One of the most popular discussion topics here in the MaxFun universe is how to"Make Your Thing". And one of our favorite experts in this area (besides Jesse, of course) is
former MaxFunCon keynote speaker Merlin Mann. In addition to producing many influential articles and speeches on the subject of how to focus your time, energy and creativity, Mann also co-hosts a weekly podcast called "Back to Work". The show is a fun and engaging look at how to hone the skills and tools that you need to break through barriers and become more effective and productive.

Ordinarily, Merlin hosts the show with Dan Benjamin; but while Benjamin is away this week, Mann is sharing the microphone with writer and actor Rob Corddry. It's a terrific episode as Corddry discusses how he has employed many of the techniques that Mann advocates. The pair also chat about writing, fear, Lost, Louie and how Corddry used Getting Things Done to create his show Children's Hospital. Check it out.

• Adult Swim has renewed Rob Corddry's "Children's Hospital" for a fourth season. This show has featured a number of MaxFun favorites, including Rob Huebel and the terrific Henry Winkler!
• Charlyne Yi has landed a role on the upcoming season of "House."
• Starting September 14th, Al Madrigal will be returning to your television in a new NBC comedy called "Free Agents". The show is based on a British sitcom by the same name. If you want to get a taste of it, the network has a quick preview up that includes Al being hilarious. Side note to any fathers who are reading this: you can find true empathy and moral support from Madrigal's funny weekly podcast Minivan Men: A Weekly Podcast for Regular People with Children. Madrigal co-produces the show with fellow dad-comedians Chris Spencer and Maz Jobrani. Last week's episode featured comedian and TSOYA alum Bill Burr.
• Former Sleater-Kinney vocalist and Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein and her new band, Wild Flag, will be releasing their self-titled debut album on September 13th. Then they will be on the road starting October 3rd and throughout the fall. Until then, you should keep your ears busy by listening to their single "Glass Tambourine"
• Zach Galifianakis and the rest of the "Bored to Death" crew will be returning to HBO on October 10th for their third season and the network just released this great teaser clip. I wanna ride the Ferris wheel with these gentlemen.
  

Rob Corddry joins Jesse and Jordan to talk about second base, the King of Portland, marriages, pet accidents and more.

Nathan Rabin and Josh Modell join Jesse to recommend the best of popular culture. Nathan chooses Louis CK's Louie and the new film The Kids Are All Right. Josh Modell chooses Inception and Children's Hospital.

Jordan meets John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke and Craig Robinson, but the meeting suffers from a fundamental misunderstanding of "the '80s."