International Waters used to be the highlight of my podcst listening, funny, a great host and great guests. When I heard it was going to be revamped as a new format I was disappointed but I figured hey - still the same great host (and he really is good) so let's reserve judgement.

Sadly, after listening to all the subsequent episodes I have to admit it's just not the same. The original format worked so well but this just feels like a pale immitation of it unfortunately and the laughs just aren't there any more. I still listen but it's really not as much fun as it used to be.

Damn.

Sorry, I gave the new incarnation of the show a go ... I really did, but every episode illustrates how much it relied on British comedians to make it work. Now they have the LA show which they must have wanted - I’m sure it is cheaper to produce, but the only problem is is that you can tell.

Well that was fun whilst it lasted but they seem intent on messing up the format. If they go ahead with the change and remove the transatlantic element then all interest will drop away for me. I can’t recommend that anybody subscribe to this podcast at this time.

Pacey, structured delivery. Fun games. Potty-mouthed guests enabled by a skilled host. Alive to power, gender, sexuality and ethnicity. Comedy for grown ups who know what really matters between people.

This show relies on top quality guest, and they often get them.

Good writing, great hosting. Highly entertaining

Clever and childish comedy.

This is a wonderfully funny panel show that pits British and American comedians against each other in answering questions regarding each country. I especially like the plugs at the end. Panellists are invited to promote their latest work, and then plug the work of someone else to balance the self-promotion.

I'm an American living in the UK so I get ALL the jokes. But seriously, the comedians, the pop culture topics and Dave Holmes are all top notch. Everyone pokes fun at each other, their own countries and all of our weird cultural differences in between and it's hilarious. I always look forward to this podcast and totally have a friend crush on Dave.

This is hilarious, I discovered this from a mention on the Nerdist podcast, and I've been making my way through them. I would love it if you could make yourself available on Spotify... Keep up the fun!

This podcast is repeatedly hilarious, dirty and edgy (well sometimes edgy! Mainly just a good laugh!)

Also I feel like the UK comedians are always very famous comedians in comparison with the US ones.... But I may be a bias Brit! Either way you slice it, every podcast is hilarious and fun! You go guys and gals!

Lovely stuff

Great show with the best of British and American humo(u)r with a great host.

Another wonderful Maximum Fun podcast. As a Canadian living in London for 26 years this fills all my multi-cultural comedy needs.

This is one of my favourite podcasts. It’s funny, relaxed and silly- without being too over the top. It’s also introduced me to lots of great American comedians, like Erin Gibson, Bryan Safi (and their podcast Throwing Shade) and the new host Dave Holmes :). However my favourite episodes, have to be the ones that feature Helen Zaltzman (Answer Me This- another great show!)

I assumed the show would have a live audience (there are a couple of special eps in front of an audience) but even in the absence of one this is a funny show to have on, whether it's on your commute or in the background while making dinner. And it's a pop culture quiz, so there is the slitheriest slither of educational value, too...

I’m really enjoying this series - wish I’d stumbled on it before. There are some familiar names amongst the UK guests, and I’m enjoying hearing some American comics I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise.

It is enjoyable for the most part but I find most of the American comedians to be more irritating than entertaining, there have been a few episodes where the Brits were clearly very uncomfortable with the humour of their competitors.

The bit at the start with the luxury recording yacht and the badly cut in audio relating to wherever Jesse is supposed to be needs to be cut. It's just straight up terrible and in 14 episodes has yet to be funny.

Other than that, good work, enjoyable show.

Amazing project and it's paid off, very entertaining, a few jokes we Brits won't get but it's the same said for the Americans, one small thing I'd suggest is if it's costing a lot of money get rid of the celeb guest feature. It's a good enough panel show without it

Ver entertaining, although it could be a tad more UK relevant.

… but when is episode 8 coming out? It's well overdue now!

Ina field of one, International Waters really stands out. Five stars!

Jesse Thorn has done it again and with the help of talented producer Colin Anderson, this is worthy of your subscription list. Overall 5 stars but not without flaws, mainly with the UK panel. Humphrey Ker, Josie Long, Helen Zaltzman, Holly Walsh, Steve Hall have been great but others have been weak in comparison. Raid the 'do the right thing' archive, beg steal and borrow from the now show stand ups and let's thwack some American posterior (statement translated for UK readers)

I like the bit where they do a funny transatlantic quiz.

