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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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00:44:48

Ranking Presidential Pets with Rebecca Shaw and Ben...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/11/15

Maybe the old method of counting sheep works for you as a sleep aid. But maybe you need your animals to be a little more varied. That’s where comedy writers Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold come in with an exhaustive rundown of the various non-humans who have inhabited the White House. And we’re not just talking about dogs. Not by a longshot. We mean alligators and goats and possums. Ben and Rebecca are the authors of Naked in the Rideshare, a new book of humorous essays and they just recently

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00:46:24

Exploring Paris with Polyglot Negin Farsad

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/11/08

You know what might make you all tuckered out and ready for sleep? A walking tour of Paris. And who better to provide you with a friendly and funny walkabout than Negin Farsad, the comedian/director/writer and former resident of the City of Light? Negin pays particular attention to all the outdoor options of Paris, everything from the touristy hotspots to the lesser-known local haunts, so your impending doze can be taken with lungs full of fresh (and French) air.Links:Negin FarsadBook: How to Make

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00:45:23

Aparna Nancherla Is the Indie Coffee Shop of Comedy

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/11/01

Ordinarily, you wouldn’t want to visit a whole bunch of hipster coffee shops across the U.S. before bedtime. It would be time-consuming and expensive plus all that coffee would make you all jittery. But if you’re being softly guided through these places by the gentle voice of the hilarious Aparna Nancherla, it makes for a perfect bedtime journey. Aparna has a new book, Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome. And she really knows her hipster coffee joints.Links Aparna Nancherla

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00:47:10

Phoebe Judge: Hardcore Clammer

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/10/25

You might know Phoebe Judge as the host of the podcast Criminal, now celebrating its tenth year. Depending on where you live, you might also know her for her clamshell driveway because she has one of those. It’s an indication of how very much she loves clams and how much she loves clamming, which is the term for going out to the ocean and digging up clams. Phoebe talks us through the different kinds of clams she encounters from her Cape Cod adventures. More like Cape CLAM, I should say. No, I

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00:55:24

Felicia Day Has a Lazy Flap

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/10/18

If you have access to what’s called the internet, you probably have experienced the work of Felicia Day. She is the creator and star of the web series The Guild, the author and star of the new audiobook Third Eye, and she’s been featured in about one billion web videos. Rarely has her work featured frank discussions of her own gut health and personal biome. Until today, that is. With her signature charisma, humor, and grace, she takes you deep inside her intestines so that you might calmly drift off

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00:52:53

Five Dates & Five Concerts with Cameron Esposito

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/10/11

Cameron Esposito is a very popular and very funny comedian and the host of the Queery podcast right here on the Maximum Fun network. She has also been to a lot of concerts and while concerts can be noisy, talking about them doesn’t have to be. In this soothing episode, Cameron fills us in on five memorable shows and her five memorable dates for those shows. Is Neil Diamond on the list? Yes. Taylor Swift? Well, it’s mandatory in modern media to talk about T-Swizzle so yes. And who else? Tune in to

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00:56:42

Steven Page & All His 1983 Bar Mitzvah Gifts

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/10/04

You may know Steven Page from his solo musical work or his tenure as one of the founders and leaders of the band Barenaked Ladies. Of course, if you were around the Toronto suburbs some years ago and you knew Steven, it’s also possible you know him from his Bar Mitzvah. It was a lovely event and young (yet a man) Steven received many thoughtful gifts, which he is happy to enumerate for you, the drowsy listening audience. What 13-year-old wouldn’t love handsome coffee table books or coveted tickets

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00:49:24

Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard Fight Against Toxic Load

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/09/27

Julie and Brandy are best friends, comedy partners, and co-hosts of the podcast Dumb Gay Politics, which, according to Wikipedia, “recaps politics and reality TV.” They also hosted the Bravo TV program The People’s Couch. In between their busy schedules, they find plenty of time to eat just so very many vitamins. Brandy eats more than Julie but it’s hard to eat more vitamins than Brandy does. Hear about their regimen, how it overlaps with Brandy’s drinking schedule, and why Julie can’t seem to

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00:47:24

Zak Orth Rolls His T-shirts

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/09/20

You might recall Zak Orth as “J.J.” from the very funny film Wet Hot American Summer or perhaps you might recall him as “Aaron” from the drama series Revolution. If you haven’t seen those, well, don’t worry because he has an IMDb list of credits as long as your arm, even if you have a very long arm. On our program, Zak shares his rather extensive thoughts on laundry: how it should be sorted, whether hot water should be used, and what is the proper way to store one’s T-shirts. Zak also recalls the

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00:49:42

Frank Conniff Found Redemption at Arby’s after White...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/09/13

You may know the very funny Frank Conniff from his run as “TV’s Frank” on the legendary comedy program Mystery Science Theater 3000. But before he became a star there, Frank kept a more modest profile as an employee at Arby’s in Minneapolis. The job, which came about after his application at White Castle was rejected, helped Frank get his life together and helped keep him on the straight and narrow. In this interview, Frank tells you all you would ever care to know about life at Arby’s and why he

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00:50:35

Kristin Hersh Woke Up in a Field and Didn’t Know...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/09/06

