Hi there!

2026 is here! We’ve got new eps for the new year, live events, a highlight reel of great stuff that happened recently, and some cuteness for you at the end.

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Six episodes to ring in 2026!

My Brother, My Brother and Me: The Naming of 2026 Another year, another chance for the McElroy brothers to dig up all the different ways they can to slant-rhyme with six.

Triple Click: Our Predictions for 2026 Kirk, Maddy, and Jason go back through 2025’s predictions to see who won last year’s bet, then make some new ones!

Depresh Mode with John Moe: Two Truths To Make 2026 a Better Mental Health Year John Moe explains that life can be contradictory and that’s a good thing.

Reading Glasses: New Year Book Tracking! Brea and Mallory discuss how they’re tracking books in the new year!

Still Buffering: 2025 Wrap Up It’s the end of a year. A good one? No. But a one!

Let’s Learn Everything!: New Year Q&A 2026 It’s the new year! Ella, Tom, and Caroline answer YOUR questions with THEIR answers.

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Live shows at SF Sketchfest and beyond!

SF Sketchfest

• Saturday 1/17: E Pluribus Motto
  • With Adam Savage
• Sunday 1/18: Judge John Hodgman
  • Meet & Greet tickets still available
• Saturday 1/24: Sleeping with Celebrities
  • With John DiMaggio, Moshe Kasher, and Meredith Edgar
• Sunday 1/25: The Flop House

And more!

• Thursday 1/15: Go Fact Yourself in Pasadena, CA

  • With Matt Walsh and Kali Reis

• Saturday 1/24: Go Fact Yourself in New York, NY
  • With Dorinda Medley and Jackie Cox
• Monday 1/26: Go Fact Yourself in New York, NY
  • With Julie Klausner and Seth Rudetsky
• Saturday 2/7: The Flop House presents Flop TV (Online)
• Wednesday 2/18: Valley Heat in Los Angeles, CA
  • With Cephalopods Are People

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Highlight Reel

What’s been going on at MaxFun?

Rian Johnson joined Jesse on Bullseye to talk about Knives Out, writing mysteries, and  micro-budget cinema Wildlife educator Jungle Jordan shares his top 3 friend-shaped carnivores on Just the Zoo of Us! (Here’s one of mine. Look, they hold hands!) Fan mail alert! Sequoia, Ryann, and Jewel read letters sent in by Black People Love Paramore listeners Did a trenchcoat-wearing dog created for a 1980s PSA really take a bite out of crime? Austin and Brenda investigate on Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries

Judge John Hodgman, Bailiff Jesse Thorn, and Producer Jennifer Marmor ate classic(?), delicious(?), unique(!) jello dishes and settled disputes Director Paul Feig & actress Anjali Bhimani came onto Go Fact Yourself to test their knowledge of obscure trivia they claim to be experts in (Sondheim musicals and The Brady Bunch, respectively) Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s musical episode “Once More with Feeling” is one of the most beloved episodes of the series. Emily and Jordan share their thoughts in a special unlocked BoCo episode of Free With Ads Triple Click host Maddy Myers is co-founding a cool new gaming website

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ICYMI: 2025 Wrap-Up

New shows, new office, and more!

Trans rights, new shows, and cute dogs—MaxFun had an eventful 2025! Check it out in our 2025 wrap-up.

MaxFun 2025 Wrap-Up

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Hoping 2026 brings you good days from here on out. See you next month! And, before you go, here’s a little peek into the #awww channel of the MaxFunHQ Slack:

— C.N. and your friends at MaxFun