Troubled Waters

This week, Ellie Hino and Jupiter Zirkua join host Dave Holmes for some romcom wordplay, horror comedy trivia, and motivational speeches Ellie Hino would like to plug her debut album Soft Bones and recommends Troll Hole Jupiter Zirkua would like to plug their album Ganymede Gives Up The Ghost and recommends Teddy Hold On and the Gabey Lucas And Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Find us on Twitter! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

It’s MaxFunDrive, folks! If you like Troubled Waters and want to support the show, please consider becoming a member of Maximum Fun for as low as $5/month and get access to some great bonus content from us and all of the shows on Maximum Fun! This week, fellow MaxFun hosts Ben Harrison and Christian Duguay join host Dave Holmes for some Ghostbusters music trivia, real and fake Godzilla monsters, and Pixar movie wordplay. And Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Find us on Twitter! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

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It's MaxFunDrive, folks! If you like Troubled Waters and want to support the show, please consider becoming a member of Maximum Fun for as low as $5/month and get access to some great bonus content from us and all of the shows on Maximum Fun! This week, fellow MaxFun hosts Brenda Snell and Jackie Kashian join Dave Holmes to learn what U2 have been up to since leaving The Sphere, some word cloud singing, and the Chuck E Cheese extended universe. Brenda Snell would like to plug Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries and Wheel of Scoob and recommends Mechaton by Wells Thompson Jackie Kashian would like to plug The Jackie and Laurie Show, her standup specials and recommends all of Maria Bamford's recent projects And Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Find us on Twitter! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Cailin Peluffo and Ashley Ray learn about the weird world of Dune and Doonesbury, box office flops, and give strange acceptance speeches. Caitlin Peluffo would like to plug her album Dirty Bird and recommends Nobody Presents Greg Stone and Before He Was Super by Steven Rogers Ashley Ray would like to plug her album Ice Cream Money and her podcast TV, I Say and recommends Household Name by Niles Abston And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.Dave would like to recommend All of Us Strangers Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

