Troubled Waters

Asterios Kokkinos, Renee Colvert, Carrie Quinlan and Jon Blyth join host, Dave Holmes for topical jokes, festive slash/fic and Christmas crackers.

You can let us know what you think of International Waters and suggest guests through our Facebook group or on Twitter.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and GuiltFreePost in London, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson.

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Brock Wilbur, Rye Silverman, Humphrey Ker and Ingrid Oliver join host, Dave Holmes for pop culture quizzing as well as chat about pizza eating, sex tech and fictional bands from Law and Order.

Get in touch through our Facebook group or on Twitter.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson.

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Allegra Ringo, Kevin Dorff, Josie Long and Thomas Nelstrop join host, Dave Holmes for transatlantic pop culture quizzing and face-friendship.

Allegra Ringo is on Twitter @AllegraRingo and wants to plug her own MaxFun podcast Can I Pet Your Dog and her Fast and Furious parody show which is playing at the UCB Sunset in LA on December 14th at 5.30pm. Allegra recommends the FX comedy show You're The Worst.

Kevin Dorff wants to plug Review on Comedy Central, which he's been writing for and recommends Showtime's The Jam About The Young Idea.

Josie Long recommends the new Joanna Newsom album and the British comedians Nish Kumar, Sara Pascoe and James Acaster.

Thomas Nelstrop in on Twitter @ThomasNelstrop and recommends The Smokes at the UCB.

Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes and hosts his live quiz show, The Friday Forty at LA’s Meltdown Theatre on the second Friday of every month.

You can let us know what you think of International Waters and suggest guests through our Facebook group or on Twitter.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson.

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Amber Tozer, Nate Craig, James Bachman and Sarah Morgan join Dave Holmes for trending hashtags, Nazi references and a charm contest.

Written by Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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It's Maximum Fun's #GreatSwitcheroo, so Kevin Allison from the RISK! podcast takes over hosting duties this week and is joined by New York-based comics Myka Foxx, Judah Friedlander, Dave Hill and Jenny Jaffe.

Plugs and recommendations: Myka Foxx is on social media as @MykaFox and wants to plug her podcast This Week in Jackin' which is over with our pals at the Cave Comedy Radio podcasting network.

Judah Friedlander wants to plug his new book If The Raindrops United. He's on Twitter as @JudahWorldChamp and you can find more info about his live dates etc. at JudahFriedlander.com. Judah recommends a documentary about Japanese host boys calledThe Great Happiness Space.

Dave Hill is opening for Snoop Dogg October 23rd in Austin and he wants to plug his debut comedy album Let Me Turn You On. Dave recommends Bobcat Goldthwaite's new film Call Me Lucky, Adam Resnick's new book Will Not Attend and the music of Mike Adams At His Honest Weight.

Jenny Jaffe is on twitter @JennyJaffe and wants to plug her mental heath non-profit Project U R OK and recommends The American Scream home haunts documentary which is currently streaming on Netflix.

And finally, our guest host Kevin Allison is on Twitter @TheKevinAllison and hosts, RISK! on MaximumFun. Kevin would like to recommend the documentary Very Young Girls.

You can let us know what you think of International Waters and suggest guests through our Facebook group or on Twitter.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and GuiltFreePost in London, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson.

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Matt Braunger, Brandie Posey, Carrie Quinlan and David Quantick join host, Dave Holmes to talk about slutty Halloween costumes and simian selfies. Plus #BaeOfPigs, #PizzaRat and #LammilyMenstruation.

Links: Matt Braunger wants to plug his new special Big Dumb Animal which is out now on Netflix, his own podcast Ding-Donger with Matt Braunger and the Ding-Donger live tour. Matt recommends the music of Open Mike Eagle.

Brandie Posey wants to plug the New Album she's about to release, her podcast Lady to Lady and the live show she tours Picture this. Brandie recommends the music of The Melbourne Ska Orchestra.

Carrie Quinlan wants to plug the sketch show she's about to tour, John Finnemore's Souvenir Cabin and recommends "the Australian Orange is the New Black" Wentworth which is currently on Netflix.

David Quantick didn't want to plug anything except the fact that he just won an Emmy, but you can also find his books on Amazon.

