FourPlay - A Game of Connections
171 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsFourplay, hosted by Carmela Smith, is a game show that tests a player's ability to make a connection. Contestants are given four different sets of four words in 2 minute intervals and are challenged to find the connections between the words in each set and then the connection between the sets themselves. Think you have what it takes to be a four time champion? There's only one way to find out. Welcome to FourPlay
FourPlay is an Oakes Media Group podcast.
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Episodes
Sara Callori Game 1
May 21, 2021 04:30 - 12 minutes - 10.8 MBSara Callori is here this week to see if she can get a streak going. Listen in and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Tail, Hawaiian, Stuffed, Dress. 2. Part of a Foot, Dance, Beach, Popcorn. 3. Ed, Part of a Styx Hit, Rami Malek, Live and Let Die's Dr. Kananga's Alternative Name. 4. Ambulatory, Snow, Home, U.S. City on the Gulf.
Jason Borsom Game 4
May 14, 2021 04:30 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBCan he do it again? Join us as we find out if Jason can join the upper echelon of 4Play contestants by winning his fourth game. You know it'll be a good one! Here are today’s clues: 1. Musical, Sarah Connor, MLB Josh, Ten Face. 2. Magic Singer, The Favourite, Actress de Havilland, Psylocke Portrayer. 3. Namesake Owner of Hangout for Richie and Ralph, Traitor, Larger of Two Twins, Gary Coleman. 4. A Certain Sultan, Styx Hit, Doll, Zaharias.
Jason Borsom Game 3
May 07, 2021 04:30 - 12 minutes - 12 MBHe's on a roll! Jason Borsom joins Carmela again this week to see if he can win game three. Enjoy! Here are today’s clues: 1. Chair, Diamond, Bean, Ayn Rand. 2. Magic Man, Queen, Barney Clark, Suit. 3. Workforce, Flushes, USA for Africa, Shake. 4. Mental, Club, Department, Plan.
Jason Borsom Game 2
April 30, 2021 04:30 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBWe're back for season 6! Jason won our last season's finale, so he's back to see if he can go for the repeat win! Here are today’s clues: 1. State Capital on I-5, Cat of the Comics, Historical Hunting Locale?, Days of Our Lives Setting. 2. BBC Channel, Clinton's Band, Certain Avian Collection, Legislative Body of Government. 3. Second Largest City in Wales, English Translation for the Capital of Benin, Home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Setting for the OC. 4. Lover of Wedn...
Jason Borsom Game 1
March 26, 2021 04:30 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBJason Borsom from Chicago joins Carmela this week to see if he can put together the clues. This is the season 5 finale - listen in and see if Jason can end it on top! Here are today’s clues: 1. One Radium or Two Oxygens?, Chicago's Kane, Time Traveling Goal?, Hickock's lowest pair. 2. Televisions, Ansel Adams, Holstein Friesians, German-named Americaner Cookies. 3. Jet's Close Relative, Rick James, Calamander, Jane White of GLOW. 4. Tower, Soap that Floats, Capital is Yamoussoukro, W...
Willow Piper Game 1
March 19, 2021 04:30 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBWillow Piper joins Carmela this week to attempt to make the connections that make the connections. Join us and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Buck, Bead, Harbor, Minnie. 2. Crime, Wrestling, Call, Echo. 3. Thunder, Slang for Bald, Astro, Teapot. 4. Press, Horn, Actors Stewart and Victor, Maid.
Bing Kao Game 1
March 12, 2021 05:30 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBThis week, newcomer Bing Kao joins Carmela to see if he can make the connections and solve the meta-game. Enjoy! Here are today’s clues: 1. Drug, Box, Morissette, Horse. 2. Green, Straight, Fletcher, Cursor. 3. Jack, Candy, Watch, Crab. 4. Snake, Traitor, Zodiac First, Race.
