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Judge John Hodgman

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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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Twice a month, host J. Keith van Straaten and co-host Helen Hong quiz the smartest celebrities they know to find out why they love what they love! Recorded before a live audience in downtown Los Angeles, this game show features comedians, actors, and musicians answering arcane questions on topics they claim to be experts in. But don't worry; if they slip up, there are real experts on hand to give us the facts!
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A movie podcast that isn't just a bunch of straight white dudes. Comedian Ify Nwadiwe is joined by film producer Drea Clark and film critic Alonso Duralde for a fast, funny, flight through film. Maximum Film! is news, reviews and in-depth insight, beamed directly into your ears every week.
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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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Dr. Gameshow

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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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A comedy podcast about motherhood and how unnatural it sometimes is. We aren't all magical vessels! Join us every week as we deal with the thrills and embarrassments of motherhood and strive for less judging, and more laughing.
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What is the dumbest show you can imagine? This award-winning show may be dumber. It has no content. No format. Yet it's going on ten years of delighting hundreds of thousands of people. It's been an iTunes editors choice, and Rolling Stone picked it as one of the world's best comedy podcasts. It's light in the dark, comfort in the cold and a penguin in the pants (long story). Join hosts Jesse Thorn (NPR's Bullseye) and Jordan Morris (Comedy Central's @Midnight) and a celebrity guest on a rau ...
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First, on the Adam Ruins Everything TV show, Adam Conover broke down widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted. Now, join Adam as he sits down with the experts and stars from the show to go into even more detail.
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Heat Rocks

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Scorching guests and sizzling records: join music writer Oliver Wang and music supervisor Morgan Rhodes each week as they invite their favorite artists, critics and scholars for in-depth conversations about the albums that shape our lives. Each week our special guests will take you deep into their heat rocks from the world of hip-hop, soul, dance, jazz, funk and more. Get with us!
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Switchblade Sisters is a podcast providing deep cuts on genre flicks from a female perspective. Every week, film critic and screenwriter April Wolfe sits down with a phenomenal female film-maker to slice-and-dice a classic genre movie - horror, exploitation, sci-fi and many others! Along the way, they cover craft, the state of the industry, how films get made, and more. Mothers, lock up your sons, the Switchblade Sisters are coming!
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The MaximumFun.org Listener Panel is a group of committed MaxFun listeners who help us evaluate our programming. From time to time, we'll ask you to listen to an episode of a new or existing MaximumFun.org program and offer us your thoughts and feedback. You can help us make our shows better!
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Bubble

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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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Sammy Dobson and Antonis Vlavo join in this month as we talk to a lollypop lady about her encounter with the angelic Agnes. Streaming tickets for upcoming live show on Saturday 14th September: https://shop.kingsplace.co.uk/30528/30529 Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com Music credit courtesy of epidemicsound.com: …
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Lost and in the dark about your child's disability? Not anymore! Kelley Coleman, author of Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Systems, Services, and Supports, sits down with Biz to talk about educational resources, the beauty of an amazing index, and the major of Trader Joe's. Get your copy of Kelley's b…
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We’re getting into that 2008 headspace with Sean Wang’s narrative feature debut, Dìdi. Then, a not-quite-a-Hotline “call” from Marissa about movies that showcase how media worked in the past. What’s Good Alonso - a nice, cold meal Drea - her movie to screen in White Bear Lake, MN Ify - meeting Alonso’s nephew at a CommandFest ITIDIC Despicable Me D…
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This week, we welcome fellow Maximum Fun podcast hosts, Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin (of Secretly incredibly Fascinating), to chat about krill, the beach in Planet of the Apes, Las Vegas restaurants, Eiffel 65, and more! For a limited time, you can get $30 off the first box of Wildgrain - PLUS free Croissants in every box - when you go to Wildgrai…
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The Oakland Athletics are leaving Oakland. What is an A’s fan to do? Only one can decide. And this week, Judge John Hodgman recuses himself! We are on TikTok and YouTube! Follow us on both @judgejohnhodgmanpod! Follow us on Instagram @judgejohnhodgman. Thanks to reddit users u/DrColossusOfRhodes and u/Beejtronic for naming this week’s case! To sugg…
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This week Laurie (@anylaurie16) reminds Jackie (@jackiekashian) the number one clue that microphones are recording what she is saying, some people are just normal drinkers, plus record sound's greatest enemy: too many chimes... Comic of the Week: Brittany Ross @iambrittanyross Watch Laurie Kilmartin – Cis, Woke, Grief, Slut https://bit.ly/4bOVFsv P…
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Hosts Jo Firestone & Manolo Moreno play listener-created games with callers! Games played: Whose Poop Is It Anyway? submitted by Margaret Fiorio from Chicago, Illinois, Lap, Map, Nap submitted by DanBob Laman from Louisville (pronounced Lewisville), Colorado, and Lovin' Spoonfuls submitted by Tice Rust from Reston, Virginia Callers: Margaret & Joe …
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Gather round the guitar, teens. We're going to jam about the true OBMF: The Lord. Just kidding. Jordan Morris of Jordan, Jesse, Go returns to the show to talk about his new graphic novel Youth Group, multidenominational demon-slaying, and finding where you fit in. Get your copy of Youth Group by Jordan Morris wherever books are sold. Listen to Jord…
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It’s trivia for the whole family on this episode of Go Fact Yourself! In this episode… Guests: Negin Farsad is a comedian and host of the comedy and news podcast, Fake the Nation. Her career has taken her on some pretty interesting journeys – including an actual psychedelic trip. She’ll tell us about that and why she thinks humanity is actually a l…
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It’s a thriller. It’s a Josh Hartnett vehicle. It’s…a comedy? But is it the kind of trap you want to fall into, or the kind you want to avoid? Our mileage varies, but one thing is for sure: cinema yappers and movie snitches are both likely to get bonechilling glares from a MaxFilm host. We’ve got culture writer and film critic Fran Hoepfner along f…
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MAXFUN CROSSOVER ALERT! Our MaxFun friends Ella Hubber and Alex Schmidt join Dave for drag queen/marijuana strain trivia, back to school movie "facts" and songs about dogs and summer. Alex Schmidt would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and SIF LIVE in London and recommends David Squires Ella Hubber would like to plug Let's Learn Everyth…
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This week, we welcome comedian/podcaster Lucé Tomlin-Brenner (It’s Always Halloween) to chat about video stores and collecting VHS tapes, trunk or treat, balloon sculptors, and more! Plus Jordan gives everyone in the studio a gift from Comic-Con! Style that makes you feel as good as you look—get started today at Stitch Fix dot com slash stitchfix.c…
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Is it ok to take your home dishes on a camping trip? Is it ethical to shop at thrift stores if you can afford to buy new items? Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn answer these disputes and more this week, as they clear the docket! PLUS some Hot Actuary Gossip! We are on TikTok and YouTube! Follow us on both @judgejohnhodgmanpod! Follow us o…
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This week on the show, we provide you more than one woman comic every 90 minutes. Jackie (@jackiekashian) congratulates Laurie (@anylaurie16) on getting comfortable enough to start phoning it in. And don't forget: We don't have guests, we have each other... Comic of the Week: Tina Friml @tinafriml Watch Laurie Kilmartin – Cis, Woke, Grief, Slut htt…
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