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Sleeping with Celebrities

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Host @JohnMoe.bsky.social speaks with remarkable guests about unremarkable topics. These are conversations to help you fall asleep, or just relax. maximumfun.org/podcasts/sleeping-wi…

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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 4h
We are Trying A New Thing! On YouTube, you can watch the first of what will be many compilations of Sleeping With Celebrities episodes. For the first, of these, the theme is 'Johnslaught', which means John DiMaggio, John Hodgman, and John Luke Roberts. youtu.be/YnOhOOj8bR4
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Sleeping With Celebrities Johnslaught (DiMaggio, Luke-Roberts, Hodgman) To Fall Asleep To
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This episode is up on all the usual platforms but you can now also check it out on YouTube!
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey just for the heck of it we put our new episode up on YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClKl.... Just a still image and the audio. Took ten minutes to make. Another option for your listening and sleeping. Now we can see if anyone actually plays it.
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Musician Hamilton Leithauser on Learning Chess (Hard) and Building Chess Boards (Also Hard)
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey Sleepyheads of Minnesota! Come on over and say hello!
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey just for the heck of it we put our new episode up on YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClKl.... Just a still image and the audio. Took ten minutes to make. Another option for your listening and sleeping. Now we can see if anyone actually plays it.
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Musician Hamilton Leithauser on Learning Chess (Hard) and Building Chess Boards (Also Hard)
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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 23/09/2026
Tomorrow is today! The future is now! REJOICE ▶️ maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@jimmypardo.com is the host of Never Not Funny, an essential comedy podcast celebrating its 20th anniversary. Chicago, the band, isn't known for many pyrotechnics, stunts, debauchery, or members whose names you remember if you’re someone other than Jimmy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tomorrow, we talk with comedian, podcaster, and all the other items on a long list of credentials, Jimmy Pardo, about the band Chicago.
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wil Wheaton knows a thing or twelve about deeply loving a television series. He is part of the Star Trek universe after all. For Wil, there is a special strong appreciation for The Prisoner, the 1960s British series created by and starring Patrick McGoohan... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wil Wheaton knows a thing or twelve about deeply loving a television series. He is part of the Star Trek universe after all. For Wil, there is a special strong appreciation for The Prisoner, the 1960s British series created by and starring Patrick McGoohan... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tomorrow's episode features actor/writer/doer of a bunch of other things, @wilwheaton.net! In order to prepare, please look at this picture of him from Wheatonpedia (also known as Wil Wheaton's Wikipedia page).
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
THE Tom Bergeron (yes, THAT Tom Bergeron), joins us today on Sleeping With Celebrities to talk about birds: one happy sparrow and a bunch of Angry Birds too, both of which he’s keenly interested in. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
THE Tom Bergeron (yes, THAT Tom Bergeron), joins us today on Sleeping With Celebrities to talk about birds: one happy sparrow and a bunch of Angry Birds too, both of which he’s keenly interested in. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How long would it take to tell you everything about how to punt one (1) football? For @chriswarcraft.bsky.social, at least an hour. Maybe more. Kick off, or punt off, the NFL season with a soothingly detailed walk through of giving the ball to the other team. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We had @maximumfun.org founder @jessethorn.bsky.social on the show to talk about the escalating levels of menswear formality. And we kind of jumped him with the dog ear collar and I don't think he'll like this graphic. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
Jesse Thorn and a guy with a green shirt and extraordinarily long droopy collars
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hey this is neat. We're mentioned as one of the best podcasts of the year so far for our episode with @marthakelly.bsky.social about Alvin & the Chipmunks. podcastthenewsletter.substack.com/p/the-20-bes...
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The 20 best podcasts of the year so far
🍭 👂 Or as may as I could squeeze into this darn email 🌈 🤸‍♀️
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
John here. This one was so fun. @sondrelerche.bsky.social is one of the top musicians from Norway and he has SO much to say about A-ha, Norway's biggest ever band. We also get Sondre to say the names of 15 fjords and he teaches me how to say my own middle name. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Sondre Lerche Takes On A-ha and Soothingly Reads Fjord Names | Maximum Fun
When you’re a Norwegian musician, you get used to hearing a lot of the band A-ha, the biggest ever to come out of the Nordic country shaped like an arm from the elbow down. And that’s fine with Sondre...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
As a White House Correspondent for NPR, Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social has some experience seeing people asleep. As an Iowan, she also has great attachment to Field of Dreams, the 1989 film about corn field baseball pests. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We have an ANNOUNCEMENT at the top of this week's episode. Over and over, listeners have asked us to book NICK OFFERMAN for the show. They want to fall asleep to Nick. So we're launching OFFERMANQUEST, a dogged journey to land him. It will be hard but we are strong. John made this art, quickly.