Katie Sekelsky Game 2
March 05, 2021 05:30 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBShe won last week, so she's back again! Listen in and play along as Katie Sekelsky goes for her second win. Here are today’s clues: 1. Word, Johnson, Steppenwolf, Tatum. 2. Demi Lovato, Grill, Thrombosis, Queen Album. 3. Real, Networking Layer, Exam, Therapist. 4. Bacon, Bribe, Filth, Monkey.
Katie Sekelsky Game 1
February 26, 2021 05:30 - 11 minutes - 11 MBThis week on 4Play, Katie Sekelsky joins us from Ohio to talk about her dog- I mean, to play this week's puzzle! Listen in and see if she'll be joining us again next week. Here are today’s clues: 1. Early 2000s NBC Reality Show, Concern, Hunter S. Thompson, Kendrick Lamar Song in 2017. 2. Permission, Fifth of a Group, Super Aunt, Rod Stewart Subject. 3. French, Favor, Alarm, Shoe Accessory. 4. Famous Rose, 1974-1981 Name That Tune Host, One-Time VJ Lisa Montgomery, San Francisco Punk ...
Dustin Resch Game 1
February 19, 2021 05:30 - 11 minutes - 11.7 MBThis week, Dustin Resch joins Carmela from Colorado to see how he does at our game of connections. Will he be coming back again next week? Only one way to find out! Here are today’s clues: 1. Velvet, Knight, Cash, Truffle. 2. Punch, Peter, Ears, White. 3. Descend, Kitchen, Heat, Swim. 4. Herb, Winnings, Tea, Luck.
Kellum Sowers Game 1
February 12, 2021 05:30 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBThis week it's all-Jacksonville as Kellum Sowers joins Carmela to try his hand at our puzzles of the week. Listen in and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Leaf, Ultimate Objective, Bond Three Times, Neil Young. 2. Flag of Saudi Arabia, Rapier, John Travolta, Fighting. 3. Promontory Summit, Hatch, Weber State University, Arches. 4. Poker Game, College World Series, Wild Kingdom, Manning Call.
Pete Olexa Game 4
February 05, 2021 05:30 - 12 minutes - 10.5 MBEither way, it's our last week with Pete Olexa. But you're going to want to listen in to see if he wins again and walks away with 4Play's top honor: a 4-game streak! Here are today’s clues: 1. Drums, Depressions, Pot, Bell. 2. Entitled Folks, Crystals, Toni Braxton, Albino Gorilla. 3. Bundle, Automobile Choices, Proposal, Stimulus. 4. Nickname of a Utah Senator, Michigan Nickname, Susie Essman Bolt Role, Gloves.
Pete Olexa Game 3
January 29, 2021 05:30 - 9 minutes - 8.16 MBIt's match number three for Pete Olexa! Can he go the distance? Play along and find out! Today's Clues: 1. Black Keys and Adam Lambert, Jimmy Fallon, Craze, Yellow 2. Tony Shalhoub, Buffalo, Part of a Building, Paul McCartney 3. Farrokh Bulsara, #80 on a larger list, Roman God of Financial Gain (+ other stuff), Defunct Car Maker 4. Sudden Attack, Ororo Munroe, Geo, George Clooney
Pete Olexa Game 2
January 22, 2021 05:30 - 10 minutes - 9.02 MBPete Olexa joins Carmela again this week to see if he can continue his streak. Join in and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Pan, Bon Jovi, Plot, Murphy. 2. Titular Disney Character from the 1950s, Kenny Rogers, Tony Bennett's 21st Century Duet Partner, Billie Holiday. 3. Moonshine, Strike, Tampa Bay, Pixar Main Character. 4. Dinger, Buzz, High Mobility Military Vehicle, U2 Album Following Joshua Tree.
Pete Olexa Game 1
January 15, 2021 05:30 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBThis week, Pete Olexa is in the hot seat. Join him and play along as he tries to solve this week's puzzle! Here are today’s clues: 1. Rice, Astronaut, Close, Valley. 2. Rio, Piano, Noble, Theft. 3. Ronin, Repeat, Amazon, Toyota. 4. Los Angeles, Leon, Bible, Rulers.
