Tiny Victories

No matter how many ads for pharmaceuticals you may have seen, nor possible side effects you’ve heard listed at the end of these ads, nothing will prepare you for the side effect Annabelle experienced with the medication she’s taking. This week she shares the wild story of discovering a nondescript passageway in the bowels of Cedars Sinai Hospital that caused her to briefly entertain a new life as an art thief to distract from the scanxiety she was experiencing.

Okay, so this episode is not about a friendship test per se, but it does offer a sure-fire way of distinguishing a regular friend from a super friend. And the super friend at the center of this episode is MaxFun’s own Jackie Kashian. Plus, How can you tell if you’re home? Like, will you know when it’s time to really put down roots? This week House recounts when she knew.

Annabelle has come up with the cure to social anxiety, and all it took was nearly causing fifteen CAA agents to miss a wedding. Plus, Stacey has cracked the code on being organized, and she’s sharing this knowledge with Tiny Victories!

This week, producer Swish shares a tiny victory involving 80s music, a Maximum Film! text chain, and Ify Nwadiwe singing on a voice memo. Plus, a Judge John Hodgman listener calls in with a victory that only a superfan can achieve.

This week, we get a hotline call from a person in Laura’s past that sparks a conversation about reconnecting with friends, as well as reconnecting with tone deaf people, who say things to you that are better left unsaid. In addition, listener Ellen called the hotline with a beautiful tribute to Mr. George DeVaughn, a beloved and extraordinary teacher.

Thanks to Jonica, Laura and Annabelle have learned that Tiny Victories is HUGE in South Africa, possibly even huger than it is in Ipswich, Australia. South African mom Jonica tells us about a tiny victory she and her son had that was inspired by MaxFun’s own The Adventure Zone podcast. Plus, Jeff in Connecticut would still be walking around with his head hung in shame if Laura House hadn’t disclosed some personal information about her health on an earlier episode of Tiny Victories.

This week we get a hotline call from Jake Bachelor, Garden Educator. Jake teaches at a K-12 school in North Carolina, and hearing his victory reminded Annabelle and Laura how much we appreciate them.

This week, Annabelle recounts the lengths she went to help a friend find the exact right couch. They’d spend hours on the phone each night looking at pictures of couches…and this went on for three weeks. Sometimes Annabelle would go to stores and take pictures of couches for her friend to view. Plus, a man with many aliases calls in to thank Annabelle and Laura for inspiring the creation of a new podcast.

These past few months, Annabelle has experienced many personal breakthroughs and grown as a person. Thanks to a yoga class she started taking at the beginning of the pandemic, she can now add another breakthrough to that list, and Laura is thrilled to witness this in her friend.

Plus, we hear from Karen in Ipswich, Australia with a victory we’re sure parents across the globe can relate to.

It's week two of MaxFunDrive, which means we'll hear tiny victories from some of the folks at Maximum Fun whose efforts make shows like ours possible.

We'll hear from staff members Cassie Joseph, Stacey Molski and producer Marissa Flaxbart. The victories cover such ground as--Basil plant problems, bad dental hygienists, and laundry.