International Waters

Alison Rosen, Danielle Perez, Joel Stein, and Drennon Davis join host Dave Holmes for the very first Troubled Waters holiday special!

This week, our teams argue over holiday party etiquette, tell us about their worst holiday experiences, and pretend to love their terrible Christmas presents.

Alison Rosen would like to plug the Childish and Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend live shows at SF Sketchfest and recommends Joel Stein's book, In Defense of Elitism: Why I'm Better Than You and You're Better Than Someone Who Didn't Buy This Book.

Joel Stein would like to plug his book and recommends the Beetlejuice musical on Broadway

Drennon Davis would like to plug The Long Legs series and Bandtastic and recommends American Utopia and Rory Scovel's upcoming documentary.

Danielle Perez would like to plug her upcoming tour dates and recommends Madison Shepard's album Goodnight Silverlake Lounge

And Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Laci Mosley, Nick Kocher, Lisa Gilroy, and Joe Kwaczala join host Dave Holmes to settle once and for all, are live shows for suckers or are they actually pretty cool?

Team Pro-Live Shows

Joe Kwaczala and Laci Mosley

Team Anti-Live Shows

Nick Kocher and Lisa Gilroy

This week, our teams argue about Coldplay's recent decision to quit touring, talk about the worst stories about life on the road, and come up with personalized merch to sell.

Laci Mosley wants to plug Scam Goddess and Florida Girls and recommends Astronomy Club on Netflix

Nick Kocher wants to plug Everything's Great at Dynasty Typewriter and BriTANick and recommends Big Time in Hollywood, FL

Joe Kwaczala wants plug his Comedy Central half hour and Who Cares About the Rock Hall and recommends the documentary Behind the Curve.

Lisa Gilroy wants to plug her upcoming appearances on Drunk History and Brooklyn 99 and her UCB teams Bitchin' and Hail Mary and recommends Jenny Slate's Netflix special 

And Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Joey Greer, Shelby Fero, DC Pierson, and Christine Medrano join Dave Holmes to decide once and for all, what new side dish must be present at every American Thanksgiving

Team Poutine

Joey Greer and Christine Medrano

Team Acorn Mush

Shelby Fero and DC Pierson

This week, our teams argue about various Thanksgiving faux pas, make up Thanksgiving carols, and special guest Benjamin Partridge comes by for a special trivia segment!

Shelby Fero wants to plug I'm 25 Now and recommends Rebecca Kirby, @reweki

DC Pierson wants to plug his Winter Soldier comic and Crap Kingdom and recommends the album Skulls Example by Dear Nora

Christine Medrano wants to plug her short film I Think She Likes You and recommends Dua Lipa's new single Don't Start Now

Joey Greer wants to plug his sketch comedy album Good Night and recommends that viral video of the teacher that hugs her kids after class.

And Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes and recommends Queen Pillow's 

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Gabe Liedman, Jordan Kauwling, Katy Davis, and Daniel Zomparelli join host Dave Holmes to decide once and for all: Netflix or Disney+?

Team Disney+

Daniel Zomparelli and Gabe Liedman

Team Netflix

Jordan Kauwling and Katy Davis

This week, our teams argue about stealing from Disneyland, reboot Netflix tv shows, and tell us about some of the most embarrassing things they've stolen.

Gabe Liedman wants to plug I'm Afraid That and recommends Scandinavian Swimmers from Trader Joe's

Daniel Zomparelli also wants to plug I'm Afraid That and recommends Dina del Bucchia's Don't Tell Me What To Do

Katy Davis wants to plug Motherless Brooklyn and recommends Satanic Panic

Jordan Kauwling wants to plug the MaxFun family of podcasts and recommends upcoming podcast I, PODIVS

And Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Elliott Kalan, Addie Weyrich, Mano Agapion, and Lucé Tomlin-Brenner join host Dave Holmes on our first annual Troubled Waters Halloween Spooktacular.

Team Michael Myers

Elliott Kalan and Lucé Tomlin-Brenner

Team Lauri Strode

Addie Weyrich and Mano Agapion

This week, our teams argue about haunted houses, tell some truly terrifying tales, and learn about strange foreign candies.

Mano Agapion wants to plug We Love Trash, Drag Her, and his upcoming UCB shows, and recommends Jawline on Hulu

Elliott Kalan wants to plug The Flop House here on MaxFun and his children's book Horse Meets Dog and recommends Los Espookys and Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Lucé Tomlin-Brenner wants to plug her short film Messed Up and her live show Cursed, and recommends Swiped to Death and All This Can Be Yours

Addie Weyrich wants to plug Socktober and Everything's Great at Dynasty Typewriter and recommends the Mind Fudge Series

And Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes

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Call us on the official Troubled Waters hotline! Our number is 323-300-4984. Our producers will have a new prompt for you to answer and we may just use your call on the show

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Chase Pulse Faster" "Unseen Horrors" and "The House of Leaves" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Holly Walker, Jesse Neil, Amanda Brooke-Perrin, and Maggie Maye join host Dave Holmes to settle once and for all, which is the best part of fall, changing leaves or pumpkin spice?