Ryan Mahoney Game 2
January 08, 2021 22:23 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBWelcome to season 5 of 4Play! Our returning champ, Ryan Mahoney is back with us again to see if he can get a streak going. Listen in and find out how he does. Here are today’s clues: 1. Chestnut, Cutthroat Chef, Encyclopedia, Van Morrison. 2. Christmas, Noise, Rabbit, Russian. 3. Vile, American, Coyote, Hans Christian Andersen. 4. Crossing, Escape, Indiana, Ranger.
Ryan Mahoney Game 1
December 04, 2020 05:30 - 8 minutes - 6.56 MBRyan Mahoney joins Carmela on the season finale of 4Play. Listen in today, and then join us again when we return in 2021! Here are today’s clues: 1. Drop, Coat, November, Forest. 2. Cat, Rod, Position, Magnetic. 3. Descent, Freight, Zip, Drive. 4. Root, Honest, Plaza, Nerd.
Layla Thomas Game 1
November 27, 2020 05:30 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBWe've got brand new guest Layla Thomas in the hot seat as she takes on this week's puzzle. Listen in and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Pelt, Mick, Austin, Sly. 2. Chicago, Electrical, Exit, Sale. 3. Mercury, Jean Grey, River, Maricopa Seat. 4. Artist, Twain Work, Royal, Cream.
Derick Schroeppel Game 1
November 20, 2020 05:30 - 17 minutes - 15.2 MBDerick joins Carmela this week to see if he can put together the clues. Listen in and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Bubba and Tom of the Same Realm, Detective's Narrator, Notable Witch, Bell Helper. 2. The King, Multidecade-Lasting Bond, Most Commonly Named Leader, Tribond with New York and Tennessee. 3. Disney and Pixar Bird, Zachary that Was a Taylor, Nail, Mini Cooper?. 4. Street Fighter in Red, Michael Keaton's Toy Story 3 Portrayal, NFL "Snake", Major League Baseball's 7...
Brittany Shaw Game 1
November 13, 2020 05:30 - 13 minutes - 15.8 MBThis week on FourPlay, Brittany Shaw is in the contestant's chair. Join her as she tries to solve this week's puzzles! Here are today’s clues: 1. Brooklyn, Family, Silverstein, Stanford. 2. Gin, Reservoir, Clawfoot, Taft. 3. Northern Lakes, Butter, Sticky, Identifies. 4. World, Super Paper, Captain, Charlton Heston.
Bob Oakes Game 1
November 06, 2020 05:30 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBBob Oakes joins Carmela this week on 4Play. Will he make the connections and come back again next week? Listen in and find out! Here are today’s clues: 1. Neon, Avoid, Ball, Shadow. 2. Wilder, Ghost, Community, Cape. 3. Shooting, Worry, Mess, Hassle. 4. Bird, Sentence, Monopoly, Cell.
Dev Thakur Game 3
October 30, 2020 04:30 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBOnce again, Dev Thakur is back in the figurative contestants' chair. Listen in and see if he can make it a threepeat! Here are today’s clues: 1. Bacon, Wallpaper, Club, Search. 2. Record, Cook, Shepherd, Arraign. 3. Pitcher, Payment, TUMS, Sculpture. 4. Honorable, Erect, Vertical, Desk.
Dev Thakur Game 2
October 23, 2020 04:30 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MBAfter an impressive win last week, Dev Thakur is back to see if he can do it again. Join us and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Important, Stanford Alums, Direction, Sin. 2. Ice Breaker Game, Directory, Pole, Lady Gaga Song. 3. Chairs, Grease, Instrument, Operatic. 4. True, Brazil Currency, Housewives, Estate.
