We’re doing our best to not fully derail the episode and make it entirely about Cheezy G’s. So instead we’re juggling advice about strange folk songs, super-powered Janitor Eyes, and people who live at the DMV, like the Tom Hanks movie.
Suggested talking points: Toss My Dead Body Down the Adirondacks, Damn These Computer Movies, This is Lunch, Hit Single: Stop’s Coming Up Derek, The World’s Worst Gusher, You Hear That, Cheesy Jesus?
Border Angels: https://www.borderangels.org/our-services.html]]>
When Emily’s twin, Amelia, ended up in the hospital twice, she knew that stress wasn’t something to be dismissed as “all in your head”. First of all, the head is connected to the body (by the neck), so stress is a physical issue that you can feel and be hurt by in all sorts of ways. Too much stress, at work, at home, in life, and you can run up against a real burnout situation. And it can wreak havoc on you mental health and physical health. The Nagoski twins are the authors of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle and Emily joins us to talk about how our stress response instincts aren’t that different than a zebra’s when faced with a lion. The difference? A zebra knows how to complete a stress cycle and return to normal, whereas we’re likely to hold on to work worries, relationship concerns, or other stresses around the clock, pursued by the lion constantly. Emily has advice on how to complete those cycles, get to a better place, and fight burnout. A big part of that is what she calls “bubbles of love”. Not a sex thing.
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Please enjoy this treat from Alex and Katie! It's the first episode of "The Inspectors Inspectors", never before released to the general public. (To hear all six episodes -- and counting! -- please visit https://maximumfun.org/join/ )]]>
When Paxton’s ultimatum puts a lot of aliens on edge, Samuels insists there’s only one way to be sure he won’t fire the array. But after an away team makes it to the polar region of Mars, wooden shoes are flying in every direction and Phlox can’t save Tucker and T’Pol’s baby. What’s the garment of secrets? When is marinara sauce like water? Who on the away team is in violation of a restraining order? It’s the episode that might possibly trigger celiac disease.
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We’re joined by Rufi Thorpe, author of the book Margo’s Got Money Troubles (which will also have a series on Apple TV soon).
Bret Hart’s match against Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania 13 and his infamous exit from WWF are both well documented; but in between those moments was a largely under-discussed heel turn that helped lay the foundation for the Attitude Era.]]>
On this episode, we discuss ELLA MCCAY, which -- based on its poster -- is a movie about a woman having trouble with her shoe. Hmn. That can't be right. Well, whatever it's about, it's made by the legendary James L. Brooks, so we can be sure it'll have a clear plot, strong themes, and a comprehensible emotional throughline!
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Wikipedia page for Ella McCay
Recommended in this episode:
Dan: Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Stu: American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993)
Elliott: The Cotton Club: Encore (2019 new edit)]]>
Hello internet! This week's episode is all about attending and presenting at the Academy Awards, AKA the OSCARS! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!
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Did you know they're dropping new potatoes? The curse of the private chef strikes again, and Mike is still sick (sorry).
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When Nus Braka starts forming an anti-federation of pirates, he finds the Athena outside of his Omega47 mine sphere and kidnaps Ms. Mir and Captain Ake for an impromptu trial. But after Ms. Mir gets to act as judge, jury, and executioner, Caleb arrives to explain just how important the Academy is to him. Which is the most decadent sandwich? What’s permanently written on a whiteboard somewhere? Where is the only pumping happening on the Athena? It’s the episode that wants to get in there and grab the sliders.
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Podcaster and writer Harmony Colangelo joins the gang to track the many movements of THE BRIDE! Then we talk about actors we’d love to see paired up on the big screen.
What’s Good
Alonso - matzoh
Drea - filing (not clipping!) nails
Harmony - definitely NOT Daylight Saving Time
Kevin - zero degrees of Kevin Bacon??
ITIDIC
- Disney Releasing Fully Re-animated ASL Versions of Several Movie Songs
- Annapurna May Be Back
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On today’s episode, we welcome comedian Eliza Skinner back to the show to chat with us about car culture, weird neighbors, Garfield, and much more.
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Season 3 of E Pluribus Motto begins March 31st with Puerto Rico! After that, expect new episodes of the show every other Tuesday.
Here's the full schedule:
March 31: Puerto Rico
April: 14: California
April 20: MaxFun Drive!
May 12: New Hampshire
May 26: Alabama
June 9: Florida
June 23: Nebraska
July 7: Washington
July 21: Ohio
August 4: Michigan
August 18: North Dakota
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Ellen falls in love with the Mandarin duck. We discuss why waterfowl's webbed feet don't freeze in the winter, the evolutionary arms race between male and female ducks, New York City's local celebrity Hot Duck, your new favorite coffee order, and more.
Works Cited:
- "Countercurrent Exchange" - Dr. Roger Lederer, ornithology.org
- “Coevolution of Male and Female Genital Morphology in Waterfowl” - Patricia L. R. Brennan et al., PLOS One, May 2007
- "Ducks, Geese, and Swans" - Ivan Phillipsen, scienceofbirds.com, December 2020
- “Conspecific Brood Parasitism and Nesting Biology of Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata) in Northeastern China” - Qiu-Ziang Deng et al., The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, September 2011
- "Molecular Evidence for Interspecific Brood Parasitism and Successful Hatching by Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) on the Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus)" - Shu Liu et al., BMC Zoology (under review Feb 2026)
- "Will You Still Love the Hot Duck When He Looks Like This?" - Andy McGlashen, Audubon Magazine, February 2019
Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2026 Reading Glasses Challenge: participate in a readathon! Plus, they give tips on finding novellas and recommend romance with protagonists that use wheelchairs. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Books Mentioned -
Reinventing Love by Mona Chollet, translated by Susan Emanuel
Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz
Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell
The Year We Fell Down by Sabrina Bowen
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens edited by Marieke Nijkamp]]>
With five more national finals, we've made it to the end of the super Saturdays until 2027, but not without first covering Romania's Selecția Națională, the San Marino Song Contest, Poland's Krajowych Kwalifikacji, Sweden's Melodifestivalen, and Portugal's Festival da Canção. And our beloved Oscar is across the pond this week, so we're instead joined by our Eurovision-obsessed neighbor to the north, Worldvishawn, to talk about what we liked and what we didn't. Jeremy doesn't think one song is all that Bellissima, Shawn finds Portugal to be just a little too chill, and Dimitry revels in the madness that is San Marino.
Watch Romania's Selecția Națională on YouTube.
Watch our San Marino Song Contest playlist on YouTube.
Watch the performances from Poland's Krajowych Kwalifikacji on TVP's website.
Watch Sweden's Melodifestivalen on SVT's website.
Watch Portugal's Festival da Canção on RTP's website.
And as always, this week's companion playlist.
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
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For episode 101, we're challenging ourselves to make a technically family friendly, swear free episode! Why is the sky blue? Well it turns out it took a lot of science to understand why! And what is speech disfluency? Well it's like... um... you'll see!
Images we Talk About:
Green Flash
Sunset
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:06:43) Why is the Sky Blue
(00:54:28) Speech Disfluency
(01:40:45) Outro
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We also learn about:
StellarNet: A Brief History of the Sky’s Blueness
Blog: The bizarre myth that Ancient Greeks couldn't see blue
2023 Paper: Revisiting the question “Why is the sky blue?”
Wiki- John Tyndall
The Conversation: John Tyndall: the forgotten co‑founder of climate science
Wiki: Rayleigh Scattering
NASA: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Scientific American: Mirages
IFL Science: Orange Sky
The Great Oxidation Event: How Cyanobacteria Changed Life
Royal Museums Greenwich: Why Is The Sky Blue
Mars in a Box: Martian Sunsets
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Wikipedia: Filler (linguistics)
Thought Co: Definitions and Examples of Filler Words
The Register: Why Do We Say Um?
Paper: Listeners' Uses of Um and Uh in Speech Comprehension
New York Times: So, Um, How Do You, Like, Stop Using Filler Words?
University of Colorado Paper: We, um, have, like, a problem
Guardian: Why Do People Say Like So Much?
NPR: Why Do We Say Um So Much?
BBC: Teen Slang
Paper: Fillers, Pauses and Placeholders
Cambridge: Hidden Use of Fillers
The British National Corpus 2014
Language Hat: The Mystery of Fillers
The Atlantic : “Men Say 'Uh' and Women Say 'Um'”
Language Log: Men and Women’s Use of Words
JStor: Filler Words and Floor Holders
THE CALIFORNIA STORY 1906 By Thomas A. Edison]]>
It's Pisces season and you know wthat that means, it's time to talk about FISH! This week we're not learning about a particualr fish, but instead discussion our favoirte fictional fish and breaking them down by what we think their High School superlative would be! Want to know who won biggest flirt? Most likely to be famous? Worst fish? You must listen to find out!]]>
Kirk, Jason, and Maddy open up the listener mailbag to answer some of your questions! When should you let kids start playing video games? What gaming terms should be more mainstream? And what do you do when you're just too old for this shit?
One More Thing:
Kirk: Hunchback (Saou Ichikawa)
Maddy: How To Get To Heaven From Belfast
Jason: Pokopia
LINKS:
The archived version of “Cereal In My Mouth,” the dog.gawker.com post, is very difficult to find these days but Kirk will probably post a version of it to the Triple Click Discord
NYT coverage of the couple who got married at Bad Bunny’s halftime show
Kirk’s theme song for “The Distraction” - Bandcamp/YouTube
“It’s Too Late” by Bob Mould from Black Sheets of Rain, 1990
“Go” (Last Week Tonight Theme) by Valley Lodge from Use Your Weapons, 2013]]>
Actor/writer/director Grace Glowicki is the creative voice behind DEAD LOVER (a Sundance surprise from 2025 that is getting a theatrical release this month) and TITO, and she stars in the archly comic horror thriller HONEY BUNCH (from directors Madeline Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, now streaming on Shudder). While her films and performances are uniquely her own, Grace takes a surprising inspiration from John Turturro as BARTON FINK (yes, the same character that made film critic Walter Chaw feel seen just a couple episodes ago!). Here's an episode that proves that the same character can prove fodder for two very different conversations!
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Griffin's favorite pre-flying interpersonal situation! Rachel's favorite over-the-top celebration!
Music: “Money Won’t Pay” by bo en and Augustus – https://open.spotify.com/album/7n6zRzTrGPIHt0kRvmWoya
Border Angels: https://www.borderangels.org/our-services.html]]>
If you sent us a case about Pokémon Go in 2016, stay in line! You know the saying, "Justice delayed is justice denied." We attempt to clear the docket of some of our oldest, unanswered disputes. Should you go to a second restaurant for a separate dessert? Is it okay to want to be buried in a Fiat? Is teaching your children a secret family language fun or annoying? And, of course: should your girlfriend be ordered to come out and play Pokémon Go? If you spot yourself in these queries, PLEASE let us know how they played out, and come with us back…to the future!
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Next Gen Chef is frustrating and possibly rigged (thanks Uncle Jeffrey!), but it's not unsalvageable. Let's get this whole god forsaken thing over with so we can get to the REAL cooking shows.
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We’re off to Holowood! Or HoloWEIRD as I like to call it! I find myself once again slingin’ grub to a bunch of ingrates, this time alongside an innocent young up-and-comer full of bad coffee and big dreams. Shae and GOOD_E find the perfect and most depressing place to lay low. Zap Zop gets discovered! And you’ll never guess who kicks my bucket this time. Never meet your heroes!]]>
This week, Jackie (@jackiekashian) and Laurie (@anylaurie16) answer your requests: they will live-stream making chili at a future date. Meanwhile, Jackie tries to eat dinner off mic, but when she slips, Laurie shares a story. Plus, you know it's special when people want to do your Zoom show in 2026... Subscribe to the podcast, and give it a 5-star rating and review to help the show move up the charts. Video for the episodes is on The Jackie and Laurie YouTube channel!
