During the 2025 MaxFunDrive, we promised yall if we reach our support stretch goal, we'd make a special D&D episode! Well, we reached that goal and got right to work. Join Dave Holmes, Riley Silverman, John-Luke Roberts, producer Christian, and special guest Austin Taylor of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries on a rip roaring musical adventure! DM'd by Riley Silverman , recorded remotely over Zoom and in Los Angeles at MaxFun HQ and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher . Join the M...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 295
This week, our MaxFun friends Katie Goldin and John Moe join Dave for some Pixar films, custom popcorn buckets, and Muppet music trivia Katie Goldin would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and Creature Feature and recommends Pants John Moe would like to plug Depresh Mode , Sleeping with Celebrities , his band Math Emergency , and his upcoming class at The Loft and recommends Elderberry Wine by Wednesday And finally Dave is on Bluesky ! Find us on Instagram and Bluesky Written by Riley...
Jun 16, 2025•45 min•Ep. 294
This week, our MaxFun friends Helen Hong and Kevin Avery join Dave for Nintendo trivia, LGBTQ+ anthems, and Sesame Street pitches. Helen Hong would like to plug Go Fact Yourself and Belly Laughs Festival Kevin Avery would like to plug Maximum Film and The Great North and recommends Kara Morgan And finally Dave is on Bluesky ! Find us on Instagram and Bluesky Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts , recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher . Join th...
Jun 02, 2025•39 min•Ep. 293
This week, our friends Teri Gamble and Jessica Lynn Verdi join Dave for TV spinoff trivia, improvised song sequels, and movie sequel bidding wars. Teri Gamble would like to plug Horror Movie Survival Guide and Horror X and recommends Today in Gay Jessica Lynn Verdi would like to plug Mission Log: The Orville and recommends Naming Your Little Geek and Amanda Troop And finally Dave is on Bluesky ! Find us on Instagram and Bluesky Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts , recorded remotely...
May 15, 2025•58 min•Ep. 292
This week, our guests Shanna Christmas and Mangesh Hattikudur join Dave Holmes for some songs about women in interesting places, cornfield horror flicks, and Sanrio character trivia. Shanna Christmas would like to plug her upcoming special Highly Intelligent and her monthly comedy show and recommends The Comedy Reviewers Mangesh Hattikudur would like to plug Part Time Genius and recommends From Ted to Tom And finally Dave is on Bluesky ! Find us on Instagram and Bluesky Written by Riley Silverma...
May 01, 2025•43 min•Ep. 291
This week, our guests Riley Silverman and Amy Spalding join Dave Holmes for some cubic trivia, wordcloud karaoke, and tax write off justifications. Riley Silverman would like to plug Tales From The Vortex and recommends The Joy Who Lived Amy Spalding would like to plug On Her Terms and recommends Cover Story by Celia Laskey And finally Dave is on Bluesky ! Dave would like to recommend Pete Zias Find us on Instagram and Bluesky Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts , recorded remotely ...
Apr 15, 2025•51 min•Ep. 290
This week our friends Oscar Montoya and Mike Drucker join Dave for some garbled videogame tunes, Wario-ized celebrities, and videogame movie trivia. Mike Drucker would like to plug Good Game No Rematch and recommends Two Point Museum Oscar Montoya would like to plug Eurovangelists and Drag Her! and recommends Infinity Nikki And finally Dave is on Bluesky ! Dave would like to recommend Cotton Crown by The Tubs Find us on Instagram and Bluesky Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts , rec...
Apr 01, 2025•42 min•Ep. 289
For MaxFunDrive 2025 we thought it'd be fun to release an older piece of bonus content from behind the paywall! Enjoy!
Mar 27, 2025•41 min
Here's a little sneak peek at this year's bonus content! It's a Motivational Speeches special, featuring a ton of MaxFun favorites! If you'd like to hear the rest, go on over to maximumfun.org/join and become a member TODAY! It's the MaxFunDrive, the one time of year where your dollar goes the furthest! Get great gifts and support the shows you love!
Mar 24, 2025•6 min•Ep. 288
It's MaxFunDrive time again!!! If you like Troubled Waters and want to support the show, become a member of Maximum Fun! You can join for as low as $5/month and get access to some great bonus content from us and every show on Maximum Fun! This week, MaxFun hosts Allan McLeod and Dimitry Pompee join Dave for some celebrity name bidding, Shrek recasting, and Irish town names. Dimitry Pompee would like to plug Curses! Be@rBrick and Eurovangelists and recommends Our Ancestors Were Messy Allan McLeod...