Nick Offerman in front of a castle with the word OFFERMANQUEST.
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Dan Mintz plays Tina on Bob's Burgers. We don't know how Tina would do at Trader Joe's. Maybe a steady neurotic groan would be emitted. But Dan loves the place and wants to take you there as you fall asleep. Shh, just sleep in the cart. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Let’s Go to Trader Joe’s with Dan Mintz. That Will Be Nice. | Maximum Fun
Dan Mintz is an actor, comedian, and writer with a new standup special, Well-Rounded Entertainer, premiering soon on YouTube. Dan is best known as Tina Belcher on the beloved animated TV comedy Bob’s ...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Hooray for Dulcé Sloan! From The Daily Show! And The Great North! Hooray for K-Dramas! Hooray for their very entertaining tropes and reassuring patterns! Hooray for sleep! I will stop shouting. But also: hooray. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Dulcé Sloan Knows Every Trope, Archetype, and Inevitable Plot Point of K-Dramas | Maximum Fun
Dulcé Sloan has been in your American television many times, appearing as correspondent and guest host of The Daily Show, doing stand up on Conan, and voice acting on The Great North. But she doesn’t ...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
In less than one hour, we will be interviewing a MATTRESS EXPERT. He's not from the mattress industry, he's just very, very interested in MATTRESSES. If you have a question about mattresses that you would like asked, reply below. And thank you.
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Well, this is just a perfect guest. Rebecca Sugar, creator of the Steven Universe universe, joins us to talk about earthen building techniques. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Our live on-stage episode from San Francisco is now up. Guests are actor John DiMaggio, comedian Moshe Kasher, singer Meredith Edgar, and John’s daughter Margaret who tries to sleep through it all. Lots of relaxing laughs. John sings Metallica. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Live From SF Sketchfest with John DiMaggio, Moshe Kasher, and Meredith Edgar | Maximum Fun
A live in-person performance of Sleeping with Celebrities? At a real theater, the Bayfront Theater, with lights and guests and an audience? At 5pm in the afternoon? Believe it because it happened.
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
One of the best podcasts ever is Song Exploder. We all know this. We welcome that show's host/creator @hrishikesh.co to talk about music a little and mix tapes and really talk quite a lot about paper. You should listen and subsequently sleep. He has a new album! maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Hrishikesh Hirway: Song Exploder / Paper Explorer | Maximum Fun
Out of all the podcasts in the world, and there are dozens, Song Exploder is one of the best and totally unique. Hrishikesh Hirway, well, more deconstructs rather than explodes songs and is joined by ...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Damian Young plays Lisa Kudrow('s character)'s husband in The Comeback on HBO and cares a lot about men's fashion. There's a lot to say about it apparently and you'll fall asleep knowing the difference between an ascot and a neckerchief. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Damian Young from The Comeback Knows More About Neckerchiefs Than You Do | Maximum Fun
Being a professional actor, even a very successful one like Damian Young, comes with a fair amount of time left to your own devices. One could use that time to learn Finnish, master close-up street ma...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Paul Rust was one of the Inglourious Basterds of the Tarantino film. He didn't have any lines but in our interview he demonstrated how he could nod meaningfully. Somehow it comes across on audio. He makes collages. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Inglourious Basterd Paul Rust Made Collages as a Kid and Just Never Stopped | Maximum Fun
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 miss...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
On a new episode, @jordanmorris.bsky.social walks us through the many permutations of Godzilla through the ages, it's gender fluidity, and canonical information like why the pronoun "it" is preferred and how the word for the sound it makes it "skreeonk." maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Jordan Morris on Godzilla Taxonomy and Canonical Use of “Skreeonk.” | Maximum Fun
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 t...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Our host @johnmoe.bsky.social is a Bigfoot obsessive, as is the wonderful actor @realtoddstashwick.bsky.social. Join them for a talk about the big fella, how to do leisurely investigations of him, and whether he's a transdimensional traveler. So you can sleep. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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A Discussion of Bigfoot with Todd Stashwick That Gets a Bit Too Exciting But Then Calms Down | Maximum Fun
Actor Todd Stashwick’s IMDb page is miles long, with appearances in Laws & Orders OG and SVU, Angel, Buffy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Riches, Phineas and Ferb, and Star Trek: Picard and the upcomi...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We're on our way to San Francisco for our first ever LIVE show. We would love to do a slide show of images that make you relaxed and sleepy! Post some in the replies (favorite tea mug? your cat or dog? secret sleep shot of spouse?) and we'll try to get them on stage. WEIRD IS FINE.
