Hello, Puzzlers!
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Your puzzle diet just got an upgrade! On this season of Hello, Puzzlers! (the podcast formerly known as The Puzzler), New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs and Chief Puzzle Officer Greg Pliska bring you celebrity puzzle showdowns, head-to-head word battles, and insider news straight from the Puzzle Lab. Expect anagrams, palindromes, quirky originals–and plenty of laughs. Subscribe to the Hello, Puzzlers! podcast today for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle you, puzzlingly. Can’t wait for the next episode? Join our Patreon community to get bonus content and original puzzles from A.J. and Greg. Patreon.com/HelloPuzzlers
Episodes
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Oct 5, 2023 • 8min
“Gorillas in the Mystic Pizza” w/ Chuck Bryant
Chuck Bryant, co-host of 'Stuff You Should Know' podcast, joins A.J. Jacobs on 'The Puzzler' to discuss crossword puzzles, movie mashups, and pitch hilarious movie ideas like '50 Shades of Grey Gardens' and 'Night of the Living Dead Poets Society'.
Oct 4, 2023 • 7min
“Hidden Mina” w/ Mina Kimes
ESPN analyst and podcaster Mina Kimes joins A.J. Jacobs on a hilarious puzzle-filled episode. They explore hidden words and phrases with the letters M-I-N-A, play a trivia game that includes questions about favorite Starbucks food and polar bear livers, discuss crossword puzzles, and reveal answers to previous puzzles. Tune in for a fun-filled episode!
Oct 3, 2023 • 10min
“Ditloids” w/ Michael Ian Black
Comedian, actor, and author Michael Ian Black joins host AJ Jacobs to solve challenging ditloid puzzles using numbers and abbreviations. They also play a wordplay game guessing abbreviations and talk about the features of the 2023 Ford F-150 truck and sponsor ads.
Oct 2, 2023 • 6min
Preview 1: "Earbus" w/ Roy Wood, Jr.
Comedian and The Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. joins host A.J. Jacobs in a lively discussion about puzzle games. They play an audio rebus puzzle and engage in a funny word guessing game with exaggerated accents. They also connect words in a wordplay game and talk about Wood's acting career. The chapter ends with a puzzler about Ellen DeGeneres and Finding Nemo and several advertisements.
Oct 2, 2023 • 9min
Preview 2: “Mo Rocca Goes to Morocco” w/ Mo Rocca
Journalist and 'Mobituaries' podcast host Mo Rocca joins A.J. Jacobs to puzzle and laugh their way through anagrams, palindromes, and audio rebuses. They play a game changing the last letter of a country's name, solve wordplay puzzles to guess country names, and enjoy humorous advertisements.
Sep 26, 2023 • 3min
Introducing: The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author and host of The Puzzler, introduces the podcast and shares his obsession with puzzles. The podcast features word, logic, and rebus puzzles, with celebrity guests joining the show. In the first chapter, co-hosts Greg Pliska and Mina Kimes engage in a puzzle where they change a letter in the title of a famous movie to make it about sports.
