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Sleeping with Celebrities

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

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00:58:43

Nate Corddry Explains the Intricacies of Tabletop...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/05/29

You may know the very funny and talented actor Nate Corddry from one million television programs and movies he's appeared in over the years, including Ghostbusters, Mom, The Daily Show, and Yogi Bear. You may not know him as a high-level player of a style of baseball played with dice, pencils, and pads of paper, yet that is exactly what he has been for many years. Listen to Nate tell you all about how to play this soothingly complicated version of America's pastime and soon you will be sleeping as

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00:47:53

Comedian Emily Fleming Has Tips For Cleaning Toys

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/05/22

Yes, toys are delightful and fun and even exciting. But for our purposes, that might all get a little TOO exciting. We’re here to put you to sleep after all. That’s why Emily, co-host of Maximum Fun’s newish Free With Ads podcast, will go into detail on exactly how to clean the various action figures in her rather sizable collection. A lot of the toys are Power Rangers and she even managed to not lose their tiny plastic weapons. Playing? Yes. Fun. Not sleep inducing. Cleaning? Well, get ready to saw

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00:48:55

Comedian Richard Sarvate Understands How Email...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/05/15

The path from Silicon Valley computer programmer to rising star in standup comedy is not one that’s well traveled. Nor is the opposite path for that matter, where one leaves behind a world of headlining clubs and making specials to write code in a cubicle somewhere. But Richard Sarvate, former programmer and current standup, is a trailblazer. He fills us in on his former life, including why “spaghetti code” became such a problem, and also his near death experience in Puerto Rico that led to his

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00:43:58

Bill Corbett on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/05/08

New York's Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is 13,700 feet long. Comedian, Rifftrax star, and MST3K alum Bill Corbett is at most six feet long, maybe even a little less. Still, Bill has a lot more to say about the bridge than the bridge can say about him because bridges can't talk. Bill's funnier too, by a lot, whereas the bridge has its own strengths like 13 lanes of traffic to Bill's none. Bill, a native New Yorker, fills us in at great length about New York's second most famous bridge, the Andrew

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00:49:20

Julia Duffy, from Newhart and Palm Royale, Has Just...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/05/01

When Julia Duffy is not filming something to entertain and delight you, chances are she’s reading a book. It’s generally non-fiction, often historical, and in one notable recent case, it was all about a tiger. Don’t worry, there isn’t enough action in her detailed descriptions of these books to keep you awake at night. It’s more like Julia, who starred as Stephanie on Newhart and as Mary Jones Davidsoul on Palm Royale, is doing your bedtime reading for you, so you can just shut your eyes and drift

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00:44:34

Lindy West Slows Down By Watching Others Play Video...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/04/24

Yes, that headline can be confusing. Read it slowly. We’ll wait. Lindy West is an acclaimed author, podcaster, and all-around funny person. Her best-selling book, Shrill, was adapted into a series for hulu starring Aidy Bryant. Lindy finds it relaxing to surf through YouTube videos of expert gamers performing “speedruns” through popular games, especially games that Lindy herself played as a young person, like the King’s Quest series. Maybe you can get to sleep by listening her describe those games,

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00:46:11

Comedian Ray Ellin Imagines Being in a Little House,...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/04/17

Ray Ellin, according to Wikipedia, is a comedian, talk show host, producer, writer, and director. According to Sleeping with Celebrities, he is also a fairly fanatical devotee of the television series Little House on the Prairie and he discusses it freely, openly, and in great detail on our latest episode. He’s so into the show, Ray hosts the Wild Nights on the Prairie podcast. Learn what sparked his interest, what job he would have in Maple Grove if he could teleport into the LHOTP universe, and

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00:43:45

Marsha Warfield from Night Court, Who Believes in...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/04/10

Honestly, we haven't had that many people on our show who have started entirely new religions. Most of the time, if someone wants to be religious, they simply follow one of the existing faiths that are out there in the world in great abundance already. But Marsha Warfield, who played Roz the bailiff on the classic sitcom Night Court and who appears in that show's newer reboot, has developed a religion that is all about empowering women. And there's no need to convert to the Church of She-sus since

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00:50:00

Rob Haze Has Many More Sneakers Than You Do

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/04/03

The hilarious Rob Haze, a rapidly rising star in stand-up comedy, has loads of sneakers. Really a disproportionate amount of sneakers compared to the cubic footage of space he lives in. He doesn’t go into great detail on every single pair he owns in this interview, mind you, but he does provide enough information to lull you into a sleepy state with a smile on your face. Rob also describes how Michael Jordan’s NBA career tracked with the beginning and end of his parents’ marriage and why he was

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00:15:57

BONUS MINI-SODE 10: Unscripted Bedtime Stories:...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/29

Dickey Simpkins loves breakfast. So much so that this Australian wallaby started a blog about breakfast, which led to a podcast about breakfast, which is now one of the most popular podcasts in the world. This is that story.We would like you to support Sleeping with Celebrities during the Max Fun Drive. To make this prospect more appealing to you, we are charming you by presenting mini-sodes of unscripted bedtime stories, drowsily invented and told by John Moe. Please visit maximumfun.org/join.Go to

