues to push her endless pro-Exeter propaganda, Laurie (@anylaurie16) fears no hotel when she has her trusty alarm door wedge, and prepare to hear the Foreman vs Ali of travel stories... Comic of the Week: Jazmyn W @jazmynjw Watch Laurie Kilmartin – Cis, Woke, Grief, Slut https://bit.ly/4bOVFsv Places to get J…
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Michelle Biloon, Kevin Avery, and the Applications (Apps, the young people call them) on their Telephones
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Twice the number of guests means twice the opportunity to fall twice as asleep in half the time. Or something. Michelle Biloon is a Philadelphia-based standup comedian who has appeared on many late night shows and released two comedy albums. Kevin Avery is a comedian in LA and the former head writer on Totally Biased with K. Kamau Bell. John Moe, t…
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Ross and Carrie Try Chiropractic (Part 1): Neck-Cracking Edition
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Ross and Carrie explore one of the most popular alternative medicine modalities in the world: chiropractic. Ross, newly bothered by pain in his back and leg, sees the first of three chiropractors, to find out whether “adjusting” his spine will fix what ails him. Plus, Carrie recalls her years-ago chiropractic treatments for migraines. We have socia…
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This week Emily and Jordan watched the best kind of movie there is, a TV movie. We watched The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk (1989) which is less of a movie and more of a failed Daredevil pilot. Enjoy! Jordan Morris is doing a book tour for Youth Group! See his panel at SD Comic Con on Friday July 26 from 1pm-2pm called “Graphic Novels and The Real …
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Week 3 - Just Kickin’ It (MasterChef: Generations)
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The chefs cook for the LAFC, and we dive into Rebecka’s blog. You can support the show by visiting maximumfun.org/join, and by following us on Instagram!By mike cabellon, Ify Nwadiwe, sierra katow
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Reframing Your Memories, Even the Terrible Ones, To Help Your Mental Health
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Memories are like the radiant light and heat of the sun. They’re always coming at us, inescapable. But like that radiant light and heat, memories can be harnessed and converted into a fuel that can provide power. That’s the thinking behind cognitive reminiscence therapy (CRT), the practice of revisiting, reexamining, and reframing your memories to …
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This week we are delighted to announced that Sound Heap CEO and Fun Captain John-Luke Roberts has signed the hugely popular President Emmanuel Macron of France to a golden handcuffs deal, where he'll be taking part in literally dozens of different podcasts, all exclusively on the Sound Heap Inc. network. This episode includes excerpts from: If You …
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We finally have a triumphant return on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! Lindsey Kelk at last returns from the UK and an extensive book tour. Though it was full of trials and tribulations, it was a glorious time; mainly because she got to interact with some wonderful members of the Nation of Conversation at every step of the way. We’ll also…
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Move over, Gilbert and Sullivan: it’s Malina and Varney! This week JV sits down with the great Joshua Malina (Scandal, The West Wing) to yak about theatre, summer camp, and pranks, pranks, pranks! So do NOT get on that rocket ship thinking you’re about to receive an award!By Maximum Fun
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Ep 368 - Dealing With Bad Book Opinions with Jordan Morris!
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Brea and Mallory have special guest Jordan Morris on the show to talk about how to deal with people’s bad book opinions, test out reading on the TV, and recommend books with weird comp titles. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - Dipsea www.dipseastories.com/GLASSES Pair Eyewear …
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66: What is a Species & What is UK Voting?
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It's a word we say all the time but... what IS a species? How has it been used in the past, and could the different answers all be right? And how does voting work in the UK? It starts with voting for knights, and could hopefully end in the future with something even better. Images we Talk About: Ella's Zoom Moustache Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (0…
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Episode 27: Eurovision Songs That Weren't
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It's hard enough to make it the big stage at the Eurovision Song Contest - in fact it's so hard, even some songs that were selected to go never actually make it there. So here's a few that didn't quite finish the race and the reasons behind their sudden disappearances. Jeremy's seeing the surprising logic in fascist dad rock, Dimitry confesses a Eu…
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Sequoia Holmes, host of the Webby Award-winning BLACK PEOPLE LOVE PARAMORE grew up idolizing Raven-Symoné...or was the real inspiration Raven's character, the self-assured and big-dreaming Galleria Garibaldi in 2003's THE CHEETAH GIRLS? Jordan and Sequoia celebrate the surprising depth of this DCOM classic. Then, Jordan has one quick thing about TR…
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The Games That Shaped Our Childhoods
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In this bonus episode, Kirk, Jason and Maddy each picked five games that played a formative role in their development as little lower-case “g" gamers. And then they talked about them! KIRK: TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan (1990) Kings Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992) Quest For Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness (1993) The 7th Guest (1993) Magic: T…
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If you found mice in your toaster, would you ever replace it? Or simply throw it away and live toaster-less for the rest of your life? Would you lick a 50-year-old cured ham? Did a Red Sox fan curse the 2000 Presidential Election? Answers to these disputes and more recorded in front of a LIVE Washington DC audience on the Van Freaks Roadshow! With …
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This week on Jackie and Laurie, Laurie (@anylaurie16) is upset that no one is mint, Jackie wishes she could learn to top “smoothier”, plus sometimes you get the feedback too late, the special came out two years ago... Comic of the Week: Renee Percy @reneepercycomedian Watch Laurie Kilmartin – Cis, Woke, Grief, Slut https://bit.ly/4bOVFsv Places to …
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