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Twice a month, host J. Keith van Straaten and co-host Helen Hong quiz the smartest celebrities they know to find out why they love what they love! Recorded before a live audience in downtown Los Angeles, this game show features comedians, actors, and musicians answering arcane questions on topics they claim to be experts in. But don't worry; if they slip up, there are real experts on hand to give us the facts!
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- Today1h 8m
Ep. 194: Stacy Keanan & Drew Lynch
Go Fact Yourself has a step-by-step plan for entertaining trivia! Stacy Keanan is best known for her work on the sitcoms “Step By Step” and “My Two Dads.” As part of her podcast, Keanan and Lakin Give You Déjà Vu, she’s watching the former show for the first time. She’ll tell us about that and what it’s been like transitioning to a new career… as a state prosecutor. Drew Lynch is a comedian who broke through on “America’s Got Talent.” He’ll tell us how he thought he won before the show even got started. Plus, we’ll learn about how he developed a stutter that didn’t derail his stand-up career – it helped it flourish. Areas of Expertise: Stacy: Dog breeds, podcasts about shows I don’t watch and outdoorsy stuff I don’t do, and hot sauce. Drew: The Indianapolis Colts football team, Neil Simon plays, and Pokémon. What’s the Difference: Rocket Man What’s the difference between a rocket and a missile? What’s the difference between an astronaut and a cosmonaut? With Guest Experts: Jake Anthony and Matt Marr: The voices behind the Reality Gays podcast Dwight Freeney: Hall of Fame NFL player and Super Bowl Champion with the Indianapolis Colts. Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Credits: It’s always a good time to go to maximumfun.org/joingofact to support this show and get monthly bonus episodes. Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell. Additional editing by Valerie Moffat. Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact
- 3 weeks ago1h 0m
Ep. 193: Erinn Hayes & Jordan Carlos
Go Fact Yourself is ready to burst with trivia! Erinn Hayes is an Emmy-nominated actor known for comedies like “Children’s Hospital” and dramas like “It’s Not Like That.” One of her favorite parts of her job is getting to work with great colleagues; and a lot of that started with performing improv at Disney’s California Adventure. Jordan Carlos has written a new book intended to help his fellow cis straight men with their relationships – Choreplay: The Marriage-Saving Magic of Getting Your Head Out of Your Ass. He’s also written for “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” and he’ll tell us how that culminated in him getting to write a joke for the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. Areas of Expertise: Jordan: The move Rear Window, the New York City grid system,and market bubbles (especially the Dutch tulip bubble). Erinn: Low-allergen cat breeds, Jelly Belly jellybeans, and the movie Romancing The Stone. What’s the Difference: What a Dump What’s the difference between a dump and a landfill? What’s the difference between a toilet and a commode? With Guest Experts: Professor Anne Goldgar: USC’s chair in European history and author of the book Tulipmania: Money, Honor and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age Kathleen Turner: Actor whose decades-long career includes iconic films like Romancing the Stone. Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Credits: The MaxFun Drive is over, but it’s always a good time to go to maximumfun.org/joingofact to support this show and get monthly bonus episodes. Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell. Additional editing by Valerie Moffat. Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU! Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights): https://maximumfun.org/joingofact
- 4 weeks ago1h 9m
Ep. 192.99: Best of Nonagenarians
It’s all about the 90s – but not the 1990s; this episode of Go Fact Yourself is all about experts over the AGE of 90! Plus, a special update from one of them about what happened as a result of appearing on our show! In this episode: Guests: Stephen Tobolowsky and Aparna Nancherla from episode 180. Tim Russ and Amber Nelson from episode 170. Walter Koenig and Danielle Koenig from episode 57. Alonso Durlade and Blair Socci from episode 152. Bill Kurtis and Sarah Spain from episode 44. With Guest Experts: Shani Wallis: Legendary singer and actor who’s appeared in dozens of film and stage productions – including the 1968 Oscar-winning Best Picture Oliver! Jack Moran: U.S. Army Staff Sergeant in WWII. Paul Dooley: Writer and actor with a decades-long career, including playing dads in Breaking Away and Sixteen Candles – and one of the creators of ”The Electric Company.” John Ullinskey: WWII veteran who served aboard the USS Arikara and participated in the D-Day invasion and the Battle of Okinawa. Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Credits: The MaxFun Drive is over, but it’s always a good time to go to maximumfun.org/joingofact to support this show and get monthly bonus episodes. Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell. Additional editing by Valerie Moffat. Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU! Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights): https://maximumfun.org/joingofact
- May 1, 202633 min
Ep. 192.75: Final Update on #MaxFunDrive + GFY Extras preview!