Team Leaves

Holly Walker and Amanda Brooke Perrin

Team Pumpkin

Maggie Maye and Jesse Neil

This week, our teams argue over overly competitive coffee drinkers, learn about the weirdest Saturday morning cartoons, and find out if Holly was the murderer all along.

Holly Walker wants to plug A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO and recommends Amber Ruffin  and her upcoming late night show on Peacock

Jesse Neil wants to plug New Player Has Joined and recommends 8-Bit Jazz Heroes

Amanda Brooke-Perrin wants to plug her Twitter @brookeperrin and recommends Josh Gondelman's new book and Matt O'Brien.

Maggie Maye wants to plug her stand up showcase, Plan C, at The York and recommends Vanessa Gonzalez and Daniel Webb

And Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes and would like to recommends Hypersonic Missiles by Sam Fender

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Ify Nwadiwe, Mike Hanford, Felicia Folkes and Kara Klenk join host, Dave Holmes to settle once and for all should you be having kids?

Team No Kids Mike Hanford and Felicia Folkes

Team Kids Kara Klenk and Ify Nwadiwe

This week, our contestants argue about miniature horses on planes, share some weird animal stories, and try to guess the length of certain iconic noises. Trust me it'll make sense when we get there.

Ify Nwadiwe wants to plug Who Shot Ya,Nerdificent and his Twitch channel Ifdeez and recommends supporting Nigerian comedians.

Mike Hanford wants to plug the upcoming tour for The Sloppy Boys and his standup show at UCB Franklin and recommends the Between Two Ferns Movie.

Felicia Folkes wants to plug her upcoming live shows and recommends the music of Jonathan Winters.

Kara Klenk wants to plug her album Undefeated and recommends I Think You Should Leave on Netflix.

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Flula Borg, Blair Socci, Steph Tolev and Emily Duke join host, Dave Holmes to settle once and for all, does middle school suck?

Team Tight Flula Borg and Emily Duke

Team Loose Blair Socci and Steph Tolev

This week, it's our back to school episode and our contestants share some truly insane school stories, tackle some punny questions, and argue over a childhood prank story sent in by a listener.

Flula Borg wants to plug his single "Self Care Sunday" and The Punies podcast.

Blair Socci wants to plug her upcoming live shows and the Blair and Greta show and recommends Robby Hoffman and Punkie Johnson.

Steph Tolev wants to plug her album I'm Not Well and Deb & Steph on Comedy Central and recommends Dave Ross' new album.

Emily Duke wants to plug Garbage People and recommends Chris Gethard Presents.

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Atsuko Okatsuka, Brodie Reed, Benjamin Harrison and J Keith van Straaten join host, Dave Holmes to settle once and for all, should you go for the aisle seat or window seat on an airplane?

Team Window Seat J Keith van Straaten and Brodie Reed

Team Aisle Seat Atsuko Okatsuka and Benjamin Harrison

This week our contestants argue over the Manhattan Beach emoji house, talk about annoying neighbords, take a trip through time, and make up bios for weird characters.

Atsuko Okatsuka wants to plug Let's Go, Atsuko! and recommends donating to 16,000 Dollars.

Brodie Reed wants to plug The Dark Weeb and The Male Gaze and recommends 16,000 Dollars and Ember and His Orchestra.

Benjamin Harrison wants to plug The Greatest Generation and Friendly Fire and recommends Carbface.

J Keith van Straaten wants to plug Go Fact Yourself and recommends Shoshana Bean.

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Sara June, Luke Null, Bri Pruett and Riley Silverman join host, Dave Holmes to settle once and for all, who is the better Peanuts character, Lucy or Linus?

Team Linus Riley Silverman and Bri Pruett

Team Lucy Sara June and Luke Null

This week, our contestants argue over dead bodies in the HOV lane, share some embarrassing road trip stories, and pitch us sequels to beloved movies.

Sara June wants to plug Means TV and her Venmo @heysarajune and recommends Nate by Natalie Palamides.

Luke Null wants to plug his album Guitar Comic and recommends calling someone you love.

Bri Pruett wants to plug High Priestess Comedy and Faded Comedy and recommends The Buck Starts Here by Sean Jordan.

Riley Silverman wants to plug Rat Queens on Hyper RPG and the Rat Queens live show at GenConand recommends The Doubleclicks' kid-friendly set on YouTube.

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFunHQ in LA and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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