Hi there!
Happy April! We’ve got show highlights, news about the next season of E Pluribus Motto, and book recommendations—let’s get into it!
🌿 Highlight Reel 🌿
What’s going on this month at MaxFun?
- Beef and Dairy Network got a big, beefy write up over at The AV Club!
- Our friends at Reading Glasses gave us actionable tips on how to protect libraries from fascism
- MaxFun was featured in an in-depth, heartfelt, and overall amazing write-up in Lauren Passell’s Podcast the Newsletter!
- Josh Gad (of Book of Mormon and Frozen fame) told Jesse about his new memoir, his childhood, and the one time he refuses to use his Olaf voice over on Bullseye
- Cameron Esposito visited Depresh Mode with John Moe to talk about their bipolar disorder diagnosis and how they explore that in their new comedy special
- Triple Click wants to make sure you play Blue Prince (plus, Jason played the Switch 2!)
- Former MTV VJ Dave Holmes gave his thoughts on the ESC 2025 music videos on Eurovangelists! Plus, the Eurovangelists team is going to Eurovision 2025—with official press credentials! A few other crossovers this month…
- Janet Varney came on Secretly Incredibly Fascinating to discuss copper (the official state metal of Arizona!)
- Allan McLeod regaled us with tales of his camping trip packing list on Sleeping with Celebrities
- Laurie Kilmartin talked about writing for the Oscars on Jordan, Jesse, Go!
ICYMI:
Two new shows joined the network—plus, a beloved show returns!
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E Pluribus Motto needs your phone calls and photos!
Plus: a special promotional opportunity for small businesses!
After consulting with some VIPs (MaxFun members who support the show) Janet Varney and John Hodgman have selected the states to be covered in the next season of E Pluribus Motto:
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Washington D.C.
- Wisconsin
From one of those states? We have three ways for you to get involved!
Want to share a heartfelt anecdote, funny story, or restaurant recommendation about one of the above states? Have some photos from those states that would make great E Pluribus Motto episode art? Or do you own a business in one of those states that you’d like to promote?
We wanna hear from you! More info here:
Get involved with E Pluribus Motto!
MaxFunHQ staff recommend books—plus, we want to hear your recs!
Did you know that MaxFun has a Bookshop.org storefront? We’ve got lists of books by all your favorite hosts, MaxFunHQ staff recommendations, and an audience picks list!
We just updated our staff recs! This quarter’s delightfully genre-diverse list includes everything from horror to nonfiction to middle grade fairy tales.
Read good books!
Do you love reading, too? We wanna hear from you! Send us your favorite books, and we might add them to the next refresh of our audience picks list.
Tell us about your fave reads!
Thanks for reading! We’ll be back next month with more network news and fun stuff.
— Your friends at MaxFun
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