Mar 17, 2025•59 min•Ep. 287
It’s not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV's Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Break-themed mini games!! Featuring: Dave Holmes, Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya, Dimitry Pompée, Tom Lum, Ellen Weatherford, Alex Schmidt, Brenda Snell, Drea Clark, Alonso Duralde, Dan McCoy, Jordan Morris, Manolo Moreno, Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper, Ella McLeod, John-Luke Roberts, Justin McElroy, Clint Mc...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 19 min
This week, our friends Daniel Van Kirk and Brian Konowal join Dave for some acceptance speeches, celebrity/veggie combos, and songs about winning and losing. Brian Konowal would like to plug 1923 season 2 and recommends Starling Street and the podcast Guardians of the Palaxy Daniel Van Kirk would like to plug his upcoming tour dates, his special Rose Gold , his podcast The Midnight Air , and the movie Wine Club and recommends Squid Game Season 2 Dave is on Bluesky and would like to recommend Bey...
Mar 03, 2025•57 min•Ep. 286
This week our friends Erin Judge and Jenny Chalikian join Dave for some motivational speeches, Sparks songs vs This American Life episodes, and twin/vampire trivia. Erin Judge would like to plug Romantic Comedy at the Ripped Bodice and Queens of the Dead and recommends Tomas Matos Jenny Chalikian would also like to plug Romantic Comedy at the Ripped Bodice and recommends Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod . And we're on Bluesky now too! Written by Riley Silverma...
Feb 18, 2025•37 min•Ep. 285
This week our friends Zabeth Russell and Mel Stephens join Dave for some celebrity portmanteaus, Robbie Williams weirdo lyrics, and some dystopian airlines. Mel Stephens would like to plug Overshare Comedy and recommends the concept of Daniel Van Kirk Zabeth Russell would like to plug Community Cookbook Roundup and Fiasco at the Elysian and recommends Chicken Nugget Dave is on Bluesky! Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts , recorded remotely ...
Feb 03, 2025•45 min•Ep. 284
We weren't able to record the show this week because of the ongoing LA wildfires, but we made a clip show for yall with some of our favorite segments with fellow MaxFun hosts! Featuring our pals Manolo Moreno, Renee Colvert, Ella McLeod, Tom Lum, Brenda Snell, Jackie Kashian, Dimitry Pompee, and Katie Goldin! Dave is on Bluesky! Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts , recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swish...
Jan 23, 2025•51 min•Ep. 283
Happy New Year! Our friends Danielle Koenig and Ben Paddon join Dave for some 2023/2024 trivia, music turning 25 years old, and give a year-in-review for 2025. Ben Paddon would like to plug Good Chaotic and Jump Leads and recommends Stitches in Time Danielle Koenig would like to plug How To Survive with Danielle and Kristine and recommends Go Fact Yourself Dave is on Bluesky! Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts , recorded remotely over Zoom ...
Jan 02, 2025•58 min•Ep. 282
This week our friends Jacob Givens and Des Bishop join Dave for our annual Troubled Waters Holiday Spectacular! We get into Muppets Christmas Carol, Hallmark Christmas movies, and do our best to pretend to like some very bad gifts. Jacob Givens would like to plug his podcast Waterproof Records Des Bishop would like to plug his upcoming live dates and his podcast Berner Phone and recommends Down with Tech by Nathan Macintosh and Brave by Raanna Hershberg Dave is on Bluesky! Find us on Instagram! ...
Dec 16, 2024•50 min•Ep. 281
This week, our friends Matthew Broussard and Gregory Lay join Dave for some word cloud singing, Zucc puns, and Tickle Me Elmo trivia. Matthew Broussard would like to plug his special Hyperbolic and recommends 3Blue1Brown Gregory Lay would like to plug Greg in LA and recommends Tom Sibley's Substack Dave is on Bluesky! Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts , recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher . Join t...
Dec 02, 2024•52 min•Ep. 280
This week our pals Chris Grace and Jordan Morris join Dave for some mundane Thanksgiving revelations, learn about some colorful characters, and hear a few new turkey noises. Jordan Morris would like to plug Free With Ads , Jordan Jesse Go , and Youth Group and recommends Family Time by Thien Pham Chris Grace would like to plug Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson and Sardines recommends I Saw The TV Glow Dave would like to recommend Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink Find us on Instagram! We are @Trou...
Nov 15, 2024•56 min•Ep. 279
This week, our pals Danielle Radford and Allen Strickland Williams join Dave for some real and fake villainous books, motivational speeches, and punny biopics. Allen Strickland Williams would like to plug his new album Ran Through and recommends No Name by Jack White Danielle Radford would like to plug Goblin Mode and her Dropout appearances and recommends The Bell Witches by Lindsey Kelk Dave would like to recommend Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Writte...
