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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"Yelp Reviews of Fictional Restaurants" w/ Josh Radnor
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"Globe-trotting!" w/ A.J. & Greag
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"Steven Spielberg's Soy Sauce" w/ Ben Bass
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"Beyond the Gravestone" w/ Alix Strauss
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"Eat Great" w/ Gretchen Rubin
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"Proverbs 2.0" w/ Gretchen Rubin
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"Tales from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Columbo's Gumbo" w/ Mark Brotherhood
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"Mall Tease" w/ Karen Bergreen and Cynthia Kaplan
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"KB vs. CK" w/ Karen Bergreen and Cynthia Kaplan
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"All Quiet on the Western Font" w/ Karen Bergreen and Cynthia Kaplan
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"T for Two, April May June, and Vague Value!" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Alphabet/Siblings Day" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Bizarro Household Items" w/ Karen Puzzles
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"Sank to Sanka" w/ Adam Sank
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"Chuck's Chuck" w/ Karen Puzzles
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"Din Ding Dingo" w/ Karen Puzzles
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"Bubblers, Vowels, and Popes!" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Bird Calls" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Big Foul Sports Teams" w/ Mina Kimes
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"Audio Connections" w/ Mina Kimes
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"Smart Fish, Backronyms and Jocularity!" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Polish polishing" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Hodgman's Hobos" w/ John Hodgman
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"Odd Hodgman Out" w/ John Hodgman
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"Earbuses" w/ John Hodgman
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"Vogue, Vowels, and Hugh Jackman" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Giving T.Hanks" w/ Peter Gordon
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"Sabia Mania" w/ Joe Sabia
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"Calm Poe, Sir" w/ Joe Sabia
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"Ditloids" w/ Joe Sabia
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"Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Puzzler Live" w/ Mo Rocca
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"Confounding Comics" w/ Alex Edelman
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"Best Baseball Teams...Literally" w/ Alex Edelman
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"Chilly Chili" w/ Alex Edelman
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"Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Alphabet/Trademarks" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Instruments of Mass Distraction" w/ Alexandra Petri
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"Everyone is Hiding Something" w/ Alexandra Petri
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"Bill Clinton's Bill" w/ Alexandra Petri
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"Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Oscar Oscars" w/ Julie Jacobs
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"Long Vowels Short/Tongue Twisters" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Blue or Hill" w/ Dan Barber
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"Barber's Arbor" w/ Dan Barber
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"Grammar Day" w/ Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson
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"Palindromes" w/ Adam Sank
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"Bizarro the Sequel" w/ Barry Sonnenfeld
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"Barry Sonnenfeld's B.S." w/ Barry Sonnenfeld
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