Sleeping with the U.S. Constitution featuring SO MANY STARS

Episode notes

Pretty big celebrity this week: the document that forms the spine of the United States. The one that members of the military pledge loyalty to instead of the President. The words that serves as a manual for law, justice, and government itself, meant to outlast any administration or trend. And we called in an avalanche of celebrities to read it to you. Peter Sagal, Paget Brewster, John Hodgman, Open Mike Eagle, Josh Gondelman, John Ross Bowie, Anna Sale, David Plotz, Ophira Eisenberg, and just a ridiculous number of Maximum Fun hosts. The idea here is to gather voices in support of that brilliant, flawed, intriguing, and persevering historical document as a foundation of our society at a time when so much of society feels awfully rickety. We hope you enjoy it and that it gives you comfort.

Featuring our friends:

Peter Sagal
Paget Brewster
John Hodgman
Josh Gondelman
Tamara Keith
Jesse Thorn
Open Mike Eagle
John Ross Bowie
Anna Sale
Andrew Reich
Janey Winterbauer
Dan McCoy
Rhett Miller
Manolo Moreno
Kirk Hamilton
Allan McLeod
Helen Hong
J. Keith Van Straaten
Jordan Morris
Drea Clark
Austin Taylor
Katie Goldin
Ophira Eisenberg
Amber Nash
Janet Varney
John-Luke Roberts
Ellen Weatherford
Moujan Zolfaghari
Brea Grant
Alexis B. Preston
Mike Cabellon
Hal Lublin
Brenda Snell
Adam Pranica
Alex Schmidt
Jordan Crucchiola
David Plotz
Danielle Radford
Seth Lind
Ella Hubber
Ben Partridge
Mallory O’Meara
Jackie Kashian
Ify Nwadiwe

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Hey Sleepy Heads, is there anyone whose voice you’d like to drift off to, or do you have suggestions on things we could do to aid your slumber?

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In this episode...

John Moe

Host

Laura Swisher

Senior Producer

Gabe Mara

Producer

Guests

Peter Sagal
Paget Brewster
John Hodgman
Josh Gondelman
Tamara Keith
Jesse Thorn
Open Mike Eagle
John Ross Bowie
Anna Sale
Andrew Reich
Janey Winterbauer
Dan McCoy
Rhett Miller
Manolo Moreno
Kirk Hamilton
Allan McLeod
Helen Hong
J. Keith Van Straaten
Jordan Morris
Drea Clark
Austin Taylor
Katie Goldin
Ophira Eisenberg
Amber Nash
Janet Varney
John-Luke Roberts
Ellen Weatherford
Moujan Zolfaghari
Brea Grant
Alexis B. Preston
Mike Cabellon
Hal Lublin
Brenda Snell
Adam Pranica
Alex Schmidt
Jordan Crucchiola
David Plotz
Danielle Radford
Seth Lind
Ella Hubber
Ben Partridge
Mallory O'Meara
Ify Nwadiwe
Jackie Kashian

About the show

Getting to sleep can be difficult sometimes. Now you can achieve that urgently needed rest by taking advantage of our most precious natural resource: celebrities. Each week on the slyly humorous and reassuring Sleeping With Celebrities, host John Moe talks with a different guest from the world of entertainment about something they know a lot about. The conversation is guaranteed to be just interesting enough to draw your attention away from your own swirling anxieties but never interesting enough to keep you awake. No startling revelations, no dramatic screaming confrontations, but plenty of low-key dialogue, intricately laced deadpan comedy, and a ticket to dreamland.

Podcast art by Stefan Lawrence.