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Recorded and Produced by Kyle Clark : @kyleclarkisrad]]>
Remember when computer hackers weren't all incels? Travel with us to a bygone era as we talk about the 1995 movie Hackers, starring Johnny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie.
Tune in next week when our movie will be... Godzilla: All Monsters Attack.
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On March 17th Emily will be on the podcast Scam Goddess. Make sure to tune in!
Pre-order Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-versity co-written by Jordan Morris. Get yourself a signed copy of all 5 issues by clicking this link! bit.ly/spideyschool]]>
We’ve never had occasion to use the phrase “titular basterd” on our show before but here it is, possible and even necessary in writing about Paul Rust and the film Inglourious Basterds. We’re not misspelling “basterd” or “inglourious”, mind you, that was director Quentin Tarantino’s artistic choice. Q was also the one who cast Paul Rust, veteran comedy performer in movies and TV, as part of the ensemble of heroes, albeit one with no lines. Paul figures Tarantino thought he looked the part and seemed like an easy guy to hang out with. We think so too! Paul tells us all about making collages, how to gather the materials, how to lay down the pictures and glue them, and how to not get too hung up on everything being perfect. He DID nod his head a lot in the movie and he recreates that for us here. Even on audio, you can sense that he nailed it. Go to sleep hearing about collages and knowing the Nazis were defeated.
Get your copy of Paul Rust's wife Lesley Arfin's art book, Tickle Me, at www.DragCity.com.
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What's the best leg of a triathlon? WE GOT THIS.]]>
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MaxFunDrive 2026 is April 20 to May 1!
That's right, 4/20 to International Worker's Day. Coincidence? Who's to say? Anyway: live shows and laughs, fun times and fundraising—our favorite time of year kicks off next month!
Get ready, folks: from April 20 to May 1, we’re gonna celebrate our shows, the network, and the members who make it all possible!
We’ll have meetups, in-person and remote live shows, and—of course—a metric ton of new bonus content from all our podcasts.
All of your favorite shows are funded directly by MaxFunsters who want to make sure they keep going. If you're a member, you’re not just supporting the shows you love—you’re part of a community full of people like you who care about independent media and who believe that cool art shouldn’t be beholden to the whims of corporations that will cancel something awesome just to save a few pennies. And, while we may be a little biased, we think that makes you really freaking cool. Thanks for your support!
(If you're not a member yet, become one during MaxFunDrive! You might even get some cool gifts, too! But more on those next month…) As we get closer to the Drive, things are probably gonna get a little bananas (complimentary), so be sure you're following MaxFunHQ and your favorite shows on social media so you don’t miss anything.Find MaxFunHQ on…
MaxFun Meetup Day is Thursday, April 23!
The MaxFunDrive classic returns! On Meetup Day, MaxFunsters around the world host meetups for local fans of the network. Hosting a meetup is super easy—all you’ve gotta do is find a venue that can accommodate a small group, tell us about it so we can add it to our directory, and show up during the meetup to hang out and make new friends!
Save the Date: The MaxFunDrive Finale Show is Friday, May 1!
Join us in-person or remotely for a two-hour extravaganza where Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn litigate cases between hosts from all over the network!When: Friday, May 1, 7:00pm PT (doors at 6:30pm)
Where: The Stray Theater in Los Angeles, CA (plus, live on our YouTube channel)
Who: You!
Do you want to join us at The Stray? Please do—the event is free and open to everyone! However, we’ll have a very limited number of seats available, so keep an eye on your inbox, our Instagram, and our Bluesky to make sure you don’t miss your chance to grab tickets. If you can’t join us in person, how about joining up with friends remotely? Hosting a watch party with your friends is a great way to enjoy the finale with other people who have excellent taste, even if you can’t get to LA. Let us know through email ([email protected]) or Instagram/Bluesky DMs if you’re having one and we’ll shout you out in the pre-show!What we’re watching…
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“As a lover of both food media and anime, I finally got to watching Delicious in Dungeon after dragging my feet for however long it's been out. Man... it's so good." - Gabe Mara, Producer"I'm finally getting around to watching the cult hit Twin Peaks. I've just finished the original series run and the subsequent movie. I was not prepared to the twists and turns and places this was going to go. And I'm so excited for whatever comes next." - Danny Baruela, Technology and Data Specialist
“I just rewatched The Long Walk, my favorite film of 2025. The first time I saw it was in a dine-in theater, with a huge novelty-size milkshake and an order of piping-hot pickle chips. I had not been briefed on what this film was about. Both the bev and the snack sat untouched by the time the film ended. On this viewing, I managed to get through it without crying 95% of the time—only about 50%.” - Jordan Kauwling, Producer“Whenever I mention Survivor to someone, I either get a ‘that show’s still on?’” or I find a new person who loves it as much as I do. I’ve been watching since my roommate got me into it in college. We’re two eps into Season 50 right now and it’s just so much fun. I want to talk to everyone about it! And how Jeff Probst is the best host on TV.” - Stacey Molski, Director of Business Ops
“Eurovangelist Dimitry Pompée made a very good case for the Finnish broadcast of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2026, their national song contest to select its choice for the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Whether you want to watch the full broadcast or not, the live performance of Pete Parkkonen and Linda Lampenius is EPIC. Linda is a classical violinist, sports car racer, model and actress, and Pete is the grandson of Pierre Rassin, a Black jazz musician from Martinique. Douze points.” - Laura Swisher, Senior Producer“Here’s one for Oscars season. I watched The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) which is nominated for Best Picture. Ooooh baby this was a good good movie. The runtime is intimidating but I think it is well earned. Everything is just leading up to this one moment and when it happens its like OKAY BABY HERE WE GO. Plus are TWO split diopter shots in this. Bonus lil rec, there is a song they play during the climax called A Briga Do Cachorro Com a Onça and it slaps.” - Christian Dueñas, Producer
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Since the dawn of time, mankind has been playing around with guns, and that drive even extended to video games. Right at the very beginning of video game history, light guns allowed players to simulate the real feeling of shooting. However, while the targets were initially simply balloons and pixelated ducks, things shifted until these fake guns were aiming at real people.]]>
Amber Nash, Christian Danley, and Casey Willis are back with a bonus episode packed with listener goodies. The gang dives into some of the quotes fans say all the time, answers questions from listeners, and serves up a fresh Stir-Friday, maybe.]]>
Comedian Alicia Tobin returns to talk concussions, the Top Model documentary, and a celebrity phone call.
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And now for something completely different! This week, we're celebrating the work of Monty Python. One of the most influential sketch groups of all time.
Together the group made some of the most unforgettable comedy of all time. Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life and more. When the troupe more or less broke up in the '70s, the members went on to produce countless more unforgettable projects.
This special episode features interviews from four of the founding members of Monty Python including Terry Jones, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle.]]>
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Suggested talking points: Cool Pap, Hot Crunchy Cuboid Chips, Doubledocs for a Buck, Squarespace is My Dad, Beef Racer, Vegan + Arbys
Border Angels: https://www.borderangels.org/our-services.html]]>The patients in the therapy sessions in the new film GROUP: The Schopenhauer Effect are actors, but it’s not a scripted film. The actors were given characters and circumstances and then they improvised dialogue with each other and with the group leader, who is also acting. Kind of. Dr. Elliott Zeisel is one of the most important figures in group therapy in America since the 1970s. With all that knowledge and experience powering him along, he also improvised his dialogue, based on what he was being said. The result is a remarkably honest and moving portrayal of group therapy. We talk with Dr. Zeisel about the film and about how group therapy works, what to expect, who’s a good candidate for it, and which myths need to be dispelled.
Trailer: GROUP: The Schopenhauer Effect
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Alex Schmidt and special guest Andrew Ti explore why human teeth are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week's bonus episode.
LINKS FOR ANDREW TI:
- Sub-Optimal Podcasts -- check out "Yo Is This Racist?" and "Starter Trek" and more!
- Andrew Ti on Instagram
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- "Finding Lenapehoking" (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
- Why do people have wisdom teeth? (The Conversation / University of Pittsburgh)
- Worldwide prevalence of natal and neonatal teeth: Systematic review and meta-analysis (Journal of the American Dental Association)
- Why do people have baby teeth and adult teeth? (The Conversation / University Of Illinois Chicago)
- Lab-grown teeth could be the future of dentistry (Popular Science)
- Scientists are racing to grow human teeth in the lab (CNN)
- Humans Have a Third Set of Teeth. New Medicine May Help Them Grow. (Popular Mechanics)
- Symptoms: Natal Teeth (Cleveland Clinic)
- Not a research source: Alex mentions the existence of the memoir Born With Teeth by actor Kate Mulgrew.
- Diseases & Conditions: Hyperdontia (Cleveland Clinic)
- Diseases & Conditions: Teratoma (Cleveland Clinic)
- Giant mature ovarian cystic teratoma including more than 300 teeth (Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology)
- Body Systems & Organs: Tooth Enamel (Cleveland Clinic)
- How Ancient Teeth Reveal the Roots of Humankind (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Sugars and dental caries: Key facts (World Health Organization)
- Fluoride in Tap Water Not Linked to Lower Child IQ, Massive Study Finds (Scientific American)
- RFK Jr.’s fluoride ban would ruin 25 million kids’ teeth, cost $9.8 billion (Ars Technica)
- The origin of vertebrate teeth and evolution of sensory exoskeletons (Nature)
- That zing in your teeth from a cold treat? Blame this ancient armored fish (NPR)
- 2015 lecture by Tanya M. Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museum of Natural History
- Researchers Discover Fossilized Teeth That May Have Come From an Unknown Hominin Species (Smithsonian Magazine)
- These Fossil Teeth From an 11-Year-Old Reveal Clues to Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood (Smithsonian Magazine)
- The Tooth Fairy Science of Bite Mark Comparisons (McGill Office for Science and Society)
- About the Fossil Lucy: When and Where Lucy was Found (Arizona State University)
- Letter: The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China (Nature)
- Salmonella May Have Caused Massive Aztec Epidemic, Study Finds (NPR)
- What killed Napoleon's army? Scientists find clues in DNA from fallen soldiers' teeth (NPR)
- Do equine wolf teeth always need to be extracted? (Equus Magazine)
- Let’s All Go Down to the Bridge and Get Our Teeth Pulled (The Paris Review)
- News: 3000-year-old sawn-off tooth may be the earliest evidence of horse dentistry (Science)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Toothpicks
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Spurs
When two scary character actors and a baby threaten a newly-formed coalition of planets, Trip and T’Pol go undercover to learn more about Terra Prime. But after Mayweather’s love interest turns out to be a honeypot, the mining colony launches and Paxton broadcasts his demands for racial purity on Earth. Where is Trip currently on the xenophobia spectrum? Who was on the bucket list for LeVar Burton? What’s a good strategy for staying in the game? It’s the episode with another Star Trek hair prop.
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Gonna level with you this one's about the Foo Fighters, but like equal parts about our shared fondness for different animals. I don't know, it happens sometimes. It's in our nature.
Music: “Baby You Change Your Mind” by Nouvellas]]>
The world is, how do you say, "un feu de poubelle." So Dan took this mini as a chance to do a little check-in with his pals. How's everyone doing?
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WWE’s Elimination Chamber PLE is behind us and there’s nothing in front of us but the road to WrestleMania. Jade Cargill will defend her WWE title against Rhea Ripley while Drew McIntyre will defend that title against Randy Orton… and most likely Cody Rhodes.
Hal, Danielle and Lindsey take a look at how we got here and where the pitfalls of WWE’s existing strategy are– is there a better way to build to the biggest matches at the biggest show of the year?