Our friends from the new MaxFun podcast Sound Heap, John-Luke Roberts and Eleanor Morton join Dave Holmes for some garbled Elton John tunes, niche podcast pitches, and fake reality tv show. John-Luke Roberts would like to plug Sound Heap, now on Maximum Fun and recommends the podcast Poetry Unbound Eleanor Morton would like to plug her show Haunted House and recommends Sound Heap And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.Dave would like to recommend Tartovski by Bodega Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our MaxFun friends Ella McLeod and Jeremy Bent join host Dave Holmes for discontinued snack talk, EGOT trivia, and motiviational speeches Jeremy Bent would like to plug Eurovangelists and recommends The Overstory by Richard Powers Ella McLeod would like to plug Comfort Creatures and her books Rapunzella and The Map That Led to You and recommends Ordinary Unhappiness And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.Dave would like to recommend Beautiful Song Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Tom Lum and Adam Cayton-Holland join host Dave Holmes for some self-help tips, musical trivia, and Steamboat Willie's insane behavior. Tom Lum would like to plug Let's Learn Everything here on MaxFun and recommends Answer in Progress Adam Cayton-Holland would like to plug his comedy special Wallpaper and recommends Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.Dave would like to recommend Tartovski by Bodega Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week we ring in the new year with Andie Main and Josh Gondelman. They give the year 2024 a performance review, create a new Word of the Year, give each other pep talks for cringeworthy moments of the past year. Andie Main would like to plug her album Rocky Mountain Bi and her podcast Recovering with Andie Main and recommends Ben Roy's Hyena and Adam Cayton Holland's Wallpaper Josh Gondelman would like to plug his upcoming tour dates and his weekly pep talk newsletter and recommends Kenny Deforest's Don't You Know Who I Am? And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.Dave would like to recommend All of Us Strangers Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Jessica Sele and Shawn Carter join host Dave Holmes for our annual holiday special! Jessica Sele would like to plug her album Weird Vibes and you can check out her live dates and recommends Jimmy Marble Shawn Carter would like to plug his album Boston to Bristol and his comedy club Blue Ridge Comedy Club and recommends Milo and the Not So Scary Day After All by Matt Bedell And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes.Dave would like to recommend All of Us Strangers Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join Music used: "Jingle Bells" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week, our friends Danny Tamberelli and Katelyn Detweiler join host Dave Holmes for some Garfield trivia, musical wordclouds, and 100 years of Disney. Danny Tamberelli would like to plug The First Date Prophecy and recommends Good Burger 2 Katelyn Detweiler would like to plug Road Trip Rewind and recommends Water Underground by Real Estate And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Brian Fernandes and Leah Rudick join host Dave Holmes for some Loony Tunes rebuses, Thanksgiving confessions, and try and remember what movies were released during the SAG-AFTRA strike. Brian Fernandes would like to plug Ghost Town's recent episodes on Chateau Marmont Leah Rudick would like to plug her special Spiraling and recommends Festif Amaro And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Catch Dave on Pluto TV 90's throwback channel on December 5th . Dave would like to plug Dirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Kristine Kimmel and Graham Kay join host Dave Holmes for some Taylor Swift clothing trivia, cuffing season debates, and celebrity Scorpios Kristine Kimmel would like to plug How to Survive and recommends the podcast Valley Heat Graham Kay would like to plug his show Pete and Me at New York Comedy Festival and recommends Django Gold And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Catch the Friday Forty on November 10th! Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Lizzy Cooperman and Matt Lieb join host Dave Holmes for a spooky good time with scary songs, Monster Mash trivia, and real and fake creature from folklore. Lizzy Cooperman would like to plug her tarot readings and her UCB show Tasting Menu and recommends The Power of Receiving by Amanda Owen Matt Lieb would like to plug Pod Yourself a Gun and recommends The Perfect Amount of Wrong by Mike Bridenstine and The Bitchuation Room And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Catch the Friday Forty on November 10th! Dave would like to recommend Holy Smokes by Matt Sucich Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Laser the Boy and Gabe Mollica join host Dave Holmes for some pumpkin spice products, motivational speeches, and fall-related trivia. Laser the Boy would like to plug Teaching A Robot to Love and recommends Amy Spalding Gabe Mollica would like to plug Solo: A Show About Friendship and recommends Pete and Me by Graham Kay And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Dave would like to recommend the Landed app Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Casey O'Brien and Glenn Boozan join host Dave Holmes for some terrible relationship advice, spooky song lyrics, and lesser-known Mortal Kombat kombatants. Glenn Boozan would like to plug There Are Moms Way Worse Than You and the upcoming sequel There Are Dads Way Worse Than You and recommends Return of the Obra Dinn Casey O'Brien would like to plug the podcasts Farthouse and That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast and I Saw What You Did and recommends The History of the Minnesota Vikings And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Dave would like to recommend Desolation Center and I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean Delear Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Alexis Preston and Alex Steed join host Dave Holmes for some Dusty Springfield trivia, animals named after celebrities, and a truly unhinged ranking of foodstuffs. Alexis Preston would like to plug Comfort Creatures here on MaxFun and recommends Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Alex Steed would like to plug You Are Good and their upcoming live shows and recommends Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus and Silence by Julie Klausner And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, Glen Tickle and Caitlin Cook join Dave Holmes for some strike-proof trivia, Sinead O'Connor covers, and tequila! Glen Tickle would like to plug his special Glen Tickle Against The World Crime League and recommends Eric Smith's Jagged Little Pill: The Novel Caitlin Cook would like to plug The Writing On The Stall and the studio album and recommends Alex Edelman's Just for Us and Edinburgh Fringe Fest And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Dave would like to recommend Daniel Ellsworth Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, John Moe and Liz Barrett join host Dave Holmes to talk about the best ways to beat the heat this summer, learn some weird fun facts about our favorite food mascots, and try their best to make the most boring things sound exciting. John Moe would like to plug Sleeping with Celebrities and Depresh Mode here on Maximum Fun and his book The Hilarious World of Depression and recommends Edi Patterson on The Righteous Gemstones Liz Barrett would like to plug her album Gettin' By and recommends Maria Bamford's upcoming book Sure, I'll Join Your Cult And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Dave would like to recommend Pete Zia on Instagram Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

This week, our friends Dan McCoy and Jessica Lynn Verdi join Dave for some Barbie puns, surprise toys and bombs, and learn more than they ever wanted to learn about the Fall Out Boy "We Didn't Start the Fire" cover song. Dan McCoy would like to plug The Flop House and recommends The Museum of Nostalgia Jessica Lynn Verdi would like to plug her podcasts on JLV Podcasts, including Podcast of the Rings and No 2 Gays About It and recommends Naming Your Little Geek And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes. Dave would like to recommend The She Series Book, featuring essays by Riley Silverman! Find us on Twitter! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join