The life of a touring rock n’ roll musician can be very exciting. Fortunately, we leave the exciting parts out in our conversation with the deeply hilarious Kristin Hersh, from the bands Throwing Muses and 50-Foot Wave and a prolific solo career. Kristin, who has a brand new album out on Friday called Clear Pond Blue, takes us through the rock star life but focusing on sedate topics like trying to check in to hotel rooms a little bit early and the methodical nature of venue sound checks. Think of

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00:54:30

Jo Firestone Has Ten Favorite Candies

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/08/30

We wouldn’t advise you to have candy before bedtime. That’s certainly not going to be helpful for your sleep efforts. But having the hilarious and delightful Jo Firestone run down her ten favorite candies of all time? Why that’s just the thing to send you off to dreamland. You might know Jo from the Dr. Gameshow podcast or television programs like Joe Pera Talks With You, What We Do in the Shadows, and Shrill and if so, you probably like her already. So sit back and listen to some sweet candy

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00:53:03

Emily Heller Doesn’t Have a Lawn Anymore

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/08/23

On the HBO show Barry, for which comedian Emily Heller is a writer, there is a great deal of suspense, gunfire, and overall tension, which would make it hard for those characters to ever get any sleep. And come to think of it, we never see them do so. Fortunately, in real life, Emily has interests that are much more pastoral. She enrolled in a program by which she replaced her lawn with a variety of plants that are much better for water usage in Los Angeles and then the city reimbursed her for the

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00:53:55

Dave Hill’s Favorite Jerseys Are Sweaters

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/08/16

Dave Hill is many things. He’s a musician, an actor, a podcast host, and an author. So four things. But it’s five things if you count his role as hockey sweater collector. Dave has a lifelong obsession with the hockey sweater, or jersey as one might call it in the States, and he recounts many of his favorites in this dreamily unfocused conversation that also includes discussions of Norway, Pantera, ice hockey legend Len Frig, duvets, and how to start a bar with the government’s assistance after

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00:45:34

Andrew Child Writes Where the Deer & Antelope Play

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/08/09

Jack Reacher, lead character in the Reacher series, is tall, imposing, and a noticeable presence in every town he rolls into. But just about anybody would be noticeable rolling into the town where Andrew Child, one of the writers of the series, lives. That’s because there’s almost no one in Tie Siding, Wyoming, a town listed as “uninhabited” by the U.S. Census Bureau. Still, according to Andrew, there’s a lot going on in Tie Siding, what with the moose, the bugling elk, the rabbits, the

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00:52:24

Don’t Underestimate Crows w/ Halle Kiefer and Alison...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/08/02

Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby are obsessed with crows, and not simply because they both host the horror podcast Ruined. Horror buff Halle knows that crows feature prominently in the genre–and our nightmares–for a reason: they’re crazy smart and are known to hold grudges. In fact, all birds in the Corvus family, like ravens and magpies, are intelligent. They even hold funerals when a fellow bird flies into the next realm. Enjoy drifting off to sleep learning about these cunning creatures.Hey Sleepy

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00:57:24

John Ross Bowie Makes Three Baguettes

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/07/26

John Ross Bowie, who pronounces his last name like Maui and not like David Bowie, is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Kripke on The Big Bang Theory. That show is, of course, a high-energy comedic romp with jokes dropping every few seconds. And that show is not this show. John Ross Bowie, without his funny voice from BBT, joins Sleeping with Celebrities to walk us all through the step-by-step process of baking baguettes. Three of them to be precise. He discusses his use of honey, the

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00:51:59

Michael Ian Black on Cunning Two-Letter Scrabble Plays

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/07/19

The actor, writer, comedian, and bon vivant Michael Ian Black is an enthusiast of the word game Scrabble and, in particular, the very short two-letter words that can make all the difference in a competitive game. Sure, lots of players want to use long words of seven or even more letters but a well-placed QI or a sly ZA can rack up more points than one might have ever thought possible, and Michael shares, in a lulling monotone, many more two-letterers that the uncareful player might have never

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01:00:54

A Sleep-Safe Audio Slide Show of Janie and Paul’s...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/07/12

THIS IS THE SLEEP SAFE VERSION OF THIS EPISODE. THERE IS NO JARRING INTERRUPTION IN THIS VERSION.Beloved actors, comedy people, and podcast bon vivants Janie Haddad Tompkins and Paul F. Tompkins once took a vacation to the beautiful nation of Iceland and they took a lot of photos. So many photos. And they would like to share them with you in this episode. But wait, you say, isn’t this an AUDIO podcast? Why yes. It is. We believe that without the distraction of having to pry open your eyes to look at

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01:01:57

An Audio Slide Show of Janie and Paul’s Icelandic...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2023/07/12

THIS IS THE SUDDEN, JARRING NOISE VERSION OF THIS EPISODE. DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS VERSION IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SLEEPGet ready for thrills, you not-so-sleepyheads. Because entertainment superstars Paul F. Tompkins and Janie Haddad Tompkins are here to blow your minds with audio descriptions of photographs of their 2016 trip to Iceland! And as if that isn’t enough to distract you into relaxation or sleep, this episode features - get this - an old-timey interruption from a bygone era. You might not fall

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