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes and hosts his live quiz show, The Friday Forty at LA’s Meltdown Theatre on the second Friday of every month.

You can let us know what you think of International Waters and suggest guests through our Facebook group or on Twitter.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and GuiltFreePost in London, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson.

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Lauren Ashley Bishop, Julia Prescott, Stephen K Amos and Nadia Kamil join host, Dave Holmes royal celebrations, TV detectives and a debate over transatlantic pianist sex symbols. 

Lauren Ashley Bishop wants to plug her fall tour, you can find out more by following her on Twitter and recommends Steen Raskopoulos' new BBC show Top Coppers.

Julia Prescott wants to plug Everything's Coming Up Podcast and recommends joining Josh Androsky's campaign to encourage people to donate to planned parenthood in the name of Ted Cruz.

Stephen K Amos is about to tour Australia and also recommends Steen Raskopoulos' show Top Coppers.

Nadia Kamil is on Twitter @NadiaKamil and wants everyone to donate to CalAid.

Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes and hosts his live quiz show, The Friday Forty at LA’s Meltdown Theatre on the second Friday of every month.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson.

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Maddox, Robin Higgins, Megan Koester and Josh Androsky join Dave Holmes as Vice Magazine takes on The Biggest Problem in the Universe, in a pop culture battle royal.

Written by Asterios Kokkinos with Justine Barron. MaximumFun.org

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Allegra Ringo , Renee Colvert, Andie Bolt and Travis McElroy join Dave Holmes to determine which podcast is better, Can I Pet Your Dog? or Bunker Buddies.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Amanda Meadows, Keith Powell, Ingrid Oliver and James Bachman join Dave Holmes for tea drinking, hipster food trends and weird beauty treatments.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Colin Anderson. MaximumFun.org

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Zabeth Russell, Solomon Georgio, Matt Kirshen and Susy Kane join Dave Holmes for Noughties nostalgia, superheroes and a which country’s the worst throwdown. Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Chris Fairbanks, Eliza Skinner, Lynn Ferguson and Tom Bell join Dave Holmes in studio for comedy quiz questions about the news, TripAdvisor reviews of transatlantic tourist attractions and some steamy collaborative slash-fic.. Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Paul F. Tompkins, Janie Haddad-Tompkins , Nadia Kamil and Helen Zaltzman join Dave Holmes up in Lake Arrowhead to face questions about Kate Moss, exploding creatures and classic summer movies.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Brian Unger, Zabeth Russell, Thom Tuck and Wendy Wason join Dave Holmes for pop culture quizzing and talk of dad bods, Usher and the smell of Benedict Cumberbatch.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos.

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Paul Provenza, Bridgid Ryan, Helen Zaltzman and Arnab Chanda join Dave Holmes to answer questions about dad bods, viral videos and civet poop coffee.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Chris Fairbanks, Karen Kilgariff, Holly Walsh and Tony Way join Dave Holmes for weird ice-cream tasting, 90s pop and Thomas the Tank engine slash fic.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Biz Ellis, Humphrey Ker and Laura Solon join Dave Holmes for Biz Ellis, Humphrey Ker and Laura Solon join Dave Holmes for jentacular delights, transatlantic commercials and human centipedes.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Emily Maya Mills, Brandon Barrick, Alice Lowe and Andy Riley join Dave Holmes for pop culture quizzing and a run down of some of the worst sitcom adaptations to ever try to cross the Atlantic.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos.

MaximumFun.org

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Dana Gould, Beth Stelling, Robin Ince and Susy Kane join Dave Holmes.

Which birds of prey should you avoid including in your novel and which will give you a bitchy look? How do you ruin an Englishman’s day? And can Beth or Susy get a word in while Robin and Dana are talking about Hammer Horror films?

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Erin Gibson, Bryan Safi, Matt Kirshen and Sarah Morgan join Dave Holmes for a show taped live at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in LA. Written by Asterios Kokkinos with help from Justine Barron. MaximumFun.org

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Jemaine Clement, Guy Branum and Megan Koester join Dave Holmes for Sleeping Tapes, Vampires and Antipodean #FirstWorldProblems. Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Dave Ross, Zabeth Russell, Lynn Ferguson and Chris Martin join Dave Holmes to joke about bear tits, the coconut dog and why 30 years ago sucked. Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Kyle Kinane, Eliza Skinner, Brendan Dodds and Lou Sanders join Dave Holmes to learn about Teen drug trends and British sex things.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos.

