John Hodgman, of Maximum Fun’s Judge John Hodgman, was driving in Acadia National Park one day when he came across two young hitchhikers—a young couple that had simply hiked a little too far from ...

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Here’s a positive (and fascinating!) piece of news in what’s otherwise been a particularly rough stretch for the audio business: Maximum Fun is taking steps to become a workers cooperative. A few ...

“In the end, this is the way to do it that won’t ruin everything and allows the company to be owned and operated by people who I trust who are doing it for the same reasons that I was.” —JB ...