Plus: Consider us fanhausens of Danhausen.
The Main Event
AJ Lee defeated Becky Lynch for the Women's Intercontinental Title. For the first time in over a decade AJ Lee is a champion in WWE. She has a brand new belt. And hopefully, CM Punk's photo, she bleaches it before someone else touches it. We take a look at her career so far and where we hope her run goes from here.
The Three Count
Danielle put over the messy build of Rhea Ripley and Jade Cargill
Lindsey put over Lin-Manuel Miranda writing for The Rock.
Hal put over this reactionhausen.
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This week, a massive reality TV crossover on Go Fact Yourself!
Jackie Cox turned heads as the first drag queen of Iranian descent to compete on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” She’ll tell us why the show is nothing like an actual drag pageant and why drag is always political. Plus – what it’s like to act in a movie alongside an Oscar-nominated performance!
Dorinda Medley was a cast member of “The Real Housewives of New York” for a little over a decade. Then, in 2023, she swapped her house for a castle to join “The Traitors”. Sadly, she was murdered first (#JusticeForDorinda!). Medley got another shot at redemption when she returned next season. She’ll tell us how these experiences led to her memoir, I Know a Thing or Two About a Thing or Two.
Areas of Expertise:
Jackie: The Star Trek universe, the movie Mary Poppins and The Gap.
Dorinda: The TV show “Law & Order: SVU,” 1980s music, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
What’s the Difference: Pot o’ Gold.
What’s the difference between cannabis and marijuana?
What’s the difference between a carat and a karat?
With Guest Experts:
Robert Picardo: Actor whose decades-long career includes several appearances in the Star Trek franchise as The Doctor.
Raúl Esparza: Broadway star and actor who starred in over 100 episodes of “Law & Order: SVU.”
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Helen Hong
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Theme Song by Jonathan Green.
Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.
Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.
Additional editing by Valerie Moffat.
Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU!]]>Hello internet! This week's episode is all about preparing to attend Hollywood's most prestegious awards show, the OSCARS! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!
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Brea and Mallory dive deep with Jordan Morris and Jesse Thorn to discuss Queenie and the Krakens, mermen, the appeal of why-choose books, and jeans boners. Email us at [email protected]!
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When school’s out and the cadets get dropped off at Betazed, Starfleet goes into lockdown and Caleb finally opens two years of messages from his mom. But after stealing a shuttle with the help of SAM, his tearful reunion on Ukek gets cut short by The Venari Ral. What are all Ben Affleck films about? Which Star Trek character is sadder in retrospect? Who does all the train stuff? It’s the episode that’s riding the BARF to the furfly arc.
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Willie Colón died last month. He was 75.
If you know what salsa music is, basically, you can thank Willie Colón. He was a trombonist, producer, bandleader, composer, and pioneer of salsa music. Growing up in the South Bronx, he and some of his friends from the neighborhood would take their instruments and jam outside in the summers. Colón went on to secure a record deal in his teens and then became a hugely influential musician and bandleader.
In 1967, Colón put out his first album when he was just a teenager. He helped take the Latin soul sound of boogaloo into the salsa age. Over a career that spanned nearly 60 years, he cut over 40 records and produced many more for superstars like Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, and Héctor Lavoe, selling over 30 million copies worldwide.
When Colón joined us back in 2014, he talked about finding success in music at a young age, what he envisioned for the future of salsa music, and his beginnings with the singer Hector Lavoe.
A version of this interview originally aired in February of 2014]]>March is Women’s History month, and all the movies we cover this month will be directed by women! To kick things off, we’re leaning into the “history” part, and going back to 1953 to cover the most popular film from a truly pioneering director (and prolific actor), the one and only Ida Lupino. It’s The Bigamist, with our special guest, a journalist covering culture and history, Hadley Hall Meares!
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Alonso - Stephen Rebello’s new book Hitchcockian Thrillers
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Hadley - Jane Fonda’s My Life So Far (for Vanity Fair’s Old Hollywood Book Club)
Kevin - Brand new cast iron skillet
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- Lost Melies Film Found in the Library of Congress
- Alan Cumming, Bowen Yang, Lena Waithe, Adam Goldman Head New LGBTQ Film Initiative
- SAG’s Renamed ‘Actor Awards’ Air Live on Netflix
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The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wasteland by Sarah Brooks
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Cambric Creek series by C.M. Nacosta
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
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Mr. Flood’s Last Resort by Jess Kidd
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The Mermaid The Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda Hall]]>
The Trial of Conjuration, Part II
The duels to the death continue with the arena fighting back as much as the wizards. But will they work around these dangers or use them to their advantage?
Royale Theme: “Wizard Disco” by Louie Zong: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/wizard-disco
Original Music by Griffin McElroy
Additional Music in this Episode: "Languid Dawn" by Blear Moon: https://blearmoon.bandcamp.com/; "Skin Writhes Anxious", and "III" by ROZKOL: https://rozkol.bandcamp.com/; "When the Wick is Gone" by The Pangolins: "Night Sky" and "Simple Song" by Jar of Flies: https://jaroffliesofficial.bandcamp.com/; https://thepangolins.yolasite.com/; "Haunts" by Triple5 Here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/triple5-here/'; and Moulds Sun" by 10 Echo: https://10echo.bandcamp.com/.
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This Super Saturday almost knocked us out, but we've got a super-sized episode covering SIX national finals: Lithuania's Eurovizija.LT, Norway's Melodi Grand Prix, Finland's UMK, Serbia's Pesma za Evroviziju, Germany's Das Deutsche Finale, and of course, Italy's Sanremo. It's a lot of show to get through, but we've got six new winning songs, including one that feels like it could... go... all... the... way! Jeremy demands a moratorium on dessert songs, Dimitry is ready to rise up, and Oscar refuses to be screeched at by old Italian men.
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Watch the performances from Night One of Italy's Sanremo on YouTube.
And as always, this week's companion playlist.
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On today’s episode, we welcome comedian and TV Chef Fantasy League host Sierra Katow to the show to chat with us about college reunions, Ludacris, cheese, and much more.
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Jordan sits down with the one and only Matthew Lillard, an actor who looms large in the hearts of any Millennial horror lover, and whose fruitful career is still going strong -- right now he can be seen in CROSS Season 2, SCREAM 7, and FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2. But you might be surprised to learn that he devoted a decade of his life to getting one particular movie made: his directorial debut, FAT KID RULES THE WORLD, starring Jacob Wysocki. He shares that creative journey with Jordan -- from falling in love with an audiobook he was narrating to winning the Audience Award at SXSW -- on today's episode.
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This week, Sequoia shows off her encyclopedic knowledge of Pokémon to mark the Japanese media franchise's 30th anniversary. She's joined by co-host Ryann Gilyard and writer/comedian Garrick Bernard. From watching Pokémon on the WB, collecting ALL the cards and weeping, WEEPING, at Pokémon the First Movie, they reminisce about their relationships to the iconic franchise. Plus, Ryan challenges Garrick and Sequoia to a game of Name That Pokémon. All this and more!
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The Triple Click gang pull out their blood harvesters for a trip into Resident Evil Requiem, the latest entry in the longrunning horror-action-goofball series. They talk about playing as Grace and Leon, exploring the care center and all the shades of Resident Evil 2.
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]]>Rachel's favorite crafty poet! Griffin's favorite medical accomplishment that is a sometimes food!
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Mike brings the case against his coworker Brooke. Brooke wants to play baseball with her colleagues in a casual, recreational setting. She would love Mike to be part of this group. But he won’t step foot on the field unless it’s a softball field. Brooke says baseball and softball are essentially the same game! Just play ball! But, Mike strongly disagrees.
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The chefs bake a bunch of garbage, Ify gives free feet, and we discuss how raves are for the night people.
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This week on the Jackie and Laurie Show, the ladies discuss the idea of control in a live show. The ways that as a comic you have control over an audience and the way that control disappears once a set gets recorded and put online. Jackie is given the chore of looking at all the analytics on her new special. Plus, Laurie is horrified that her hair is turning “MAGA Blonde”... Subscribe to the podcast, and give it a 5-star rating and review to help the show move up the charts. Video for the episodes is on The Jackie and Laurie YouTube channel!
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Recorded and Produced by Kyle Clark : @kyleclarkisrad]]>Is this THE cross-generational podcast? It is A cross-generational podcast. Sort of. Anyway we know our audience is concerned about Punch the Monkey and ANTM. We know that. So this is for you.
Music: “Baby You Change Your Mind” by Nouvellas]]>
We heard there was a new The 'Burbs on Peacock so we made the thrifty choice and watched the old The 'Burbs from 1989, starring Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher.
Tune in next week when our movie will be... Hackers.
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We're going to play Arzt Spielshow by Tom Nichols from Colorado; “Two Babies and a Funeral” by Zach Willey from Ohio; and “Speed Date Werewolf Elton John” by Jeremiah Kitchen & Kelsey Smith from Ohio on this episode of dr. gameshow
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You may have seen Stephnie (not a typo, she spells it that way) Weir as a cast member on Mad TV or in appearances on Modern Family, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Lady Dynamite. But if you live near Stephnie or happen to be a close friend or colleague, you may also know her from the handmade holiday napkins she distributes to her inner circle. She methodically walks us through the steps of gathering supplies and creating these gifts. She also admits to occasionally checking in on the recipients to see whether the napkins are part of their lives or have mysteriously vanished. When Stephnie had occasion to work with Billy Crystal, she wanted to make him some very special New York Yankees napkins, since that’s his favorite team. It did not go smoothly and you’ll drift off to sleep imagining a politely perplexed Billy Crystal.
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Talking Points: Grokpot, Soupsame Street, Detroit Style Puppetry, Snake Mutiny Coaching, Mayo Upgrades, Put Them In Tuxedo, Glazed Buns and Thick Cream PLEASE
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It's been a decade since Sawbones last talked about measles, and we don't often check in with an update unless . . . well, something comes up in the news. Dr. Sydnee talks about how the vaccine for measles was developed, the unfortunate backlash that has been going on against it since 2008, and what we can do for the future.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/
Border Angels: https://www.borderangels.org/our-services.html]]>This week, Host Brenda dives into the chaotic production history of 1989’s Little Nemo in Slumberland, a Japanese/American animated film based on Windsor McCay’s influential 1905 comic strip. This story involves Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Ray Bradbury, George Lucas, both of the Sherman brothers and more.]]>
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Joyce Manor is a three-piece punk band out of Torrance, California. They’re in their 20th year of making music together. For the uninitiated, their sound can be described as anthemic and sometimes nostalgic. You can expect all of the energy and excitement of popular acts like Green Day or Blink 182, with an added maturity in their lyrics. They just released their 7th album, I Used To Go To This Bar.
Barry Johnson, Chase Knobbe, and Matt Ebert from Joyce Manor talk with Bullseye about growing up together in the SoCal punk music scene, touring as a small act before the internet, and constantly being applauded for finally being “all grown up,” despite being in their late 30s.
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Comedian Mark Little returns to talk dungeons & dragons & dogs, a wallet update, and kid comedy.
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Well hello! We are still hard at work on Troubled Waters but in the meantime we thought it'd be fun to share one of our old faves from way back in the International Waters days. Take a trip down memory lane with Helen Hong, Nick Rutherford, Jameela Jamil, and Romesh Ranganathan]]>Although he has a huge following on social media now, Jonathan Edward Durham’s life as a writer used to be a lot more low tech. It involved locking himself in a room in Los Angeles, pounding away on screenplays that almost no one ever read, sucking back smokes and liquor, barely sleeping, and finding himself to actually be pretty miserable. He did manage to write and self-publish a novel, Winterset Hollow, that found an audience, which led to getting online to promote it. He started to write more online, finding an audience, effectively keeping a journal to understand himself and the challenges he was facing in his life and in his mental health. Jonathan left Los Angeles, met a guy and got married, and came to a much better understanding of problems he had been dealing with his whole life. The second edition of Winterset Hollow comes out this fall and Jonathan is at work on a new book now.
We also hear from John Moe about getting mad, starting MADD, and how to interview the anger that you’re feeling to see what injustice it’s alerting you to.
Of note, we kept seeing Jonathan’s short writing come up in our Preshies group on Facebook so much that we eventually had to book the guy. Thanks, Preshies, you are all now associate producers.
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Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week's bonus episode.
LINKS FOR JOEY CLIFT:
- We’ve Been Here the Whole Time!: A Not So Sacred Guide to All Things Native America by Joey Clift, illustrated by Julie Fiveash, foreword by Shane Hawk -- pre-order now!
- short film Pow! -- written and directed by Joey Clift -- streaming on YouTube
- Joey Clift on Instagram
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- "Finding Lenapehoking" (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
- Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss
- Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America by Kerry A. Trask
- Who Belongs?: Race, Resources, and Tribal Citizenship in the Native South by Mikaëla M. Adams
- The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: THORPE, JAMES FRANCIS -- 1888–1953 (Oklahoma Historical Society)
- ESPN SportsCentury: Top N. American athletes of the century
- Pro-Football-Reference.com entry for Jim Thorpe
- Baseball-Reference.com entry for Jim Thorpe
- RB/QB/HB Jim Thorpe, Class of 1963 (Pro Football Hall Of Fame)
- When serious fun was had by Redskins in Carlisle (The Shepherdstown Chronicle)
- The American Presidency Project: Dwight D. Eisenhower: Remarks at a Luncheon Honoring the President Given by the Republican National Committee, January 06 1961 (UC Santa Barbara)
- Playing to Win: American Sports and Athletes on Stamps: 1912 Olympic Games (Smithsonian National Postal Museum)
- The Jim Thorpe Backlash: The Olympic Medals Debacle And the Demise of Carlisle (Smithsonian American Indian Magazine)
- Jim Thorpe is reinstated as the sole winner of two events in the 1912 Olympics (NPR)
- Not Just Jim Thorpe: Many Natives Starred in Stockholm's Olympics (Smithsonian American Indian Magazine)
- The dream changed: Inside the first generation of paid college athletes (USC Annenberg Media)
- The Upshot: Duke of Hawaii: A Swimmer and Surfer Who Straddled Two Cultures (The New York Times)
- A Confluence of Lives: The 1912 Olympic Games (Library Of Congress)
- Dreaming Strong: Billy Mills Survives through the Olympics (Smithsonian American Indian Magazine)
- Angelina Jolie Producing Biopic on Native American Athlete Jim Thorpe (Variety) -- note the article is from 2018, and hopefully the project revives.
- American History Museum: New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox World Tour baseball program (The Smithsonian)
- Google Maps listing for Jim Thorpe PA
- 1964 article: "Jim Thorpe, Pa., No Tourist Lure, May Change Name" (The New York Times Archives)
- A family’s long battle over Jim Thorpe’s soul (The Seattle Times)
When Mirror Archer discovers a lizard puppet aboard the USS Defiant, he gets a pep talk from imaginary Prime Archer and goes to waste the Gorns himself. But after T’Pol gets curious about the Federation and Admiral Black denies the new captain a field promotion, even more sabotage and violence lands an unexpected leader in control. What could make a Frenchman put out his cigarette? Who won’t shut up about their new book club? Which character is definitely down with the frog? It’s the episode that smells like the reptile section of a pet store.
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Jonathan Oldfield, Ada Player, Tom Neenan and Linnea Sage join in this month as we discover that a sizable minority of the British public has never seen a cow.
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You probably thought we forgot the hedgehog beat! We were just biding our time. Sometimes slow and steady wins the race, SONIC. We welcome our returning Senior Hedgehog Correspondent, Jamelle Bouie, who absolutely does not have anything more important to do than extend this bit, to discuss Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Why does a movie about a fast hedgehog have this much plot, and why is it all so boilerplate? We get into it.
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Dan: The Color of Money (1986)
Stu: Pillion (2025)
Elliott: Heat Lightning (1934)
Jamelle Bouie: Wuthering Heights (1939)]]>
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After weeks of speculation, the answer to why AJ Styles kept his gloves on after his (supposed) final match against Gunther are now here: He wanted to leave them in his hometown of Atlanta Georgia.
There was no swerve or final FINAL match announced. But we did learn that he WILL be headed to the WWE Hall of Fame as the first induction of the 2026 class.
We also need to talk about the Vision: They suffered yet another loss in membership with Bronson Reed out for the foreseeable future with a significant injury. Where does this group here with the story of Seth Rollins, the box, and the masked man left unresolved?
The Main Event
If you're listening to this the day that it comes out, you know that it's Elimination Chamber day! And afterwards we'll know our title matches for WrestleMania. Which title match do we expect to be booked? And why is it a sign that WWE needs to start having an eye on the future?
The Three Count
Danielle put over the legend of Trish Adora.
Lindsey put over celebrating the US Women's Hockey Team.
Hal put over the Total Divas reboot.
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On today’s episode, we welcome Fallout's Johnny Pemberton to the show to chat with us about Vincent Price, manifesting his ghoul arm, how to score free hot water at a coffee shop, and much more.
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When the cadets are struggling with their trauma and Lieutenant Tilly arrives to help them through some drama, SAM glitches out and has to make an emergency trip to Kasq. But after Tarima joins the cadets and slowly learns the lesson of Our Town, SAM gets a second chance at life with the help of Dr. Mark. Why does the USS Athena have enormous windows? Which play did Caleb pick for class? What do eternals automatically get from each other? It’s the episode that puts its quadra-testicles into the canon.
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The gang's all here to discuss a new black comedy (sorta) where its Glen Powell's Becket Redfellow in a cat and mouse game to the death with his obnoxiously wealthy family -- a modernization of the 1949 Alec Guinness film Kind Hearts and Coronets.
What’s Good?
Alonso - Slow TV walks through snowy Helsinki
Drea - Dog and Pet advocacy from Isabel Klee and the WeRateDogs guy
Kevin - getting really into the last little bit of the Olympics (especially speedskating)
ITIDIC
- K-Pop Demon Hunters & GDT Frankenstein Getting Criterion Releases
- BAFTA Broadcast Bungles Difficult Slur/Tourette’s Situation
- Sony Exec Confirms Plans to Reboot Spider-Man Villain Movies
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Noé Montes is a photographer based in Los Angeles.
Montes was born in Modesto, California. His parents worked on farms, and he remembers moving around the Southwest as the seasons changed.
His work as a photographer often documents migrant farmworker communities like the one he grew up with. Most photographs about migrant farmworking ignore the workers and focus on the challenges of the job. Montes' photographs show these people … as people.
Montes' work extends beyond portraits of farmworkers. He's made incredible work in studio, landscapes and some truly breathtaking street photography.
Montes joins Bullseye to talk about what it was like starting a career in photography as a middle-aged adult. He also talks about the importance of telling a story through his subjects and photographs.
If you live in Southern California, you can see some of that work at the Riverside Art Museum. His solo show "Noé Montes: Regional History" is running now through April 19.]]>Mallory and Brea discuss the term “well-read” with special guest Rebecca Schinsky, chief of staff at Bookriot! Plus, they recommend fiction books for non-fiction readers and solve a problem about putting books down. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ann Patchett
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The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
Welcome to the Hyunam- Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tan
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang]]>
It just wouldn't be Eurovision season without a visit to the doctor: Dr. Ella Hubber from Let's Learn Everything. The good doctor joins us once again, heroically watching nine hours of national finals to comment on this week's contests, including what might be the worst song of the year (so far). Jeremy is ready to bust out his dance license, Dimitry's got snowballs in his pockets, Ella is all in on an emo f-boy, and Oscar lives fast but his hips move slow.
Watch Croatia's Dora 2026 on YouTube.
Watch Greece's Sing for Greece on YouTube.
Watch Austria's Wer singt für Österreich? with English commentary on YouTube.
And as always, this week's companion playlist.
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
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]]>Tom & Ella are out sick! So enjoy this recast of when Tom was healthy and on SciShow Tangents!
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Thanks for your patience y'all! - Tom, Ella, & Caroline]]>A new record may have been set this week! Ella may have cried the most times in an episode telling the story of Punch the Macaque and his plush monkey, but I promise it's not as sad as it sounds! Plus, Crumb gets a haircut that many are calling "bad," Cricket gets groomed for the first time, and we have a great Ready Pet Go from Jeremiah AND a local news story from Erin!
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Writer, film critic, and educator Walter Chaw has been writing and thinking about cinema since he was a teenager -- when he discovered how it could make him feel understood, and that saved his life. Now, he's a critic whose unapologetically personal takes on cinema makes some folks love his work, and really pisses some other folks off. Despite his artist's temperament and his expertise, Walter wants to stay in touch with the common man...just like BARTON FINK, from the Coen Brothers' classic 1991 anti-ode to the Studio System.
Then, Jordan has one quick thing about some exciting June Squibb News.
Listen Next:
June Squibb on 'Nebraska'
Sophie Nelisse on 'Inside Out 2'
Roxana Hadadi on 'Pump Up the Volume'
Feeling Seen is hosted by Jordan Crucchiola and is a production Maximum Fun.
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Kirk, Maddy, and Jason dive into the year's biggest gaming news so far: Xbox boss Phil Spencer retiring. They talk about what led to this big shakeup, discuss whether new boss Asha Sharma really needs to be a gamer, and try to figure out if there's any way to salvage the Xbox brand.
One More Thing:
Kirk: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO)
Maddy: Icebreakers (New Yorker documentary)
Jason: Under the Island
LINKS:
"Inside Microsoft’s big Xbox leadership shake-up" (Tom Warren / The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/tech/883015/microsoft-xbox-new-ceo-shakeup-notepad
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Episode 193: Ginger Gonzaga Interview
This is the After Show for Yellow, featuring Andrew’s conversation with writer and actor Ginger Gonzaga.
Many listeners know Ginger from her roles in Marvel’s She-Hulk, CBS’s True Lies, Showtime’s Kidding, I’m Dying Up Here, HBO’s Togetherness, and Room 104. But in this episode, the spotlight shifts to her as a creator as well as a performer.
Andrew and Ginger talk about coming up in the heavily male improv scene of the early 2000s, the delicate (and sometimes not-so-delicate) politics of improvising in auditions and on set, and how her background in high school speech and debate shaped her confidence as a storyteller. She also shares a wild story about pitching a show centered on mental health at a time when that topic wasn’t exactly trending in development meetings or even in the national conversation.
It’s candid, funny, and full of insight about carving out space as a performer and writer. Most of all, it makes clear just how much Yellow means to her.
]]>Griffin's favorite funky lactose! Rachel's favorite fanciful reference book!
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We attempt to separate the art (burgers) from the artist (spineless billionaire diamond mine fascist). Also, Andrew, drop the workout routine!
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Andy brings the case against his fiancé Kevin, aka World Famous Drag Queen Monét X Change. Andy says he met Monét outside of RuPaul's DragCon in New York City back in 2018. Andy was enchanted. Their first date didn’t happen for another few years. But for Andy, this meeting is a crucial part of their love story. The problem? Monét says that it NEVER HAPPENED. Who's right?
BROOKLYN! Join Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn LIVE at The Bell House for NIGHT COURT (no, not that one)! Get your tickets here: Friday, March 6, Saturday, March 7
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This week on Jackie and Laurie we get some good nitty gritty stand up comedy talk. Laurie (@anylaurie16) laments never listening or reading back to all the transcripts of sets she has meticulously recorded. Jackie's act has some shaky comedy she'd like to tighten up. Plus, none of us like to see bald patches in our audience. Subscribe to the podcast, and give it a 5-star rating and review to help the show move up the charts. Video for the episodes is on The Jackie and Laurie YouTube channel!
