International Waters

This week, our pals Bailey Swilley and Sooz Kempner make their own political ads, listen to some popular tunes from across the pond, and learn about regional slang

Bailey Swilley would like to plug A Baby For Me? No Thank You, Please! and recommends Go Touch Grass

Sooz Kempner would like to plug Imposter and Long Distance, Bit Weird and recommends Motherland

And finally Dave is on Bluesky and would like to plug What's All This Then

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week, our buddies James and Elyse Willems join us for the annual International Halloween Special! We get into creepy cryptids, scary stories, and terrifying tunes.

Elyse Willems would like to plug the Halloween videogame and 30 Morbid Minutes and recommends Canadian candies

James Willems would like to plug Absolute Chad and Answer for It and recommends voting

Christian would like to plug March Malldness and Primer

And finally Dave is on Bluesky

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week, our buddies Dan Wilbur and Alexander Bennett join Dave Holmes for some songs around the campfire, odd stories from the US and UK, and the spookiest haunted houses imaginable

Dan Wilbur would like to plug Hillbilly Allegedly and recommends Sky Daddy

Alexander Bennett would like to plug I Can't Stand the Man, Myself and Born Yesterday and recommends Matt Ewins

And finally Dave is on Bluesky and would like to plug the TRL Reunion and recommends Divine live at the Hacienda

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week our pals Caleb Zeringue and Athena Kugblenu join Dave Holmes for Tim Curry/ Dolly Parton lyrics, Ig Nobel studies, and weirdo US and UK stories.

Caleb Zeringue would like to plug The Drillmaster and his upcoming live dates and recommends Boots

Athena Kugblenu would like to plug her books, and recommends Heiresses by Miranda Kaufmann

,And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week our friends Rosie Knight and Joey Greer AKA Joe Greer join Dave Holmes AKA Daib Holmes for recalled items, Olivia Rodrigo songs, and a news roundup from the UK and US.

Joey Greer would like to plug Teeny Tiny and The Warm Up Guy and recommends Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Rosie Knight would like to plug X-Ray Vision and recommends LA Taco and doing nice things for your neighbors

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week, our friends Hay Beacon and Charlotte McDonnell join host Dave for lost Uber items, stories of the weird in the US and UK, and a new crop of clips to add to the International Waters Notable Sound and Film Warehouse

Charlotte McDonnell would like to plug What's All This Then and recommends Be Gay Solve Crimes

Hay Beacon would like to plug No Contact and recommends Kylie Vincent

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week, our friends Holly Burn and Derek Sheen join us for epic poems, weird jingles, and shady headlines.

Derek Sheen would like to plug Unrelatable and recommends Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep and Joe Dombrowski

Holly Burn would like to plug Dream House and recommends Barry Castagnola

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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This week, our friends Ellory Smith and Matt Kirshen join us for confirmed time traveling, Odyssey needle drops, and grammatical pet peeves.

Ellory Smith would like to plug her upcoming dates and recommends avoiding cyclosporiasis

Matt Kirshen would like to plug Probably Science and recommends Deadloch and Rosehaven

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week, our friends Ben Paddon and Edy Modica join Dave for some World Cup tourism, Doctor Who spinoffs, and a poem to send off Keir Starmer

Edy Modica would like to plug I'm Just Like You (And It Sucks) and recommends Honey Pluton

Ben Paddon would like to plug Jump Leads and recommends Friz Frizzle

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to plug Balkan Treat Box

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week, our friends Amir Dean (Lady Bushra) and Jamel Johnson join Dave for some Pride/World Cup anthems. historic LA landmarks, and the final season of our countries.

Jamel Johnson would like to plug his new album Mid-Range and recommends The Junkyard Band

Amir Dean (Lady Bushra) would like to plug his comedy special and his website and recommends Misty Chance

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week, our friends Gareth Gwynn and Josh Gondelman join Dave for some seagull voice acting, cryptid PR training, and barber shop themed cocktails.

Josh Gondelman would like to plug The Nightly from Hatch, his stand up special Positive Reinforcement, and his Substack and would like to recommend I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman

Gareth Gwynn would like to plug I'm So Not Over It and his Edinburgh Fringe show Cyril and recommends Sound Heap here on Maximum Fun.

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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This week, our friends Mike Castle and Chris Martin join us for our inaugural IW Notable Sound and Film Warehouse discussion, foodstuff advertising, and name doppelgängers.

Mike Castle would like to plug Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness and Misrepresented and recommends polite smiling.

Chris Martin would like to plug Ain't It Footy and his live dates and recommends Percy Pigs

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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The IW gang meet up for the inaugural Cultural Exchange! We all watched the US and UK versions of the same show, this time it's Are You Being Served (UK) and Beane's of Boston (US). We talk about what we liked, what we hated, and what could have been if Beane's ended up going to series.

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This week, our friends Myq Kaplan and Ed Morrish join us for new national anthems, bear suit crimes, and sexy condiments.

Ed Morrish would like to plug Sound Heap and recommends John-Luke Roberts in Edinburgh and The Square Ball

Myq Kaplan would like to plug Broccoli and Ice Cream, his new special Rini, and his upcoming live dates and recommends Nikki Glaser's new special and Jo Firestone's upcoming book

And finally Dave is on Bluesky!

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Happy MaxFunDrive! To celebrate, we're dropping our pilot episode of International Waters 2.0 with Allan McLeod and Jordan Adika! If you like what we do, please consider becoming a member of Maximum Fun!

Jordan Adika would like to plug Sad Boyz and his YouTube channel and recommends Lateral with Tom Scott

Allan McLeod would like to plug Walkin' About and Pluribus and recommends Absolute Batman

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend Train Dreams

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It's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters.

In this episode, we have host Dave Holmes and International Waters writer Riley Silverman dishing on what makes a good IW guest, versus a... not-good one. Plus, the Jimmy Pardo of it all.

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Edited by Christian Dueñas and Produced by Laura Swisher and Hannah Muroz for Maximum Fun.

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This week, our friends Libby Watson and Steven Ray Morris join Dave for some songs about the Moon, weird children's television programs, and strange social media posts.

Libby Watson would like to plug What's All This Then and recommends World Shin Kicking Championships

Steven Ray Morris would like to plug See Jurassic Right and Keanan and Lakin Give You Déjà Vu and recommends Minorities in Shark Sciences

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend people dropping things on their feet while while they have a harmonica in their mouth.

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Welcome to International Waters 2.0! We're kicking things off with our old friends Siobhan Thompson and Jeremy Bent. We get into some sea shanties, Eurovision talk (obviously!) and make some new rules for the bathroom.

Jeremy Bent would like to plug Eurovangelists and The Young Old Derf Chronicles and recommends Pluribus and Slow Horses

Siobhan Thompson would like to plug Dimension 20, Denouement, and The Greatest Treasure in the World and recommends Last One Laughing

And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend Bad Husband by Trashcan Sinatras

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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded at MaxFun HQ in Downtown LA, and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.

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Yes you read that right, we are bringing back International Waters! We'll have a full episode ready for you soon, but for now enjoy this sneak peek at a future episode with Jordan Adika and Allan McLeod!

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Well hello! We are still hard at work on Troubled Waters but in the meantime we thought it'd be fun to share one of our old faves from way back in the International Waters days. Take a trip down memory lane with Helen Hong, Nick Rutherford, Jameela Jamil, and Romesh Ranganathan

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