We put together a holiday gift guide with some popular merch – plus books, albums, art, and more fun stuff created by your favorite podcast hosts! Check out the list below (in alphabetical order by show title) for some great ideas for the beloved MaxFunsters in your life.
Adam Ruins Everything
Tickets to see their favorite ruiner of things live in person!
The Adventure Zone
Get your pal a copy of The Adventure Zone graphic novel or pre-order the sequel for them!
And if that’s not enough (can it really ever be enough?), you can find an assortment of merch here and here.
Baby Geniuses
Get one of Lisa Hanawalt’s Baen Chunch shirts or other lovely shirts or a lovely art print of her own design. Or if you’re buying for a reader, get one of her beautifully illustrated books.
Make sure you rep both geniuses by getting Emily Heller’s just-released comedy album Pasta plus her first CD and t-shirts, too! Either way, you need to click that link and look at that magnificent Pasta album artwork.
Beef and Dairy Network
Someone found a box full of treasured merch from Eli’s World of Mosquito Mayhem so you should snag one of those gems while they are still around. Plus any beef lover will want some Mitchell’s gear – If it’s not Mitchell’s, get back in the truck.”
Or just buy your friend the best gift of all: truckloads of beef.
Bubble
Fans of Fairhaven’s favorite monster huntrs can get an array of merch repping their favorite show and company. There are posters, stickers, buttons AND a shirt!
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
There’s are beautiful Bullseye posters and t-shirts in the MaxFunStore, and if you want to really impress the Bullseye listener in your life, get them the perfect find from Jesse’s vintage shop Put This On.
Bunker Buddies
Andie knows all the best stuff for your favorite prepper, so check out the holiday gift episode of Bunker Buddies and see what sounds the most practical (and awesome) to you.
Can I Pet Your Dog
If it doesn’t seem right to buy your loved one a pup, the next best thing you can do is buy them a shirt with a pup on it. The MaxFunStore has perfect shirts for both the Tugboats and Pistachios in your life.
Dead Pilots Society
Host Ben Blacker has a great new comic out now called Hex Wives that you should get your pals hooked on.
If you’re looking for a novel rather than a comic, pick up the first two books in Ben’s Star Wars young adult series:
Join The Resistance and Escape from Vodran. Or grab a copy of Ben’s supernatural Western graphic novel, Death Be Damned.
Everything’s Coming Up Simpsons
Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott recently released a book called 100 Things The Simpsons Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die that any die-hard fan of The Simpsons would love.
The Flop House
The Flop House has a series of comics on the themes of “Horror” and “Love” with the proceeds going to charity – an ideal gift AND a donation to a good cause!
Also, Elliott Kalan wrote a very adorable children’s book, called Horse Meets Dog that would be perfect for the kids in your life. Get those Floppers started young!
Friendly Fire
We’ve got both a very cool poster and t-shirt available in the MaxFunStore for all the Friendly Fire fans in your life, depending on whether they like to wear their hosts on their sleeve or their walls.
Go Fact Yourself
RSVP for two free tickets to an upcoming podcast taping in LA (feel free to gift them the transportation cost), and bring your friend out to Angel City Brewery for a night of live podcast fun!
The Greatest Generation and The Greatest Discovery
Show your allegiance to The Greatest Generation and The Dustbuster Club with a variety of beautiful merch, from t-shirts to sweatshirts to posters to challenge coins. OR depending on where you live, you can score tickets to see the guys LIVE in a town near you!
Heat Rocks
Co-host Oliver Wang has a book called Legions of Boom that would be fantastic for Heat Rocks fans. Also, buy your friend one of the albums you grew to love by listening to the show!
Inside Pop
Gather some of of your Big Sells (recommendations for new media your friend would love) and give your friend the gift of discovering new loves.
International Waters
Dave Holmes’ book, Party of One, is out in paperback, hardcover and audio book (read by Dave himself)!
Jonah Raydio
Make your friends an old-fashioned mix tape (or playlist) with some of your favorite songs you discovered through the show. (You should buy the songs, though. Let’s support those artists).
Jordan, Jesse, Go!