MaximumFun.org

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Amelie Gillette, Travis McElroy, Pippa Evans and James Acaster join Dave Holmes for an end of 2014 special.

We discuss favourite falling down videos, argue over which nation has claim over Nicki Minaj’s butt, make a weird number of references to Sister Act and did we mention the paedos?

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos.

MaximumFun.org

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Erin McGathy, Chris Fairbanks, Cariad Lloyd and Paul Foxcroft join Dave Holmes for our Christmas special, sharing stories of grandmothers’ biscuits, the Danish word for squirrel and Santa’s washboard ass.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. A MaximumFun.org Podcast.

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Ep 39: Turner and Satan and Hooch

Brian Fernandes, Jackie Kashian, Simon Kane and Helen Zaltzman join Dave Holmes to call out the first un-funny Canadian, identify terrible Christmas songs and reminisce about a thing called Dido. Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Asterios Kokkinos, Amanda Meadows, Andy Zaltzman and Josie Long join Dave Holmes for ice-cream tasting, extreme wildlife shows and slash/fic.

As our respective nations mark Veterans and Remembrance Day, Baskin Robins has released a really inappropriate tribute. Doc Brown and The Doctor get sensual and consensual. Plus we ask: do sharks have taints?

Written by Sarah Morgan

A Maximum Fun production

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Craig Cackowski, Janie Haddad Tompkins Tompkins, Carrie Quinlan and David Quantick join Dave Holmes for crisp tasting, Dylan slating and gangster film translating.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Baby Geniuses Emily Heller and Lisa Hanawalt take on Stop Podcasting Yourself’s Dave Shumka and Graham Clark in our first ever MaxFunWeek special.

We’ve got cameos from fellow Maximum Fun podcasts One Bad Mother, Judge John Hodgman, Lady to Lady, MBMBaM and JJGo! Plus everyone’s sick from the recent Blood Moon and is that a luxury recording yacht we see out the window?

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Sean Conroy, Starlee Kine, Glenn Wool and Jessica Young join Dave Holmes for comedy quizzing and banter.

Canada takes on the USA. Can the teams distinguish their gay coming-of-age movies from their Yankee Candles? Who or what is Sleepytime Peach? And which country is more to blame for Justin Bieber?

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos.

MaximumFun.org

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Nate Craig, Santina Muha, Sophie Black and Fergus Craig join Dave Holmes for Bud Light Chelada tasting, transcontinental sex party news and a sad farewell to summer.

The teams brainstorm obsolete technology that Apple could revive, filthy British TV adaptations and Nate explains how the LA comedy scene likes to celebrate Independence day on the beach. 

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. MaximumFun.org

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Brent Forrester, Danielle Ward, Nadia Kamil and Shawn Pearlman join Dave Holmes for pop-culture quizzing, seasonal coffee, buttsteaks and TV detectives.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org.

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Adrian Poynton, Bridgid Ryan, David Park and Humphrey Ker join host, Dave Holmes for comedy quizzing and daytime drinking. Everyone’s together in the MaxFun LA studio and we bone-on for national anthems, learn about the now serving of camel milk in Third Wave cafes and get nerdy with guessed etymology and a sci-fi round. Have a listen and spread the word, ya goof! 

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org.

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Phill Jupitus, Sadie Hasler, Rhea Butcher and Adam Conover join host Dave Holmes to joke about the rude image currently branded on British Milkybars, whether this is the right time for Phill to make his sexual switch and why Back to the Future III was such a ground-breaking film.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org.

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Ep 30: Barf! No Points!

Dave Ross, David Reed, Gemma Whelan and JC Coccoli join host Dave Holmes for the comedy quiz where land laws do not apply. Find out what JC really thinks about Mussolini, what Gemma had to do in her Game of Thrones audition and which app is like Tinder, but for Canadians.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org.

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Tara Ariano, Stephen K Amos, David T Cole and Kayleigh Llewellyn join hostDave Holmes for the comedy quiz where land laws do not apply.

Find out what a Bagpuss is, what Dave Holmes thought of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and who all has rickets. 

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org.

