International Waters

Yes you read that right, we are bringing back International Waters! We'll have a full episode ready for you soon, but for now enjoy this sneak peek at a future episode with Jordan Adika and Allan McLeod! 

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

It's finally here. For MaxFunDrive 2025, we promised to make the Troubled Waters North Hollywood Special. Did we know what it was when we said that? Not at all! We're Walkin' About North Hollywood and talking about our favorite landmarks, architecture, weirdo stories, and hey maybe there's even a love connection! 

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Christian Dueñas would like to plug MaxFun and The Stacks and recommends Lonely People with Power by Deafheaven and The Bearlympics at The Eagle

Riley Silverman would like to plug Horror Not Hate and recommends The Joy Who...

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Our friends and former writers for International Waters, Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan join Dave for a throwback episode where we play some of our favorite IW games from back in the day!

This week, we are replaying some of our favorite holiday segments from previous Troubled Waters eps. Featuring Alison Rosen, Jacob Givens, Mike Castle, Joey Greer, Des Bishop, Joel Stein, Danielle Perez, Jessica Sele, Drennon Davis, and Shawn Carter! If you liked these segments, check out the full episodes in our archives!  

Stay tuned to the very end for a quick announcement and we will see you in the new year! 

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This week, our friends Devan Joseph and Noah Friedman of No Such Thing join Dave for some holiday rebuses, terribly named carols, and awful Christmas presents. 

Noah Friedman would like to plug No Such Thing and recommends Broken Homes and Gardens by Michael Hurley

Devan Joseph would also like to plug No Such Thing and recommends No Easy Fix

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Our friends Amber Nash and Dimitry Pompée join Dave for distorted music trivia, strange Trader Joe's foodstuffs, and trivial confessions at the Thanksgiving table!

Amber Nash would like to plug RePhrasing: An Archer ReWatch Podcast and recommends Amy Sedaris on Instagram

Dimitry Pompée would like to plug Eurovangelists and recommends Old Dog New Tricks

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week, our friends Jenny Zigrino and Caleb Zeringue join Dave for some Taylor Swift chord progressions, alien trivia, and Dr Seuss/Decemberists lyricism

Caleb Zeringue would like to plug his upcoming tour dates and Luigi the Musical and recommends Gianmarco Soresi

Jenny Zigrino would like to plug her upcoming tour dates and Jen-Z and recommends Caitlin Peluffo

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week, our friends Teri Gamble and Anastasia Washington join us for our annual Troubled Waters Halloween Spooktacular! 

Teri Gamble would like to plug Horror X and Horror Movie Survival Guide and recommends I Know What You Need

Anastasia Washington would like to plug Gaslighter and recommends Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story and Harriet Tubman Demon Slayer

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week our friends Jack Lawler and Douglas Widick join Dave for Time Warping, gangster/social media star names, and wrestler movie star trivia. 

Jack Lawler would like to plug The Daily Friday and recommends Could Be The Move

Douglas Widick would like to plug Paperclip and recommends Taylor Janney-Rovin

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! 

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This week our friend Mary Houlihan and Ben Katzner join Dave for some fun in the sun as we say goodbye to summer! 

Ben Katzner would like to plug Troll Hole and Supple Harlot and recommends Mike Lester, Kelsey Cook, and Sam Evans

Mary Houlihan would like to plug her upcoming tour dates and recommends Dan Perlman

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend Teeny Tiny by Joey Greer

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This week, our friends Jordan Morris and Meghan Fitzmartin join Dave for Riverdale musicals, New Yorker cartoon captioning, and some good ol fashioned comic book knowledge bidding.

Meghan Fitzmartin would like to plug Mary Sue and recommends Marian Heretic, both out October 8th

Jordan Morris would like to plug Predator Black White and Blood 4, Venom 252, and recommends Celebrity Family Feud

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! 

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This week, our friends Mary Kate Wiles vs Sean Persaud join Dave for some comic strip theme songs, film adaptations, and memorable quotes from Agnes van Rhijn. 

Mary Kate Wiles would like to plug Shipwrecked Comedy and The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and recommends Blue Prince

Sean Persaud would like to plug The Librarians: The Next Chapter and also recommends Blue Prince

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend @pk_late_bloomer

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This week, our friends Denise Winkelman and Bobby Dolan join Dave for some half hearted apologies, body swapped trivia, and Weird Al polka covers.

Bobby Dolan would like to plug Could Be The Move and recommends @fauxtivational_speaker

Denise Winkelman would like to plug Bougie on a Budget and recommends Lioness on Paramount+

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend Jimmy and Stiggs

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This week, our MaxFun friends Tom Lum and Christian Duguay join Dave for lesser known Superman/Fantastic Four cohorts, Oasis and Green Day song trivia, and Pixar sequel pitches.

