Go Fact Yourself

Go Fact Yourself is ready to burst with trivia!

Erinn Hayes is an Emmy-nominated actor known for comedies like “Children’s Hospital” and dramas like “It’s Not Like That.” One of her favorite parts of her job is getting to work with great colleagues; and a lot of that started with performing improv at Disney’s California Adventure.

Jordan Carlos has written a new book intended to help his fellow cis straight men with their relationships – Choreplay: The Marriage-Saving Magic of Getting Your Head Out of Your Ass. He’s also written for “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” and he’ll tell us how that culminated in him getting to write a joke for the White House Correspondent’s Dinner.

Areas of Expertise:

Jordan: The move Rear Window, the New York City grid system,and market bubbles (especially the Dutch tulip bubble).

Erinn: Low-allergen cat breeds, Jelly Belly jellybeans, and the movie Romancing The Stone.

What’s the Difference: What a Dump

What’s the difference between a dump and a landfill?

What’s the difference between a toilet and a commode?

With Guest Experts:

Professor Anne Goldgar: USC’s chair in European history and author of the book Tulipmania: Money, Honor and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age

Kathleen Turner: Actor whose decades-long career includes iconic films like Romancing the Stone.

Hosts: 

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Credits:

The MaxFun Drive is over, but it’s always a good time to go to maximumfun.org/joingofact to support this show and get monthly bonus episodes.

Theme Song by Jonathan Green.

Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

Additional editing by Valerie Moffat.

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It’s all about the 90s – but not the 1990s; this episode of Go Fact Yourself is all about experts over the AGE of 90! Plus, a special update from one of them about what happened as a result of appearing on our show!

In this episode:

Guests:

Stephen Tobolowsky and Aparna Nancherla  from episode 180.

Tim Russ and Amber Nelson from episode 170.

Walter Koenig and Danielle Koenig from episode 57.

Alonso Durlade and Blair Socci from episode 152.

Bill Kurtis and Sarah Spain from episode 44.

With Guest Experts:

Shani Wallis: Legendary singer and actor who’s appeared in dozens of film and stage productions – including the 1968 Oscar-winning Best Picture Oliver!

Jack Moran: U.S. Army Staff Sergeant in WWII. 

Paul Dooley: Writer and actor with a decades-long career, including playing dads in Breaking Away and Sixteen Candles – and one of the creators of ”The Electric Company.” 

John Ullinskey: WWII veteran who served aboard the USS Arikara and participated in the D-Day invasion and the Battle of Okinawa.

Hosts: 

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Credits:

The MaxFun Drive is over, but it’s always a good time to go to maximumfun.org/joingofact to support this show and get monthly bonus episodes.

Theme Song by Jonathan Green.

Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

Additional editing by Valerie Moffat.

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Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact

This show is powered by our beloved MaxFun Members! If you’d like to support this show – and earn great gifts in the process – go to Maximumfun.org/joingofact NOW until May 1st! 

You can contribute as little as $5 a month and win a chance to appear on the show!

The #MaxFunDrive is entering its final moments. If you’re hearing this after May 1st, there’s still time to participate! May 2nd & 3rd are our special amnesty weekend where you can still join, boost or upgrade your membership and help get Go Fact Yourself to its goals. And we need YOU!

As a reminder of what’s in store for you as a member, we’ve put together this sample platter of GFY Extras – the moments from the show that we leave on the cutting room floor before publication. But that floor holds a treasure trove of goodies!

Normally the only way to hear all of this would be to attend every single live show; but when you go to maximumfun.org/joingofact, you can hear new Extras every single month.

Hosts: 

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Credits:

Theme Song by Jonathan Green.

Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

Additional editing by Valerie Moffat.

Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact

This show is powered by our beloved MaxFun Members! If you’d like to support this show – and earn great gifts in the process – go to Maximumfun.org/joingofact NOW until May 1st! 

You can contribute as little as $5 a month and win a chance to appear on the show!

 

The #MaxFunDrive is in full swing! One of the best things you get as member is access to the MaxFun BoCo library – it’s full of thousands of hours of content from every show on the network. That includes Go Fact Yourself!

In this special preview, you’ll hear a sample of some of the episodes that await you as a member. We have special full quizzes with MaxFun hosts, fun games with our listeners and proof that this show has a positive impact on our guests’ lives.

Do YOU want to be a guest on our show? Make sure to support us in the MaxFunDrive to enter our 2026 Listener Tournament! Your journey begins at Maximumfun.org/joingofact

Hosts: 

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Credits:

Theme Song by Jonathan Green.

Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

Additional editing by Valerie Moffat.

Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact

This show is powered by our beloved MaxFun Members! If you’d like to support this show– and earn great gifts in the process– go to Maximumfun.org/joingofact NOW until May 1st! You can contribute as little as $5 a month and have a chance to appear on this show.

Plus: Listen during this episode’s breaks for all the cool things we’re offering just for GFY supporters!

Happy MaxFunDrive! Let’s celebrate our listeners who support our show with the finals of the GFYT 2025(ish) Listener Tournament! MaxFun members Claire Tobin and Kyle Ostendorf entered the tournament last year and now get the full celebrity guest experience. Listen to learn how YOU could be a guest!

Guests:

Claire Tobin is an oncology social worker based in Chicago. While that sounds like it could be a stressful line of work, she’ll tell us why she finds it moving and meaningful. 

Kyle Ostendorf is in the health care IT field in Raleigh, North Carolina. He’ll tell us about his work and his upcoming travel plans for the year – including for his 9-year-old daughter.

Both of our guests are also MaxFun Members who have shown their support for Go Fact Yourself.

Do YOU want to be a guest on our show? Make sure to support us in the MaxFunDrive to enter our 2026 Listener Tournament! Your journey begins at Maximumfun.org/joingofact

Areas of Expertise:

Claire: The TV show “Felicity,” the musical Kimberly Akimbo, and Central Park.

Kyle: The podcast Jordan, Jesse GO!, the TV show “Taskmaster,” and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team (post-2000).

What’s the Difference: MaxFunDrive

What’s the difference between the maximum and the most?

What’s the difference between financing and funding?

With Guest Experts:

Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire: Composer and  Playwright/Lyricist whose multiple Tony awards include honors for their work on the musical Kimberly Akimbo.

Jordan Morris and Jesse Thorn: Hosts of the long-running MaxFun podcast Jordan, Jesse GO!.

Hosts: 

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Credits:

Theme Song by Jonathan Green.

Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

Additional editing by Valerie Moffat.

Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact