Troubled Waters

Erin McGathy, John Butler, John Finnemore and Rachel Parris join host, Dave Holmes for an episode packed with Brexit, embarrassing stories of failed romance and Dave doing a Brummie accent. Erin McGathy is taking her show Love You Loudly to the Edinburgh Fringe in August and recommends Maria Bamford's Netflix show Lady Dynamite. John Butler is the director of The Bachelor Weekend (The Stag in the UK) and the upcoming movie Handsome Devil...

Aparna Nancherla, Jonathan Van Ness, Phill Jupitus and Shappi Khorsandi join host, Dave Holmes to quiz about Daleks, soccer, "meatlegging" and musicals. Aparna Nancherla wants to plug her new comedy album, Just Putting It Out There and recommends Jaqueline Novak's book How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows. Jonathan Van Ness wants to plug his Funny or Die series Gay of Thrones and his own MaxFun podcast Getting Curious...

Bryan Cook, Carrie Poppy, Matt Kirshen and Ella Smith join host, Dave Holmes for underage drinking stories, awful Prince and Bowie covers and universe-crossing slash fic. Bryan Cook wants to plug Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction and recommends Welcome To Night Vale. Carrie Poppy wants to plug Oh No Ross and Carrie and recommends So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. Matt Kirshen wants to plug Probably Science and recommends Jesse vs Cancer...

Sara Benincasa, Hal Lublin, Paul Foxcroft and Gráinne Maguire join host, Dave Holmes for some sexually charged comedy quizzing with bonus hating on Burning Man and a ranking of which fast food chains have the smartest customers. Sara Benincasa wants to plug Real Artists Have Day Jobs and recommends WNYC's new stand-up podcast 2 Dope Queens. Hal Lublin wants to plug We Got This with Mark and Hal and recommends his wife's country music star comedy character Carter Parton Rodgers...

Chris Fairbanks, Jackie Kashian, Gemma Whelan and Andy Zaltzman join host, Dave Holmes for pop culture quizzing about Shakespeare, scandals and corporations cack-handedly trying to memorialise Prince. Chris Fairbanks wants to plug his TV show Almost Genius and his podcast Do You Need A Ride. Chris also recommends the Ted Cruz Bad Lip Reading video...

Karen Kilgariff, Keith Powell, Katy Brand and Gareth Gwynn join host, Dave Holmes for a c-bomb littered riot of secret spilling and Gwyneth dissing, comedy quizzing. Note: The UK team weren't able to take part in the secret spilling part – apparently calling the show International Waters doesn't offer the level of protection from English laws that one might have hoped...

Kulap Vilaysack, Janet Varney, Ben Partridge and Tiffany Stevenson join host, Dave Holmes for stories about dumb crimes, old timey musicians and chicken fights.

Kulap Vilaysack wants to plug her SeeSo.com show Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ and recommends FX Network comedy You're The Worst.

Janet Varney wants to plug her podcast The JV Club and is on Twitter

Kyle Kinane, Zabeth Russell, Angela Barnes and Marek Larwood join host, Dave Holmes topical quizzing, guessing whether a list of things are a new "Uber For..." or Summer Festival Indie Band and tearing down The Queen and Meryl Streep with almost as horrendous consequences. Kyle Kinane wants to plug his up-coming gigs and recommends (MaxFunster) Bucky Sinister's new book Black Hole...

Brandie Posey, Andy Wood, Andi Osho and Tom Bell join host, Dave Holmes to talk fast food menu changes, TV comedy re-boots and classic superheroes from each country's past. Links: Brandie Posey wants to plug her new album Opinion Cave and our sister MaxFun podcast Lady to Lady and recommends The People Vs. O.J. Simpson. Andy Wood wants to plug his podcast Probably Science and recommends Jesse Case's other podcast Jesse Vs. Cancer...

Jimmy Pardo, Eden Dranger, Tom Parry and Matthew Crosby join host, Dave Holmes for Superbowl talk, sexy breakfast foods and a Dame Helen Mirren-off. Links: Jimmy Pardo wants to plug the Pardcast-a-thon 2016, his annual podcast marathonwhich benefits the charity Smile Train. Eden Dranger wants to plug her podcasts Snacks and Hacks and Failing Up and is touring the US in March raising breast cancer awareness. You can find dates at EdenDranger.com...