Happy New Year! Our friends  Danielle Koenig and Ben Paddon join Dave for some 2023/2024 trivia, music turning 25 years old, and give a year-in-review  for 2025. 

Ben Paddon would like to plug Good Chaotic and Jump Leads and recommends Stitches in Time

Danielle Koenig would like to plug How To Survive with Danielle and Kristine and recommends Go Fact Yourself

Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week our friends Jacob Givens and Des Bishop join Dave for our annual Troubled Waters Holiday Spectacular! We get into Muppets Christmas Carol, Hallmark Christmas movies, and do our best to pretend to like some very bad gifts.

Jacob Givens would like to plug his podcast Waterproof Records

Des Bishop would like to plug his upcoming live dates and his podcast Berner Phone and recommends Down with Tech by Nathan Macintosh and Brave by Raanna Hershberg

Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week, our friends Matthew Broussard and Gregory Lay join Dave for some word cloud singing, Zucc puns, and Tickle Me Elmo trivia. 

Matthew Broussard would like to plug his special Hyperbolic and recommends 3Blue1Brown

Gregory Lay would like to plug Greg in LA and recommends Tom Sibley's Substack

Dave is on Bluesky! 

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This week our pals Chris Grace and Jordan Morris join Dave for some mundane Thanksgiving revelations, learn about some colorful characters, and hear a few new turkey noises.

Jordan Morris would like to plug Free With Ads, Jordan Jesse Go, and Youth Group and recommends Family Time by Thien Pham

Chris Grace would like to plug  Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson and Sardines recommends I Saw The TV Glow

Dave would like to recommend Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink

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This week, our pals Danielle Radford and Allen Strickland Williams join Dave for some real and fake villainous books, motivational speeches, and punny biopics.

Allen Strickland Williams would like to plug his new album Ran Through and recommends No Name by Jack White

Danielle Radford would like to plug Goblin Mode and her Dropout appearances and recommends The Bell Witches by Lindsey Kelk 

Dave would like to recommend Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink

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This week, our MaxFun pals Oscar Montoya and Mallory O'Meara join Dave for spooky movie pitches, sexy monster lingerie, and music about ghosts and butts. 

Oscar Montoya would like to plug Eurovangelists and recommends Brain Damage, Frankenhooker, and Basket Case

Mallory O'Meara would like to plug Reading Glasses and the upcoming books Daughter of Daring and The No-Pressure Book Journal. Mallory recommends Brea Grant's short film MLM 

Dave would like to recommend  Jimmy and Stiggs

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This week, our MaxFun pals Steven Ray Morris and Brenda Snell join Dave for some witchy trivia, bootleg zoo animals, and Mandy Moore appreciation. 

Steven Ray Morris would like to plug See Jurassic Right and Jordan, Jesse, Go, and recommends  Video Visions at Videoteque

Brenda Snell would like to plug Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries and recommends Ann Reardon's YouTube channel

Dave would like to recommend The Camp 100 by Simon Doonan

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Our friends Megan Sass and Mike Cabellon join Dave for some celebrity/toy biopics, an "It" musical, and critique some bad dishes. 

Mike Cabellon would like to plug TV Chef Fantasy League and recommends Artisan LA Jewelry

Megan Sass would like to plug Recolonizers and recommends Kinky Comedy

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.Dave would like to recommend Van Gogh by Mette

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This week, it's another MaxFun crossover! Dimitry Pompee of Eurovangelists and Katie Goldin of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating join Dave for some ChatGPT reviews, fake locations roll call, and a list of things you can and cannot touch.

Katie would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and Creature Feature and recommends Dane Pavitt's bird dino sounds

Dimitry would like to plug Eurovangelists and recommends Here We Go

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.

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MAXFUN CROSSOVER ALERT! 

Our MaxFun friends Ella Hubber and Alex Schmidt join Dave for drag queen/marijuana strain trivia, back to school movie "facts" and songs about dogs and summer.

Alex Schmidt would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and SIF LIVE in London and recommends David Squires

Ella Hubber would like to plug Let's Learn Everything and Unstoppable and recommends Tom Lum's video about carbon dating

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. 

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