Jordan, Jesse GO!
What is the dumbest show you can imagine? This award-winning show may be dumber. It has no content. No format. Yet it's going on ten years of delighting hundreds of thousands of people. It's been an iTunes editors choice, and Rolling Stone picked it as one of the world's best comedy podcasts. It's light in the dark, comfort in the cold and a penguin in the pants (long story). Join hosts Jesse Thorn (NPR's Bullseye) and Jordan Morris (Comedy Central's @Midnight) and a celebrity guest on a raucous, vulgar and warm-hearted romp that will probably leave you a better person. And will certainly make you dumber.

Jordan and Jesse set aside their longstanding topic of Colonial California for a lovely chat with celebrity podcaster Elizabeth Laime about the sexuality of a cat puppet singing "Santa Baby," the variable pricing of christmas trees depending on your Christmas spirit, and Elizabeth's son's terrifying brush with ant poison.  Plus, Jordan pitches a new target for corrections.

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Comedian and writer Josh Gondelman joins Jordan and Jesse as they set aside their usual topic and get into Jordan's idea to push Anal August, Jesse's glamorous Star Wars premiere experience, and Josh's AirBnB bait and switch.

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Comedian and podcaster David Gborie joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Jesse's new nickname as coined by his son Oscar, Jordan's holiday party outfit, and David's foray into spam and other potted meats.  Plus, Holiday Patrick Warburton makes an appearance and Jesse gets invited to fancy movie premiere. 

Action item: what's the best way to cook Spam?

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Fan favorite Chris Fairbanks joins Jordan and Jesse as they take a break from their usual electricity talk for a discussion of Chris's recent hip replacement, Jordan's new swim team, and the new video game taking up space in Jesse's brain.

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International Waters writer and comedian John-Luke Roberts joins Jordan and Jesse for a deep dive on what everyone remembers about Married: With Children, the amount of interest British people have in American things versus the other way around, and John-Luke's upcoming first Thanksgiving.  

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Jordan and Jesse take a break from their usual discussion of American handicrafts to have a fun chat with podcast host and food critic Katherine Spiers about Jordan's food adventures in Paris, Jesse's recent vasectomy operation, and Katherine's podcast about food history, Smart Mouth.  Plus, Jordan takes a brief detour into first wave viral videos.

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Writer Liz Sczudlo and comedian/writer Scott Gairdner joins Jordan for a non-canonical romp through the unique highlights of both Liz's and Scott's wedding playlists, a taste test of three new malt beverages to that takes everyone back to their college days, and an exploration of Canadian fucking.  Plus, Liz drops some fun facts about Kevin Bacon.

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Comedian Virginia Jones joins Jordan and Jesse as they forgo their usual topic of HAM Radios to gab about the tiers of fake vampire teeth, what it's like to drive a Lyft on Halloween party night, and the Halloween party at Jesse's kids' school: the Carnival of the Howling Wolves.  Plus, the call is coming from inside Patrick Warburton's house.

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Musician Lisa Loeb joins Jordan and Jesse as they set aside their usual muscle car discussion to talk about Lisa's ideal animatronic band to sing her music on the road, her love for microwaved burritos, and her new album of cover songs that are also lullabies.  Plus, Jordan describes a surprisingly romantic Friday the 13th sighting.

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Jordan and Jesse take a break from their deep dive on Ghengis Khan and his murdering, cannibalistic horde to talk to writer and podcast host Dan Kennedy about Dan's new chill persona, crazy stunts that people have done they pitch to network executives, and Jesse's recent breakfast crisis.

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Tig Notaro joins Jordan and Jesse for a nice chat about the Tig's newfound affinity for casual chit chat on neighborhood walks, the nonsense terms that families use to describe farts, and Tig's search to find the woman who played her mother on her show One Mississippi. Plus, a momentous occasion call adds a pile of intrigue to the show.

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Nick "Repeat" Adams joins Jordan and Jesse for this very momentous episode and a discussion of Jordan's trip to Paris, the sex rules on BoJack Horseman, and how everyone in Game of Thrones must reek.  Plus, Jim Real, the Master of Would You Rather calls in from the carpool lane and we get a call with a grand romantic gesture. Let's go!

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Jordan and Jesse forego their usual botany discussion to have a delightful chat with Danish comedian and host Anders Breinholdt about Jordan's excursion to an all-day punk rock event headlined by the Dropkick Murphys and Rancid, the Danish music festival that features a nail hammering competition and car smashing activities, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's appearances on Ander's talk show, The Late Shift.  

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Recorded live at MaxFunCon East with special guests Cristela Alonzo and Stuart Wellington with music from Annie Hart.  