This show is powered by our beloved MaxFun Members! If you’d like to support this show – and earn great gifts in the process – go to Maximumfun.org/joingofact NOW until May 1st! You can contribute as little as $5 a month and win a chance to appear on the show! The #MaxFunDrive is entering its final moments. If you’re hearing this after May 1st, there’s still time to participate! May 2nd & 3rd are our special amnesty weekend where you can still join, boost or upgrade your membership and help get Go Fact Yourself to its goals. And we need YOU! As a reminder of what’s in store for you as a member, we’ve put together this sample platter of GFY Extras – the moments from the show that we leave on the cutting room floor before publication. But that floor holds a treasure trove of goodies! Normally the only way to hear all of this would be to attend every single live show; but when you go to maximumfun.org/joingofact, you can hear new Extras every single month. Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Credits: Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell. Additional editing by Valerie Moffat. Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU! Happy MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to start a membership to support your favorite shows. Learn more and join at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact
- Apr 28, 202627 min
Ep. 192.5: Update on #MaxFunDrive + BoCo preview!
This show is powered by our beloved MaxFun Members! If you’d like to support this show – and earn great gifts in the process – go to Maximumfun.org/joingofact NOW until May 1st! You can contribute as little as $5 a month and win a chance to appear on the show! The #MaxFunDrive is in full swing! One of the best things you get as member is access to the MaxFun BoCo library – it’s full of thousands of hours of content from every show on the network. That includes Go Fact Yourself! In this special preview, you’ll hear a sample of some of the episodes that await you as a member. We have special full quizzes with MaxFun hosts, fun games with our listeners and proof that this show has a positive impact on our guests’ lives. Do YOU want to be a guest on our show? Make sure to support us in the MaxFunDrive to enter our 2026 Listener Tournament! Your journey begins at Maximumfun.org/joingofact Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Credits: Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell. Additional editing by Valerie Moffat. Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU! Happy MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to start a membership to support your favorite shows. Learn more and join at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact
- Apr 24, 20261h 23m
Ep. 192: Listener Tournament Finals: Claire Tobin & Kyle Ostendorf (#MaxFunDrive!)
This show is powered by our beloved MaxFun Members! If you’d like to support this show– and earn great gifts in the process– go to Maximumfun.org/joingofact NOW until May 1st! You can contribute as little as $5 a month and have a chance to appear on this show.Plus: Listen during this episode’s breaks for all the cool things we’re offering just for GFY supporters! Happy MaxFunDrive! Let’s celebrate our listeners who support our show with the finals of the GFYT 2025(ish) Listener Tournament! MaxFun members Claire Tobin and Kyle Ostendorf entered the tournament last year and now get the full celebrity guest experience. Listen to learn how YOU could be a guest! Guests: Claire Tobin is an oncology social worker based in Chicago. While that sounds like it could be a stressful line of work, she’ll tell us why she finds it moving and meaningful. Kyle Ostendorf is in the health care IT field in Raleigh, North Carolina. He’ll tell us about his work and his upcoming travel plans for the year – including for his 9-year-old daughter. Both of our guests are also MaxFun Members who have shown their support for Go Fact Yourself. Do YOU want to be a guest on our show? Make sure to support us in the MaxFunDrive to enter our 2026 Listener Tournament! Your journey begins at Maximumfun.org/joingofact Areas of Expertise: Claire: The TV show “Felicity,” the musical Kimberly Akimbo, and Central Park. Kyle: The podcast Jordan, Jesse GO!, the TV show “Taskmaster,” and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team (post-2000). What’s the Difference: MaxFunDrive What’s the difference between the maximum and the most? What’s the difference between financing and funding? With Guest Experts: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire: Composer and Playwright/Lyricist whose multiple Tony awards include honors for their work on the musical Kimberly Akimbo. Jordan Morris and Jesse Thorn: Hosts of the long-running MaxFun podcast Jordan, Jesse GO!. Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Credits: Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell. Additional editing by Valerie Moffat. Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU! Happy MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to start a membership to support your favorite shows. Learn more and join at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact
- Apr 20, 202633 min
Ep. 191.5: GFY’s 2026 #MaxFunDrive Perks + Casters on Casters with J. Keith and Amber Nash
Happy #MaxFunDrive! NOW is the time to go to maximumfun.org/joingofact to become a MaxFun Member – or to boost or upgrade your membership! We plan to make it worth your while… Our first 100 new members and first 100 boosting members get an exclusive perk – listen to find out… or just sign up now! In this mini episode, J. Keith breaks down all the amazing extra stuff Go Fact Yourself has planned for this fundraising drive and how YOU can get exclusive merch, content, and even a chance to be a guest on this show – all for as little as $5/month! This year, we’re offering incentives that include… A live Zoom trivia game with our listeners A special mini-episode with our listeners as guests The 2026 Listener Tournament where YOU could be a guest on a full episode of GFY Autographed baseball cards Customized video shout-outs An ad for YOUR business, charity, or person …and much, much more. Listen to this entire mini-episode for details! Then, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters. In this episode, Amber Nash (RePhrasing: An “Archer” Rewatch Podcast) recounts what distinguishes a good podcast from a mediocre one, and J. Keith van Straaten explains how many hours go into making one episode of Go Fact Yourself. (If this glamorous, in-depth journey into what makes your favorite hosts tick inspires you, support them by joining as a member at maximumfun.org/join.) Casters on Casters is edited by Laura Swisher and produced by Hannah Muroz for Maximum Fun. Our mini-ep is edited and produced by Julian Burrell. Join, boost, or upgrade today at maximumfun.org/joingofact! Thank YOU, MaxFun members! Happy MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to start a membership to support your favorite shows. Learn more and join at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact
- Apr 18, 202613 min
Ep. 191.25: The 2026 MaxFunDrive Preview!
We’re so incredibly close to the 2026 MaxFunDrive on Go Fact Yourself! J. Keith gives you a quick rundown of what you can expect for the next two weeks. The most important thing is that YOU get involved! Bookmark Maximumfun.org/joingofact so you’ll be ready to become a MaxFun Member on April 20th for as little as $5 a month. If you’re already a member, you can boost or upgrade your membership for as little as $1 more a month. In this mini-episode, you’ll get a sneak preview of what you get at any level of membership: our unique Bonus Content. This year, it’s a “DVD commentary” of episode 178 (Matt Rogers vs Mimi Rogers) with J. Keith, Helen, producer/director Jim Newman, co-producer/editor Julian Burrell, and special surprise guests! We’ll have insights and behind-the-scenes stories about that episode and the show, available only to our beloved members. Plus, to celebrate you listeners who make this show possible, we’re getting a number of special episodes and mini-episodes ready for your feed – including the Championship of the 2025(ish) Listener Tournament, dropping on April 24th. It all gets started when the Drive kicks off Monday, April 20th. Be a part of it! Go to maximumfun.org/joingofact and help us reach our goals. Hosts: J. Keith van Straaten Credits: Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell. Additional editing by Valerie Moffat. Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU! Happy MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to start a membership to support your favorite shows. Learn more and join at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact
About Go Fact Yourself
Twice a month, host J. Keith van Straaten and co-host Helen Hong quiz the smartest celebrities they know to find out why they love what they love! Recorded before a live audience in downtown Los Angeles, this game show features comedians, actors, and musicians answering arcane questions on topics they claim to be experts in. But don't worry; if they slip up, there are real experts on hand to give us the facts!
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