Ep 81: Swaths Issues

Sara Shaefer, Will Weldon, Nat Luurtsema and David Reed join host, Dave Holmes for post-Olympic pop culture quizzing, back to school records from either side of the Atlantic and re-boot pitches for Mad Max and Call the Midwife.

Sara Shaefer wants to plug her comedy album Chrysalis and says you can hear about her upcoming projects via Twitter – she's @SaraShaefer1. Sara recommends Rory Scovel's special on Seeso and Lindy West's latest book, Shrill.

Will Weldon wants to plug the podcast he makes with Eliza Skinner, Angry Little Goats. Will recommends Hidden America with Jonah Ray on Seeso.

Nat Luurtsema wants to plug her YA novel Goldfish and recommends our sister MaxFun podcast Oh No Ross and Carrie .

David Reed wants to plug his podcast Film Fandango and recommends another podcast, Do the Right Thing.

And finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes and hosts his live quiz show, The Friday Forty at LA's Meltdown Theatre on the second Friday of every month. Dave's new book Party of One is out now. Dave would like to recommend Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's novel The Nest. Y

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Written by Sarah Morgan and Riley Silverman. Recorded at GuiltFreePost in London by John Purcell Shackleton and at MaxFunHQ in Los Angeles.

Produced by Jennifer Marmor and Colin Anderson.