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Rob Huebel joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Jordan's new romantic comedy serial killer movie idea, Rob's recent Keanu Reeves sighting, and his new star-studded show on YouTube Red, "Do You Want to See a Dead Body?"

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Jordan and Jesse get weary of the sea and take a break from nautical talk this week and sit down for a chat with Conan writer Rob Kutner about whether or not you should use the cleaning fluid squirter on your windshield, Jordan's experience swimming at the West Hollywood public pool, Vin Diesel's first acting job, and Rob's new graphic novel, "Shrinkage."

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The guys take a break from talking about the splendor of our country's magnificent national parks to talk with professional entertainer Jonathan Coulton about the exclusivity of the restaurant inside the Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland, Jordan's decision to finally ask Twitter to verify him, and the legitimacy of services like Adult Friend Finder.

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Jordan and Jesse are joined live on stage from the Angel City Brewery in Los Angeles by Elliot Kalan from The Flophouse podcast and Open Mike Eagle from the Tights and Fights podcast.  Plus, bonus stand up sets from Riley Silverman and Danielle Radford.

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Comedians and writers and actors and married couple Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher join Jordan and Jesse to get deep into baseball uniform preferences, Jesse's mystery friend who knows where the grilled dogs are at Dodger stadium, and some high level NDA breaking. Plus, Jesse gets some solid advice from a spoiler on a car.

 

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Kevin McDonald from The Kids in the Hall joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Jesse's son, Oscar's new character Robot Monkey, Kevin's run in with The Black Crows, the greatness of the Police Squad TV show, and Kevin's story about being in the Outkast music video for the song Roses.

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Writer Linda Holmes and comedian Danielle Radford join Jordan while Jesse’s on vacation for a discussion of Linda’s time at the Television Critics Association press tour, Danielle’s story about getting hit by a bus and what Jordan is going to do with his time now that the show Jordan works on is ending.

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Writer and host Kliph Nesteroff joins Jordan and Jesse as they take a break from their usual deep dive on philosophy to just have a fun chat.  They get into Kliph's interview with Michael Winslow, the bizarre world of Christian comedy, and Jordan delights everyone with the story of Teetsio, the world's smallest DJ. 

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Jordan and Jesse take a break from their usual deep dive on shipping logistics and the history of Federal Express to relax and have a good time with actor and comedian Hal Rudnick. Jesse is agitated because he has ants in his car, Hal recalls the first grown up movie he saw in the theater and everyone agrees that their standards for glibness in superhero movies is pretty high.  
 
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Actor and podcaster Jon Gabrus joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Jon's   Chicken Nugget power hour where he ate a chicken nugget every minute for an hour, Jesse's run in with a real live bear at his cabin, and the phenomenon of everyone deciding to use the same movie as a punchline.

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Jesse's family is in San Francisco for the week, so Daddy's loose!  He's seeing movies and having dinner with Jordan!  Plus, he recorded this episode where podcast host Andrea Silenzi joins in for a discussion of how Jordan and Jesse talking about balls helped her decide to do a podcast, her Why Oh Why live show where two strangers french kissed each other on stage, and how doggy summer camp is totally a real thing.
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Jordan and Jesse take a break from talking about the toothsome new Mitsubishi hybrids we all love to have some fun with glamorous actress turned podcaster Brea Grant. They get into Brea’s fiancé’s decision to wear baseball pants to bed, the intricacies of Jordan’s new fidget cube, and the time Brea played a character who killed people with her giant breasts.  Plus, Jordan pitches a new SyFy movie called Shadow Shark.

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Brent Weinbach joins Jordan and Jesse as they take a break from talking about hummel figurines this week to take a deep dive into the Captain EO revival at Disneyland.  Plus, Brent shares some insight into Michael Jackson's role in the Sonic 3 soundtrack and Jordan reacts to another one of Brent's visceral videos.  

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Comedian and author Greg Behrendt joins Jordan and Jesse as they take a break from analyzing the polls to have a fun week, you know, just for them. They get into Greg's early morning bike rides, Jesse's mom's new potential roommate who is both a bouncer and an EMT, and the important question of how much you should spend on eunuchs for a media empire.

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Comedian and podcaster Danielle Radford joins Jordan and Jesse and they finally give it a rest from talking about those clowns in Washington to make room for a discussion about everyone's favorite Reddit subculture, movies that are better to watch on VHS than Blu-ray and the mystery of those fried baby squid that come with calamari. 

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Jason and Randy Sklar join Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of a recent correction Jesse has to issue, the power a taekwondo sensei can has over your children, and Jesse's experience in vasectomy class.  Plus, everyone tries some Swedish candy and Jordan finally tells his cuck tale.

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Comedian and actor Steve Agee joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Steve's video game hiatus, Peter Dinklage sightings, and the Max Fun team's run-in with an unsavory character on the streets of Los Angeles.

