Hello, Puzzlers!
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...
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Episodes (688)
"Earbuses" w/ Malika Andrews
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"Wide Opposite World of Sports" w/ Malika Andrews
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"Malika in Topeka" w/ Malika Andrews
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"Gorillas in the Mystic Pizza" w/ Myq Kaplan
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"Ditloids" w/ Myq Kaplan
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Weekend Favorites: "Syllable Charades" w/ Faith Salie"
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"Al Gone" w/ Jakob Poeltl
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"Aboot Time" w/ Jakob Poeltl
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"B-Ball Recall" w/ Jakob Poeltl
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"Get Ted Fed" w/ Ted Allen
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"Chopped Foods" w/ Ted Allen
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Weekend Favorites: “Hidden Bugs” w/ Chuck Bryant
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"Anti-Pangrams" w/ Peter Gordon
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"Eponyms" w/ Arika Okrent
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"I/O" w/ Kara Swisher
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"Wuthering Bytes" w/ Kara Swisher
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"Musk's Tusks" w/ Kara Swisher
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"Aye or Nay" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"O Say Can You CC" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Charades" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Bill of Mights" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Fact or Fiction" w/ A.J. & Greg
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Weekend Favorite: "Earbuses" w/ Dax Shepard and Monica Padman
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"Letters Witch" w/ A.J. & Greg
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Weekend Favorite: "The Bill of Wrongs" w/ Peter Sagal
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"Eponymously Yours" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Ditloids" w/ Noel Brown
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"A Colorful Puzzle" w/ Noel Brown
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"ETs Everywhere" w/ Noel Brown
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"The Psychology of Puzzles" w/ Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
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"Bayer vs. Bayer" w/ Vanessa and Jonah Bayer
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"Really Weird Stuff" w/ Vanessa and Jonah Bayer
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"I Love That For U" w/ Vanessa and Jonah Bayer
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"Belushi's Sushi" w/ Vanessa and Jonah Bayer
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Weekend Favorites: "Woody Goody" w/ Roy Wood Jr.
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"Bad Ass" w/ Ben Thompson and Pat Larash
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"A Funnish Puzzle" w/ Arika Okrent
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"Eye Rhymes" w/ Arika Okrent
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"Letters Witch" w/ Adam Felber
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"B Movies" w/ Adam Felber
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Weekend Favorite: "Taking the Simpsons to the Bank" w/ Mike Reiss
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"Could You Solve A Puzzle To Save The World?" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Far/Sad" w/ Negin Farsad
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"Core Competence" w/ Negin Farsad
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"Eye Rhymes" w/ Negin Farsad
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"Television Newt" w/ Negin Farsad
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Weekend Favorites: "Wide Opposite World Of Sports" w/ Jay Bilas
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"Greeks Who Sink" w/ Christopher Short
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"1-2-3 Hill" w/ Bethany Joy Lenz
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"Categories" w/ Jay Bilas
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