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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 18/09/2026

Today I love Los Angeles because I was locked out of the office waiting for someone to let me in and a lady walked by with a high-volume bubble machine at 9:30 a.m. in the morning

Two people walking past Donut Friend in a cloud of tiny bubbles

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 18/09/2026

A sidequest awaits you in the MaxFun Studio maxfunstudio.com

MaxFunHQ office interior. There is a big pillar and a chair in the foreground on front of two couches and a small vocal booth. The stairs up to the studio are brightly lit by cold blue outside light.

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 14/09/2026

People are talking about Maximum Fun

Hello Maximum Fun Team,

I came across your website and liked how you write about topic. It looks like that your website Maximum Fun has a good audience and strong content.

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 10/09/2026

Hosting a meetup is easy! Think of a spot you like in your town, and then fill out this form so we can add it to our website: forms.gle/HNSShCwRZXh8... (Sometimes folks are nervous no one will show up. My answer to that is: just bring a friend! If nothing else, you get a nice hang with them. 😊)

How to host a meetup
1. Check the link in our bio to see if there's a meetup already planned in your area. If there is, go to that one!
2. If there's not, pick a bar, cafe, park, or any other area that can hold a group.
3. Fill out the form at that link with your town, meeting place, etc. We'll add it to our site so folks can find it!

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 10/09/2026

During MaxFunDrive in April, we said that we'd hold another MaxFun Meetup Day in October. Somehow, someway, it's almost October! This time, we're trying out a Sunday in the hopes that it opens it up to more folks. Mark your calendars and maybe pick a venue in your town! maximumfun.org/meetup

A happy group of people at a table outdoors. The text reads "Sunday, October 4. MaxFun Meetup Day Returns"

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 21/08/2026

The state of Kentucky has the juice www.sos.ky.gov/civic-initia...

A green guy with a large mouth ringed with regular, sparkling white teeth leers threateningly. Red, white, and blue text reads I VOTED 250. This masterpiece was created by Cash L., Fleming County Elementary

A crayon and pen interpretation of the Elmo in Hell meme with the text I VOTED. This masterpiece was created by Suzy H., Woodford County Middle

A yellow face shaped like a gumdrop with black circles of eyes and a flat mouth. Text scrawled in black reads VOTING TIME. Brutalist. Minimalist. A masterpiece by Walden F., Veteran's Park Elementary

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 20/08/2026

Stankus in the MaxFunStore; can't tell me shit maxfunstore.com/collections/...

A navy blue hat with a white outline drawing of a farting rat

Charcoal hoodie with a drawing of a farting rat. Very cool lettering reads STANKUS THE RAT x Jordan, Jesse, Go!

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 14/08/2026

I hear you're the guy. 👕 maxfunstore.com ▶️ maximumfun.org/episodes/tv-chef-fantasy-league/week-7-i-hear-youre-the-guy-24-in-24/

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 04/08/2026

In just a short walk from MaxFunHQ just now, I bought: * guitar strings for an upcoming Bullseye guest * black fabric to make a cover for a DIY mic stand * tiny bananas Downtown L.A. has it all -- including a state-of-the-art audio/video studio! Record your pod or whatever at maxfunstudios.com

A bunch of tiny, adorable bananas (with several bananas missing because I shared), a pack of acoustic guitar strings, and a yard of black denim

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 21/07/2026

Looking for a studio? We have one of those.

Book a session in the Maximum Fun podcast studio. Email studiorentals@maximumfun.org

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 20/07/2026

To add any of those feeds to your podcast app, copy and manually add the .rss feed URL (check your podcatcher's help files if you don't know how). Or if you’re on your phone and use one of the apps listed there, just tap the app icon.

Screenshot of the BoCo management page, showing what the Ad-Free Feeds links look like.

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 10/07/2026

Fun Fact: I had been about to start that last skeet with "WERE YOU AWARE OF IT?, a thing I say in real life all the time, when it occurred to me I had certainly stolen that from someone and I ought to check who it was. Turns out...

Google search result for "were you aware of it" returns the table of contents from John Hodgman's book The Areas of My Expertise"

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 10/07/2026

MaxFun's subreddit delivers

On the subreddit r/maximumfun, u/enna_ writes:

"I just need the judge to know he’s wrong about Boggle

"It is, in fact, the best board game. The letter orientation is part of the challenge.

"With love,
The person who argued that leftover soup should be flushed down the toilet."

u/ArdsleyPark responds:

"Boggle is like alphabet soup, in that the letters are oriented every which way, and that you shouldn't flush either down the toilet."

