my dad “stop posting so much political stuff.” me “don’t worry i’m not famous.” him“i know” (ha!) “McCarthy got regular actors and writers blacklisted.” me “i can’t just let this stuff happen.” him “i didn’t know you wanted to be a hero.” me “i do not want to be a hero. i don’t want to be a coward.”

Cathy Rigby McCoy shares about her picture being on The Voyager! Hosts: J. Keith Van Straaten & Helen Hong Guests: Cooper Barnes & Larissa FastHorse Experts: Cathy Rigby McCoy & Anne Bryant 📸M.C. Valada @maximumfun.org @laist.com

This is a hell of an episode of our show. What's it like to lose touch with reality? What does it feel like on the inside of that. Thank you to @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social for doing this interview and for the new album, The Resurrection Game.

Guys, if you love Trek and you're not already a @greatesttrek.com listener- what are you doing??? They're finally covering TOS on the pod and it's a hoot. 🦉 Get with it!

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This is your sign to finally dig into Star Trek TOS and @greatesttrek.com podcast if you haven't yet. Ben and Adam are the best guides into Those Old Scientists with a healthy dose of dick and fart jokes folded into the luscious batter of their industry insider knowledge and production commentary.

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On #GreatestTrek, Ben and Adam are talking about the genesis of Trek. But it ain’t filled with protomatter. It’s filled with the swinging ‘60s! We’re in TOS and The Cage! Listen to the full episode to find out: gagh.biz/greatesttrek #startrek #StarTrekTOS #fods @maximumfun.org

The Enterprise has a busted warp core and with no AAA in the Expanse they can't catch the Xindi weapon. When they assist a distressed hooptie with the part they need Archer makes a decision that turns his 5 o'clock shadow into a Blackbeard. Listen to our review of "Damage" at gagh.biz/greatestgen

I am MaxFun's in-house test pilot, redefining the possible every day, with no regard for personal safety or dignity

Have you ever wondered how long the longest Eurovision song is? Waaayyy too long (in our opinion). This week, we’ve got a whole episode about Eurovision records - most expensive outfit, most years without winning, and yes, longest song. Take a listen here! maximumfun.org/episodes/eur...

On this week’s episode, we welcome voice actor, Holly Chou (Jubilee from X-Men '97), to chat about naughty nickelodeons, voice acting efforts, giant water bottles, and so much more. Listen on @maximumfun.org or wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Did you know that you can volunteer to do beach clean up when you’re traveling? Thank you Heather for telling me about this opportunity to do it in Hawaii, I volunteered with the Maui Ocean Center today. You get a clipboard, a bucket, and some gloves to log everything you picked up.

When you support Maximum Fun podcasts (and other independent media), this is what you're supporting. This is what it's all about.

By the way, you can in fact run a media business where people give you money for goods and services. 56k+ people give The Onion ~$100 and we give them a year of newspapers. This business didn’t exist last year in this way. People will pay for good shit. Now’s the time to break glass and go for it.

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

Will this be the episode in which the boys break into the actual factory and witness the cheesecake being made? Only Max Fun members can find out

Anne Bryant shares how they achieved the robot voice effect for the 1986 Transformers movie! Hosts: J. Keith Van Straaten & Helen Hong Guests: Cooper Barnes & Larissa FastHorse Experts: Anne Bryant & Cathy Rigby McCoy @maximumfun.org @laist.com

I’ll be at LA Comic Con, artist alley table J07! Each day I’ll have a new table-pal their selling their cool stuff! Fri - Jesse Thorn! Sat - @elizaskinner.bsky.social ! Sun - @robkutner.bsky.social !

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It's never too late to draft your picks and start your own league and buy a hideous shirt to make your friend or loved one wear when they've lost maxfunstore.com

It's Week 1 in the GBBO/S tent and Sierra's already lost her #1 draft pick! Panic! at the TV Chef Fantasy League

You can find us on @maximumfun.org weekly or wherever you get podcasts! Consider becoming a max fun member, tell a friend about the show or leaving us a review all help us out a ton! Now, go parasocial bond to a horse girl & her irl counterpart open.spotify.com/episode/4Eis...

