Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries

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This one was fun to record and fun to recount!

Are you ready for CLOBBERIN' TIME!? NEW SECRET HISTORIES OF NERD MYSTERIES!!!

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Its podcastin time! We go back to 1994, comic book media is popping off, Marvel is eyeing Hollywood & what better way to kick it off than their First Family? Stolen film reels, plaster molds, & Michigan all come up this week in recounting the lost Fantastic Four film

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Theme Park Publicity Stunts | Maximum Fun This summary is going to be short, Host Brenda forgot to write one and the episode is supposed to be up. This entire episode was an excuse to talk about Fabio getting hit with a goose.

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Its Tuesday and you know what that means? We are launching Host Austin out of a canon to promote the newest episode talking about some of the wildest stunts pulled in theme park promotion history! Now this might sound absurd but its better than being hit with a goose

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seeing this in 6th grade rewired my brain.

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LET'S DANCE with the NEW SECRET HISTORIES OF NERD MYSTERIES!!!

Dance Dance Revolution | Maximum Fun It’s a staple of every mid 2000’s school lock-in. It’s Host Brenda’s favorite form of exercise. It’s Dance Dance Revolution, the rhythm game that changed arcades forever!

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Some may say that dancing that cannot start a revolution but they never stepped foot inside an arcade to be blasted by Eurobeats and Initial D music this week is a special episode as it was one picked by one of our max fun supporters; Dance Dance Revolution!

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Catch Host Brenda and Host Austin chatting with good friends over at RnD! Episode out now on their feed!!

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You want crossovers?

THIS IS HOW YOU GET CROSSOVERS!!!

Today we got the @nerdmysteries.bsky.social crew to chat about Pocket Sized Digital Monsters and why they are Champions!

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This ain't yer kids' book DOGMAN! NEW SECRET HISTORIES OF NERD MYSTERIES!!!

PARTY OF ONE CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF 2-PLAYER TTRPGS 2025: "Take it, Past Me" 2015: "Thanks, Future Me"

10 years of 2-player TTRPGs, and intimate one-on-one conversations. Thanks for coming along for the ride so far. Here's to many more parties to come.

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ASIANS REPRESENT! - FAMILY FEUD (2025) For a special episode of Asians Represent!, we'll be playing Family Feud. If you're not familiar, it's a game show popular in the west where contestants try to guess the most popular answers from a su...

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The Michigan dogman is not to be confused with Dog Man the hit graphic novel series, only one is a trademarked property even though both have movies. You can find us talking about dog, men, & all kinds of stuff every week wherever you get podcasts or @maximumfun.org

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Is the Michigan Dog Man Real? | Maximum Fun These days, the michigan dogman is treated just like any other cryptid, however, its origins are more recent than you might think!

Hey did ya'll hear that? I think it was a dog? Or maybe it was a man? No wait its a new episode of SHONM being played at max volume! It is the final week of Halloween & our final spooky episode we go local for our Hosts with the most & talk about the Michigan Dogman

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The Halloween season is still upon us & it is about time we talked about what even WAS the first Halloween special was. There are countless specials today but where did it get the start? Today Host Austin brings to the pod the first special for this very holiday

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Oh we getting into that DEEP LORE today in the NEW SECRET HISTORIES OF NERD MYSTERIES!!!

The First Halloween Special on Television | Maximum Fun Google’s AI would have you believe that “The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” was the first halloween special on television, but it actually goes back further than that, back to the very dawn of…

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The Halloween season is still upon us & it is about time we talked about what even WAS the first Halloween special was. There are countless specials today but where did it get the start? Today Host Austin brings to the pod the first special for this very holiday

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Moving Sale MaxFun HQ is moving to a new space in downtown L.A.! Wanna get cool stuff AND help us move? Look below to buy vintage merch that we found while packing–including pins from years past. Or you can spons...

Big surprise: MaxFunHQ is moving! Not so surprising: moving is expensive! If you want to help us out, we're selling vintage MaxFunDrive gifts and merch, as well as naming rights to just about everything in the new office. These are going fast--we're already out of toilets--so act now if you want in!

take note mystorians

Guess who has pneumonia somehow? With my only symptom being my heart tried to explode. Anyway podcast is going to be at least a day late.

Ok so people DID email us, ok wonder what happened bc even our spam was empty. Host Austin will troubleshoot

Uh oh, more ghosts and ghouls enjoying Rollercoaster and log rides! NEW SECRET HISTORIES OF NERD MYSTERIES!!!

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Haunted Theme Parks Part 3 | Maximum Fun Host Brenda is back to share more hair raising stories of haunted theme parks. From Alfred Hitchcock’s offices, to Dogpatch USA, which was a real themepark at one point, ghosts and ghouls are lurking…

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