Private company

Maximum Fun

Logo: maximumfun.org3

Podcast company and network

Maximum Fun is an independent, worker-owned cooperative podcast and radio show production organization founded by Jesse Thorn. The organization originated with Thorn's college radio show The Sound of Young America which continued in an adapted format and with a new name, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded1

Maximum Fun is an independent, worker-owned cooperative podcast and radio show production organization founded by Jesse Thorn. The organization originated with Thorn's college radio show The Sound of Young America which continued in an adapted format and with a new name, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn.2

The story

Founded by Jesse Thorn in 2000.1

Leadership

Who has led Maximum Fun, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2000Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$266.8K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $266.8K in all. PPP loans $266.8K.$0$100K$200K$300K2020 · PPP loans: $266.8K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$266.8K$266.8K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. May 1, 2020$266.8K PPP loan (first draw) from Customers Bank4To MAXIMUM FUN, INC., Los Angeles CA; $271.3K forgiven Jan 31, 2022

Sources

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