For fans of "RuPaul's Drag Race" Jinkx Monsoon is often referred to as "Queen of All Queens." The legend joins us on the latest episode to discuss her latest role in Cole Escola's Tony award-winning play "Oh Mary." buff.ly/lh2AH5r

Let them…podcast? The @flophousepodcast.com’s @elliottkalan.bsky.social joins Podcast Movie Movie Podcast @maximumfun.org to discuss 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong and the Titan Truth podcast: maximumfun.org/join/ @jessethorn.bsky.social @jordanmorris.bsky.social @stevenraymorris.bsky.social

Eliza Skinner mints banger after banger in this one. Do not miss (because she never does)

On #GreatestGen, will the Xindi alliance split like Florida thanks to dark Archer’s temporal revelations? Listen to the full episode at Gagh.biz/greatestgen #greatestgen #Startrek #startrekenterprise @maximumfun.org

If they put the money clock on that kid we riot

Thank you! There's never been a better time to jump into our movie pod FREE WITH ADS! We've had some awesome guest and reviewed some totally bonkers movies in our recent eps. Get it at @maximumfun.org or wherever you get your pods! maximumfun.org/podcasts/fre...

Broadway playwright Larissa FastHorse shares where her name comes from! Hosts: J. Keith Van Straaten & Helen Hong Guests: Larissa FastHorse & Cooper Barnes 📸: M.C. Valada @maximumfun.org & @laist.com

Clankity Car @elizaskinner.bsky.social is back on JJGo along with Junior! Listen now on @maximumfun.org or wherever you get your podcasts. @jessethorn.bsky.social @jordanmorris.bsky.social @stevenraymorris.bsky.social

Alan Alda was hoping to get another Emmy this year for M*A*S*H but he didn’t. You know why? That’s right. This damn war.

Jason Segel starred in “Freaks and Geeks” and “How I Met Your Mother”, but he's also an accomplished writer! When Jesse talked to Segel in 2020, Jason had just created the TV drama “Dispatches from Elsewhere” - a show he says put him "out of his comfort zone." Listen now: buff.ly/YkuIX2X

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Smalltember/vember begins tomorrow, with an episode on LUMINA, featuring special guest Ashlie Atkinson!

We got @wkamaubell.bsky.social and Kevin together again to talk Denzel (and bust each others' chops). It's all in honor of Spike Lee and Denzel's 5th movie together, the first in decades...and it's a Kurosawa remake? A lot going on in Ep 419, #denzealots! #filmsky maximumfun.org/episodes/max...

Evil Gamble is back to jailbreak his homies out of their prison but Batel’s got a new view about how to keep them in the clink. Listen to the full episode to find out: gagh.biz/greatesttrek #startrek #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds #fods @maximumfun.org

How do you stack your taco? Your burger? Where does the meat go? On the bottom, right? Wrong, says J. Kenji López-Alt and he's a food VERY BIG CELEBRITY. He says think of your toppings as BOTTOMINGS. He's our guest to put you to sleep. He even has OLIVE OPINIONS. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...

Strongest recommendation for any mythical beast or @maximumfun.org fan to check out Free with Ads. One of those perfectly simple podcast ideas, they watch a movie currently streaming free with ads, then recap and review with segments like It’s Hunk Watch, The Worst Hat, and Fingering Story.

This year several @maximumfun.org podcasts are competing in @vulture.com's Movies Fantasy League (creators division) as part of the Maximum Fun mini-league! Is The Flop House one of them? INDEED! It'll be the closest Elliott gets to playing sports! www.vulture.com/movies-leagu...

Difficult choice but this one gets me every time

John here. Editing next week's show, which is about AI psychosis. At one point, I use the phrase, "the robot mommy who's going to kill us all." Gonna be a great episode! Please don't kill me, robot mommy.

be jealous i’m on a text thread with Laurie Kilmartin. get as close as you can to this - the sharpest wit in the biz - here: lauriekilmartin.com/podcasts

Enterprise finally finds the Xindi weapon but before they can take it out Daniels jakes Archer to the future and says he's gotta get humans and Xindi to be pals. Archer choses to go gold leader but gets caught before the boom. Listen to our review of "Azati Prime" at gagh.biz/greatestgen

we understand it's retro, Steven, but you still can't eat Tide pods

On this week’s JJGo, we welcome back comedian and writer @elizaskinner.bsky.social to chat about rockabilly people va swing people, CarJitsu, and more! Listen on @maximumfun.org or: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... @jessethorn.bsky.social @jordanmorris.bsky.social @stevenraymorris.bsky.social

We’ve got an all-new recap for ESC 2015 with the hilarious @rossbryant.bsky.social joining us! It’s the last time Vienna hosted the contest, and the last time the UK sent electro-swing. Balkan ballads, avant-garde dance, and anti-booing tech - that’s Eurovision, baby! maximumfun.org/episodes/eur...

This is almost literally the premise of "Sound Heap" by @leadmojo.bsky.social except that's a parody

This week on Wonderful!: Beverly Cleary and the wonderful word "epistolary."

*5 seconds later* we regret to inform you the bug is racist