Tom Lum would like to plug Let's Learn Everything and Our Findings and recommends A Guide to Making Friends in the Fourth Dimension 

Christian Duguay would like to plug Valley Heat and his upcoming live show at Largo and recommends Jennifer Coolidge in The White Lotus 

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend Brenda Dickson

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During the 2025 MaxFunDrive, we promised yall if we reach our support stretch goal, we'd make a special D&D episode! Well, we reached that goal and got right to work. Join Dave Holmes, Riley Silverman, John-Luke Roberts, producer Christian, and special guest Austin Taylor of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries on a rip roaring musical adventure! 

DM'd by Riley Silverman, recorded remotely over Zoom and in Los Angeles at MaxFun HQ and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week, our MaxFun friends Katie Goldin and John Moe join Dave for some Pixar films, custom popcorn buckets, and Muppet music trivia

Katie Goldin would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and Creature Feature and recommends Pants 

John Moe would like to plug Depresh Mode, Sleeping with Celebrities, his band Math Emergency, and his upcoming class at The Loft and recommends Elderberry Wine by Wednesday

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week, our MaxFun friends Helen Hong and Kevin Avery join Dave for Nintendo trivia, LGBTQ+ anthems, and Sesame Street pitches.

Helen Hong would like to plug Go Fact Yourself and Belly Laughs Festival

Kevin Avery would like to plug Maximum Film and The Great North and recommends Kara Morgan

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week, our friends Teri Gamble and Jessica Lynn Verdi join Dave for TV spinoff trivia, improvised song sequels, and movie sequel bidding wars.

Teri Gamble would like to plug Horror Movie Survival Guide and Horror X and recommends Today in Gay 

Jessica Lynn Verdi would like to plug Mission Log: The Orville and recommends Naming Your Little Geek and Amanda Troop

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week, our guests Shanna Christmas and Mangesh Hattikudur join Dave Holmes for some songs about women in interesting places, cornfield horror flicks, and Sanrio character trivia.

Shanna Christmas would like to plug her upcoming special Highly Intelligent and her monthly comedy show and recommends The Comedy Reviewers

Mangesh Hattikudur would like to plug Part Time Genius and recommends From Ted to Tom

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week, our guests Riley Silverman and Amy Spalding join Dave Holmes for some cubic trivia, wordcloud karaoke, and tax write off justifications. 

Riley Silverman would like to plug Tales From The Vortex and recommends The Joy Who Lived

Amy Spalding would like to plug On Her Terms and recommends Cover Story by Celia Laskey

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend Pete Zias 

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This week our friends Oscar Montoya and Mike Drucker join Dave for some garbled videogame tunes, Wario-ized celebrities, and videogame movie trivia. 

Mike Drucker would like to plug Good Game No Rematch and recommends Two Point Museum

Oscar Montoya would like to plug Eurovangelists and Drag Her! and recommends Infinity Nikki

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend Cotton Crown by The Tubs

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For MaxFunDrive 2025 we thought it'd be fun to release an older piece of bonus content from behind the paywall! Enjoy! 

Here's a little sneak peek at this year's bonus content! It's a Motivational Speeches special, featuring a ton of MaxFun favorites!  

If you'd like to hear the rest, go on over to maximumfun.org/join  and become a member TODAY! It's the MaxFunDrive, the one time of year where your dollar goes the furthest! Get great gifts and support the shows you love! 

It's MaxFunDrive time again!!! If you like Troubled Waters and want to support the show, become a member of Maximum Fun! You can join for as low as $5/month and get access to some great bonus content from us and every show on Maximum Fun! 

This week, MaxFun hosts Allan McLeod and Dimitry Pompee join Dave for some celebrity name bidding, Shrek recasting, and Irish town names.

Dimitry Pompee would like to plug Curses! Be@rBrick and Eurovangelists and recommends Our Ancestors Were Messy

Allan McLeod would like to plug Walkin' About and T...

It’s not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV's Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Break-themed mini games!!

Featuring: Dave Holmes, Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya, Dimitry Pompée, Tom Lum, Ellen Weatherford, Alex Schmidt, Brenda Snell, Drea Clark, Alonso Duralde, Dan McCoy, Jordan Morris, Manolo Moreno, Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper, Ella McLeod, John-Luke Roberts, Justin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Mike Cabellon, Sierra Katow, Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford, John Moe, Christian Dueñas, Christian Duguay.

This week, our friends Daniel Van Kirk and Brian Konowal join Dave for some acceptance speeches, celebrity/veggie combos, and songs about winning and losing.

Brian Konowal would like to plug 1923 season 2 and recommends Starling Street and the podcast Guardians of the Palaxy

Daniel Van Kirk would like to plug his upcoming tour dates, his special Rose Gold, his podcast The Midnight Air, and the movie Wine Club and recommends Squid Game Season 2

Dave is on Bluesky and would like to recommend Beyond the Gates

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This week our friends Erin Judge and Jenny Chalikian join Dave for some motivational speeches, Sparks songs vs This American Life episodes, and twin/vampire trivia.

