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Go Fact Yourself

Ep 19: Alison Becker & Glynn Washington

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

Game Show, Comedy, Quiz, Podcast, Trivia, Arts, Helen Hong, Angel City, J. Keith Van Straaten

4.6786 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Glynn Washington is the host and creator of the public radio show Snap Judgment. Fun fact: He actually got his radio show started by winning a radio contest. Snap Judgment is all about “storytelling with a beat,” and, with a little help from Helen Hong, Glynn will explain why. Alison Becker is an actress who’s perhaps best known for playing Shauna Malwae-Tweep on Parks and Recreation (people still recognize her for it to this day). She’s also the star of the Max Fun Podcast Bubble. In this episode, we’ll learn about Glynn’s attitude towards producing quality stories, why puppets are a perfect way to combat social justice issues and Alison’s amazing moment where she made out with Jon Bon Jovi, one of her musical heroes. What’s the difference? What’s the difference between a “lake” and a “pond”? What’s the difference between an “arrowsmith” and a “fletcher?” Areas of Expertise Glynn Washington: The original Star Trek, the New King James Bible, Michael Jackson. Alison Becker: Divorce ranches, Seinfeld episodes, Bon Jovi. Appearing in this episode: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Glynn Washington Alison Becker With guest experts: Jason E. Hill, Musician, puppeteer and former United Methodist Clergy. Theresa Iker, teacher of history at Stanford University. Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. The show is recorded at the Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles. Theme Song by Jonathan Green David McKeever is the Live Sound Engineer. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher The show is edited by Julian Burrell.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you a real no-it-all?

0:07.6

Do you annoy your family by shouting the answers while watching Jeopardy?

0:12.1

Do you drive people crazy when you start a sentence with, well, actually?

0:18.0

Well, guess what?

0:18.9

You can go fact yourself.

0:27.2

Hi, everyone.

0:29.1

Welcome to Go Fact Yourself, the show where we take the smartest people we know

0:30.8

and make them look dumb.

0:32.4

And then smart again.

0:34.3

I'm Helen Hogg.

0:35.6

And now from Max FunCon in Lake Arrowhead, California, here's our

0:39.5

moderator, Jay Keith Van Stratton. Thanks, Helen. Thank you, everybody. My goodness, what a crowd.

0:45.8

What a time. Helen, Max FunCon, this is your first Max FunCon, my first Max FunCon.

0:51.7

What are your impressions thus far? It's amazing. It really is like summer camp for grownups.

0:56.3

Right.

0:56.9

I've been already in a puppetry workshop.

1:00.8

I have had more different alcohols in the past 24 hours.

1:06.0

Right.

1:06.3

I drank a little, I had a tequila concoction and then the bourbon concoction.

1:10.4

Now, we are at altitude. Are you adjusting for that interview? Oh, I was trashed. I was absolutely

1:15.9

snockered and I was like, I was at the taping last night. What was last night? See, I don't

1:21.2

even remember what we were watching. The Beef and Dairy Network podcast was last night. Sure.

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