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This week we celebrated the American Dream by watching a movie about how achievable and real it is! The 1985 made-for-TV-movie Death of a Salesman, starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich.
Tune in next week when our movie will be... The 'Burbs.
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THE JORDAN MORRIS WORLD TOUR!! (jk, it's just a couple of dates)
- 2/25 - Collectors Paradise North Hollywood, 5pm - 7pm
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Jordan Morris is known to Maximum Fun fans as the funny and engaging co-host of Jordan, Jesse, Go! and Free With Ads. He also makes comics, such as the new Predator: Bloodshed series. It’s all about the Predator, monster sci-fi icon, and his efforts to purchase and install a new shed to put all his blood in. He goes to Home Depot, he tries building one himself after watching YouTube videos, but all the sheds leak blood out, ruining the Predator’s begonias. None of that is true. But there really is a Predator: Bloodshed series, Jordan is behind it, and it’s quite entertaining, as is Jordan. On our program, Jordan tells us all about the many iterations of Godzilla and how the canonical word for the sound Godzilla makes is “skreeonk.” Will it be hard to sleep thinking about Godzilla? No. You’re not a building. You’ll be fine.
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The snow’s piling up outside so we’re cozying down with another batch of listener medical questions! Can I take all my antibiotics at once? If my twin has an allergy, do I have it too? Are prenatal vitamins good for people who do not want to get pregnant? And can air literally get knocked out of your lungs?
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: https://www.ilcm.org/donate/]]>In an era where superhero movies are few and far between, famed music producer Quincy Jones sets out to adapt the story of the recently introduced superhero, Steel. However, between a writer/director who wanted to change the entire story, to Warner Bros. slashing the entire budget, it's a wonder this movie got made at all!]]>
Comedian Bita Joudaki returns to talk eggs, halftime shows, and the Museum of Failures.
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The movie Sinners has been out now for over ten months. In that time, it has grossed about 370 million dollars. It has climbed to the top of countless best of 2025 lists. And now it’s nominated for sixteen Oscars. One of those nominations is for Best Original Song. "I Lied To You," which was written by composer Ludwig Goransson and Raphael Saadiq.
Aside from being the writer of one of the biggest movie songs in recent history, Raphael Saadiq is a singer and songwriter who’s made five acclaimed records under his own name. And with his brother and cousin, he founded Tony! Toni! Toné!, one of the most exciting groups in R&B history.
Raphael joined us to chat about Sinners and what he thought when he saw the song he wrote come to life in the film. He also told us about playing bass guitar as a teen in church bands, and the final tour he got to go on with his late brother D’Wayne.
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Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week's bonus episode.
LINKS FOR DAVID BELL AND TOM REIMANN:
- Gamefully Unemployed on Patreon
- Weird History (YouTube / Ranker)
- Tom Reimann's page at 1-900-HOT-DOG
- Some More News (YouTube)
- "Kitten" by David Christopher Bell featured on The Black List
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- "Finding Lenapehoking" (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
- Yellow: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau
- The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
- Prof. William Reusch: "Visible and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy" (Michigan State University)
- Ask A Biologist: Rods and Cones of the Human Eye (Arizona State University)
- NASA Science: "Sun: Facts" -- FYI the sun is a "yellow dwarf", and Earth's atmosphere is the main reason we think its white light looks yellow.
- The Sun Used to Be Yellow, According to This Cosmic Conspiracy Theory (Rolling Stone)
- Hummingbirds Can See Colors We Humans Can't (Popular Mechanics)
- Here’s the Real Reason Why Tennis Balls Are Bright Yellow -- And Nope, They Weren’t Always That Color! (Reader's Digest)
- The reason tennis balls are yellow – or maybe green (CNN Style)
- Are tennis balls green or yellow? They’re both, according to science (SBNation.com)
- Comic Art: Early Years 1890s-1920s: The Yellow Kid Makes His Move (Library Of Congress)
- The Spanish American War and the Yellow Press (Library Of Congress)
- James Bond Fandom Wikia entry for Kevin McClory
- The Yellow Kid Returns: On the 125th anniversary of The Yellow Kid‘s first newspaper appearance, he’s back! (DailyCartoonist.com)
- Pop Artist Chris Yambar Dead at 59 (BusinessJournalDaily.com)
- CMYK All The Way (Tedium.co)
- The Smiley Face's History: Exploring a Joyful Symbol (ArtAndObject.com)
- Simpsons Fandom Wikia entry for The Tracey Ullman Show
- Threads.com upload: "Original first sketches from Matt Groening of what would eventually become “The Simpsons” (1987)."
- Why Are So Many Cartoon Characters Yellow? (Mental Floss)
- Meet Minion Yellow by Pantone: the world's first character-branded colour (The Guardian)
- How a few yellow dots burned the Intercept’s NSA leaker (Ars Technica)
- The sketchy printer tracking feature that likely helped reveal the alleged NSA leaker (Mashable)
- NSA leaker Reality Winner is rebuilding her life — and looking back at her past (NPR)
- Here’s What Those Colored Dots on Food Packaging Really Mean (Reader's Digest)
- Nobel Prize in Physics 1926 (NobelPrize.org)
- Found: Surprisingly Modern Paint on an Ancient Egyptian Gate (Atlas Obscura)
- New Look, Same Great Look: The history of humans being confounded by color photography. (Lapham's Quarterly)
- Van Gogh's sunflowers are wilting as yellow paint fades to brown (The Guardian)
- Rehmannia glutinosa (Missouri Botanical Garden)
- 15 Historical Figures’ Names You’re Probably Mispronouncing (Mental Floss)
- The History of How School Buses Became Yellow (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: The Starry Night
When Commander Archer stages a mutiny aboard the ISS Enterprise, Captain Forrest gets thrown in the brig and T’Pol gets promoted to first officer. But after a Tholian warp signature leads them to a TOS-era Defiant, the Dustbuster club restores power just in time to see their ship get destroyed. Who is definitely picking up the phone in this era? How is the CrossFit of pain different from the Orange Theory of pain? What’s the worst thing about the agonizer booth? It’s the episode that definitely had crack out of frame.
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Suggested Talking Points: Comic Relief Epona, Slick Skylar Gissondos, Only a Contra-Bassoon Can Defeat A Bassoon, Shrimp Out for Jesus
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Elliott takes us on a tour of Best Picture Academy Award winners, filtered into his highly-scientific categories, and then asks us, "But which Best is BEST?"
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Lindsey Kelk is back once again! After a whirlwind tour of book events and rewatching, “Heated Rivalry,” she’s prepared to discuss WWE’s Elimination Chamber PLE. It sure is nice to have an event the company cares about building to!
The Main Event
In a recent episode of AEW, Wheeler Yuta and Marina Shafir took on Toni Storm and Orange Cassidy. And a much bigger deal than the hair stakes was the fact that this had that rare feature of boys fighting girls and girls fighting boys in our wrassles!
The Three Count
Danielle put over Cody's best entrance track.
Lindsey put over Heated Punk Rock Rivalries.
Hal put over what we do.
Keep up with this show all week long on instagram, tiktok and bluesky.
This show was produced by Julian Burrell for Maximumfun.org]]>All sports, all the (this one) time, from your favorite (bad) sports podcast! You want to talk luge? We're talking about it! (with horror). You want to talk ice dancing? We want to know what it is! And football! It's also! You want to kiss a fish? I dunno man, that's weird! All this and more this week on Still Buffering!
Music: “Baby You Change Your Mind” by Nouvellas]]>
It’s a knockout combination of trivia and HBO actors on Go Fact Yourself!
Matt Walsh is best known for his role as Mike McClintock on “Veep,” for which he was nominated for an Emmy – twice! He’ll tell us how he developed that character and give us advice on how to improve our improv skills.
Kali Reis is a former boxer who earned an Emmy nom starring alongside Jodie Foster in “True Detective: Night Country.” She’ll tell us how she celebrated her indigenous heritage in boxing and what it’s been like to step out of the ring and onto TV.
Areas of Expertise:
Kali: The movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, the movie The Mask, and Mike Tyson.
Matt: The Chicago Bears football team, English literature, and Austria.
What’s the Difference: Prune Juice
What’s the difference between pruning a plant and trimming a plant?
What’s the difference between AC and DC?
With Guest Experts:
Mark Verheiden and Mike Werb: Authors and screenwriters, whose careers include working on the film The Mask.
Charles “Peanut” Tillman: Former record-setting NFL cornerback for the Chicago Bears.
Hosts:
J. Keith van Straaten
Helen Hong
Credits:
Theme Song by Jonathan Green.
Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.
Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.
Additional editing by Valerie Moffat.
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Brea and Mallory talk to writer and academic Cailey Hall about the history of romance novels! Email us at [email protected]!
Reading Smut Merch
Newsletter
Next month’s book is Queenie and the Krakens
Cailey Hall
Unsettling Sexuality]]>
Romance novelist and filmmaker Alys Murray joins us to unpack Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation, and (perhaps unsurprisingly) opinions are varied! What does the movie have in common with Grease 2? Listen and learn! Plus, we have a Hotline call all about movie characters that need family or couples counseling.
What’s Good
Alonso - Nathan Rabin’s The Fractured Mirror
Drea - Talking Spindle Cove on Reading Smut
Alys - The Artful Dodger TV series
Kevin - Valentine’s Day romance, courtesy of Avengers: Endgame
ITIDIC
- Bad Bunny Sets First Lead Movie Role in ‘Porto Rico’ With Norton, Bardem
- Remembering a Trio of of Hollywood Greats We Lost this Week (Tom Noonan • Frederick Wiseman • Robert Duvall) - Alonso recommends The Store as a Wiseman entry point. - Tom Noonan’s The Wife is an adaptation of his play, Wifey.
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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher
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In a career spanning over five decades, Ron Carter has played jazz, classical, soul, and hip-hop. He’s won three Grammys and worked with folks like Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, A Tribe Called Quest, and many more.
When Carter joined us back in 2022, he was gearing up to celebrate his 85th birthday at Carnegie Hall. These days, the man is 88 and is unstoppable. He recently released a record with gospel icon Ricky Dillard titled "Sweet, Sweet Spirit." It’s a gospel record that also serves as a tribute to Carter’s mother.
Carter takes us back to when he first picked up an instrument, the cello, and how he eventually found the bass. He also talks about the time he played bass for A Tribe Called Quest on Low End Theory – and how he gave them the business about swear words.
This interview originally aired in May of 2022]]>
When the cadets leave campus for All-Worlds Day break, Darem gets ritually abducted and Jay-Den makes an extremely risky decision to follow him through a random portal. But after Caleb stays aboard the Athena and Genesis gets them both in trouble over nothing, Jay-Den gives a reception speech so targeted that it pushes the happy couple to the point of abdication. How does a Klingon wear a speedo? What’s been working fine on Star Trek for 60 years? Which species gets more exposition than the Khionians? It’s the episode with three notable examples of science fiction.
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]]>Join Ellen & special guest artist and reptile keeper Lyn for an up close and personal look at a little snake with a big appetite. We discuss how it feels to handle a snake, stress dreams specific to pet owners, gastoning it, spine teeth, snacktivities, how snakes flirt with each other, and so much more.