Nov 01, 2024•38 min•Ep. 278
This week, our MaxFun pals Oscar Montoya and Mallory O'Meara join Dave for spooky movie pitches, sexy monster lingerie, and music about ghosts and butts. Oscar Montoya would like to plug Eurovangelists and recommends Brain Damage , Frankenhooker , and Basket Case Mallory O'Meara would like to plug Reading Glasses and the upcoming books Daughter of Daring and The No-Pressure Book Journal. Mallory recommends Brea Grant's short film MLM Dave would like to recommend Jimmy and Stiggs Find us on Insta...
Oct 15, 2024•41 min•Ep. 277
This week, our MaxFun pals Steven Ray Morris and Brenda Snell join Dave for some witchy trivia, bootleg zoo animals, and Mandy Moore appreciation. Steven Ray Morris would like to plug See Jurassic Right and Jordan, Jesse, Go , and recommends Video Visions at Videoteque Brenda Snell would like to plug Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries and recommends Ann Reardon's YouTube channel Dave would like to recommend The Camp 100 by Simon Doonan Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley S...
Oct 01, 2024•40 min•Ep. 276
Our friends Megan Sass and Mike Cabellon join Dave for some celebrity/toy biopics, an "It" musical, and critique some bad dishes. Mike Cabellon would like to plug TV Chef Fantasy League and recommends Artisan LA Jewelry Megan Sass would like to plug Recolonizers and recommends Kinky Comedy And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes .Dave would like to recommend Van Gogh by Mette Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts , recorded remotely...
Sep 16, 2024•49 min•Ep. 275
This week, it's another MaxFun crossover! Dimitry Pompee of Eurovangelists and Katie Goldin of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating join Dave for some ChatGPT reviews, fake locations roll call, and a list of things you can and cannot touch. Katie would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and Creature Feature and recommends Dane Pavitt's bird dino sounds Dimitry would like to plug Eurovangelists and recommends Here We Go And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes . Find us on Instagra...
Sep 03, 2024•53 min•Ep. 274
MAXFUN CROSSOVER ALERT! Our MaxFun friends Ella Hubber and Alex Schmidt join Dave for drag queen/marijuana strain trivia, back to school movie "facts" and songs about dogs and summer. Alex Schmidt would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and SIF LIVE in London and recommends David Squires Ella Hubber would like to plug Let's Learn Everything and Unstoppable and recommends Tom Lum's video about carbon dating And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes . Find us on Instagram! We a...
Aug 15, 2024•52 min•Ep. 273
Laura Merli and Chris Duffy join Dave for some motivational speeches, trivia on movies based on books, and twisted up songs. Laura Merli would like to plug Belly Slappin' Fun and recommends Cora Bora Chris Duffy would like to plug Let's Hang Out and recommends Liz Glazer And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes . Dave would like to recommend I'm In Love (Subaru) Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and Danielle Radford , recorded remotely over Zoom and p...
Aug 01, 2024•50 min•Ep. 272
Bethany Hall and George Motz join Dave for some chef trivia, musical athletes, and long gaps between sequels. Bethany Hall would like to plug About Those Miscarriages I Had and Other Messes I've Made and recommends Bluey George Motz would like to plug Hamburger America and recommends his kid's crossword puzzles And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes . Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and Danielle Radford , recorded remotely over Zoom an...
Jul 15, 2024•41 min•Ep. 271
This week, our friends Emily Catalano and Jen Kober join Dave for some Legend of Zelda wordplay, Chappell Roan trivia, and strange summer festivals from around the world. Emily Catalano would like to plug HEY and recommends Godzilla Minus One Jen Kober would like to plug No Flies on Me and recommends Bitch And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes . Dave would like to recommend Flamer Find us on Twitter and Instagram! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts ...
Jul 01, 2024•38 min•Ep. 270
This week our friends Christian Dueñas and Casey O'Brien join Dave Holmes for some made up lyrics, international cover song trivia, and pop city wordplay. Christian Dueñas would like to plug Primer and Troubled Waters here on Maximum Fun and recommends The People's Joker Casey O'Brien would like to plug 14 Stories in a Bathroom and recommends Primer And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes . Dave would like to recommend Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution Find us on Twitter and Instagra...
Jun 17, 2024•46 min•Ep. 269
This week, our friends Jim O'Heir and Greg Levine of the podcast Parks and Recollection join host Dave Holmes for some graduation speeches, mockumentary trivia, and TV show recap podcasts. Greg Levine would like to plug Parks and Recollection and recommends Selling Sunset Jim O'Heir would like to plug Parks and Recollection and his upcoming book Welcome to Pawnee And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes Find us on Twitter! We are @TroubledPod Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Ro...
Jun 03, 2024•47 min•Ep. 268
