Podcast Episodes

#MaxFunDrive 2026: The State of the TV shows!

Season 3

Turn on the tube! Janet Varney and John Hodgman are ready to celebrate the 2026 MaxFun Drive! Now is the best time to go to MaximumFun.org/joinmotto …

5 hours ago

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#MaxFunDrive 2026: The State of the Movies!

Season 3

Janet Varney and John Hodgman are ready to celebrate the 2026 MaxFun Drive! Now is the best time to go to MaximumFun.org/joinmotto to become a MaxFun…

1 week, 1 day ago

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Casters on Casters: John Hodgman, Dan McCoy, Jesse Thorn, and Stuart Wellington

Season 3

It's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Caster…

1 week, 3 days ago

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Episode 22: California - “Eureka”

Season 3 Episode 2

Prospector Janet Varney and John Hodgman are ready to talk about all the GOLD in them thar hills!

That’s right; the show is back on the west coast, t…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Episode 21: Puerto Rico - “Joannes est nomen ejus”

Season 3 Episode 1

It’s season 3 of E Pluribus Motto!

Janet Varney and John Hodgman are back with a brand new collection of states and their mottos, iconography, animal…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

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E Pluribus Motto Season 3 begins March 31st!

Season 3

Season 3 of E Pluribus Motto begins March 31st with Puerto Rico! After that, expect new episodes of the show every other Tuesday. 

Here's the full sc…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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E Pluribus Motto LIVE at SF Sketchfest!

Season 2

Can't wait for Season 3 of E Pluribus Motto? Neither can we!

And the first stop of the next season of the show will be Janet and John recording a LIVE…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Episode 20: Nevada - “All for our Country”

Season 2 Episode 10

Janet Varney and John Hodgman are ready for the season finale of the podcast! And where better to visit than a state full of slot machines, deserts, …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 19: Washington D.C. - “Justicia Omnibus”

Season 2 Episode 9

Janet Varney and John Hodgman celebrate the first non-state and non-commonwealth  in the brief history of the podcast: The capital of the United Stat…

6 months ago

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Episode 18: Pennsylvania - “Virtue, liberty and independence”

Season 2 Episode 8

Janet Varney and John Hodgman have arrived in the keystone state! First order of business: What on Earth is a keystone anyway?

If nothing else, it’s o…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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