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Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2026 Reading Glasses Challenge: read a genre or subgenre you’ve never tried! Plus, they talk about how to figure out which bookstores to support, and recommend literary fiction for SFF readers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Books Mentioned -
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Queenie and the Krakens by Aleera Anaya Ceres
Odd Man In by Stephen Whyno
Dreamer by Nazem Kadri
Black Aces by Julian McKenzie
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry]]>The Trial of Conjuration, Part I
Rictus, Helgrammite, and Lorovith each face their biggest foes in a one-on-one battle, each with something unexpected up their sleeve. But the arenas have some unexpected dangers as well.
Royale Theme: “Wizard Disco” by Louie Zong: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/wizard-disco
Original Music by Griffin McElroy
Additional Music in this Episode: "My Starship" and "The Unknown", by Jar of Flies: https://jaroffliesofficial.bandcamp.com/; "Time is Ticking" by Scott Holmes Music: https://scottholmesmusic.com/; "tribute to eddy" by Jean Toba: https://jeantoba.blogspot.com/; "III" and "Pearly Carapace" by ROZKOL: https://rozkol.bandcamp.com/; "Atmosphere for Documentaries" by Universfield: https://unil.ink/universfield; and "Languid Dawn" by Blear Moon: https://blearmoon.bandcamp.com/;
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The national finals start coming fast and furious from here on out, so all our Saturdays will be super for the next weeks. We've got Estonia's Eesti Laul, Latvia's Supernova and Denmark's Melodi Grand Prix this week, with three new winners and a lot of previous competitors coming back for a chance at glory. Jeremy identifies a new type of mom song, Dimitry nearly swears off his status as a Stanmark for Denmark, and Oscar's ravin' at the Taj Mahal.
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And as always, this week's companion playlist.
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.
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On today’s episode, we welcome Mission to Zyxx's Jeremy Bent to the show to chat with us about EuroVision, wisdom teeth, Kentucky landmarks, and much more.
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]]>This week the big news continues! This time it's DOLPHINS with a brand new spongy fashion trend! Plus, thanks to a very helpful coyote-related email, we decided to re-introduce ourselves because it's been a few years! If you're new to the show, this is a great place to start!]]>
Fresh off their interview with Mewgenics co-creator Edmund McMillen, the Triple Click gang dives into the game itself. They talk about the gross-out humor, the brilliant combat, and that truly spectacular soundtrack. (All of my nights, I'm chasin' rats!)
One More Thing:
Kirk: Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future - Adam Neely, YouTube/Nebula
Maddy: Overwatch update
Jason: Lost Lambs (Madeline Cash)
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This interview originally aired in January 2023, and we've updated it with a fresh opening and "One Quick Thing."
Comedian Gianmarco Soresi is brutally honest with us this week: he deeply relates to Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham!) in Milos Forman’s 1984 classical classic, Amadeus. But while Gianmarco can own his Salieri-like insecurities, he can’t let it keep him from pursuing virtuosity.
Then, Jordan has one quick thing about an exciting new action film from master Yuen Woo-Ping, Blades of the Guardians.
Gianmarco's latest special is Thief of Joy.
Feeling Seen is hosted by Jordan Crucchiola and is a production Maximum Fun.
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]]>Episode 192: Yellow Written by Ginger Gonzaga
This month’s live episode features Yellow, a pilot written by Ginger Gonzaga. Most people know Ginger from her work in front of the camera—she’s appeared in Marvel’s She-Hulk, CBS’s True Lies, Showtime’s Kidding, I’m Dying Up Here, HBO’s Togetherness, and Room 104. Yellow showcases her voice as a writer.
After being arrested, following a very public hypomanic episode Pepper, A witty visual artist is court ordered to live in a halfway house with an ensemble of lovable misfits that she deems crazier than herself. This soulful and at times surreal dramedy follows pepper as she navigates her artistic career. The tone moves fluidly between grounded emotion and offbeat humor, building a layered ensemble piece that feels both personal and expansive.
Ginger leads the cast in the live performance, surrounded by an incredible group of actors including Luke Tennie (Shrinking), Burl Moseley (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Kyle Bornheimer (St. Denis Medical), Lauren Potter (Glee), Mel Rodriguez (The Residence, Last Man on Earth), Lucy Parks Urbano (actor/playwright), Bryan Safi (Throwing Shade), Beth Dover (Orange Is the New Black, Nobody Wants This), Jessica Sula (Split, Michael), with stage direction by Andrew Reich.
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]]>Rachel's favorite fallen Olympic sport! Griffin's favorite rising (vertically) Olympic sport!
Music: “Money Won’t Pay” by bo en and Augustus – https://open.spotify.com/album/7n6zRzTrGPIHt0kRvmWoya
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Michele brings the case against her husband, Nate. Michele and Nate are living the childfree dream: three cats, two dogs, and a Subaru Baja. They have it all. But Michele wants more pets! Nate has two cars and a motorcycle. Michele says that if they are embracing vehicle maximalism, it’s only fair to embrace pet maximalism. Nate says they have enough pets for now. Who’s right? Who’s wrong? With Guest Bailiff Jean Grae!
BROOKLYN! Join Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn LIVE at The Bell House for NIGHT COURT (no, not that one)! Get your tickets here: Friday, March 6, Saturday, March 7
Thanks to reddit user u/Dinosaur1972 for naming this week’s case! To suggest a title for a future episode, keep an eye on the Maximum Fun subreddit at reddit.com/r/maximumfun!
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This week on The Jackie and Laurie Show, we get more deep lore from Laurie Kilmartin (@anylaurie16) and her pageant past. Meanwhile, Jackie (@jackiekashian) assures Laurie she has what it takes to make delicous chili. Plus, the tragedy of a comedy career is all the things you never got to say while someone else was talking... Subscribe to the podcast, and give it a 5-star rating and review to help the show move up the charts. Video for the episodes is on The Jackie and Laurie YouTube channel!
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Recorded and Produced by Kyle Clark : @kyleclarkisrad]]>
This week we had comedian Matt Apodoca on the podcast to talk about the 2020 video game movie Sonic The Hedgehog, about a hedgehog who is living fast and may indeed die young.
Tune in next week when our movie will be... Death Of A Salesman (1985)
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THE JORDAN MORRIS WORLD TOUR!! (jk, it's just a couple of dates)
- 2/25 - Collectors Paradise North Hollywood, 5pm - 7pm
- 2/26 - Predator Double Feature @ The Frida Cinema in Orange County, 7pm https://thefridacinema.org/coming-soon/
- 2/28 - Books With Pictures Eugene, OR 12pm - 3pm
- 2/28 - Portland
- 3/1 - Seattle
We're going to play “Mash It, Spud It, Gotta Yam It” by Sairah from Los Angeles, California; “Legal Name, Smeagol Name” by Tasha from Sydney, Australia; and “Speed Date Punch Up” by Jeremiah & Kelsey from Cleveland, Ohio on this episode of Dr. Gameshow.
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Opening theme: “Dr. Hangout” by Manolo Moreno
Exit music: “Dr. Gameshow” by Big Huge ( bighuge.bandcamp.com); performed by Conrad Tao ( conradtao.com | insta: @conradtao ) ]]>
We’re hundreds of episodes into Sleeping with Celebrities but we’re just now getting a PBS voice on? I know. We’re so sorry. But this will make up for it. The brilliant, engaging, and funny Simeon Lipman from Antiques Roadshow knows more about baseball cards and, actually, punk rock memorabilia than most people will ever know about anything. And his knowledge includes a whole lot of arcane data. Let him regale with tales of Jimmy Claxton and of Simeon’s long quest to acquire that one Billy Ripken card. You know the one I’m talking about. Yes, baseball can be exciting, and, yes, punk rock even more so, but we promise you that the dulcet tones of Simeon Lipman (current PBS voice) and John Moe (former public radio voice) will zonk you out faster than a fastball to the head and with much less pain.
Watch Antiques Roadshow online or on PBS. Learn more about Simeon, his work, and his auctions by visiting his website, www.SimeonLipman.com.
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Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: https://www.ilcm.org/donate/]]>Before there were official olympic sanctioned mascots for every olympic games, there were unofficial mascots. Sometimes they were already the mascot of an existing sporting event, or sometimes they were just a piece of merchandise that took on a life of its own, and sometimes they were a smirking Wombat with an impossibly fat ass and some really cool tennis shoes.]]>
Comedian Andrew Johnston joins us to talk celebrity documentaries, broken bones, and wrestler butts.
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We’re taking a moment to remember actress and comedian, Catherine O’Hara, who died on January 30, 2026. She was 71 years old.
Catherine O’Hara is a comedy legend. She helped launch SCTV alongside other burgeoning comedy greats like John Candy and her longtime collaborator Eugene Levy. She went on to star in some huge blockbuster comedies. She became spiritually possessed in Beetlejuice. She played a memorable, anxiety-ridden mother to Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone, and became a critical part of Christopher Guest’s ensemble mockumentaries, like Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show. Some other recent favorites include HBO’s critically-acclaimed biopic Temple Grandin and Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie.
For all of its six seasons, Catherine played Moira Rose on Schitt’s Creek, a comedy that follows a wealthy family who are forced to relocate to a tiny, rural town after losing their entire fortune.
When Catherine joined Bullseye in 2013, she talked about the difficulties of being a woman in the SCTV writers’ room. Plus, creating memorable characters with Eugene Levy, and her own secret comedic formula.]]>]]>]]>This isn’t a celebrity-guest centric podcast at all, but we’re thinking maybe we can lure a famous mascot on if we fill our pockets with small stinky fish. Maybe that’s too forward. How about wing sauce? No, that’s too wild. I guess we’re just going to have to do a John Cougar Mellencamp impression instead.
Suggested Talking Points: The Kissing Hot Dog Restaurant, Old Grey Hair, Truemoon Show, What Did I Say That was So Buffalo Wild
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: https://www.ilcm.org/donate/]]>
Dating apps and websites are booming right now as people look for ways to leverage to find love or even just companionship. Liesel Sharabi of Arizona State University compiled a meta-analysis of a huge number of studies about the connection between online dating and mental health and the results? Kind of bad news. People who use the apps compulsively, swiping all day long, are much more likely to be depressed and anxious. But were they depressed because they used the apps or did the use the apps because they were depressed? We’ll get into that, plus the terrifying imminent AI dating revolution.
Then we talk to Dr. Sarah Jerstad, the Clinical Director of Psychological Services at Children’s Minnesota about what kids are going through amid the ICE presence, what the short and long term effects of this activity have been and will be, and how parents and other adults can best help them.
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]]>Alex Schmidt and special guest Tom Lum explore why doughnuts are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week's bonus episode.
DONUT SHOP TIPS: Tom recommended the croissant donut at Donut Pub in New York City, and Alex's favorite donut shop in the entire world is Hole Doughnuts in Asheville NC.
LINKS FOR TOM LUM:- 'Let's Learn Everything' podcast (Maximum Fun)
- 'Our Findings Show!': The Science Game Show, hosted by Tom Lum
- Tom Lum on TikTok
- Alex & Katie guesting on 'Let's Learn Everything' and talking about SPACE QUAILS!
- preview of the special "Cheddar Heist" podcast by Ellen Weatherford, Ella Hubber, Tom Lum, and Caroline Roper -- become a Maximum Fun member to hear the whole adventure!