Really, it's a nice idea: Get a couple of comedians from the USA and a couple from the UK, then pit them against each other in a a few rounds of cheery banter. Have Jesse Thorn host the whole darn thing, have interesting special guests, and make it a decent hour-long podcast to give everyone enough time to get into it. What could go wrong?

Well, being a US / UK dual national with a fair amount of experience in both lands, I feel I'm in a reasonable position to say that it IS a little slanted towards American ears. You get occasional moments when the UK panellists, and probably more UK listeners, are simply unable to respond to anything being said, simply because they haven't a clue what any of it means. And that's a shame, because the guests they've had so far - from both sides of the pond - have all been very good.

Of course, the fact that much of our respective cultures seems unintelligible to each other is what this whole show is about, but it does stray beyond 'fun' towards 'meaningless' a little too often. It's getting better, though: They've now got a UK writer on board, so the balance of comprehensibility should improve in coming episodes.

Coming out only once a month I think it'll take a while for the show to settle into itself, but with a few more shows under their belts I think International Waters could become as reliably enjoyable as many of the other MaxFun productions. Definitely worth a listen. Give it time to grow on you, and within itself.

Oh, but could the logo designers have a look at the Union Flag they've done? Not right at all.

The UK have this competition sorted - I can't wait for the reviews to spread over three whole pages

Maximum Fun, Jesse Thorne and the nations of the UK and USA deliver yet again.

let the tsunami begin...

"Two countries divided by a common language" illustrated perfectly by International Waters.

Underwhelming title because I'm British.

I think Jesse should get a British co-host to swing things back in the direction of UK culture - he doesn't seem to understand anything the British guests say. Mind you, that's fairly hilarious at times, especially for those of us who do know what's going on.

Also, this podcast truly emphasises that Americans know nothing about what goes on outside their culture, whereas us worldly-wise Brits can handle both US and UK pop culture references with ease. The UK should obviously win by default every time for this reason.

Very funny. Go and listen.

This podcast is the best quiz based podcast, which involves american and british comedians, ever!

This is a podcast that takes an absurd amount of comedians and stuffs them into a really small space, resulting in various comedy explosions that will melt your brain.

Listen to it.

Very funny show with an impressive array of guests.

Really brings out you nationalist side and it is the perfect length for the journey to college!

You learn so much about the American culture while secretly thinking the Brits do it better!!

Plus, the celebrity guests are actually comics you have heard of, not some guy off the street!!

Five star review all round! You find yourself refreshing the podcast button every day in the vein hope that more than one podcast has been published a month!!

Lets hope we beat the Americans in the number of reviews the podcast gets!! :P

This show is so funny it has caused me to laugh out loud when commuting into London on a packed commuter train. The rule is that no one should speak or make any sound while traveling, and my unexpected outburst caused much consternation amongst the throng. Should this show remain as funny I may find myself lynched. Be warned! Listen with care.

I subscribe t oa lot of podcasts and this one definetely is the highlight of the month. Thanks to everyone involved!

awesome show, love max fun.

there is no way we are going to win the review feud hahah

Jesse, as always, is a great host and the guests have been great and varied so far. Above all else it is funny and entertaining which is obviously the aim rather than being full of mind-bendingly hard questions(as is proven by the fact the last round is worth 1000 points!) although I do agree it would be good to have a few more UK skewed questions(Colin?).

As for the previous poster's comment about Josie: You sir are a cad of the highest order. Josie's fantastic!

Another great podcast from maximumfun!

Kingdom or States, the one thing that unites them is funny. And also this show. Although this show actually divides them. I got lost. Listen to the show already, it's great.

Another episode and still unfair. Hoped they would've worked on question balance by now.

This show helpfully illustrates the massive cultural divide between the US and UK, also it's very funny

Again, could do with being slightly more UK- slanted than it is currently and unfortunately it doesn't have quite the same feel as a panel show in which all the guests are in the same room (but obviously they can't all be in this case) but so far it's shaping up to be really good! Jesse Thorne is good fun, the guests are good (the reviewer who calls Josie Long awful is just plain wrong!) and the special guest is a nice idea. Keep them coming!

Like the previous review says, this podcast could do with somebody British to come up with some of the questions but apart from that it's really enjoyable ( even the episode with the awful Josie Long ). Good work Mr Thorn.

The questions are a bit US-centric but it's still pretty good