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Maximum Fun is a worker-owned network of artist-owned shows supported--directly--by you. Support your favorite shows at maximumfun.org/join.

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Screenshot of the BoCo management page, showing what the Ad-Free Feeds links look like.
Animated. The robot Clamps from Futurama grimaces and wields its clamp hands.
Google search result for "were you aware of it" returns the table of contents from John Hodgman's book The Areas of My Expertise"
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."
Evan Dorkin's Milk and Cheese comic. It's a one-pager in which Milk and Cheese reenact the movie War of the Gargantuas (by causing carnage and terrorizing the general public). A classic.
A headshot of Matt Braunger is framed by the show art for Walkin' About with Allan McLeod, including a pic of Allan himself walking cheerfully with a backpack on.
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
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
A concrete airport wall. A shadow is cast that looks like the silhouette of Grogu. It’s being cast by a small fire hydrant in the corner of the photo (which was taken by @josephscrimshaw and cropped to poster dimensions). Text reads I WANT TO BELIEVE
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
Guy on the street wearing a Mexico National Team jersey and waving a Mexico flag. Photo taken from our office window
Blister in the Sun lyrics
Laura Swisher works on her laptop on a restaurant patio
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
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
A grizzled pug in an orange bandana that reads "adopt me". She's sitting on a couch and her little ears are up.
Person wearing T-shaped Shirt, crossing arms, looking up and to their left where there is presumably something very pleasing indeed
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.
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."
The full array of keychains available in the sale. Descriptions at maximumfun.org/keychains
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."
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.
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.
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.
John and Jesse counting audience members to see how many would have to upgrade to put them on a boat
Jordan and Emily of Free With Ads
Jeremy Bent and Oscar Montoya nearly but not quite knocked off their chairs with shock
Jeremy Bent and Oscar Montoya join John Hodgman and Jesse Thorn on stage at the MaxFunDrive finale show
A big stack of pizzas. Not pictured: delicious smell
Janet, John, and Jesse on stage
A shiny copperish challenge coin featuring Mikey, the MFD26 mascot, and the words MFD 2026 PODCAST JUSTICE
Richard wears a MaxFun sandwich board and walks the streets of Los Angeles, dispensing podcast recommendations. Captions in video
Mikey the anthropomorphic microphone watches the MaxFunDrive counter tick over to 10,000, rushes to Mount Progress, and climbs to 10,000
Griffin McElroy does enthusiastic crotch chops to celebrate MaxFunDrive reaching 10,000 new, upgrading, and boosting members. Travis looks on in amazement and Justin smiles at God
Ify, Sierra, and Mike in studio talking about the last day of MaxFunDrive. Captions in video
My actual desktop, with Photoshop, Slack, and Bluesky open, plus a pizza rotating gently in the lower right corner
yellow and black sign reading 1 DAYS SINCE LAST TIME WE LOCKED THE CEO IN THE ELEVATOR
Friday, May 1 Livestream Finale Relay. 3pm PT McElroy Pizza Party, 4pm PT The Flop House, 5pm PT TV Chef Fantasy League, 6pm PT Mission to Zyxx, 7pm PT MFD Podcast Justice.
Yellow and black warning sign reads: 0 DAYS SINCE LAST TIME WE LOCKED THE CEO IN THE ELEVATOR
Kevin Ferguson  [2:53 PM] Bye losers Kira  [2:53 PM] Kevin is free?!! Christian Dueñas  [2:53 PM] yea looks like the guy hit it with a wrench a few times danny  [2:53 PM] spat raghu  [2:53 PM] if we get to 16000 members we can lock kevin back in the elevator
A google search for "average time stuck in elevator" returns the probably fake AI information that most people stuck in an elevator are rescued withing 30 to 60 minutes. There is a graphic of one open elevator door and one closed one. A giant hand descend from the top of the frame to press the elevator button
guys pointing and making soyface meme, pasted over a POV shot of a human arm and hand pointing at the MaxFun elevator
Guy flexing graveside meme. Mikey, the anthropomorphic microphone, has been pasted over the flexing guy. A photo of the elevator is pasted over the gravestone
Christian Dueñas: kevin rn [screencap of Dwight from The Office in an elevator saying "and we have to establish a pee corner"] Kevin: Why am I Dwight You jackals are laughing at me I can hear you!!!
MFD '26 is on! 8007 of 16,000 goal
A wide array of keychains style. Descriptions for each can be found at maximumfun.org/keychains.
i personally subscribe to maxfun, just as i subscribe to 404, defector, and the onion. if i want those outlets to continue doing what they do, and i do, i am willing to pay
A St. Bernard sitting in the grass with a very stylish visor on his head. The visor is covering his eyes, to comical effect
A sugar-faced little dog stands in front of an MTV-style MFD sign and a blue water bottle with Mikey, the anthropomorphic microphone, on it. The dog (named Inji) has his adorable wee tongue out.
A smiling anthropomorphic microphone character holds a microphone and waves. Text reads MAXIMUM FUN. The keychain is a red circle with white stripes and a teal center.
A big pile of paper cut out goats. Each goat has its tongue out and anatomically correct eyes. The effect is cheerful but unnerving
Matching Members! Become a matching member by pledging to give a small amount of money for each new member who joins MaxFunDrive on a certain day. It'll help cover some of the costs of the Drive and will insire folks to become members to suport their favorite shows that day! Just email membership@maximumfun.org to start.
The video demonstrates what it looks like to go through the membership process at maximumfun.org/quickstart
Gift a membership to an anonymous MaxFunster. Go to maximumfun.org/gift-card and check this box. "I'd like to buy a $5 membership for an anonymous MaxFunster.
MFD '26 is on! 5,001 of 16,000 Goal!
Christian tells the story of a very special Jordan, Jesse, Go! MaxFunDrive stretch goal. Captions in video