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Sleeping with Celebrities

Sleeping with Celebrities

Written by: John Moe
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Getting to sleep can be difficult sometimes. Now you can achieve that urgently needed rest by taking advantage of our most precious natural resource: celebrities. Each week on the slyly humorous and reassuring Sleeping with Celebrities, host John Moe talks with a different guest from the world of entertainment about something they know a lot about. The conversation is guaranteed to be just interesting enough to draw your attention away from your own swirling anxieties but never interesting enough to keep you awake. No startling revelations, no dramatic screaming confrontations, but plenty of low-key dialogue, intricately laced deadpan comedy, and a ticket to dreamland.2023 Maximum Fun Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • Jordan Carlos Lives in New York City and Drives an Actual Car
    Jan 21 2026

    There are many transportation options in New York. It’s not all subways and taxi cabs that cut in front of you and make you yell about how you’re walking here like in that movie. There are also regular old cars, like the one comedian and writer Jordan Carlos has for getting around that city. He tells us in detail what that’s like, what the sky tram to Roosevelt Island is like, and how complicated things can get with local transportation bureaucracy if you accidentally drop your phone on a railroad track. Jordan is the author of Choreplay: The Marriage-Saving Magic of Getting Your Head Out of Your Ass, which comes out next month, and he also shares with us the power of changing the toilet paper roll in making your relationship a successful one.

    Pre-order your copy of Choreplay: The Marriage-Saving Magic of Getting Your Head Out of Your Ass by Jordan Carlos at the bookstore, online or brick and mortar, of your choice.

    Hey Sleepy Heads, is there anyone whose voice you’d like to drift off to, or do you have suggestions on things we could do to aid your slumber?

    Email us at: sleepwithcelebs@maximumfun.org.

    Follow the Show on:

    Instagram @sleepwcelebs

    Bluesky @sleepwithcelebs

    TikTok @SleepWithCelebs

    John is on Bluesky @JohnMoe

    John’s acclaimed, best-selling memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is now available in paperback.

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    49 mins
  • Rachael Yamagata On The Importance of Backyard Vigilance
    Jan 14 2026

    Rachael Yamagata is an accomplished musician and singer who has recorded several acclaimed albums, including Starlit Alchemy just a few months ago, and performed and recorded with the likes of Rhett Miller, Jason Mraz, and Bright Eyes. When she’s not making beautiful music, she’s watching her back yard like a hawk. Like a hawk that takes on several ambitious backyard projects. Relax in Rachel’s sonic virtual yard and drift off while she tells you about the persistent squirrels, whether you can ever have enough gravel, why you actually can’t ever have enough gravel, and why it’s so important to call Cobra Kai to deal with snakes. No, not the morally ambiguous Karate Kid dojo, just this guy Kai who happens to be really good with snakes. The critters are all taken care of. Shh. Sleep time.

    Listen to Rachael's latest album, Starlit Alchemy, on the streaming service of your choice. Find out more about Rachael by visiting her website, www.RachaelYamagata.com.

    Hey Sleepy Heads, is there anyone whose voice you’d like to drift off to, or do you have suggestions on things we could do to aid your slumber?

    Email us at: sleepwithcelebs@maximumfun.org.

    Follow the Show on:

    Instagram @sleepwcelebs

    Bluesky @sleepwithcelebs

    TikTok @SleepWithCelebs

    John is on Bluesky @JohnMoe

    John’s acclaimed, best-selling memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is now available in paperback.

    _________________________________________________________________________

    Join | Maximum Fun

    If you like one or more shows on MaxFun, and you value independent artists being able to do their thing, you’re the perfect person to become a MaxFun monthly member.

    Photo Credit: Eric Daniels @ericwdanielss

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    44 mins
  • Akilah Hughes Guides You To Just Barely Interesting Things on Social Media
    Jan 7 2026

    Instagram can be a minefield of powerful influencers making you feel terrible about not having millions of dollars and a glamorous lifestyle, or, OR, it could be filled with odd things like banjo players plucking away in National Parks. Writer, comedian, filmmaker, and podcaster Akilah Hughes has published a memoir, Obviously: Stories From my Timeline, written for Steven Soderbergh’s Command Z television series, and hosted shows on the Crooked Media network. Most importantly for us, she knows how to manipulate social media to get to the good stuff, the weird stuff, and the good weird stuff. No Mr. Beast here but plenty to put you to sleep right away and arm you with new sleep tools tomorrow. Akilah and John Moe also talk about Bigfoot and the alleged interdimensionality of Bigfoot, because if you get John talking long enough he’s bound to come around to Bigfoot. He cannot help it.

    Listen to Akilah's new podcast, How Is This Better?, from Courier Newsroom on their website or on the podcatcher of your choice.

    Hey Sleepy Heads, is there anyone whose voice you’d like to drift off to, or do you have suggestions on things we could do to aid your slumber?

    Email us at: sleepwithcelebs@maximumfun.org.

    Follow the Show on:

    Instagram @sleepwcelebs

    Bluesky @sleepwithcelebs

    TikTok @SleepWithCelebs

    John is on Bluesky @JohnMoe

    John’s acclaimed, best-selling memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is now available in paperback.

    _________________________________________________________________________

    Join | Maximum Fun

    If you like one or more shows on MaxFun, and you value independent artists being able to do their thing, you’re the perfect person to become a MaxFun monthly member.

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    44 mins
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