Episodios

  • The Dawn of Podcasting
    Jul 8 2025

    If you're reading this, chances are, you know what a podcast is. But, do you know how podcasting got started? What is considered the first podcast? Where did the name come from? And how does Maximum Fun play into all this?

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    58 m
  • Homes of the Future Attractions
    Jul 1 2025

    Before a lot of our modern tech was mainstream, homes of the future walkthroughs were there to show us a glimpse into a supposedly better and brighter future. But did these homes of the future, now several decades old, manage to predict how houses are built now? Is there anything practical about building houses out of foam and balloons?

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    58 m
  • Life With Mikey: Michael J. Fox's Forgotten Flop
    Jun 25 2025

    In the 90's, summer family comedy Life with Mikey released in theaters...and was a terrible flop. Despite having a star studded cast like Michael J. Fox, Cyndi Lauper, and Nathan Lane, the movie was panned by movie-goers and critics alike. But why? What lead up to this disaster, and does it really deserve to be forgotten?

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    56 m
  • The Follies of Six Flags: Movieland Wax Museum, Auto World, and the Power Plant
    Jun 17 2025

    Despite being one of the leading chains of theme parks in the united states, Six Flags has sure made some awful business decisions over the years. From running a wax museum, to opening an entertainment venue inside an old power plant (with no rides), it's a wonder that there's still any Six Flags parks left at all.

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    1 h y 4 m
  • The Disneyfication of Studio Ghibli
    Jun 10 2025

    Studio Ghibli films had a rough start to being distributed in the west, with early dubs that made a lot of changes, the inclusion of pop songs, and cats that aren't supposed to talk, However, in the mid 90's, Disney stepped in, hoping that supporting Ghibli would give them a stronger foothold in Japan. They also hoped that Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki would continue to make them kids movies like Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service, not gory historical epics like Princes Mononoke, or somber films like Spirited Away. Would you believe that a katakana mailed to Harvey Weinstein was just the beginning?

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    1 h y 5 m
  • Rerun - King of the Hill
    Jun 3 2025

    Note: The decision to rerun this episode was made several days before the unfortunate passing of actor Johnathan Joss.

    It’s Austin’s week to pick a topic, and they’ve chosen “King of the Hill”, their all-time favorite show. This episode has it all.

    Bonus: Brand new audio from Austin about the King of the Hill Revival!

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    1 h y 13 m
  • The Evolution of the Themed Restaurant
    May 27 2025

    What's better than getting food at a nice restaurant? How about getting food inside the rainforest? Or in the stands of a medieval arena? Or how about...a prison?

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    1 h y 2 m
  • Dating Sims
    May 20 2025

    Dating sims are a often forgotten genre of video game in the west, predominantly because of its lewd origins. However some of the most hard hitting people in the video game industry have worked on dating sims, and it's a genre that deserves more respect!

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    52 m