Troubled Waters
Troubled Waters is the pop culture quiz show where comedians disagree to disagree. Twice a month, Dave will stoke pointless arguments between two teams of comedians and make them compete against each other in order to settle their meaningless debates once and for all. Winner takes home the right to be right.
Episodes
During the 2025 MaxFunDrive, we promised yall if we reach our support stretch goal, we'd make a special D&D episode! Well, we reached that goal and got right to work. Join Dave Holmes, Riley Silverman, John-Luke Roberts, producer Christian, and special guest Austin Taylor of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries on a rip roaring musical adventure!
DM'd by Riley Silverman, recorded remotely over Zoom and in Los Angeles at MaxFun HQ and...
This week, our MaxFun friends Katie Goldin and John Moe join Dave for some Pixar films, custom popcorn buckets, and Muppet music trivia
Katie Goldin would like to plug Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and Creature Feature and recommends Pants
John Moe would like to plug Depresh Mode, Sleeping with Celebrities, his band Math Emergency, and his upcoming class at The Loft and recommends Elderberry Wine by Wednesday
And finally Dave is on...
This week, our MaxFun friends Helen Hong and Kevin Avery join Dave for Nintendo trivia, LGBTQ+ anthems, and Sesame Street pitches.
Helen Hong would like to plug Go Fact Yourself and Belly Laughs Festival
Kevin Avery would like to plug Maximum Film and The Great North and recommends Kara Morgan
And finally Dave is on Bluesky!
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Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom an...
This week, our friends Teri Gamble and Jessica Lynn Verdi join Dave for TV spinoff trivia, improvised song sequels, and movie sequel bidding wars.
Teri Gamble would like to plug Horror Movie Survival Guide and Horror X and recommends Today in Gay
Jessica Lynn Verdi would like to plug Mission Log: The Orville and recommends Naming Your Little Geek and Amanda Troop
And finally Dave is on Bluesky!
This week, our guests Shanna Christmas and Mangesh Hattikudur join Dave Holmes for some songs about women in interesting places, cornfield horror flicks, and Sanrio character trivia.
Shanna Christmas would like to plug her upcoming special Highly Intelligent and her monthly comedy show and recommends The Comedy Reviewers
Mangesh Hattikudur would like to plug Part Time Genius and recommends From Ted to Tom
And finally Dave is on Bluesk...
This week, our guests Riley Silverman and Amy Spalding join Dave Holmes for some cubic trivia, wordcloud karaoke, and tax write off justifications.
Riley Silverman would like to plug Tales From The Vortex and recommends The Joy Who Lived
Amy Spalding would like to plug On Her Terms and recommends Cover Story by Celia Laskey
And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend Pete Zias
This week our friends Oscar Montoya and Mike Drucker join Dave for some garbled videogame tunes, Wario-ized celebrities, and videogame movie trivia.
Mike Drucker would like to plug Good Game No Rematch and recommends Two Point Museum
Oscar Montoya would like to plug Eurovangelists and Drag Her! and recommends Infinity Nikki
And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Dave would like to recommend Cotton Crown by The Tubs
For MaxFunDrive 2025 we thought it'd be fun to release an older piece of bonus content from behind the paywall! Enjoy!
Here's a little sneak peek at this year's bonus content! It's a Motivational Speeches special, featuring a ton of MaxFun favorites!
If you'd like to hear the rest, go on over to maximumfun.org/join and become a member TODAY! It's the MaxFunDrive, the one time of year where your dollar goes the furthest! Get great gifts and support the shows you love!
It's MaxFunDrive time again!!! If you like Troubled Waters and want to support the show, become a member of Maximum Fun! You can join for as low as $5/month and get access to some great bonus content from us and every show on Maximum Fun!
This week, MaxFun hosts Allan McLeod and Dimitry Pompee join Dave for some celebrity name bidding, Shrek recasting, and Irish town names.
Dimitry Pompee would like to plug Curses! Be@rBrick and Eur...
It’s not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV's Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Break-themed mini games!!