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00:02:54

BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: Let's Talk About the Weather

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/28

A special sneak preview of this year's MaxFunDrive bonus content, "Let's Talk About the Weather"! Join at the $5 level to listen to the full episode.We rounded up a lot of our guests, friends really, from Sleeping with Celebrities and asked them one simple question: How's the weather where you are? Now you can enjoy weather updates, some lengthy, some brief, some hilarious, some rather dry, from celebrities like Felicia Day, Neil Gaiman, Justin McElroy, and dozens more. Get cozy as familiar voices

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00:15:45

BONUS MINI-SODE 9: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: A...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/28

Arden Neely was a muskrat who worked as the assistant manager at a coffee shop. They had to start work very early in the day but wanted to go see rock concerts at night. How did they manage this tricky sleep conundrum? Listen and find out.We would like you to support Sleeping with Celebrities during the Max Fun Drive. To make this prospect more appealing to you, we are charming you by presenting mini-sodes of unscripted bedtime stories, drowsily invented and told by John Moe. Please

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01:03:42

John Darnielle Spills the Tea About Tea

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/27

He's best known as the leader of the popular and influential band the Mountain Goats and as a best-selling author, but John Darnielle should also be recognized for his exhaustive knowledge of tea. You know, the beverage. Tea. John details some of his favorite varieties of teas that you won't find on the shelf at your local grocer but that you can find if you send away to this one guy on the internet. John also walks us through his process of making tea to ensure maximum flavor and temperature

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00:18:43

BONUS MINI-SODE 8: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Anson...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/27

Anson is a bit nervous for his high school reunion, which is happening at a Marriott hotel on Space Planet. Will people be nice? Will he be seen as successful and popular? Well, he ends up going and it turns out mostly fine.We would like you to support Sleeping with Celebrities during the Max Fun Drive. To make this prospect more appealing to you, we are charming you by presenting mini-sodes of unscripted bedtime stories, drowsily invented and told by John Moe. Please visit maximumfun.org/join.Go to

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00:18:35

BONUS MINI-SODE 7: Unscripted Bedtime Stories:...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/26

In this very special episode, our host John Moe tells the story of the now-ubiquitous board game Rooms & Complications and how it was invented one rainy day in Canadaburg, Canada by two siblings who used WordPerfect.We would like you to support Sleeping with Celebrities during the Max Fun Drive. To make this prospect more appealing to you, we are charming you by presenting mini-sodes of unscripted bedtime stories, drowsily invented and told by John Moe. Please visit maximumfun.org/join.Go to

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00:15:32

BONUS MINI-SODE 6: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Going...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/25

In this very special episode, our host John Moe meets up with his friend Jill - not his wife, Jill, a different Jill - and they try to find somewhere to get tacos. It’s a little harder than they thought but it turns out okay.We would like you to support Sleeping with Celebrities during the Max Fun Drive. To make this prospect more appealing to you, we are charming you by presenting mini-sodes of unscripted bedtime stories, drowsily invented and told by John Moe. Please visit maximumfun.org/join.Go

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00:16:54

BONUS MINI-SODE 5: Unscripted Bedtime Stories:...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/22

Here is a bedtime story about Leonard, who is a sea turtle living a pretty okay life. He has two friends in Julia and Boris. He has a coral reef to swim around in. But he has a job in mind that he'd like to have. Will he finally pursue his professional goals?We would like you to support Sleeping with Celebrities during the Max Fun Drive. To make this prospect more appealing to you, we are charming you by presenting mini-sodes of unscripted bedtime stories, drowsily invented and told by John Moe

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00:15:02

BONUS MINI-SODE 4: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Norman...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/21

Here is a bedtime story about Norman, who is a pangolin, but a very specific pangolin. Norman is a pangolin who works as a database administrator and has a yearning to learn to dance. You can hear about him doing so and making a friend. We would like you to support Sleeping with Celebrities during the Max Fun Drive. To make this prospect more appealing to you, we are charming you by presenting mini-sodes of unscripted bedtime stories, drowsily invented and told by John Moe. Please

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00:53:26

Alan Tudyk? More Like Alan Yardsticks. (He Collects...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/20

You might know Alan Tudyk as the star of the SyFy series Resident Alien or the groundbreaking series Firefly. You might know him from the films Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, 28 Days, or A Knight's Tale. It’s possible also that you know Alan Tudyk from his robust participation in the yardstick collector community because the veteran character actor has a rather enormous collection of these measuring devices. Thousands of them. And Alan Tudyk will tell you all about his yardsticks as you drift

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00:19:16

BONUS MINI-SODE 3: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Nadine...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2024/03/20

Here is a bedtime story about Nadine, a duck who works with a lot of other ducks to operate a farm in Finland. It's hard work so she gets tired. Because of course she does. She bakes bread. We'll tell you all about it. We would like you to support Sleeping with Celebrities during the Max Fun Drive. To make this prospect more appealing to you, we are charming you by presenting mini-sodes of unscripted bedtime stories, drowsily invented and told by John Moe.Go to MaximumFun.org/join, choose a

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