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Type | Podcast and radio show |
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Country | United States |
Availability | Global |
Key people
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Jesse Thorn |
Affiliation | National Public Radio, Public Radio International (formerly) |
Official website
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Maximum Fun is an independent podcast and radio show production organization founded and run by Jesse Thorn. The organization originated with Thorn's college radio show The Sound of Young America which continued in an adapted format and with a new name, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn. Maximum Fun has since grown to include several other programs.
In May 2014, Rolling Stone included three Maximum Fun shows on its list of "The 20 Best Comedy Podcasts Right Now": Judge John Hodgman, RISK!, and Throwing Shade.
The Adventure Zone is a spin-off of My Brother, My Brother and Me, in which Griffin, Justin, and Travis McElroy play Dungeons & Dragons with their father, Clint.
Baby Geniuses is a weekly interview podcast hosted by comedian Emily Heller and cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt. The first episode was released on August 22, 2012, and the show joined Maximum Fun on September 29, 2014.
Beef and Dairy Network Podcast is a surrealist comedy podcast hosted by Benjamin Partridge, taking the form of a serious companion podcast to a fictional beef and dairy industry trade magazine relating the bizarre happenings in the aforementioned industries.
Bullseye, formerly The Sound of Young America, began as an interview, talk, and sketch comedy radio show at the University of California Santa Cruz. It now follows an interview-only format and is available both as a podcast and via National Public Radio on numerous public radio stations across the United States.