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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford

USA 6-1011+

Started: May 14th, 2019

Status: Active, 298 episodes

Kind: Episodic

Language: English

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285: American Woodcock & Camel Spider
01:06:19 | Episode: 285 | April 24th, 2025

Christian walks to the beat of the American woodcock & Ellen throws shade at camel spiders. We discuss peent, walking with rhythm to attract the worm, beak smooches, chain e-mails, girl dinner, ant massacres, and so much more. 

284: African Pygmy Hedgehog w/ Sarah Bessie!
01:07:31 | Episode: 284 | April 17th, 2025

Join Ellen & special guest, animal care educator and advocate Sarah Bessie (the “Hedge Chef”) for a review of the prickly little roly polies: African pygmy hedgehogs. We discuss built-in hoodie strings, standing jeans, biomimicry in sports equipment, mobile charcuterie, what to do with your skirt when you gotta go fast, all the ways hedgehogs fail to beat the witchcraft allegations, and so much more.

283: Paddlefish & Pigbutt Worm
01:16:06 | Episode: 283 | April 9th, 2025

Christian is up a creek without a paddlefish & an unusual deep-sea worm becomes the butt of Ellen’s jokes. We discuss a previous guest getting electrocuted for shark science, hot takes on the whole direwolf de-extinction thing, the unexpected hybridization of the sturddlefish, why pigbutt worms are like that, statistically insignificant haters, and so much more. 

282: Brooke Hartman's Top 3 Cutest Killers!
00:56:08 | Episode: 282 | April 4th, 2025

Join Ellen & special guest, author Brooke Hartman, for a look at some of the animal kingdom’s most deceptively adorable assassins. We discuss evolutionary arms race, hot ones for mice, Mr. Yuck, an insect isekai, a toxic honeypot, and so much more. These cuties are slaying more than just their prey.

281: Field Notes (2025)
01:13:17 | Episode: 281 | March 26th, 2025

Ellen & Christian share stories, observations and inspiration from special guest: you! We discuss Benedict Cumberbatch’s turkey gang, my squirrel mech grandma, Twitch plays deep sea ROV dives, hear me out cakes, smuggling budgies, house vultures, and more.

280: Eastern Gray Squirrel & Budgerigar (aka Parakeet)
01:21:59 | Episode: 280 | March 19th, 2025

Ellen goes nuts for the eastern gray squirrel & a little bird told Christian about the budgerigar (AKA parakeet). We discuss the MaxFunDrive, Pikachu, the e-nut, squirrel crime, fluorescent feathers, spicy air, Bluey, and so much more. 

Ellen joins MFD Spring Break
01:18:53 | March 17th, 2025

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!!

279: Brachiosaurus w/ Charles Nye!
01:13:05 | Episode: 279 | March 14th, 2025

In a continuation of our dinosaur double-feature, Ellen is joined by a paleoartist and marine biologist for a review of the ancient giants that towered over the late Jurassic world: Brachiosaurus.




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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started: May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 298 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English

USA6-1011+
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