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Ep 28: Kenny G Lane

Alison StevensonBarunka O’Shaughnessy, Chris Fairbanks and Tom Meeten join host Dave Holmes for the comedy quiz where land laws do not apply, with talk of toilet contests, lyrics about streets and why you should never stir a baby.

Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org.

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Judith Shelton, Sean O'Connor, Helen Zaltzman & Dan Tetsell join host Dave Holmes for puns, lost in translation TV transfers and more discussion of British soap Coronation Street. Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos, produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org.

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Angela Barnes, Jamie Kaler, Justin Moorhouse and Tess Barker join host Dave Holmes for blue jokes, chips vs. crisps and a cheeky Vimto.

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Brandie Posey, Matt Knudsen, Nick Doody and Susan Murray join host, Dave Holmes, for pop-culture quizzing, 90s nostalgia, junk food contemplation and how Spitty McGee managed to stutter that. Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. Produced by Colin Anderson and Jennifer Marmor. More information at MaximumFun.org.

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Erin Gibson, Jake Weisman, Michael Legge and Rachel Parris join host Dave Holmes for pop-culture quizzing plus Game of Thrones chat, imperial apologies and the secrets of proper, Irish pizza. Written by Sarah Morgan and Asterios Kokkinos. Produced by Colin Anderson and Jennifer Marmor. Follow us on Twitter @IWPod. More information @Maximumfun.org.

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April Richardson, Gabe Delahaye, Josie Long & Tom Bell join host, Dave Holmes for the transatlantic comedy quiz show where land laws do not apply.

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Ep 22: Why Choose the Battenberg?

Barbara Gray, John-Luke Roberts, Pippa Evans and Zach Sherwin join host, Dave Holmes for the transatlantic comedy quiz where land laws do not apply. Donate to support the production of International Waters here.

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Derek Miller, Lucy Montgomery, Tony Way and Zabeth Russell join host Dave Holmes to talk Game of Thrones dong, try to identify some songs about cities and solve a bunch of first world problems. Written by Sarah Morgan and Jordan Morris. Produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson.

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Ep 20: The Fire that Engulfs the Wood

Beth Stelling, Matt Braunger, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Thom Tuck join host Dave Holmes to fight for the title of “Greatest country in the world, this week” via the medium of popculture comedy quiz. Talk of Cornish pasties, double-takes, bad accents and Super Bowl commercials. Written by Sarah Morgan and Jordan Morris. Produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson.

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Kimberly Clark, Jasper Redd, Danielle Ward and Chris Neill all join Dave Holmes for our stupid transatlantic pop-culture quiz.

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James Bachman, Katy Brand, Ricky Carmona and Rhea Butcher join new host Dave Holmes to decide which nation is better out of the UK and US, through the medium of comedy quiz.

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Jesse Thorn has a big announcement about the future of International Waters.

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Guest host, Jordan Morris takes the helm with Josie Long & Matt Kirshen competing against Dave Hill & Jesse Thorn.

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Guest host, Dave Holmes is joined by Cariad Lloyd, Joel Morris, Jonah Ray and Kulap Vilaysack in our 16th attempt to determine which country is better, Britain or the USA. Engineered by Jennifer Marmor and Stewart Barnes, written by Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan and produced by Colin Anderson.

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Cameron Esposito, Rob Huebel, Humphrey Ker and Nat Luurtsema join host Jesse Thorn for a distinctly dirty episode of the comedy quiz show where land laws do not apply. You're welcome, posterity.

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Janet Varney, Ricky Carmona, Matthew Crosby & Helen Zaltzman join host Jesse Thorn to answer pop-culture questions and joke around. Written by Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan. Produced by Colin Anderson.

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Dana Gould, Maeve Higgins, Jackie Kashian and Howard Read join host Jesse Thorn and special guest Rebecca Dana to talk gooches, rabbis and celebrity baby names. Written by Sarah Morgan and Jordan Morris, produced by Colin Anderson

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Eliza Skinner, John Finnemore, Jonah Ray and Roisin Conaty join guest host Cameron Esposito, to uncover the British equivalents to hay-riding and Kim Kardashian.

Special guest Julie Klam tells us about her new book Friendkeeping: A Field Guide to the People You Love, Hate and Can’t Live Without and is incredibly tolerant of Eliza’s latest comic character.