Dev Thakur Game 1
October 16, 2020 04:30 - 9 minutes - 8.31 MBNewcomer Dev Thakur joins Carmela this week to have a go at making the connections and solving our puzzle. Join us and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Shot, Coffee, Face, Rob. 2. Infatuation, Squeeze, Candy, Dave Matthews. 3. January, Crave, Mother, Mister. 4. Indentation, Pull, Bill, Hunter.
Adam Fried Game 2
October 09, 2020 04:30 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBAfter a stellar performance last week, Adam Fried is back again for another episode of 4Play. Will he make the connections again this week? Only one way to find out! Here are today’s clues: 1. Bug, Title, Tremaine, Death Strike. 2. Natural, Extraordinary, Cuts, Market. 3. Ink, Shop, Machine, Permanent. 4. Actor, Robert Downey Jr., United Artists, The Kid.
Adam Fried Game 1
October 02, 2020 04:30 - 7 minutes - 7.37 MBAdam Fried joins Carmela this week on 4Play. Will he make the connections? Listen in and find out! Here are today’s clues: 1. Wedding, House, Dwarf, Lie. 2. Imperial, Demonstrate, Funeral, Little Women. 3. Counterfeit, Taunt, Trial, Prototype. 4. Sore, Magazine, Jon Hamm, Cow.
Will Travis Game 2
September 25, 2020 04:30 - 12 minutes - 16.3 MBHe put it all together last week—let's see if he can do it again! Will Travis joins Carmela again. Listen in, play along, and find out if he'll be back again next week! Here are today’s clues: 1. Family, Great, True, Hue. 2. Soft, Tennis, Wait, Notice. 3. Mixer, Finger, Acrylic, Target. 4. File, Rescue, Life, Money.
Will Travis Game 1
September 18, 2020 04:30 - 10 minutes - 13.5 MBCarmela is BACK for season 4. This week, contestant Will Travis is here to go against the clock and see if he can put together the clues and figure out our puzzle. Here are today’s clues: 1. Collar, Peanut Butter, Barrie, Syndrome. 2. Lingerie, Louisville Quarterback, Bear, Graham. 3. Eye, Repair, Garden, Rough. 4. Lamp, Aguilera, Bouchard, Garage Door Opener.
Joe Nguyen Game 1
August 14, 2020 04:30 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBJoe Nguyen is our guest this week on 4Play's season finale! Join him as he tries to make the connections! Here are today’s clues: 1. Cheese, Meat, Start, Shoulders. 2. Name, Hand, Race Segment, Center. 3. Cinder, Fitzgerald, Baker, Enchanted. 4. Tracks, Practice, Wedding Gown, Mexican.
Matt Gillis Game 1
August 07, 2020 04:30 - 10 minutes - 10.5 MBMatt Gillis joins us this week to put four and four and four and four together. Can he make the connections? Tune in and find out! Here are today’s clues: 1. Dog, TV, Wire, Tour. 2. Miss, Steven, Marvel, Space. 3. Magazine, Cereal, Brian, Second. 4. Gold, Cat, Swedish, Eye.
Niveous Rayside Game 2
July 24, 2020 04:30 - 15 minutes - 16.3 MBNiv is back again. He’s the first contestant in a while to get to two games… will he get to three? There’s only one way to find out! Here are today’s clues: 1. Count Superior, Daisy, Stevie Wonder, Slug. 2. Michael Cera, Progress, Miles, Hajj. 3. Maid, Ross, DC Mayor, BALCO Admittor. 4. Teeth, Sanding, Moxie, Unground Husked Oats.
Niveous Rayside Game 1
July 17, 2020 04:30 - 9 minutes - 10.1 MBNiveous Rayside joins Carmela from Staten Island this week to see if he can be the one to break this streak one-game-only contestants. Here are today’s clues: 1. Johnny Depp, Shark, Ball, Leap. 2. Dance, Drive, Flood, Bulb. 3. Bridges, Amazon, Survivor, Redneck. 4. Santa, Bush, Jeannie, Dolly Levi.