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Throwing Shade's Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson join Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of the proliferation of the word "discotheque" in foreign language textbooks, the nightmare of having a pig as a pet, and the astonishing existence of Guy Fieri's Trashcan Nachos.

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Actress and director Kimmy Gatewood joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Kimmy's sweet new minivan, Kimmy's new Netflix show about women's wrestling in the 80's - G.L.O.W., and the genius of Norm MacDonald. 

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NPR host and comedian Ophira Eisenberg joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of the Tasmanian Devil's hometown, the proliferation of cool teens wearing Led Zeppelin shirts, and the comfort a fun local news story like goats being used to clear brush on a hillside can be.

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Morgan and her friends live in Fairhaven, a Brooklyn-esque Silverlake-y hipster paradise where trust fund kids go to be lightly employed and follow their dreams, or whatever. PROS: Great coffee, burgeoning art scene, artisanal vape shops. CONS: Separated from the outside world by a man-made bubble, murderous beasts from the outside are slowly invading, long waits for brunch.

Cast:
Alison Becker
Eliza Skinner
Mike Mitchell
Robin Thede
Ian Wolterstorff
Taylor Orci

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Writer Doree Shafrir joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Jesse’s interview with Terry Gross, Doree’s recent trauma getting bit by a dog, and Jordan’s trip to New Orleans.  Plus, the guys finally call it quits for a very important reason.

Action Item: Should Jordan take shrooms and go to the Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland?

 

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In a rare guest-less episode, Jesse tries to sell Jordan on the virtues of flannel-lined chinos, Jordan brings another NSFW question to the table from Reddit, and the guys get real about buffets.  

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Fan favorite Chris Fairbanks joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of the most popular monster trucks, half jingles from commercials you can't quite remember, and Chris's upcoming hip replacement surgery. 

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Writer and actress Emily Fleming joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of the sincerity in the Fast and Furious franchise, home decorating in porno, and a deep dive into an obscure NSFW subreddit.

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Guy Branum joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Guy's new TruTV show Talk Show the Game Show, parenting while taking marijuana, and Jesse's trip to see a World Baseball Classic Championship game.  Plus, Guy explains the scandal at the gay softball world series. 

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Actress Amber Nash, Pam from Archer, joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of her experience working on a cruise ship and drinking at the crew bar below deck, Jesse's crush on Pam from Archer, and Jesse's daughter's book called Grace Knows Everything.  Plus, Sarah Morgan joins in for Momentous Occasions!
 
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Stand up comic and filmmaker Paul Provenza joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of the spectrum of pet adoption difficulty, stand ups you like to see sputter a bit on stage, and Jesse's daughter Grace's very important upcoming social engagement. 

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And check out the new stand up documentary that Paul is featured in alongside Jerry Seinfeld, Garry Shandling, and Sarah Silverman, Dying Laughing.

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Writer and host Dan Kennedy joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of what happened when Dan's AirBnB hosts asked him to dinner, the increased deployment of the clapping emoji between words online, and how great Laurence Fishburne is in John Wick 2. Plus, Jesse announces the Blue Ribbon Commission who will be judging the finalists of the $1000 #JJGoBigHat Scholarship for Lifelong Learning.

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Actor and writer Seth Morris joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of inexplicable hangover commands Jordan's body gives him, the official name for Jordan, Jesse, Go! listeners and the new, very real, $1000 scholarship award Jesse is offering to encourage and support lifelong learning.

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Nick Adams joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of the paradox of local radio personalities, the subtle differences between David Puddy and Patrick Warburton impressions and the magic of character actors who do one thing really really well. 

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Dave Shumka from Stop Podcasting Yourself joins Jordan as co-host and Tricia Bobeda from the Nerdette podcast joins as our guest live on stage at Thalia Hall in Chicago as part of the first ever Very Very Fun Day.

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Venture Brothers' co-creator, Jackson Publick joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of sounds that Patrick Warburton can't make, Jordan's new slang for Tupperware, and Jesse's love for Icees. 

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Comedian Mike Schmidt joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of everyone's hairstyle history, Mike's mom's criminal past, and Jordan's run in with Ru Paul at work.

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Riley Silverman joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of new developments in Jesse's family, the etymology of Super Mario villain names, and a round of comic book giveaways.
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Jordan and Jesse are joined by Travis McElroy and Donwill live on stage at the Swedish American Music Hall as part of San Francisco Sketchfest 2017.

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New MaxFun Senior Producer Laura Swisher joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Jordan's new resolution, Jesse's difficulty getting Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther comic book, and the new slogan for 2017. 

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When Jordan suffers a tragic coconut injury, damaging his memory, Jesse has to remind Jordan of what has happened on the show during the past year.

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