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 09/07/2026

Get your walk on with Allan McLeod and comedian Matt Braunger as they explore a beloved community greenspace, talk about public park design, and discover the "Mother Ditch." ▶️ maximumfun.org/episodes/wal...

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 01/07/2026

Today in MaxFunHQ Mysteries:

A clear, unmarked bottle half-full of transparent red fluid sits open on a shelf containing awards won by MaxFun and Jesse's old MAX FUN license plate

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 30/06/2026

How's your Reading Glasses challenge going? (There's still plenty of 2026 if you haven't started yet.) Mid-year reader goal check-in: maximumfun.org/episodes/rea...

Reading Glasses Challenge 2026 (a checklist)
Books:
* Currently banned book by an author who is alive
* Book in a genre or subgenre you've never tried
* Queernorm book
* Give an author a second chance
* Book that takes place in a hotel or motel
Activities:
* Theme snack/drink of the book you're reading
* Try a reading app or gadget
* Update your wheelhouse
* Participate in a read-a-thon
* Thank a librarian

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 18/06/2026

Campign to Respectfully Invite @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to The Flop House starts today

A conversation on Bluesky among PadRock (@padrock.bsky.social), MaxFunHQ, and The Flop House Podcast.

PadRock: another day another post of me fawning over @flophousepodcast.com. I became a @maximumfun.org member and get access to their RPG episodes and I haven't enjoyed an RPG podcast like this since Offices and Bosses. I would honestly buy a game where you could play as seaside restaurant workers

PadRock: anyway if Mamdani wanted to further praise some new yorkers he could give them a shout out, just sayin

MaxFunHQ: Now that you mention it, it seems weird that he hasn't

PadRock: He's probably waiting for some Robert Moses related event

The Flop House Podcast: Masny are calling us the Knicks of podcasts.

PadRock: My skimbles shanks / My Neils is Breen / Giorgio's alive / Flops in five

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 11/06/2026

Come drive past our office if you want to honk and cheer

Guy on the street wearing a Mexico National Team jersey and waving a Mexico flag. Photo taken from our office window

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 10/06/2026

Two of the three genres of songs you will encounter at MaxFunHQ karaoke night (genre #3 is theater kid)

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 09/06/2026

Pushing in on @swishswish.bsky.social working on the patio until she notices

Laura Swisher works on her laptop on a restaurant patio

Laura Swisher works on her laptop on a restaurant patio (slightly closer)

Laura Swisher works on her laptop on a restaurant patio (closer still)

Laura Swisher looks up from working on her laptop on a restaurant patio and smiles

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 09/06/2026

Everybody's rolling up for the TV Chef Fantasy League finale at Highly Likely in L.A. Where are you?

Sierra Katow, Mike Cabellon, and Ify Nwadiwe of the TV Chef Fantasy League podcast on Maximum Fun, preparing for the Top Chef: Carolinas finale watch party

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 31/05/2026

We now bring you Redditor u/moltiosab with a public service announcement

A baby... hedgehog? Might be an opposum but I'm going hedgehog. It had beady black eyes and tiny paws and two protruding canines like grains of rice

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 27/05/2026

I have -so- many photos of Velvet on my phone. She is the best.

A grizzled pug in an orange bandana that reads "adopt me". She's sitting on a couch and her little ears are up.

A grizzled pug with two and a half bottom teeth sticking out. Her eyes are bugged out, which, I already did say she was a pug, but they are super bugged out here

A grizzled pug in a pensive mood, her head resting on my leg and her wistful tongue poking out

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 26/05/2026

We gave the sample to the show, so I can't take a real pic, but here are some pretend ones. The manufacturer would have us believe that only men dare wear the undiscovered T-shaped Shirt, but it is not so

Person wearing T-shaped Shirt, crossing arms, looking up and to their left where there is presumably something very pleasing indeed

Person wearing T-shaped Shirt, one hand in pocket, looking down and to their left where there is presumably something kind of distressing, like someone's cute dog did something disgusting

Person wearing a T-shaped shirt, holding a coat or something over one shoulder, looking down moodily. Cheer up, friend! Even if it doesn't get better, you will always have your T-shaped Shirt

Person wearing T-shaped Shirt looking back over right shoulder, as who should say "u wot m8"

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 19/05/2026

when @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social clocks you creepshotting at the live show

Bailiff Jesse Thorn and Judge John Hodgman in costume on stage at Dynasty Typewriter, 15 May 2026. The judge is holding a gavel and looking at the camera knowingly.