Engineered by Lindsay Pavlas and Chris Morris, written by Jordan Morris and Tom Neenan and produced by Colin Anderson.

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Recorded live from the inaugural MaxFunConEast, International Waters 11 sees Canada and the USA finally face off against each other.

Special guest Michael Ian Black dropped in, with Stop Podcasting Yourself’s Dave Shumka and Graham Clark squaring up against America’s Carol Kolb and Jordan Morris.

Thanks to Alex Adan, Brennan Bullock, Tina McElmoyl and Rebecca O’Malley for helping with the recording.

Written by Sarah Morgan, Jordan Morris, Rob Lim and Colin Anderson. Hosted by Jesse Thorn.

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North vs. South (California). Representing SoCal: Jordan Morris and Barbara Gray, for NorCal: James Reichmuth and Natasha Muse. Plus special guest, San Francisco comedy legend Mal Sharpe! Written by Sarah Morgan with additional material from Jordan Morris and producer Colin Anderson.

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Australian comedian Claudia O’Doherty combines forces with Robin Ince to create the Commonwealth mega-team needed to take on America’s Greg Proops and Robin Thede. 

There’s film geekery, a disco-ball crisis and the term PaparaPicazzo, plus special guest from new BBC America series “Copper”, Tom Weston-Jones. Written by Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan, hosted by Jesse Thorn and produced by Colin Anderson.

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Paul F. Tompkins, Andy Zaltzman, Cameron Esposito and Nadia Kamil join host Jesse Thorn and special guest Craig Brown in the pop-culture quiz show where land laws do not apply.

There’s a lot of harking back to the Olympics, talk of outside the beltway credentials and do you know which film features Dennis Quaid as Steve Martin as Bill Clinton?

Plus British Satirist Craig Brown calls in to talk about his new book which is either called “One on One” if you’re British or “Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings” if you’re American.

Our theme music is USA Vs. White Noise by Ladytron and we’ve used Haul In The Bowline by dead parrot under Creative Commons license. Thanks to both for letting us use their work.

Engineered at MaxFunHQ, Hollywood, California by Nick White with help from Lindsey Pavlis and at Guilt Free Post, London by Chris Morris. Special guests booked by Julia Smith, Development Director, Theresa Thorn. Thanks to Rosanna Arbon for helping to mix the show. Written by Sarah Morgan and Jordan Morris, produced by Colin Anderson

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Holly Walsh, Jordan Morris, Ron Babcock and Tom Allen join special guest Jon Ronson and host Jesse Thorn for a live taping of the pop-culture quiz show where land laws do not apply!

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Asterios Kokkinos, Ava Vidal, Eliza Skinner and Neil Edmond join special guest Joel Stein and host Jesse Thorn for the pop-culture quiz show where land laws do not apply!

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Helen Zaltzman, Janet Varney, Michael Smiley and Bryan Safi join special guest A.J. Jacobs and host Jesse Thorn for the pop-culture quiz where land laws don’t apply and the only way to ensure silence in the home is an all-out war on squirrels.

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Holly Walsh, Rob Huebel, Sarah Thyre and Steve Hall join special guest Jonathan Coulton and host Jesse Thorn for the pop-culture quiz where land laws do not apply. Hosted by Jesse Thorn, written by Jordan Morris and produced by Colin Anderson.

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Andy Daly, Erin Gibson, Humphrey Ker and Margaret Cabourn-Smith compete for their nations’ honour in the quiz show where land laws do not apply. With special guests Kurt “Explodo” Andersen and the Guardian’s John Crace. Hosted by Jesse Thorn, written by Jordan Morris and produced by Colin Anderson.

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Special guest Susan Orlean joins Isy Suttie, Elizabeth Laime, Dan Antopolski, DC Pierson and host, Jesse Thorn in the transatlantic comedy quiz where land laws do not apply. We learn what Katy Perry took Russell Brand under, compare Hunger Games quotes with 80s pop lyrics and chat about Alsatian-themed fashion. Plus, since it’s the Maxfun pledge drive, some bonus Jordan, Jesse Go!

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Special guest Rian Johnson and contestants Paul Scheer, Janet Varney, Josie Long and Tom Parry join host Jesse Thorn.

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