Maxed Out and Carried Away!

Maxed Out and Carried Away!

By Carrie Poppy and Max Sosna-SpearSociety & CultureNewsNews Commentary
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Maxed Out and Carried Away! episodes

  • Poppin' Tags (And Maybe the AI Bubble?)

    Carrie, Max, and Producer Drew are back! Max memorializes his dog after his passing (RIP George). The AI CEOs weirdly agree on something? Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon weirdly agree on something?? Ed Sheeran agrees on nothing and completely blows it. Also Carrie, Max, and Drew dig DEEP into what makes a thing a cult.

    TW: Pet death discussion at the top of the episode. [2:38-6:22][6:22-9:11, general philosophical death talk]

    1 hr 35 min
  • BOOM! BOOM! It's So Good!!

    Carrie, Max, and Producer Drew are highly suspicious of Tony Robbins' claim that his AI bot ordered a robot dog to serve as its body. According to tech billionaires, we're either in the singularity RIGHT NOW or it's coming in 2029, promise! Also Max proposes a new calendar system!

    1 hr 54 min
  • It's Almost Like It's All Made Up

    Max loses his phone and thus (temporarily) his ability to get Maxed out! Carrie gets Carried away by Taylor Swift's wedding! Producer Drew pays tribute to the loss (monetarily) of the world's first Trillionaire!

    1 hr 31 min
  • First Thing's First, I Want To Be Here

    Carrie, Max, and Producer Drew wonder at their ages and the passage of time in the Trump era. Bill Gates holds a (very short) press conference before Definitely Voluntarily testifying before Congress on Epstein.

    1 hr 39 min
  • ...Wait, Is This AI?

    Carrie and Max are joined by Producer Drew! They learn gardening secrets, try to parse out our crazy AI present, and most importantly Drew has selected a billionaire to track!

    1 hr 26 min
  • Fight! Every! Cookie!

    Carrie and Max swap stories about their experience on game shows! They consider Leukovorin for Carrie's Autism, absolutely REFUSE cookies, and Carrie announces the results for her artworks at the LA County Fair!

    2 hr 7 min
  • Turning Left Without Signaling

    Carrie and Max discover their blood types as two new Billionaires enter the Bust! They also consider a new AI shoplifting prevention tool, and wonder at people who welcome their new AI overlords.

    2 hr 18 min
  • Borrowed Time

    That guy admits the President outlived his prediction as Carrie and Max bravely fill the silences left by Russell Brand and an aspiring Congressperson.

    1 hr 39 min
  • Global Panic Day!

    Carrie and Max deal with their everyday American panic by calling the White House and demanding that the switchboard operator quit.

    1 hr 55 min

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A news and culture commentary podcast for those who are freaking out.