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- "Finding Lenapehoking" (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
- The History of the Doughnut: A look back at the men, women and machines that made America’s favorite treat possible (Smithsonian Magazine)
- A Deep-Fried History of Doughnuts (Mental Floss)
- 12 Delicious Doughnuts From Around the World (Mental Floss)
- New York doughnut history: From Washington Irving’s olykoeks to doughnut huts in Union Square (The Bowery Boys Podcast)
- The Maine Ship Captain Who Invented the Modern Donut (New England Historical Society)
- A 'holey' Quincy story of how a sea captain invented a doughnut that didn't sink (The Patriot Ledger)
- Doughnut Holes (The Paris Review)
- BibleGateway.com page for Leviticus 7:12
- Chinese Cooking Demystified: "Youtiao, Chinese Fried Dough Stick (油条)" (YouTube)
- Sel Roti -- Nepali Rice Doughnut (DelishGlobe.com)
- Donuts: The ‘hole’ Jewish story (Jewish Chicago Magazine)
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Site of the Original Krispy Kreme Doughnut Shop (Atlas Obscura)
- Quincy, Massachusetts: First Dunkin' Donuts (Atlas Obscura)
- No, Dunkin' Didn't Invent Donut Holes. Here's Who Did. (Tasting Table Magazine)
- After Fasting for Ramadan, Only Doughnuts Will Do (The New York Times)
- Hockey-Reference.com listing for Tim Horton
- Tim Horton (Ontario Heritage Trust)
- Tim Horton: A Legacy of Hockey, Donuts, & Coffee (TheHockeyWriters.com)
- Sunday Morning: Donuts To Dollars (CBS News)
- Ron Joyce, Force Behind Tim Hortons Doughnut Shops, Dies at 88 (The New York Times)
- The Little-Known History of Apple Cider Doughnuts (Mental Floss)
- Dunkin' Donuts In Certain Boston Areas Stay Open To Serve Police During City Lockdown (HuffPost)
- Research Guides: 2013 Boston Marathon (Boston Public Library)
- This Is Why Doughnuts Are Associated With Police Officers (Time Magazine)
- The Long, Sweet Love Affair Between Cops and Doughnuts (Gastro Obscura)
- The Donut King -- 2020 documentary, dir. Alice Gu
- The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice (BBC News)
- Dunkin' Donuts opens first Southern California shop in Santa Monica (Los Angeles Times)
- Wreck-It Ralph Fandom Wiki entry for Wynnchel and Duncan
- The Salvation Army Doughnut Dollies of WW1: An interview with Sandra Maxwell (The United States World War One Centennial Commission)
- Doughboys and the Birth of the Modern American Army (The National WWI Museum And Memorial)
- U.S. Enters the War: Learn about the events that led the U.S. to enter WWI in 1917 (The National WWI Museum And Memorial)
- The Delicious Democratic Symbolism of...Doughnuts? (JStor Daily)
Sound Heap Inc. Podcast Network CEO slash "Fun Captain" John-Luke Roberts takes a walk down memory lane, back to when this podcast was the only podcast on the Sound Heap Inc. Podcast Network, before getting into it - finely-curated slices of the best podcasts released in the world this week on the Sound Heap Inc. Podcast Network. You'll hear clips from:
- Rememberama, where talking heads reminisce about the time that Percy Pigs released an anatomically-accurate spin-off
- Diary Of A Tiny CEO, with special guest Lyndsay Gott, who has set up a very interesting new training company
- The shortest-ever edition of If You Had A Cupboard In Your Lower Back What Would You Keep In It?
- Elty Jomb's Lobberly Interviews, with very special guest Kat Bosch
When the Entrepreneur encounters an Orion ship, its captain makes an offer that the crew can’t refuse. But after Archer figures out who’s really in charge, Tucker and T’Pol use their pheromonal immunity to save the ship. When is slavery like a bathroom? How is the EPS system like an ATM machine? Whose auction price can be compared to everything? It’s the very horny episode that’s red meat for a Star Trek teen.
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Music: “Baby You Change Your Mind” by Nouvellas
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Yes, we never heard of it either. But trust us when we say that High Rollers (sequel to the equally nonexistent movie Cash Out) makes for a helluva S-tier Flop House episode, especially when it features longtime friend of the show Jordan Morris as our guest. Is Travolta the new Nic Cage? Well, if you're watching Face/Off, yes, definitely. But in terms of FH movie greatness? Yeah, maybe!
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Wikipedia page for High Rollers
Recommended in this episode:
Dan: Send Help (2026)
Stu: Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025)
Elliott: The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Jordan Morris: 28 Years Later: Bone Temple (2026)]]>
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Finn Balor will not be denied! Even though CM Punk has accepted Roman Reigns’ challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship, he will take on the Prinxe in Chicago at Elimination Chamber.
Given how there’s no chance Finn will win this match, what does this mean for his path to WrestleMania?
We also take a look at Liv Morgan– she has yet to pick which championship she will challenge for. We can think of a solid case for both the WWE and the World Titles.
The Main Event
Over the years there's been a lot of wrestling gimmick matches. And some of them have gone on to be staples of wrestling like the Elimination Chamber and the Royal Rumble. And others are the Punjabi Prison match.
The Three Count
Danielle put over WWE Superstar Bad Bunny.
Julian put over Stone Cold Jane Austen.
Hal put over Sad Johnny Gargano.
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]]>Hello Internet! It’s time for another IDIOMS episode, full of phrases about racing, The Sound of Music, and passive agressive jokes! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!
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Have you heard about the new A24 movie from writer/director Harry Lighton that’s almost a romantic comedy about gay BDSM biker culture? That’s PILLION, starring Alexander Skarsgaard and Harry Melling, and we’re thrilled to have our friend Nayland Blake (an influential artist and teacher who’s an authority on queer kink, riding with us!
What’s Good?
Alonso - Trans Girl Scouts you can buy cookies from
Drea - The Milan-Cortina Olympics (also Coach Jackie)
Nayland - Midwest Magic Cleaning on YouTube
Kevin - Casey Abrams at Hotel Cafe (w/surprise Dave Koz); Bobby Brown at the bar
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- Letterboxd Op-Ed: Is Streaming Making Movies Less Memorable?
- Kristen Stewart Buys Highland Park Theater
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Drea Clark
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Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher
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Yahya Abdul-Marteen II didn't book his first part until he was nearly 30. Before that, he worked in San Francisco as a city planner. And, for somebody who's been acting for just under a decade, he's portrayed a lot of superheroes and supervillains.
Abdul-Marteen II first appeared in the Jason Moma-fronted Aquaman as Manta, an evil pirate. Then, as Dr. Manhattan, in the critically acclaimed Watchmen series. And now, he plays the title role in the new Marvel series Wonder Man.
Our friend and correspondent, jarrett hill, sat down with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to talk about Wonder Man and what excited him about taking on the role of Simon in the show. He chatted with us about what it felt like to win his first Emmy and his dream of one day owning a farm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ11j-9aKuY&t=1215s
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When the Academy and the War College are spirited away on a field trip to visit the USS Miyazaki, everything seems like fun and games until rabid bat men crash the party. But when Captain Ake is short on options for saving the students, Admiral Openly-Judges-You-For-Not-Having-In-Unit-Laundry suggests they should set Nus on the loose. What grade level does a ship's computer read at? How do you best cook a Caleb Mir? What's the worst part about invisible space suits? It’s the episode that's front and center for the Andrew Davis film festival.
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]]>We're back with more "hard boiled reporting!" This week we've got some very exciting local animal news involving a lone grey wolf that many are now calling Beyonce 2 and some brand new beavers in the UK! Plus we have a full fantasy Ready Pet Go from Jordan that we absolitely loved! ]]>Ellen takes things slow with the iconic banana slug. We discuss mobile slip 'n' slides, recreationally poisoning yourself, liquid crystals, oobleck, robosnail, slime trains, moisture farming, apophallation, college mascots, and so much more.
Works Cited:
- "Banana Slugs: Secret of the Slime" for Mallory Pickett, KQED, February 2015
- "Mechanical Devices for Snail-like Locomotion" - Brian Chan et al., Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, February 2007
- "Tough adhesives for diverse wet surfaces" - J. Li et al., Science, July 2017
- "Emerging biotechnology promises to transform the materials we use to work and live" - L.G. Blanchard, University of Washington Magazine, September 1993
- "She studies slug sex by the seashore: UCSC researcher works to unlock secrets of banana slug sex" - Elise Overgaard, Lookout Santa Cruz, June 2023
- "Our Mascot: Sammy the Banana Slug", UC Santa Cruz (uscs.edu)
Brea and Mallory debate length of time read vs books read as a metric for tracking your reading. Plus, they solve a book tech problem about library eBooks, and discuss putting spicy romance in Little Free Libraries. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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We're back to national final season, and boy, is it a good one. Ukraine's Vidbir is here, and with it, a veritable wave of Eurovision royalty: Jamala, Zlata Ognevich, Jerry Heil, Ziferblat, Monokate... it's a veritable cornucopia of ESC talent. Jeremy likes it when things get just a little Jesus-y, Dimitry is exposed as a Ruslana simp, and Oscar's looking for Mr. Vel.
Watch Vidbir 2026 with English commentary on YouTube here.
Watch Vidbir 2026 in the original Ukrainian with sign language interpretation here.
And as always, this week's companion playlist.
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
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On today’s episode, we welcome writer-comedian Jonathan Braylock shark battles, US presidents, how many angels are in the Bible, and much more.
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Images we Talk About:
Cantor's Diagonal Argument
The Bullet Cluster
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:04:28) Infinity
(00:49:09) What's Everything Made Of?
(01:29:52) Everything Else
(02:08:54) Outro
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We also learn about:
Infinity is the amount I love you guys - oh I made such a noise of disgust, my infinity could beat your infinity, quoting The Fault in Our Stars, ancient Greeks had a horror for the infinite, Euclid refused to use infinity, we have no physical proof that any item can be infinite, turning water into wine and counting to infinity, next time someone says I love you infinity plus one call them a number annihilator, pre-scowling, we ask Caroline a million questions about sets, sets offer a new language for math, “actually Ella they use the word transfinite”, Caroline rage baits Ella, Ella loves Cantor’s diagonal argument but people at the time HATED it, Cantor was a “corrupter of youth”, the universe is everything, god dammit is there more than matter, pigeons and pizza and Ella’s giant gengar plush are made of quarks and leptons, ordinary matter is just 5% of the universe, 26.8% is dark matter and the rest is dark energy, dark energy and matter are not interchangeable - dark just means we can’t observe them, your MOM is massive, 1933 dark matter is theorized to make the math work, dark matter is not a theory it is an observation of missing mass, the differing mass of the bullet cluster, halos of dark matter around galaxies, red shift in every direction, don’t @ me about the accelerated expansion of the universe, dark energy is the mysterious force that keeps the universe expanding, heat death or re-contraction, dark matter and dark energy are warring siblings trying to pull everything together and apart and we’re stuck in the middle, list of all wikipedia pages, OH NO IT’S INTERESTING, monk stuff, the exclamation mark came during the humanist era of the renaissance, oh no we printed the ironic bible! inverted exclamation marks, exclamation mark haters, old comics had exclamation marks for periods! Making Beowulf Scream, Lo! per my last email, our show didn’t start with an exclamation mark - it snuck its way into being beloved, no one is sure how the exclamation mark ended up in programming languages, DO anthropomorphize the exclamation mark, please don’t be disappointed we didn’t stop the podcast, We Didn't Stop the Podcast.
We Didn't Stop the Podcast Lyrics
Sources:
Wikipedia: Infinity Symbol
Wikipedia: Infinity
Polytechnique: A (Very) Brief History of Infinity
Britannica: Infinity
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Infinity
1983 Paper: The Realization of Infinity: On the Philosophy of John M. Anderson
Scientific American: Some Mathematicians Don’t Believe in Infinity
2017 Paper: Actual and Potential Infinity
Schechter: Potential versus Completed Infinity
Medium: Infinity Isn’t Just a Number — It’s a Mind-Bending Universe of Paradoxes
Youtube: minutephysics
Youtube: Jim Fowler
Blog: The Math of Dr Who #4.2
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Etymonline: Etymology of Everything
Wikipedia: Everything
NASA: What is the Universe?
EBSCO: Leptons
Harvard: What is the Univer Made Of?