Erin Judge would like to plug Romantic Comedy at the Ripped Bodice and Queens of the Dead and recommends Tomas Matos  

Jenny Chalikian would also like to plug Romantic Comedy at the Ripped Bodice and recommends Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

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This week our friends Zabeth Russell and Mel Stephens join Dave for some celebrity portmanteaus, Robbie Williams weirdo lyrics, and some dystopian airlines. 

Mel Stephens would like to plug Overshare Comedy and recommends the concept of Daniel Van Kirk

Zabeth Russell would like to plug Community Cookbook Roundup and Fiasco at the Elysian and recommends Chicken Nugget

Dave is on Bluesky!

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We weren't able to record the show this week because of the ongoing LA wildfires, but we made a clip show for yall with some of our favorite segments with fellow MaxFun hosts! Featuring our pals Manolo Moreno, Renee Colvert, Ella McLeod, Tom Lum, Brenda Snell, Jackie Kashian, Dimitry Pompee, and Katie Goldin! 

Dave is on Bluesky!

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Happy New Year! Our friends  Danielle Koenig and Ben Paddon join Dave for some 2023/2024 trivia, music turning 25 years old, and give a year-in-review  for 2025. 

Ben Paddon would like to plug Good Chaotic and Jump Leads and recommends Stitches in Time

Danielle Koenig would like to plug How To Survive with Danielle and Kristine and recommends Go Fact Yourself

Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week our friends Jacob Givens and Des Bishop join Dave for our annual Troubled Waters Holiday Spectacular! We get into Muppets Christmas Carol, Hallmark Christmas movies, and do our best to pretend to like some very bad gifts.

Jacob Givens would like to plug his podcast Waterproof Records

Des Bishop would like to plug his upcoming live dates and his podcast Berner Phone and recommends Down with Tech by Nathan Macintosh and Brave by Raanna Hershberg

Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week, our friends Matthew Broussard and Gregory Lay join Dave for some word cloud singing, Zucc puns, and Tickle Me Elmo trivia. 

Matthew Broussard would like to plug his special Hyperbolic and recommends 3Blue1Brown

Gregory Lay would like to plug Greg in LA and recommends Tom Sibley's Substack

Dave is on Bluesky! 

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This week our pals Chris Grace and Jordan Morris join Dave for some mundane Thanksgiving revelations, learn about some colorful characters, and hear a few new turkey noises.

Jordan Morris would like to plug Free With Ads, Jordan Jesse Go, and Youth Group and recommends Family Time by Thien Pham

Chris Grace would like to plug  Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson and Sardines recommends I Saw The TV Glow

Dave would like to recommend Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink

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This week, our pals Danielle Radford and Allen Strickland Williams join Dave for some real and fake villainous books, motivational speeches, and punny biopics.

Allen Strickland Williams would like to plug his new album Ran Through and recommends No Name by Jack White

Danielle Radford would like to plug Goblin Mode and her Dropout appearances and recommends The Bell Witches by Lindsey Kelk 

Dave would like to recommend Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink

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This week, our MaxFun pals Oscar Montoya and Mallory O'Meara join Dave for spooky movie pitches, sexy monster lingerie, and music about ghosts and butts. 

Oscar Montoya would like to plug Eurovangelists and recommends Brain Damage, Frankenhooker, and Basket Case

Mallory O'Meara would like to plug Reading Glasses and the upcoming books Daughter of Daring and The No-Pressure Book Journal. Mallory recommends Brea Grant's short film MLM 

Dave would like to recommend  Jimmy and Stiggs

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This week, our MaxFun pals Steven Ray Morris and Brenda Snell join Dave for some witchy trivia, bootleg zoo animals, and Mandy Moore appreciation. 

Steven Ray Morris would like to plug See Jurassic Right and Jordan, Jesse, Go, and recommends  Video Visions at Videoteque

Brenda Snell would like to plug Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries and recommends Ann Reardon's YouTube channel

Dave would like to recommend The Camp 100 by Simon Doonan

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Our friends Megan Sass and Mike Cabellon join Dave for some celebrity/toy biopics, an "It" musical, and critique some bad dishes. 

Mike Cabellon would like to plug TV Chef Fantasy League and recommends Artisan LA Jewelry

Megan Sass would like to plug Recolonizers and recommends Kinky Comedy

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.Dave would like to recommend Van Gogh by Mette

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This week, it's another MaxFun crossover! Dimitry Pompee of Eurovangelists and Katie Goldin of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating join Dave for some ChatGPT reviews, fake locations roll call, and a list of things you can and cannot touch.

Katie would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and Creature Feature and recommends Dane Pavitt's bird dino sounds

Dimitry would like to plug Eurovangelists and recommends Here We Go

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.

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MAXFUN CROSSOVER ALERT! 

Our MaxFun friends Ella Hubber and Alex Schmidt join Dave for drag queen/marijuana strain trivia, back to school movie "facts" and songs about dogs and summer.

Alex Schmidt would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and SIF LIVE in London and recommends David Squires

Ella Hubber would like to plug Let's Learn Everything and Unstoppable and recommends Tom Lum's video about carbon dating

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. 

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