John Hodgman, of Maximum Fun’s Judge John Hodgman, was driving in Acadia National Park one day when he came across two young hitchhikers—a young couple that had simply hiked a little too far from ...
Audiosphere: Podcast pioneer Jesse Thorn and his Maximum Fun team are building a quirky audio empire
Overlooking MacArthur Park Lake, Jesse Thorn is recording tracks for his latest “Bullseye” podcast episode inside a recording booth that he bought off Craigslist for $3,500. The approximately ...
Here’s a positive (and fascinating!) piece of news in what’s otherwise been a particularly rough stretch for the audio business: Maximum Fun is taking steps to become a workers cooperative. A few ...
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Maximum Fun owner Jesse Thorn is selling the podcast company that he founded almost 20 years ago. Rather than surrendering the network to a big tech company or media conglomerate, he is selling it ...
In 2006, after more than half a decade hosting the NPR-distributed The Sound of Young America, Jesse Thorn launched Maximum Fun. In a press release announcing the venture that would become a podcast ...
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