Let your favorite JJGo fan know you support their hobbies with this newly added D.T.W. robot shirt. Be sure to get something from Jesse’s vintage shop Put This On, too!
Judge John Hodgman
If your weird dad missed John on his book tour, he’ll love a copy of John’s new book Vacationland or this new All Guess Are Wrong shirt.
Magic Lessons
Get your most creative buddy a copy of the book that inspired the podcast.
Minority Korner
Tell your pal who loves Minority Korner exactly how great you think they are with a jumbotron message read by Nnekay and James on the show. Go to maximumfun.org/jumbotron for more details. And remind them to side-eye their heroes with this new t-shirt.
My Brother, My Brother, and Me
Give the cool babies in your life some MBMBaM cred with a bunch of merch from their store. And thank Travis for Travis this holiday season.
Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone
Tell the world that the title of the show is a fib with this NLTPP t-shirt from the MaxFunStore.
If you’re buying for a reader, you can also buy Paula’s new book The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness. And bring that with you when you see Paula live on tour!
One Bad Mother
Biz and Teresa’s book, You’re Doing a Great Job! is an ideal gift for any parents you know. And the ever popular OBM onesie makes a perfect addition to it!
They’ve also just added two fantastic new shirts: It’s Friday Somewhere and Haggard & Broken.
Oh No, Ross and Carrie!
Gift this conversation piece of a mug, so they always have a point of reference for something creepy that happens. Like seeing your friend walking in your front door wearing this cool It Suffers the Illusion shirt even though you know all of your doors and windows were locked.
Pop Rocket
Margaret Wappler’s novel, Neon Green, makes a great gift! As does Guy Branum’s wonderful book My Life as a Goddess.
Reading Glasses
For all your family members who sneak away to read this holiday season, there’s this very direct Do Not Disturb the Reading Tote bag. You should probably also get them this library-inspired Ask Me What I’m Reading shirt so they have something for when they can’t stop talking about the book they’re reading.
Sawbones
Everyone you know deserves to have Justin and Sydnee’s Sawbones book, beautifully illustrated by Still Buffering’s Teylor Smirl.
Shmanners
It would only be polite to gift Emily Post’s book of Etiquette, a Shmanners favorite, as well as some Shmanners merchandise.
Stop Podcasting Yourself
It’s like this Stop Podcasting Yourself shirt was MADE for your friend. You wouldn’t get it, but they will.
Story Break
Get this Story Break mug for all of the Hollywood professionals in your life. Or introduce your pal to Will Campos and Freddie Wong’s earlier project Video Game High School.
Still Buffering
Get your favorite teen a shirt with their 3 favorite (former) teens. And whatever you do, don’t talk about butts.
Switchblade Sisters
Assemble a collection of the genre films April chats about in the podcast, like Bone Tomahawk, Near Dark, and The Invitation.
Tights and Fights
Tights and Fights fans would be super into getting one of Mike Eagle’s albums.
Trends Like These
Your TLT pals would enjoy checking out Brent Black’s music (including the TLT theme).
The Turnaround
Support Jesse’s next passion behind interviewing: his vintage shop, Put This On.
We Got This
Debate the question on everyone’s mind, ‘should podcasts have a theme song?’ by wearing this new t-shirt around town.
Get your beloved people of the world this Mark and Hal Throwdown poster so they stay vigilant about choosing the right things.
Who Shot Ya
Who Shot Ya? fans will love Alonso Duralde’s book Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas.
Wonderful!
Rachel (and we) think it’s wonderful that Griffin has a short story in this book.
It’s also worth noting that “all participating authors have generously forgone any compensation for their stories. Instead, their proceeds will be donated to First Book—a leading nonprofit that provides new books, learning materials, and other essentials to educators and organizations serving children in need.”
Or if you you love a big time MaxFunster very much and want to get a few gifts out of the way in one go:
A ticket to MaxFunCon 2019, a weekend-long gathering full of comedy, creativity and friendship in Lake Arrowhead, CA from June 7-9.
If that’s not in the budget this year, you can also some MaxFun logo socks, a dad hat, shirt, hoodie, or a skateboard deck for the MaxFunster in your life.