Matt Kirk Game 1
July 10, 2020 13:18 - 9 minutes - 10.2 MBMatt Kirk joins Carmela this week to attempt to solve our puzzles and make the connections. Let’s see how he does! Here are today’s clues: 1. Underwear, Extended, Range, Term. 2. List, Card, Suzanne Somers, Carol. 3. Emerge, Forest, Aftermath, Wham. 4. Mr. Valentine, Dock, Emily Bronte, Mr. Burks.
Ashley Gray Game 1
July 03, 2020 04:30 - 13 minutes - 13.6 MBThis week on FourPlay, Ashley Gray goes up against the clock to see if she can make the connections. Listen in and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Messy, Grapevine, Manning’s Main WR, Martian. 2. Avers, Countries, Conditions, Carolinas. 3. Princess, Old Oregon University, Peaceful, Time Zone. 4. Operate, Travel, OK Group, Diego.
Shane Ryan Game 1
June 26, 2020 04:30 - 14 minutes - 14.9 MBThis week on FourPlay, Shane Ryan joins Carmela to try his hand at our game of connections. Listen in and play along! Here are today’s clues: Helen’s Abductor, Poison’s Original Name, Simple Life, Revolutionary War Treaty. King of Mattresses, Golden Bear, Whitney Home, Baja. Mall, A Place in Spain, Toll Booth, Home Alone 2 Hotel. Buick Crossover, Starz Original Name, Callback, Jay-Z Song Accompanies by a Legend.
Erin Roth Game 1
June 19, 2020 04:30 - 10 minutes - 10.7 MBErin Roth is here today to try to make the connections and win her first episode of FourPlay! Here are today’s clues: Bean, Basic, Orchid, Sky. Fair, Dance, Barely, Jack Allsopp. Die, Sugar, Root, Workspace. Square, Model, Mobile, Bone.
Scott Handelman Game 3
June 12, 2020 04:30 - 13 minutes - 13.7 MBScott Handelman is back once again to attempt to add another game onto his streak. Play along and see if you can make the connections as well! Here are today’s clues: White, Ford, Brown, Ram Jam. Mine, Field, Rio, Philips. Jack, Cold, Hook, Planet. Blunt, Mind, Scenic, Aguilera.
Podcast Blackout
June 05, 2020 04:30 - 2 minutes - 2.67 MBAll Oakes Media Group shows are participating in a podcast blackout through the end of this week. We are joining other podcasters to use this moment in time to protest the murder of George Floyd and countless other black men and women throughout American history. It is time for a change Black Lives Matter
Scott Handelman Game 2
May 29, 2020 04:30 - 11 minutes - 12.3 MBScott Handelman made the connections last week, so he’s back again! Listen in and play along at home! Here are today’s clues: Oaken, Allen, Walter Lantz, Boyd. Timberland, The Music Man, Coach Gregg, Fire. Driver, Metal, Leonard Bernstein, Lightning Rod. Mice, Studios, Signature, World.
Scott Handelman Game 1
May 22, 2020 04:30 - 9 minutes - 10.4 MBWe’re back with Season 3 of FourPlay! First up this season we’ve got Scott Handelman. Listen in and see if he can make the connections and get a chance to come back again next week! Here are today’s clues: Graceland, Babe’s Companion, Les, Pee-wee. Kelly, Roger Alternative, Pool, Splicing. One, Whiz, Breeze Through, Hardware. Pan, Multiple Traveling Doctors, To Become Exhausted, Monkee.
Kat Thompson Game 1
April 17, 2020 04:30 - 15 minutes - 15.3 MBIt’s the FourPlay season finale! We’re joined by Kat Thompson, who will work to make the connections that make up this week’s puzzle. Will she be coming back when we return in a month? Let’s find out! Here are today’s clues: Dollar, Polish, Castle, Blast. Gold, Lakes, Print, Accuse. Grease, Midnight, Lamp, Vegetable. Splash, Pepper, Bug, Ricki Lake.