Featuring: Dave Holmes, Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya, Dimitry Pompée, Tom Lum, Ellen Weatherford, Alex Schmidt, Brenda Snell, Drea Clark, Alonso Duralde, Dan McCoy, Jordan Morris, Manolo Moreno, Ella Hubber, Caroline...
This week, our friends Daniel Van Kirk and Brian Konowal join Dave for some acceptance speeches, celebrity/veggie combos, and songs about winning and losing.
Brian Konowal would like to plug 1923 season 2 and recommends Starling Street and the podcast Guardians of the Palaxy
Daniel Van Kirk would like to plug his upcoming tour dates, his special Rose Gold, his podcast The Midnight Air, and the movie Wine Club and recommends Squid Gam...
This week our friends Erin Judge and Jenny Chalikian join Dave for some motivational speeches, Sparks songs vs This American Life episodes, and twin/vampire trivia.
Erin Judge would like to plug Romantic Comedy at the Ripped Bodice and Queens of the Dead and recommends Tomas Matos
Jenny Chalikian would also like to plug Romantic Comedy at the Ripped Bodice and recommends Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)
Find us on Instagram! We are @Troub...
This week our friends Zabeth Russell and Mel Stephens join Dave for some celebrity portmanteaus, Robbie Williams weirdo lyrics, and some dystopian airlines.
Mel Stephens would like to plug Overshare Comedy and recommends the concept of Daniel Van Kirk
Zabeth Russell would like to plug Community Cookbook Roundup and Fiasco at the Elysian and recommends Chicken Nugget
Dave is on Bluesky!
Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod
We weren't able to record the show this week because of the ongoing LA wildfires, but we made a clip show for yall with some of our favorite segments with fellow MaxFun hosts! Featuring our pals Manolo Moreno, Renee Colvert, Ella McLeod, Tom Lum, Brenda Snell, Jackie Kashian, Dimitry Pompee, and Katie Goldin!
Dave is on Bluesky!
Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod
Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remot...
Happy New Year! Our friends Danielle Koenig and Ben Paddon join Dave for some 2023/2024 trivia, music turning 25 years old, and give a year-in-review for 2025.
Ben Paddon would like to plug Good Chaotic and Jump Leads and recommends Stitches in Time
Danielle Koenig would like to plug How To Survive with Danielle and Kristine and recommends Go Fact Yourself
Dave is on Bluesky!
Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod
Written by Riley...
This week our friends Jacob Givens and Des Bishop join Dave for our annual Troubled Waters Holiday Spectacular! We get into Muppets Christmas Carol, Hallmark Christmas movies, and do our best to pretend to like some very bad gifts.
Jacob Givens would like to plug his podcast Waterproof Records
Des Bishop would like to plug his upcoming live dates and his podcast Berner Phone and recommends Down with Tech by Nathan Macintosh and Brave...
This week, our friends Matthew Broussard and Gregory Lay join Dave for some word cloud singing, Zucc puns, and Tickle Me Elmo trivia.
Matthew Broussard would like to plug his special Hyperbolic and recommends 3Blue1Brown
Gregory Lay would like to plug Greg in LA and recommends Tom Sibley's Substack
Dave is on Bluesky!
Find us on Instagram! We are @TroubledPod
Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoo...
This week our pals Chris Grace and Jordan Morris join Dave for some mundane Thanksgiving revelations, learn about some colorful characters, and hear a few new turkey noises.
Jordan Morris would like to plug Free With Ads, Jordan Jesse Go, and Youth Group and recommends Family Time by Thien Pham
Chris Grace would like to plug Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson and Sardines recommends I Saw The TV Glow
This week, our pals Danielle Radford and Allen Strickland Williams join Dave for some real and fake villainous books, motivational speeches, and punny biopics.
Allen Strickland Williams would like to plug his new album Ran Through and recommends No Name by Jack White
Danielle Radford would like to plug Goblin Mode and her Dropout appearances and recommends The Bell Witches by Lindsey Kelk
Dave would like to recommend Dulling the Horn...
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