This month’s hot topics include students paying teachers, youtuber debt, and slang searches.
It's an extra weekly post from Jan about what has her burning up. This week, " TV Settings" earns her first ever  Flame  rating. She's plain fed up. Also, Paul is more involved than I expected.Take it easy,Doug :{
For the glory of humanity – it’s GFY Extras! This episode features bloopers and special moments that didn’t make it to publication – topics including national pride, behind-the-scenes movie secrets, and the greatest of human achievements.Thank you for supporting Go Fact Yourself and Maximum Fun. Tell your friends that they can too!Listen for information on how you can help the show be added to your local public radio station’s lineup.Appearing in this episode:Dana Gould, Roz Hernandez, Lou Wagner, and Mink Stole from episode 200.Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Allan Havey, Jessie James Grelle, Bryce Papenbrook, Lauren Landa, Marv Fleming, and Larry Little from episode 201.Hosts:Julian BurrellJ. Keith van StraatenHelen HongCredits:Theme Song by Jonathan Green.Maximum Fun’s Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell. Assistant Editor is Valerie Moffat.Seeing our next live-audience shows in LA by YOU!
This is the bonus show for Episode 311! ($2 Bills)Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore the strange biographies of Gilbert Stuart, Emanuel Luetze, and John Trumbull, and the totally different ways they became the foremost painters of American Revolutionary events and people and money.RESEARCH SOURCES:The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 -- Artist: John Trumbull (Yale University Art Gallery)Artist: John Trumbull -- born Lebanon CT 1756, died New York City 1843 (Smithsonian American Art Museum)The Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 -- Artist: John Trumbull (Yale University Art Gallery)American Revolution artist John Trumbull is born (California Society -- Sons of the American Revolution)One of the George Washington Portraits That Inspired the Image on the $1 Bill Could Sell for Up to $1 Million (Smithsonian Magazine)Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Vending MachinesArtist: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze -- born Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany 1816 , died Washington, DC 1868 (Smithsonian American Art Museum)Benjamin Franklin -- Artist: Joseph Duplessis (Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery)I’m a Native American activist, and my white ancestor painted Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill (Quartz)The Far Side strip "Washington crossing the street"
Author of "Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense" and co-host of Max Fun's The Flop House – we're joined by our pal Elliott Kalan! What music tracks will hype you up during a marathon? Looking for graphic novels or video games but you've not explored those mediums – we'll put you on! And of course, Elliott will completely geek out about Czech New Wave films from the '60s. If you'd like us to answer your recommendation question in the future send us an email at putyouon@maximumfun.org!Recommendations mentioned in this episode:Music to help you during a running pain cave:Mash Out Posse's greatest hits,Dead Prez"Simon Says" by Pharoahe Monch, Judas Priest,Iron Maiden,"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" by SylvesterCanNeu!S&Man (2006)Prince of Darkness (1987)The Blair Witch Project (1999)We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021)Waiting for Guffman (1996) Closely Watched Trains (1966)Loves of a Blonde (1965)The Fireman's Ball (1967)Daisies (1966)Intimate Lighting (1965)"Epileptic" by David Beauchard"Maniac of New York" by Elliott KalanUnderstanding Comics by Scott McLeodAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangRed Dead Redemption 2Ghost of YōteiFallout ShelterThe podcast Effectively WildLemonade Joe (1964)A countertop oven  An immersion blender Electric egg cooker