ESA: What is the Unvierse Made Of?
Astrobites: ΛCDM
NASA: Building Blocks
ESA: Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Angela Collier: Dark Matter is Not a Theory
NASA: Dark Matter
Forbes: Who Really Discovered Dark Matter
Harvad: Dark Energy and Dark Matter
NASA: Bullet Cluster
ESA: Gravitaional Lensing
ESA: Redshift
ESA: Comsic Microwave Background
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Wikipedia List of All Pages
Florence Hazrat's "An Admirable Point: a Brief History of the Exclamation Point"
Florence Hazrat Interview
The Irony Mark
Stan Lee on Comic Book Exclamation Marks
Marvel End of Exclamation Mark Announcement
Making Beowulf Scream
History of Factorial
Figuring out the Origin of ! in Computer Science]]>
Jason, Kirk, and Maddy bring on veteran game designer Edmund McMillen (Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy) to talk about his latest game, Mewgenics, which was first announced in 2012 (!) and is out this week. They talk about the long development cycle, why McMillen parted ways with his Team Meat partner Tommy Refenes, breeding cats, and much much more.
One More Thing:
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Maddy: Code 3 (2025)
Jason: The Chair Company (HBO)
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Drag superstar Latrice Royale has been in the game since before Ru Paul’s Drag Race was a phenomenon. She won Miss Congeniality on her season of that show, and went on to appear on All-Stars and Drag U. An actor and performer, Latrice leads Season 4 of HBO’s drag docuseries We’re Here. And if you know anything about Latrice, just a few moments with Della Reese’s character, Vera Walker, in the Eddie Murphy-directed dramedy Harlem Nights will show you how Latrice’s persona may have been shaped by Vera’s no-nonsense power and heart of gold.
Then, Jordan has one quick think about Humane, directed by Caitlin Cronenberg.
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Stephanie wants Brandon to admit that she’s lived in 11 states, damnit, and not deny her lived experience! Brandon counters with the fact that Japan isn’t a state (valid) and that living in a state for college…doesn’t count? Who's right? Who's wrong?
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This week on the show, forget the comics, Jackie (@jackiekashian) and Laurie (@anylaurie16) want to know what BOOKERS are in the Epstein Files. They observe the piles of vision boards that it takes to get where you need to go. Plus, with the horrors of modern world, we can now get a drones eye view of our own lives. Subscribe to the podcast, and give it a 5-star rating and review to help the show move up the charts. Video for the episodes is on The Jackie and Laurie YouTube channel!
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The hilarious actor Vella Lovell is a put-upon director of an animal control precinct in the sitcom Animal Control, a role that involves much more animal contact than one would expect for an office job. Turns out Vella, who also played the neighbor Heather on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, has a natural knack for helping animals calm down. This was evident in her long process of introducing a new kitten, Tequila, to her household, which already included a veteran resident cat, Marlo. Sleepyheads, the process took weeks of gentle, gradual exposure under highly controlled conditions, and we’re pleased to report that it was a complete success. Tequila and Marlo are, today, best buddies. We think you’ll be fast asleep before you ever get to that happy friendship moment but maybe you’ll sleep a little better knowing that it turned out so well.
Catch Season 4 of Animal Control on hulu and the previous three seasons on Netflix.
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Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: https://www.ilcm.org/donate/]]>Host Austin delves deep into the origins and cultural impact of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books While they are commonly credited with popularizing interactive fiction, were they REALLY the first? Is Wikipedia wrong about where this entire genre of fiction comes from? How could wikipedia be wrong? Why must we live in an unjust world?]]>
In this special bonus episode, Amber Nash, Christian Danley, and Executive Producer Casey Willis are doing what they do best—wandering through the woods—when they stumble upon a mysterious cassette tape. What’s on it? A secret recording of a podcast episode no one was ever meant to hear… until now.
Consider this a found-footage audio experiment, equal parts curiosity, coincidence, and questionable decision-making.
📺 FX’s Archer is now streaming on Hulu.
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This week the free streaming services blessed us with a stone cold classic, the 1990 romantic thriller horror comedy Ghost starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Tune in next week when our movie will be... Sonic The Hedgehog.
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Joe Cappa is the creator and primary voice actor of the show Haha, You Clowns. Like many Adult Swim shows, it features a very distinct style of animation. Every character is a little grotesque, uneven, and most importantly, the buffest cartoon characters you’ve ever seen. However, underneath the somewhat disconcerting visuals is a wholesome and sweet show.
It follows three huge brothers, The Campbell Boys, who live with their widowed father, an equally huge weather man. Together they navigate life challenges with the help of family and community.
This is Joe Cappa’s first show. Even more impressively, this is his first job in show business.
Cappa joins Bullseye to talk about his fascination with comedically buff characters, learning animation while working at an ad agency in Oklahoma, and borrowing from his real life to create Haha, You Clowns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5sSQ-Tr4w&t=105s
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Comedian Emily Woods returns to talk Gasoline Alley, live hockey action, and Avatar 3.
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]]>]]>It's our 800th Episode, and it's about time we show our real face. For 16 years, you thought we were Da Gooberman, but really we're Monica Angela Rita! But don't worry, we're still full of great advice even though our souls are spread out across eighty-eight haunted piano keys.
Suggested Talking Points: Da Man in Da Goobermask, Be Gentle About Deck Size, Trade Your Brother for a Website, Hone Your Brain and Ditch Your Shame
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Niko Stratis knew a couple of things growing up in the Yukon in Canada: that she was, in truth, a woman, despite being regarded by the world as male, and that being trans or different in any way was absolutely not okay. It wasn’t just a matter of identity, it was a matter of safety too, as she worked with guys who vowed that if their child was gay or trans, they would kill that child. Niko discovered some other things, too: the trade of industrial glassworking, the numbing effects of the alcohol she became addicted to, and the redemptive power of music. Niko Stratis’s book, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, is a memoir and a playlist, tracing the inspiration of songs loosely tagged as dad rock as Niko battles setbacks and depression and suicidality, lives all over Canada, and finally makes the big, nothing-to-lose move of coming out as a trans. She tells her story and what was behind choosing a name that feels wonderful to say loud and openly.
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]]>Alex Schmidt and special guest Ellen Weatherford explore why garlic is secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week's bonus episode.
LINKS FOR ELLEN WEATHERFORD:
- 'Just The Zoo Of Us' podcast (Maximum Fun)
- Ellen Weatherford on TikTok
- 'Spellbound and Gagged' podcast
- preview of the special "Cheddar Heist" podcast by Ellen Weatherford, Ella Hubber, Tom Lum, and Caroline Roper -- become a Maximum Fun member to hear the whole adventure!
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- "Finding Lenapehoking" (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
- Garlic: An Edible Biography by Robin Cherry
- The origins and distribution of garlic: How many garlics are there? (USDA Agricultural Research Service)
- Garlic, Allium sativum (University of Wisconsin-Madison Horticultural Extension)
- Garlic -- Allium sativum (Oregon State University College Of Agricultural Sciences)
- Garlic vs. Purple Garlic: What's the Difference? (AllRecipes.com)
- Lifestyle: Food: Am I Blue? (The Washington Post)
- Allium canadense -- Meadow Garlic, Wild Garlic, Wild Onion (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at UT Austin)
- Allium tricoccum -- Wild Leek, Ramp (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at UT Austin)
- Plant of the Month: Garlic Mustard (JStor Daily)
- Hot New Medicine: This 1,000-Year-Old Mixture of Garlic, Onion, Wine, and Cow Bile (Popular Mechanics)
- Staph Infection (Cleveland Clinic)
- The Scientific Secret of Garlic (Carnegie Museums)
- Why Does My Garlic Turn Green? | Ask The Food Lab (Serious Eats)
- You can taste garlic with your feet (Popular Science)
- The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes honor garlicky babies, drunk bats, and more (Popular Science)
- The Ig Nobels are science's most lighthearted event. This year is 'not typical' (Science)
- How ‘Ennobling’ Helped Italian Aristocrats Solve the Problem of Garlic (Gastro Obscura)
- Garlic and Social Class: Immigrants from southern Italy were stereotyped for their use of the aromatic vegetable. (JStor Daily)
- Italian Garlic Debate Raises a Culinary Stink (NPR)
- It's A Wonderful (Italian-American) Life (NPR)
- Sweets: Garlic Ice Cream (Gastro Obscura)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Apples
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Neapolitan Ice Cream
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Diabetes
When the Entrepreneur is stuck at top speed and Commander Tucker is the only person who can help, Reed gets sprung from the brig to tether him over from the Columbia. But after a cold restart of the warp core leads them to Dr. Phlox, he lies to deploy a bioweapon saving the Colony from getting glassed. Which long-running podcast is making the world worse? What are Boomers uniquely susceptible to? Who is in a race to the bottom honor-wise? It’s the episode that has some physics questions.
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Stuart combed cinematic history for visions of the future, then, like Ebeneezer Scrooge, demanded of his his co-hosts,""Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?" (Or, more Stu: "How likely are these predictions, dudes?")
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The Royal Rumble has come and gone; the first ever edition of the show to be in Saudi Arabia. And once again, it’s the clearest sign of WWE placing profit before the fan experience.
The audience felt slim, the women were forced to wear their full-coverage jumpsuits and the whole just had a vibe that wasn’t befitting a Big 5 PLE.
But there were things that we enjoyed: Roman Reigns and Liv Morgan won the titular match; the former sets up an incredibly compelling match for the World Heavyweight Championship against CM Punk.
Plus seeing Gunther retire AJ Styles was something that clearly emotionally affected everyone in attendance and around the world. But we’ll explain why we actually think this is really compelling booking.
All that and plenty more, but we’re left dreading the next time WWE decides to hold another show in Saudi Arabia.
The Three Count
Danielle put over The Bellas on Impaulsive
Julian put over Roman's shoes.
Hal put over Dominik Mysterio’s three dads.
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Triv, triv, triv, triv…! This episode of Go Fact Yourself will be stuck in your head for days!
Chase Masterson’s fans know her as Leeta from “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” She’s deeply inspired by the imagined universe of the series – and the fans who embody its values. To that end, Chase works tirelessly at her non-profit aimed at ending bullying: The Heroic Journey.
Jay Mohr had been working in comedy for years when he landed his first movie: Jerry Maguire. But he’s still known for his great work in comedy (“SNL,” “Action”) … and as an impressionist. He’ll tell us about the secret to a great impression and what it was like to work with the celebrity he became famous for impersonating.
Areas of Expertise:
Chase: The best commercial jingles of the 1970s and 1980s, 1980s slang, and Word of the Year winners.
Jay: The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers album, the TV show “Deadwood,” and 1990s Yankees World Series teams.
What’s the Difference: Chase and Jay
What’s the difference between to chase and to pursue?
What’s the difference between a bluejay and jaybird?
With Guest Experts:
Linda November: Cleo award-winning singer whose career includes many pop hits and even more popular jingles.
Jim Beaver: Actor, writer, and film historian whose career includes playing Whitney Ellsworth on “Deadwood.”
Hosts:
J. Keith van Straaten
Helen Hong
Credits:
Theme Song by Jonathan Green.
Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.
Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.
Additional editing by Valerie Moffat.
Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU!]]>]]>Join Ellen & special guests, power couple Shannon Hackett and John Bates from the Field Museum, here to talk about the intersection of science, history, and of course, birds in a love letter to the natural history museum. We discuss working alongside SUE the T. rex, specimen pickles, harlequin romance novels, and explore bigger questions like how museum collections can reveal evolution happening around us right now in real-time and help us look into the future, what the average everyday person can learn about themselves and what science actually looks like from a museum, and the hotly contested debate as to whether grey vireos are interesting or not.
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about friendly alternatives to VALENTINE'S DAY! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!
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