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)
"Bizarro Movie Titles" w/ Barry Sonnenfeld
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"Valentine's Day Puzzles" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Spring or Field" w/ Mike Reiss
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"Budapest Bud" w/ Mike Reiss
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"Tom Hanks' Hanky" w/ Mike Reiss
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"Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Superb Owl" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Ask AI" w/ Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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"Levitt or Leave It" w/ Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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"Ditloids" w/ Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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"Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Polar Bear Knuckle Boxing" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Charades" w/ Zach Sherwin
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"Kosher Wine" w/ Zach Sherwin
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"Earbuses" w/ Zach Sherwin
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Puzzler x Mission Implausible
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"Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Lyrical Movies" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Fact-Checking" w/ Katie Nolan
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"In the Form of a Question" w/ Katie Nolan
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"Sports Shmorts" w/ Katie Nolan
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"Stoic Philosopher or Cartoon Character?" w/ Ryan Holiday
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"Hidden Spies" w/ John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea
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"Something Something" w/ Sam Sanders
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"It's Been How Many Minutes?" w/ Sam Sanders
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"Sanders' Sand" w/ Sam Sanders
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"Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Two Wrongs" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Dan the Man" w/ Dan Savage
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"It Gets Better" w/ Dan Savage
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"Name That Mating Call" w/ Dan Savage
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"Name That Band" w/ Myq Kaplan [Best-Of Episode]
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"Chuck Chuckle" w/ Chuck Bryant [Best-Of Episode]
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"F-Bombs" w/ Adam Conover [Best-Of Episode]
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"Holiday Games" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Double-K/Hall of Fame Toys" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Rhyme Me a River" w/ Jordan Carlos [Best-Of Episode]
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"Earbuses" w/ Tom Papa [Best-Of Episode]
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"RuPaul Revere" w/ Julie Bowen [Best-Of Episode]
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"Red or Green/Ho's Holiday" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Puzzler Unwrapped" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Mohonk Madness" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"Glicked" w/ A.J. & Greg
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"This, That, or the Other" w/ Rennae Stubbs
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"Fifteen-Love" w/ Rennae Stubbs
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"Kwong Won" w/ David Kwong
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"Abracadabra" w/ David Kwong
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"Ditloids" w/ Mayim Bialik
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