International Waters

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International Waters is a pop culture comedy quiz show set adrift on the lawless seas. Join host Dave Holmes and competing teams of world-famous comedians from the US, UK, and beyond in a hilarious and lively competition that's part panel show, part trivia challenge, and part international incident.

MAR 16

International Waters 2.0 Sneak Peek!

Yes you read that right, we are bringing back International Waters! We'll have a full episode ready for you soon, but for now enjoy this sneak peek at a future episode with Jordan Adika and Allan McLeod!

10 min
MAR 2

ENCORE - More Than an Uncle

Well hello! We are still hard at work on Troubled Waters but in the meantime we thought it'd be fun to share one of our old faves from way back in the International Waters days. Take a trip down memory lane with Helen Hong, Nick Rutherford, Jameela Jamil, and Romesh Ranganathan

1h 3m
JAN 16

The NoHo Special!

It's finally here. For MaxFunDrive 2025, we promised to make the Troubled Waters North Hollywood Special. Did we know what it was when we said that? Not at all! We're Walkin' About North Hollywood and talking about our favorite landmarks, architecture, weirdo stories, and hey maybe there's even a love connection! Thank you for supporting MaxFun! Christian Dueñas would like to plug MaxFun and The Stacks and recommends Lonely People with Power by Deafheaven and The Bearlympics at The Eagle Riley Silverman would like to plug Horror Not Hate and recommends The Joy Who Lived And finally Dave is on Bluesky and would like recommend Summer Farewells By Anri Find us on Instagram

1h 1m
JAN 1

UNLOCKED: Troubled Waters x International Waters Throwback Special

We are unlocking an episode from the BoCo archives this week! If you want to hear even more bonus content, go and head on over to maximumfun.org/join Our friends and former writers for International Waters, Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan join Dave for a throwback episode where we play some of our favorite IW games from back in the day!

1h 2m
12/15/2025

A Very Troubled Waters Holiday Special

This week, we are replaying some of our favorite holiday segments from previous Troubled Waters eps. Featuring Alison Rosen, Jacob Givens, Mike Castle, Joey Greer, Des Bishop, Joel Stein, Danielle Perez, Jessica Sele, Drennon Davis, and Shawn Carter! If you liked these segments, check out the full episodes in our archives! Stay tuned to the very end for a quick announcement and we will see you in the new year! Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

34 min
12/01/2025

Camera vs T Shirt

This week, our friends Devan Joseph and Noah Friedman of No Such Thing join Dave for some holiday rebuses, terribly named carols, and awful Christmas presents. Noah Friedman would like to plug No Such Thing and recommends Broken Homes and Gardens by Michael Hurley Devan Joseph would also like to plug No Such Thing and recommends No Easy Fix And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Find us on Instagram Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join "Adeste Fideles (Shorter)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

42 min
11/17/2025

Wet Bag vs Red Claw

MaxFun Crossover Alert! Our friends Amber Nash and Dimitry Pompée join Dave for distorted music trivia, strange Trader Joe's foodstuffs, and trivial confessions at the Thanksgiving table! Amber Nash would like to plug RePhrasing: An Archer ReWatch Podcast and recommends Amy Sedaris on Instagram Dimitry Pompée would like to plug Eurovangelists and recommends Old Dog New Tricks And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Find us on Instagram Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

45 min
11/03/2025

Women vs Women

This week, our friends Jenny Zigrino and Caleb Zeringue join Dave for some Taylor Swift chord progressions, alien trivia, and Dr Seuss/Decemberists lyricism Caleb Zeringue would like to plug his upcoming tour dates and Luigi the Musical and recommends Gianmarco Soresi Jenny Zigrino would like to plug her upcoming tour dates and Jen-Z and recommends Caitlin Peluffo And finally Dave is on Bluesky! Find us on Instagram Written by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher. Join the MaxFun fam: maximumfun.org/join

47 min

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Love to Play Along!

01/09/2023

Dust Bunny Mama

I love this show and it’s various pre Covid variations! I love how no matter the amount of “contestants” playing there’s still enough time to play along and try to guess the wild answers. So much fun to play on speakers when friends are over great conversation starters and lots of easy laughs!!! Please keep up the amazing work!!!! We love you Dave!!!!
Fun show!

10/18/2022

Gumbo111

Really fun show! Dave is a great host.
Delightful

01/07/2022

likeacactustree

Just wanted to write a review to say I love this show and Dave Holmes is delightful.
Who’s pop trivia is it anyway?!?

02/09/2020

Too legit to spit

This is a great laugh and a fun way to learn random cultural facts and opinions.

International Waters is a pop culture comedy quiz show set adrift on the lawless seas. Join host Dave Holmes and competing teams of world-famous comedians from the US, UK, and beyond in a hilarious and lively competition that's part panel show, part trivia challenge, and part international incident.