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Cross Talk

143 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratings

Colin and Laura are expert crossword puzzle solvers. Join them as they solve the NYT Thursday puzzle, banter about work and life, and entertain you, the lovely listener. Email us at [email protected].

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Episodes

#143 - AND ICANT LIE

October 19, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (10/19/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle taylor or travis, Colin's birthday!!!! random trivia, Colin needs a sport friend, roll the dice, vibraphones, different types of columns

#142 - BONEIN DOTORG

September 28, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (9/28/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle halloweddings, what is a down?, did taylor swift tomahawk?, nailers, laura and god go to a tapas bar

#141 - SMILE ZONE UGH

September 21, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (9/21/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle the beefy brothers, colin takes a personality test, laura thinks about the island of sparta, peach bud pits, dont come looking for puzzle talk today

#140 - FRAM CRAM YAM JAM

August 31, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's 8/31/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#139 - YES MOM SLAY

August 17, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (8/17/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle laura watches chernobyl, being a vegan, seinfeld corner, laura brings the twisted triv, unseen mork and mindy character, diva cups, what happened to the old eric, shrimp egg rolls, laura and colin plan a trip to india

#138 - OPRAH LOLED ONCE

August 10, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (8/10/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle laura likes titanic, colin watches so many movies, some twisted triv, the saga of william kitchen, when did crosswords start making us so tired

#137 - PHONY COCO DVD

August 03, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (8/3/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle laura went to some concert, Taylor Swift on Broadway?,trapped by your own easter eggs, a master of the Thursday, jeff chens mom, Seinfeld's car

#136 - OOPS AM I TIMID

July 27, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (7/27/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle ice cream dates, bringing strange friends together, taylor talks about food, three fours, a good but easy puzzle

#135 - YEAH DUDE IREPEAT ITS DISMAYING

July 20, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (7/20/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle barbenheimer, where was cleopatra born?, memphis vs. memphis, greeks in rome, some twisted triv, laura goes on car talk and has a bad time

#134 - IBET ASHLEY ATEALONE

July 13, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (7/13/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle the Emmys, what TV shows are we watching, pairs of things, how often does Ashley show up?, Laura's sick in this one (in the head)

#133 - TIS MERE HUMAN SALIVA

June 22, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (6/22/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle a sleeping baby, what's a mesh hat anyway, NBA draft updates, Colin's NYC business idea

#132 - FORMAL SPOOF

June 01, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (6/1/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle laura's vespa adventure, making friends with the blue boys, frantic fractions, a puzzle with a sad story

#131 - AFEW TAME YUKS IINSIST

May 25, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (5/25/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle hot green day takes, what would you do to see weezer, all of the live shows you've ever seen, creepy symmetry, look me in my eyes

#130 - BOMB DOUGIE STUDY

May 18, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (5/18/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle laura backtracks, colin's year of dunking, the crossword gets diverse, what are these commas for?

#129 - DEAR PALS IMA AROUSED

May 11, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (5/11/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle BTS memoirs, taylor swifts biracial dating history, i think a crossword puzzle?

#128 - DOIN HER KENYA

April 27, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (4/27/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle laura knows her colors, what ever happened to borders, seeing to the essence of a book, a crossword puzzle gets solved

#127 - ADIOS PARANOID SISSY

April 20, 2023 05:00 - 33 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (4/20/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle managers taking an interest in your personal life, laura vs. colin, shawn of the planet of the apes, blaze it

#126 - BAN PAC MEN

April 13, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (4/13/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle personal space, colin's movie adventures, have you seen dark star? a hard puzzle today folks

#125 - SEE WHOS AFRAID

April 06, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (4/6/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle twisted porteguese trivia, april fools, comedy duos, laura gossips at the farmers market

#124 - TRACY SIRES GROOT

March 23, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (3/23/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle colin on vacation, very disappointing trivia, lots of ones all around, crowds

#123 - BEN DATES MASSIVE LIARS

March 16, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (3/16/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle handstands, swift dale, tumble sour d, colin goes to a memorial, walking faster than you can run

#122 - THEYSAY PAUL LETIN BEES

March 09, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (3/9/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle malaika from REDACTED, the long running crosstalk rex parker feud, watching psych on an ipod mini, andy sandberg the linebacker, flipping the script

#121 - ODIE GAVEUP KOREA

March 02, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (3/2/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle hiho odie, laura discovering her fire type (weak to ground), was it a dvd player?, women in stem

#120 - SATAN CLADIN TARTAN

February 23, 2023 05:00 - 43 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (2/23/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle to mhanks, uss cole, a good day to be a blue bird, onion cakes, an ode to sweet condensed milk

#119 - YOUR RANDO NOISES

February 20, 2023 05:00 - 43 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (2/16/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#118 - DOIDARE DISSENT

February 09, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (2/2/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#117 - WANNA MEET THE SAD ADULT

January 30, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (1/26/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#116 - VOCAL MIME

January 14, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Thursday's (1/12/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#115 - SORRY WEIRDOS

January 05, 2023 05:00 - 43 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss this weeks Wednesday's (1/4/23) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#114 - GOTCHA ITIS DIET COLA

December 19, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (12/15/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#113 - NONEWS NOWORRIES LADS

December 09, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (12/8/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#112 - LIL IDEA RUT

December 03, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (12/1/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#111 - SAME ICON KNEW ALOT

July 17, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (7/14/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#110 - FRIVOLOUS SKIT

July 16, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (7/7/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#109 - LENO PROVES THEORY

July 02, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (6/30/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#108 - TED TRIES EVERY FRUIT

July 02, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (6/23/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#107 - SON ICANTEVEN KEEPWATCH

June 17, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (6/16/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#106 - HEHE KISSME

June 13, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (6/9/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#105 - OHDEAR FAT FIT

May 30, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (5/26/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#104 - OHGOOD YET GODNO

May 23, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (5/19/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#103 - ANNE SAW NINA SNARFDOWN ROASTS

May 19, 2022 05:00 - 41 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (5/12/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#102 - HON IDSAY ADDSALT

May 06, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (5/5/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#101 - SEVEN MOIST EYES

May 01, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (4/28/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#100 - AZIZ ASST MGT

April 30, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (4/21/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#99 - TAPTAP AHEM ICON ISUP

March 24, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (3/24/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#98 - AUNTIE HATE UNCLE

March 17, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (3/17/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#97 - OHOK ZENDAYA ACTED

March 10, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (3/10/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#96 - THE ICON RESISTS

March 03, 2022 05:00 - 30 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (3/3/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#95 - EYE EON ION ICON

February 24, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (2/24/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle

#94 - CHARM LAB

February 19, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 1 Byte

Laura and Colin discuss last weeks Thursday's (2/17/22) New York Times Crossword Puzzle