Ana Marie Cox on Writing Your Recovery Story
Writer, blogger, podcaster, pundit, and reporter Ana Marie Cox joins her good friend John Moe for a conversation about writing. Ana teaches what she calls Third Story Workshops that are dedicated to h...
10 Apr 20231h
Chris Powell: Reality TV Star, Fitness Guru, Person With Mental Illness
Chris Powell is probably best known as the host of the ABC reality show Extreme Weight Loss, which ran for five seasons. On that show, Chris used his experience as a fitness trainer and all around mot...
3 Apr 202351min
Bonus Content Preview: What Works For Me
A special preview of this year's MaxFunDrive Bonus Content! Listen to the whole episode by becoming a member. Go to MaximumFun.org/join and pick a level that works for you!We’ve said it many times on ...
29 Mars 20234min
Gary Gulman Is Feeling Much Better
What is it like to feel better in your mental state? And what does it take to get there and to stay that way? Those are some of the questions we ask in this interview with the great comedian Gary Gulm...
27 Mars 20231h 8min
Dana Gould Was His Own Parent and He Sucked At It Real Bad
As far as Dana Gould could tell, he had been awake for 11 days. He logically knows that this was probably medically impossible but even if he had slept, he had no memory of doing so, which is pretty s...
20 Mars 20231h 13min
Episodes We Just Can’t Stop Thinking About
To celebrate our journey into triple digit episode numbers, we take a look back at episodes that have really stayed with us. They’re not even necessarily our favorite, mind you. It’s not that we think...
13 Mars 202355min
Rachel Smythe, Creator of Lore Olympus, on Gods and Humanity
The Greek gods, as depicted in Rachel Smythe’s Lore Olympus series, are far from stately and dignified. Indeed, they’re neurotic, depressed, and anxious. They’re gossipy and bitter and nasty and petty...
6 Mars 202353min
Zach Zimmerman Thought He Was Going to Hell, Which Was Depressing
It was pretty simple in comedian and writer Zach Zimmerman’s mind when he was a kid: you had to accept Jesus Christ as your personal lord and savior or you would spend all eternity being tortured in t...
27 Feb 202358min