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 19/05/2026

New stuff in the MaxFunStore: @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social turns Sonny Ross's iconic "And I'm Gay" art into a poster, while @gofactyourpod.bsky.social debuts the long-rumored but heretofore undiscovered T-shaped Shirt! maxfunstore.com

A silhouette of a human figure inside a red phoenix, rocketing into a starry night sky, trailing a rainbow. Comics-style lettering reads: The sky is blue, the grass is green. I love X-Men... and I'm gay."

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 15/05/2026

Today is the last day of the members-only MaxFunDrive 2026 keychain sale for charity! Folks giving $5/mo can buy the Mikey MFD26 edition, while anyone at $10/mo or more can buy as many as they like from any (or every) show. Not a member? Join today; still counts! maximumfun.org/join

The full array of keychains available in the sale. Descriptions at maximumfun.org/keychains

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 13/05/2026

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 07/05/2026

Things to Do With Keychains If You Don't Have Keys: earring

Producer Julian holding up an in-progress painting of Sailor Moon. He is wearing a Sawbones keychain as an earring. The image is simulated and may not be to scale.

“Do not put this in your ear” surrounded by small drawings of a pen, a cotton swab, a key, a paperclip, a screwdriver, sunglasses, and a pen cap.

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 06/05/2026

Things to Do With Keychains If You Don't Have Keys: pet jewelry

A sugar-faced little mutt wears a Black People Love Paramore keychain on its collar. The keychain reads I AM A HOT TOPIC. The image is simulated and probably not to scale.

“I am a Hot Topic” in blue and hot pink text, over a lighter pink background covered in small gold stars.

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 06/05/2026

Things to Do With Keychains If You Don't Have Keys: zipper pull

International Waters producer Christian Dueñas wearing an International Waters keychain as a zipper pull on his iconic orange windbreaker, which is not red no matter how hard he insists that it is. Image is simulated and may or may not be to scale.

A globe with two sailboats on opposite sides. A red sash across the globe says “International Waters”.

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

Judge John Hodgman is 37 new, boosting, and upgrading members away from chartering a boat on Lake Michigan! Help make it happen: MaximumFun.org/join Confidential to Chicago listeners: Anybody got a boat?

John and Jesse counting audience members to see how many would have to upgrade to put them on a boat

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

It's getting all too real on stage at the MacFumDrive finale show, where one of Free With Ads co-hosts Jordan and Emily declares the other is, and I quote, "going down" MaximumFun.org/join

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

The exact moment Bailiff Jesse blew the @eurovangelists.com's minds

Jeremy Bent and Oscar Montoya nearly but not quite knocked off their chairs with shock

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

Is Eurovision essentially straight or essentially gay? @jeremybent.bsky.social throws @eurovangelists.com scarves to the crowd in an attempt to influence the audience. Didn't catch one? Get yours at maxfunstore.com

Jeremy Bent and Oscar Montoya join John Hodgman and Jesse Thorn on stage at the MaxFunDrive finale show

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

Now awaiting a break in the show so I can walk right through the middle of everything and deliver the backstage pizza

A big stack of pizzas. Not pictured: delicious smell

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

Now on stage: Janet Varney, E Pluribus Motto merch, and hot takes about Trader Joe's!

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

First litigants of MaxFunDrive Podcast Justice: Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham of Black People Love Paramore! Who should be on the Mount Rushmore of Disney? www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80J...

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

MaxFunster Tai made these glorious custom... Challenge coins? Pogs? Alternative currency which will someday replace crypto? Whichever, we love them. Thanks, Tai!

A shiny copperish challenge coin featuring Mikey, the MFD26 mascot, and the words MFD 2026 PODCAST JUSTICE

Tai themselves, resplendent in an iridescent cape and rainbow socks

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

The fans are already lining up for tonight's MaxFunDrive finale show! Join us on the livestream at 7pm PT for @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social and LIVE JUSTICE youtube.com/@maxfunhq

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 02/05/2026

We promised we'd do this at 8K so here it is! Thanks to @bullseye.maximumfun.org producer Richard for being a good sport and a great brand ambassador. If we get to 12K, we'll do it in NYC too! Help us take this campaign coast to coast: join, upgrade, or boost right now at maximumfun.org/join

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 01/05/2026

TV Chef Fantasy League is bringing out the heavy artillery for the last day of MaxFunDrive: @ifycomedy.com, Cake Dom

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