Matty Kimberlin Game 4
April 03, 2020 04:30 - 12 minutes - 12.8 MBFour is the longest streak allowed for FourPlay, so this will be Matty’s last game with us. But will he win and retire a four-time champ? There’s only one way to find out! Here are today’s clues: Glockenspiel, Timekeeper, Inventor, Beauty. Bacon Wrapped Oysters, American League Baseball, Dan Brown, John Forsythe. Eatery, Billiards, Katie Lee, Pickleball. Pass, Zion, Gorge, Bicycles.
Matty Kimberlin Game 3
March 27, 2020 04:30 - 9 minutes - 7.72 MBMatty is becoming a bit of a celebrity here in the Oakes Media Group universe. This week he’s attempting to continue his streak on FourPlay. Join him and play along to see if he’ll be coming back again next week! Here are today’s clues: Grease, Tinkers, Uncle, Spider. Driver, Spartacus, Toil, Serf. Sore, Birds, Inch, Orchard. Scads, Indian, Recording Artists Billy & Frank, Southern.
Matty Kimberlin Game 2
March 20, 2020 04:30 - 9 minutes - 9.53 MBMatty is back again this week to see if he can make the connections needed to win the game and return again next week. Enjoy! Here are today’s clues: Stadium, Pride, Mickey, American. Prize, Madison, Pistorius, Veal. Amazon, Reiterate, Yaris, Doppelgänger. Marlon Brando, Dance, Cash, Fleetwood Mac.
Matty Kimberlin Game 1
March 13, 2020 04:30 - 7 minutes - 7.9 MBHe’s popped up elsewhere on the Oakes Media Group, and now it’s his turn to take a try at FourPlay! Join Matty Kimberlin in trying to make the connections this week. Enjoy! Here are today’s clues: Necklace, Bean, Shoe, First. Ruby, Scissor, Black, Pot. Prince, Ice, Soda, Butter. Moon, Blood, Risqué, Umpire.
Mary Kate Harkreader
March 06, 2020 05:30 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBMary Kate Harkreader is here this week to try her hand at making the connections and the connections between the connections! Listen in and play along! Here are today’s clues: Fight, University, Stevie Wonder, Daisy. Kill, Gossip, Hum, Saw. Coffee, Pole, String, Roy. Moonlighting, The View, German, Pie.
Toni Rask Game 3
February 28, 2020 05:30 - 11 minutes - 12.3 MBShe’s back! Toni Rask is here again to see if she can keep it up for another week. Listen in and play along! Here are today’s clues: Magazine, Bobby Hull, Stream, Black. Follow, Bum, Feather, Gate. Unconsciousness, Robin Cook, Guns N’ Roses, Lamar Odom. Core, Jam On It, Cell, Atom.
Toni Rask Game 2
February 21, 2020 05:30 - 8 minutes - 9.33 MBToni Rask returns for her second week on FourPlay. Listen in and play along to see if you can make the connections. Here are today’s clues: Credit, Pipe, Sight, Blood. Gnome, Provoker, Robert in Make Believe, Poppy. Mint, Pike, Asparagus, Pierce. Northwest, Right, Viewpoint, Ray and Ray.
Toni Rask Game 1
February 14, 2020 05:30 - 9 minutes - 10.3 MBToni Rask joins us this week all the way from South Korea. Can she make the connections? Can you? Listen in and find out. Here are today’s clues: Simon & Garfunkel, London, Pierre Boulle, Red Hot Chili Peppers Edwin Starr, Declaration, H. G. Wells, Bonds Suit, Juice Newton, Whitney Houston, Conversation D, Fortune, Daytona, The Proclaimers
Rob Worman Game 2
February 07, 2020 05:30 - 10 minutes - 11.2 MBHe won last week, so he’s back again! Join Rob Worman as he tries to figure out the connections and beat the clock. Here are today’s clues: Princess, Possess, Bradshaw, Drew Rock, Fondle, Beach Boys, Detective Hunt, Oregon, Sabrina, Days of Our Lives REM, Bear, Wheaton, Newspaper