Go Fact Yourself

Go Fact Yourself has a step-by-step plan for entertaining trivia!

Stacy Keanan is best known for her work on the sitcoms “Step By Step” and “My Two Dads.” As part of her podcast, Keanan and Lakin Give You Déjà Vu, she’s watching the former show for the first time. She’ll tell us about that and what it’s been like transitioning to a new career… as a state prosecutor.

Drew Lynch is a comedian who broke through on “America’s Got Talent.” He’ll tell us how he thought he won before the show even got started. Plus, we’ll learn about how he developed a stutter that didn’t derail his stand-up career – it helped it flourish.

Areas of Expertise:

Stacy: Dog breeds, podcasts about shows I don’t watch and outdoorsy stuff I don’t do, and hot sauce.

Drew: The Indianapolis Colts football team, Neil Simon plays, and Pokémon.

What’s the Difference: Rocket Man

What’s the difference between a rocket and a missile?

What’s the difference between an astronaut and a cosmonaut?

With Guest Experts:

Jake Anthony and Matt Marr: The voices behind the Reality Gays podcast

Dwight Freeney: Hall of Fame NFL player and Super Bowl Champion with the Indianapolis Colts.

Hosts: 

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Credits:

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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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! 

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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!

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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.

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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 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.

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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