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
HEY PLEASE DO JOIN US in San Francisco! Celebrities! Costumes! Maybe a Metallica cover? maximumfun.org/events/live-...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
FRIENDS in the BAY AREA! SATURDAY 1/24 at 4pm at the Bayfront Theater in San Francisco is our first ever LIVE Sleeping with Celebrities. Guests Moshe Kasher and John DiMaggio + music by Meredith Edgar. Jokes! Stories! Choral readings?! Surprises! JOIN OUR FUN! maximumfun.org/events/live-...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Hey our first ever LIVE SHOW is coming to San Francisco NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON! With guests comic Moshe Kasher, actor John DiMaggio, and musician Meredith Edgar! Sorry for YELLING! We're just SO EXCITED!
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Lineup is SET for our first ever LIVE show in San Francisco, 1/24, 4pm, Bayfront Theater part of @sfsketchfest.bsky.social. We'll have: host @johnmoe.bsky.social comedian Moshe Kasher! the hilarious actor John DiMaggio! music from @meredithedgar.bsky.social! sfsketchfest2026.sched.com/event/2BR0A
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SF Sketchfest 2026: Sleeping with Celebrities
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Might keep you awake: There may be a loophole in the U.S. Constitution leading to absolute dictatorship. Will help you sleep: The guy who found it, Gödel, died without revealing it. @jonlovett.bsky.social of Lovett or Leave It and Pod Save America joins us. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Jon Lovett Will Not Reveal How All of America Could Collapse | Maximum Fun
You might know Jon Lovett as the host of the podcast Lovett or Leave It or as one of the hosts of the influential Pod Save America show. On those shows, Jon and others talk about big events in politic...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
We were absolutely delighted to welcome Jodie Sweetin to the program. Of course you know her as Stephanie Tanner from Full House. She tells us all about her love of elaborate Lego sets and the Full House Lego set she's pitching. Stamos? Huge Lego guy. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Jodie Sweetin’s Full House of Legos | Maximum Fun
We understand that for many people, Jodie Sweetin is forever linked to Stephanie Tanner, the character she played for eight years on Full House and four more years on Fuller House. But we doubt Stepha...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This week's episode is a real gift to the hardcore insomniacs who require something heavy duty to conk out. The hilarious Bridger Winegar needs a new iPhone so he examines, deadpan, all the features of every iPhone model ever. It takes nearly 90 minutes. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Bridger Winegar Needs a New iPhone and Will Consider ALL Options | Maximum Fun
Actor and writer Bridger Winegar has appeared in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and as the host of his own delightful podcast I Said No Gifts, where his guests insist on bringing gifts,...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This week, we welcome @myqkaplan.bsky.social who loves his girlfriend Rini, his new comedy special also named Rini, and advice columns. Let him tell you all about the satisfying problem-resolution arc of those while you drift off. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Comic Myq Kaplan Could Use Some Advice. Columns. I Mean, He Likes Advice Columns. | Maximum Fun
The comedian Myq Kaplan has appeared on The Tonight Show, Conan, Late Night with David Letterman, and many other television programs. He also hosts two podcasts, has released comedy albums, and has a ...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Comedy goddess Wendi McLendon-Covey of Reno 911, St Denis Medical, Bridesmaids, and more joins us to put you to sleep with talk of live concerts. You stay in bed, skip the crowds and the noise, and she'll tell you about George Michael in his ripped jeans heyday. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Let’s Go to a Concert with Wendi McLendon-Covey | Maximum Fun
We were so excited (though we kept it subdued) to meet the hilarious Wendi McLendon-Covey from Reno 911!, St Denis Medical, Bridesmaids, and Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar. Wendi enjoys going to conc...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We will grant you that Eddie Pepitone is maybe not the first voice that comes to mind when you imagine soothing dulcet bedtime tones. But he really finds his Sleepyhead voice in this episode when he tries to gain insight into his own shopping habits. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Eddie Pepitone Is One Purchase Away from Happiness | Maximum Fun
You might know Eddie Pepitone from standup stages around the country, as “The Heckling New Yorker” on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, as an actor on Reno 911! or Bob’s Burgers, from his brand new comed...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Travel to sleepland via Quebec as we welcome author and funny person Allison Raskin. She is a deep fan of Inspector Gamache, from the Louise Penny books and Alfred Molina TV depiction. Along the way, we talk about all sorts of Quebecky things. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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You’ll Sleep Better Knowing Inspector Gamache is on the Case, Says Allison Raskin | Maximum Fun
Allison Raskin has a pretty diverse array of interests. She’s a former Buzzfeed video creator, co-host of the podcast Just Between Us, and the author of numerous best-selling books, including Please S...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Halloween is here and it's time to make some sense of things. We're joined by Lindy West and @importantmeagan.bsky.social for a ranking of witches. R0wling witches were not eligible because that wouldn't help you sleep. But Dianne Wiest is in there. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Halloween is Here. Let’s Rank Witches with Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays | Maximum Fun
Look, it’s okay. You’ll be able to sleep just fine. Sure, witches can be scary but keep two things in mind: witches are pretend so they can’t hurt you and some list-making analytical thinking is a gre...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
This week we have Amber Nash, one of the stars of Archer, where she plays Pam Poovey. But Amber isn't a cartoon, she's a real person, with a tremendous fondness for the Vermont Country Store catalog. Let her tell you all about it while you zonk off to sleep. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Amber Nash Takes You To Vermont. Well, a Catalog About Vermont, Anyway. | Maximum Fun
Fans of the long-running animated comedy Archer already know Amber Nash as Pam Poovey, the former H.R. director at ISIS. She has superhuman strength and a dolphin hand puppet. Pam does, not Amber. Amb...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
So great to have @steveagee.bsky.social on the show this week to talk about Meatballs (1979), meatballs (in general), the wonders of summer camp, and the benefit of having a stunt double like Steve has on the hit show Peacemaker. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Added a content warning to tomorrow's show for anyone who doesn't know who Eagly the eagle is.
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Here's a wonderful feeling: interviewing someone, especially someone whose work you really admire, and discovering that they're already a big fan of the show. This happened today with @steveagee.bsky.social from Peacemaker! That's our show on Wednesday.
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Can DC hardcore put you to sleep? It can if it's @romanmars.bsky.social talking about it in his golden dulcet tones. He's the creator and host of @99pi.org. You might say we DESIGNED this episode to put you to sleep. Or you might not. I'm not your ventriloquist. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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A Very Gentle and Mellow Tour of D.C. Hardcore with Roman Mars | Maximum Fun
We grant you that listening to actual D.C. hardcore music will probably not put you into the best state for sleep. The dulcet tones of Roman Mars, however, discussing said scene? Yeah, that ought to d...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This week's show features long descriptions of old commercials with Nathan Pyle, who draws those funny Strange Planet cartoons, as well as host @johnmoe.bsky.social's rundown of all the foster dogs he's taken care of in the last year. That ought to snooze ya. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Nathan Pyle, Strange Planets, Hour Long Blocks of Old Commercials, and Rescue Dogs | Maximum Fun
Host John Moe leads off this episode by extolling the virtues of foster dog caretaking and he enumerates the many dogs his family as tended to in the last year: Cowboy, Bug, Beans, Ducky, Pork Chop, R...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"The Happiness Project" author @gretchenrubin.bsky.social goes to the Met EVERY SINGLE DAY. Except Wednesday. Join her for a relaxing stroll through the museum and learn the best place to nap there on our all-new episode. The docents won't mind. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
How do you stack your taco? Your burger? Where does the meat go? On the bottom, right? Wrong, says J. Kenji López-Alt and he's a food VERY BIG CELEBRITY. He says think of your toppings as BOTTOMINGS. He's our guest to put you to sleep. He even has OLIVE OPINIONS. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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How To Stack Tacos and Burgers With J. Kenji López-Alt Until You Conk Out | Maximum Fun
J. Kenji López-Alt knows more about food than you or I put together. He has won James Beard Awards, contributed to New York Times Cooking and Serious Eats, and his books include The Food Lab: Better H...
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