Stephen Thompson is on today's episode where he tells us all about the various doohickeys he has in mind for Tiny Desk Concert backgrounds! The Dead Sea Scrolls would fit pretty well it turns out. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...

All the Background Doohickeys at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts with Stephen Thompson | Maximum Fun

Stephen Thompson is one of the co-hosts of NPR’s delightful Pop Culture Happy Hour and one of the founders of the Tiny Desk Concerts, which has played host to some of the biggest names in music playin...

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We were thrilled to have the brilliant @susanorlean.bsky.social return to the show, where she offered @johnmoe.bsky.social some unorthodox advice on how to get his foster dog Kenny Rogers to like him. youtu.be/3PUb-HHKoAg

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Stephen Thompson is on today's episode where he tells us all about the various doohickeys he has in mind for Tiny Desk Concert backgrounds! The Dead Sea Scrolls would fit pretty well it turns out. maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...

All the Background Doohickeys at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts with Stephen Thompson | Maximum Fun

Stephen Thompson is one of the co-hosts of NPR’s delightful Pop Culture Happy Hour and one of the founders of the Tiny Desk Concerts, which has played host to some of the biggest names in music playin...

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On tommorow's episode, Stephen Thompson, one of the co-hosts of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour. Aside from being a smarty, he’s one of the founders of the Tiny Desk Concerts, which has played host to some of the biggest names in music playing in a small corner of an office floor of cubicles.

Okay, Sleepyheads. Two options for a topic from an upcoming guest: 1. The intricacies of Pokémon Go from a 10-year player. 2. All the items in the background of NPR’s Tiny Desk from someone who knows. Which would you prefer? Is number 1 too dull? Number 2 too interesting? Please tell us now.

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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This episode is up on all the usual platforms but you can now also check it out on YouTube!

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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.

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.

Musician Hamilton Leithauser on Learning Chess (Hard) and Building Chess Boards (Also Hard)

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Hey Sleepyheads of Minnesota! Come on over and say hello!

John Moe@johnmoe.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hello! It's Max Fun Meetup Day on Sunday! It's happening at Dual Citizen Brewing here in the Twin Cities at 4pm. Come on over or down or up! If no one else shows, I'll just have a beer alone, which wouldn't be terrible. But I'd rather some more people be there. maximumfun.org/maxfun-meetu...

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.

Musician Hamilton Leithauser on Learning Chess (Hard) and Building Chess Boards (Also Hard)

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Tomorrow is today! The future is now! REJOICE ▶️ maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...

Sleeping with Celebrities @sleepwithcelebs.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tomorrow, we talk with comedian, podcaster, and all the other items on a long list of credentials, Jimmy Pardo, about the band Chicago.

@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...

Tomorrow, we talk with comedian, podcaster, and all the other items on a long list of credentials, Jimmy Pardo, about the band Chicago.

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...

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...

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).

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The 20 best podcasts of the year so far

🍭 👂 Or as may as I could squeeze into this darn email 🌈 🤸‍♀️

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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...

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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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...

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.

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...

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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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...

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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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.

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...

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...

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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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...

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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