Hi, it's John Moe. We'll start our episode in just a moment, but first, I live in Minnesota,

which means that I'm deciding whether to add crumbled-up potato chips to the hot dish that I'm

making. Why am I making a hot dish? Well, because I'm going to a block party. Geez, you know,

you gotta bring a hot dish to a block party. Okay, you know what? Actually, I'm reading this invitation a bit more carefully.

This is the maximum fun block party, going on now through October 22nd.

Jeez, that's a super long black party, hey.

But it's virtual.

So you can have some of my virtual hot dish.

The tuna and noodles and potato chips are

all theoretical. During the Maximum Fun block party, Max Fun shows are releasing episodes that

are especially welcoming to new audiences, like this one that you're about to listen to now.

So if you've been encouraging a friend to try out our show, Depresh Mode, this is the perfect

episode to share with them. It's also a great time to check out shows that you've been curious

about since they're releasing new episodes geared towards new audience members as well. To get you

started, I can recommend a lot of the hosts who you've heard on our show, Janet Varney, for instance.

She has a podcast on Maximum Fun called The JV Club Podcast,

and it's just as delightful and fun as hanging out with Janet is,

because it is hanging out with Janet, really, honestly.

Travelle Anderson and Jared Hill, you've heard both of them on here.

They have a show called Fantai.

That's a show where they look at the downside of things that they also love.

It's kind of a fascinating look at sometimes the ambivalence of pop culture.

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