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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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00:46:30

Comedian, Actor, and Podcaster Sierra Katow Gently...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/04/30

There are many places to acquire food and household items in the greater Los Angeles area. You could go to Costco, you could go to Ralphs, you could even swing by 99 Ranch. Or if you listen to this episode with the delightful Sierra Katow, you could visit all these places and let Sierra do the driving while you zonk off to sleep, sated with the audio equivalent of free samples of tasty snacks. You might have seen Sierra on Sex Lives of College Girls or Last Comic Standing or perhaps you’ve heard her

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00:36:20

Hanging Out at Airports with Roxane Gay

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/04/23

Roxane Gay is one of the greatest writers in the world today. Everyone knows this. We’re so thrilled that she agreed to be on our show. Roxane is the author of books like Bad Feminist and Hunger, writes for the New York Times, is a respected social critic and noted professor. All this means that she travels a lot and she joins us, using a very soothing voice, to share her opinions on air travel. Hear about her favorite airports, such as Indianapolis, and her least favorite airports, like JFK in New

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00:39:54

Campin’ About with Allan McLeod of Walkin’ About

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/04/16

Allan McLeod is an actor who has appeared on Parks & Recreation and You’re the Worst. He’s a podcaster who appears regularly as host on Walkin’ About, here on Maximum Fun. And, for our purposes on this episode, he’s a camper, who appears pretty often at campgrounds around California. Allan walks us through his incredibly detailed and quite lengthy packing list that he uses whenever he and his family take off for the great outdoors and he discusses some tips and tricks for making your camping

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00:43:45

Philosophy Tube’s Abigail Thorn Takes You Scuba Diving

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/04/09

Whether you know her from the phenomenally popular YouTube channel Philosophy Tube or from her acting appearances in House of the Dragon or The Acolyte, chances are Abigail Thorn was dry when you saw her and above the surface of the water. Just know that this is not where she prefers to be. Abigail is a scuba diver and is here to send you to sleep by telling you all about her pastoral adventures had while wearing a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. She made friends with an octopus.Watch

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00:41:53

Queen Priyanka on Crazy-Ass Dog Ownership

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/04/02

Queen Priyanka is many things: singer, drag queen, Canadian television personality. But today we talk about her role as dog owner and keen observer of the quirks and personality facets of other dog owners, specifically the kind of dog owner that can be characterized as “crazy-ass dog owner.” If you like dogs, are fascinated by the eclectic habits of their owners, or just enjoy hearing conversation with a charming and vivacious human being, you will drift off to sleep with a smile on your face.Listen

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00:12:26

BONUS MINI-SODE: Naps with Normies: Bikram Chatterji

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/28

Being the CEO of Maximum Fun is not as glamorous as you might expect. In fact, it involves a lot of running reports. That’s what we found out from Bikram Chatterji in our latest and final installment of our Naps with Normies series. Tune in and drift off for a quick snooze while the big boss of the whole shebang reveals how shockingly normal his work really is.It's the Max Fun Drive! Go to www.maximumfun.org/join and select Sleeping with Celebrities to support our show.Hey Sleepy Heads, is there

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00:05:55

BONUS MINI-SODE: Naps with Normies: April Pendergraft

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/27

You’ve heard of the Max Fun Drive. Perhaps you’ve heard us mention it eight billion times. We have to. It’s how we are able to exist. The person who runs the whole drive is April and while she won’t extoll you to donate during this edition of Naps with Normies, she will tell you all about all the spreadsheets and reports she has to run. Just a constant sea of precise low-key work to be done.It's the Max Fun Drive! Go to www.maximumfun.org/join and select Sleeping with Celebrities to support our

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00:49:46

Astronaut and Dog Lover Leland Melvin on Dogs, Space,...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/26

You’ve likely seen some of the famous pictures of former astronaut and NFL player Leland Melvin with his two beloved and boisterous dogs, Jake and Scout, Leland is wearing a space suit, the dogs are showering him with affection. It’s really wonderful. Leland, WHO HAS BEEN TO SPACE, tells us all about the dogs he’s had, what it’s like to orbit the earth, and he goes into a lot of detail about his lifelong hobby of converting trucks into campers. Leland is just the most delightful guy and you will

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00:10:57

BONUS MINI-SODE: Naps with Normies: Danny Baruela

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/25

Danny Baruela is responsible for you being able to hear your favorite shows at Maximum Fun, serving as the company’s Technology and Data Specialist. Unlike many people who we have as guests, he’s not a celebrity. Has no movie to promote nor album to plug. He’s a normie, with tasks to perform, a life to live, and a great deal of complicated computer things to keep track of. Get to know Danny as you settle in for a nap. With a normie.It's the Max Fun Drive! Go to www.maximumfun.org/join and select

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00:05:18

BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: The Celebrity Parade of Dreams...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/24

When you become a member of Maximum Fun at even the $5/month level, you get access to our entire library of Bonus Content, including this year’s Sleeping with Celebrities special: The Celebrity Parade of Dreams Supershow. We asked guests from the last year of the show to tell us their weirdest and funniest dreams to lay the groundwork for dream of your own. Here, for FREE, is a little preview of that episode to give you a taste, featuring Jenny Lawson, Josh Gondelman, Blaine Capatch, and Nate

