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Go Fact Yourself

Ep. 50: Jesse Thorn & Kelly Hu

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

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

4.8862 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

It’s the 50th episode of Go Fact Yourself! And we’ve got a t-shirt! To help us celebrate, we’ve brought on Maximum Fun founder, Jesse Thorn. These days, MaxFun is known for dozens of quality podcasts. But in Jesse’s early days, he recorded the talk show that would become "Bullseye" in his apartment. The humble beginnings helped him learn a lot about interviewing great guests… and about the value of a good suit. In addition to “Bullseye,” you can hear Jesse on the podcasts "Jordan Jesse Go!" and "Judge John Hodgman." Jesse’s opponent for this momentous episode is actor Kelly Hu. She’s best known for appearances in tons of hit movies, including her role as Lady Deathstrike in X2: X-Men United. But even though audiences love her work, she’ll explain why she can’t stand to watch herself in any film or show she’s ever been a part of. Plus: a look into her desire to be a pageant winner without having a talent to showcase. Our guests will answer questions about baseball, cadavers and what can be mixed into chocolate. What’s the Difference: Murder! What’s the difference between a coroner and a medical examiner? What’s the difference between a knife and dagger? If you’d like to submit a question for our What’s the Difference round, go to gofactyourpod.com and click on "Get Involved." Areas of Expertise Jesse Thorn: The hip-hop group Dungeon Family, the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Giants baseball team. Kelly Hu: Dog training, Hawaiian food and chocolate-making. Appearing in this episode: Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Jesse Thorn Kelly Hu With guest experts: Jon Miller, award-winning TV and radio play-by-play commentator for the San Francisco Giants. Patricia Tsai and Emily Walden, owner and manager of the Chocovivo chocolate-making shop in Los Angeles. Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. The show was recorded at the The Angel City Brewery in Los Angeles. Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. The show is edited by Julian Burrell. Go to gofactyourpod.com for information and tickets to the next recording of Go Fact Yourself!Get our NEW Go Fact Yourself t-shaped shirt!

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0:00.0

Are you a real no-it-all?

0:07.5

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

0:12.0

Do you drive people crazy when you start a sentence with?

0:15.5

Well, actually.

0:18.0

Well, guess what?

0:19.0

You can go fact yourself.

0:25.8

Hey, everyone.

0:28.3

Welcome to Go Fact Yourself,

0:30.7

the show where we take the smartest people we know and make them look dumb.

0:32.6

And then smart again.

0:34.4

I'm Helen Hong, and now from the Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles,

0:39.7

here's our moderator, Jay Keith Van Stratton. Thank you, Helen. Thank you, everybody. What a

0:44.4

wonderful, wonderful crowd. Helen, you received a gift prior to our taping tonight. I sure did. I'm not

0:50.6

sure if it was a gift or a bribe, Jay Keith. What's going on there? Well, one of our contestants today has a very large contingency of fans, and they've made,

1:03.0

like, team t-shirts.

1:05.0

Jesse Thorne's team made t-shirts?

1:07.0

No, Kelly Hoos' team made a t-shirts.

1:10.0

Oh, Kelly, whose people? And they're wearing, they're all, they're adorable. They're just like a big crew of people. T-shirts? No. Kelly Who's T-Kee-May T-shirt?

1:11.4

And they're wearing, they're all, they're adorable.

1:13.6

They're just like a big crew of people wearing Team Kelly T-shirts.

1:16.6

And one was slipped to me before the show.

1:19.6

Ooh.

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