Hello!

We’ve got an exciting announcement about a big event, lots of great Bonus Content, and some upcoming live shows!

Announcing Co-Optober!

Since 1964, October has been National Co-op Month in the U.S. We’re putting our own spin on the tradition with Co-Optober: a month long celebration of cooperatives!

Throughout October, we’ll be featuring some co-ops that are doing great things for their worker-owners and their communities. We’ll be posting write-ups of interviews with creative co-ops, answering your questions, hosting events in person and online, and sharing insights from the worker-owners at Maximum Fun.

Co-Optober logo. A blue and red rocket next to a black square filled with small stars. Text: MaxFun presents Co-Optober

We’ll also have some really cool limited-edition merch available exclusively to our members during Co-Optober, featuring great designs by Tom Deja and Geoff Tice! Becoming a co-op is an incredibly exciting step for us, but it’s also involved a ton of work, as well as a lot of one-time expenses. Supporting MaxFun through memberships, one-time contributions, and buying our upcoming limited-edition merch is a great way to help our co-op get off the ground!

Co-Optober events coming soon!

We’ll be announcing more good stuff later, but there are two big things you might want to get on your calendar now:

October 12: MaxFun Meetup Day

A group of people standing outside chatting at a meetup

We’re bringing our favorite MaxFunDrive tradition to October! On Meetup Day, MaxFun fans all around the world get together with local MaxFunsters to hang out, talk about podcasts, and make new friends. If you’re interested in hosting a meetup and want some tips, check out our Meetup Day kit—and make sure to email cn@maximumfun.org so we can add it to our list!

October 23-29: Volunteer Week

A group of people in masks and gloves assembling care kits outdoors

A bunch of MaxFun HQ staff are going to be volunteering together at our local food bank and we encourage you to do the same! It’s a really nice way to help your community and spend time with friends. If you’re not sure how to set something like that up, check out this handy volunteer guide.

New Bonus Content!

Members get a bunch of new bonus content during MaxFunDrive—but did you know that bonus content gets added throughout the year, too?

Shootin’ the Bries returns!

The Shootin' the Bries logo. An illustration of a cheese board with the words Shootin' the Bries with John Hodgman and Jordan Morris

As promised in MaxFunDrive 2023, former cheesemongers Jordan Morris and John Hodgman have made another delectable episode of Shootin’ the Bries! You can find it now in your Bonus Content feed, along with the two previous installments of this audio treat and a slew of amazing bonus content from a bunch of our other shows. (Note: if you’ve customized your BoCo feed, you’ll need to add “MaxFun Network Content” for it to show up!)

Since MaxFunDrive ended…

Comfort Creatures hosts Ella and Alexis got drunk and ranted about book trends they don’t like (plus a few that they do)

Dead Pilots Society recorded a two-part video of a table read for The Sleeping Father, an adaptation of Matthew Sharpe’s 2003 novel

Jordan, Jesse, Go! posted the audio from their recurring live shows at Rock Rose Gallery in LA

Go Fact Yourself brought on two fans of the show as contestants for a super fun bonus mini-episode

Tights and Fights host Lindsey Kelk and producer Julian Burrell discussed the legacy of American wrestler Rey Mysterio

Triple Click continued their BoCo series where Maddy, Jason, and Kirk spill the beans on games, movies, TV shows, and more

The Flop House released FlopTails 2023, a fun RPG adventure run by Stuart and played by Dan, Elliott, and returning guest Zhubin Parang

Stop Podcasting Yourself listened to commercial jingles from their listeners, discussed hot topics, and finished their Mr. Bean recap series

The Greatest Generation posted a live show video, reviewed Baywatch episodes, and continued their quest to try everything at the Cheesecake Factory

Greatest Trek hosts Ben and Adam watched the cult classic 1985 movie Teen Wolf and discussed how it (kind of) relates to Star Trek

Reading Glasses hosts Brea and Mallory discussed all of the books they were excited about from Summer 2023

We Got This released an exclusive bonus episode where Mark and Hal settled 10 arguments while eating progressively spicier hot sauces

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating released downloadable posters, a Discord server link, and a whole slew of episodes on topics that are secretly incredibly fascinating

Judge John Hodgman put forth nominees for Weird Dad Blog of the Year, including listener Veronica’s beloved Uncle Bhal and his YouTube cooking show

MaxFun members have access to all of the above plus hundreds of hours of additional content from all of your favorite shows! Reminder: you have a personal RSS feed with all BoCo and you can customize a feed to include only the shows you listen to (instructions here). Not a member yet? Become one at maximumfun.org/join!

Upcoming Live Shows

We have tons of great live shows coming up in September and October! Check out all of our upcoming shows on the events calendar of our website.

Logos for several shows. Judge John Hodgman, My Brother, My Brother, and Me, The Adventure Zone, The Flop House, Go Fact Yourself, The Greatest Generation

Thanks for reading! We’ll be back next month with Co-Optober!

— Your friends at Maximum Fun

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