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00:06:42

BONUS MINI-SODE: Naps with Normies: Swish

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/24

Laura Swisher, also known as Swish, is a senior producer at Maximum Fun, overseeing several shows, including ours. Unlike many people who we have as guests, she’s not a celebrity. Has no movie to promote nor album to plug. She’s a normie, with tasks to perform, a life to live, and so many dogs to sit. Get to know Swish as you settle in for a nap. With a normie.It's the Max Fun Drive! Go to www.maximumfun.org/join and select Sleeping with Celebrities to support our show.Hey Sleepy Heads, is there

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00:11:42

BEDTIME STORY MINI-SODE: Ducky the Dog and His Many...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/21

During the Max Fun Drive, we’re offering you special mini-sodes in our regular feed. In this one, host John Moe tells of fostering a rescue dog named Ducky who is really moved by being allowed up on the couch. So much so that he builds a vast network of used and donated couches for dogs to lie down and relax on. It’s a really impressive business model, especially for a rescue Pomeranian.It's the Max Fun Drive! Go to www.maximumfun.org/join and select Sleeping with Celebrities to support our show.Hey

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00:10:40

BEDTIME STORY MINI-SODE: The All-Iguana Band

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/20

Certain movies would have you believe the dogs can play football but I think we all agree iguanas shouldn’t. They’re too delicate. They can, however, form eclectic musical ensembles and play mid-tempo music on bugle, triangle, oboe, and woodblock. This is the story of one band that did just that and was much beloved by a local football team, especially number 75.It's the Max Fun Drive! Go to www.maximumfun.org/join and select Sleeping with Celebrities to support our show.Hey Sleepy Heads, is there

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00:50:16

A Soothing Nighttime Edition with Steve Inskeep of...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/19

For many people, Steve Inskeep is a voice you hear in the morning on NPR in intermittent bursts, sometimes telling you about alarming news. We switch that around with Steve, bringing him to you for a bedtime appearance and speaking at length about things that are benign or even pleasant. Steve discusses the state of Indiana, Abraham Lincoln, the processes of the Library of Congress, and how to make your boyhood friends upset by calling a high school football game without favor or bias. Let his

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00:12:51

BEDTIME STORY MINI-SODE: Louie the Tugboat’s Teriyaki...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/18

Obviously, Seattle has a rich and vibrant wizard scene. We all know this. Well, one day, one of the wizards turned a tugboat named Louie into a human being and Louie decided to do one of the most Seattle things possible: open a teriyaki restaurant. He was really good at it. The meat was not too soggy but not burnt, the glaze was sweet and just a little salty, the cursory salad was fine. And after a while, Louie had thoughts of expanding to new locations but then didn’t.It's the Max Fun Drive! Go to

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00:12:11

BEDTIME STORY MINI-SODE: Ed’s House of Many Onions...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/17

During the Max Fun Drive, we’re offering you special mini-sodes in our regular feed. In this one, host John Moe tells one of his improvised and semi-drowsy bedtime stories. It’s about an onionman named Ed, who opens the shop of his dreams, selling all 21 types of onions. But in the effort to market his shop, he finds a love even greater than onions: dancing. Tune in and drift off to sleep as Ed leaves his vidalias behind to trip the light fantastic.It's the Max Fun Drive! Go to

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00:40:05

A Calm and Soothing Trip to Escape Rooms with Mary...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/12

You may know actress and comedian Mary Holland from the new movie Nightbitch or from TV shows like Veep, Bob’s Burgers, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Or you might know her from literally hundreds of escape rooms around the country, where she absolutely loves solving puzzles, cracking codes, and figuring out how to escape the room. And then she goes right back into another room and has to escape from that one too and the process continues. Hear all about escape rooms and the triumphant,

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00:47:27

Just Picking Up Some Stuff at the Drugstore with...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/03/05

Samantha Irby, best-selling author of several hilarious books of essays, is one of the funniest and most delightful people you’re likely to come across. In this episode, we talk about all the things she likes to buy as well as the things she avoids on a routine trip to her local drugstore. We even comb through some of the newspaper circulars for her favorite store to see what she would like to toss in her cart and what she’d leave on the shelf. Look, there aren’t any shocking revelations here, no

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00:34:51

Unapologetic Love For Cabbage Patch Kids with Mike...

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/02/26

Is it weird for a grown man to own lots and lots and lots of Cabbage Patch Kids? No. No, it is not. Therefore, comedian Mike O’Connell, who has amassed an adorable army of the pretend children that dominate his southern California home, is not a weird person. He is instead a person who thinks that to love something nice and sweet is a nice and sweet thing to do. Join Mike and drift off to a very cute sleep as he outlines his collection.Hey Sleepy Heads, is there anyone whose voice you’d like to

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00:42:03

Warm and Pleasant Thoughts of Summer Camp with Anna Sale

Sleeping with Celebrities ·

2025/02/19

You might know Anna Sale as the host of Slate’s podcast Death, Sex, and Money, which digs deep into topics that a lot of people would rather avoid. If you attended Camp Alleghany in West Virginia, you might know Anna as one of the many campers, spending idyllic summer days and nights having wholesome fun in the great outdoors. At the request of our listener Beth, who wanted to hear Anna’s voice on our show, Anna fills us in on all the warm camaraderie as well as the good-natured fierce competition

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