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Everyone & Names
August 31, 2022 14:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBComedian Peter Grosz joins Emma to spell check your kid's name and shop for the perfect tattoo. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 27, 2022 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBEleanor Holmes Norton, Washington DC's long-serving Congresswoman, plays our game about DC Comics. She is joined by panelists Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett and Alzo Slade. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & School
August 24, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MBEmma gets ready for a new school year by revisiting lessons from Everyone & Their Mom! We learn how rats help each other, how dolphins say hi to their friends, and what to do if you see someone you know but aren't sure if you should say hi. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
More Best of Not My Job
August 20, 2022 16:02 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBWait Wait prepares for a return to full time live performances by reliving some of our favorite guests who joined us in front of live audiences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
It's an 'Everyone & Their Mom' family reunion!
August 17, 2022 18:17 - 15 minutes - 14.9 MBEmma throws a family reunion! Uncle Dennis sings Elvis, her mom shares all her tips for avoiding bad luck, and Emma embarrasses her dad and little brother. Grab a plate, it's a party! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Best of Not My Job
August 13, 2022 16:01 - 48 minutes - 47 MBSteve Buscemi, Lars Ulrich, Aidy Bryant, Alan Cummings, and Jeff Daniels play Not My Job. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Asparagus
August 10, 2022 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.8 MBComedian Marie Faustin and Emma learn the future from a bunch of asparagus and meet a mystery person while Emma's mom stops by with a helpful tip. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Robin Thede
August 06, 2022 15:56 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBRobin Thede, creator of A Black Lady Sketch Show, plays our game about Bob Ross, "A White Dude Painting Show," along with guest host Negin Farsad and panelists Adam Burke, Amy Dickinson and Hari Kondabolu. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Socks
August 03, 2022 13:59 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBComedian Alzo Slade and Emma seek legal counsel from 'The People's Court' Judge Marilyn Milian and pass judgment on an unfair pair of socks and a bad bowl of grits. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Jeremy Allen White
July 30, 2022 17:23 - 47 minutes - 44 MBJeremy Allen White, star of Hulu's The Bear plays our game called "Please Look After This Bear" three questions about Paddington Bear. He is joined by guest host Tom Papa and panelists Helen Hong, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Faith Salie. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Van Gogh
July 27, 2022 14:00 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBComedian Vinny Thomas and Emma discover Van Gogh's ghost and get inspired by an artist with a selfie stick. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Nathan Lane
July 23, 2022 16:01 - 47 minutes - 44.9 MBNathan Lane, star of stage and screen, plays our game about Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. He is joined by guest host Tom Papa and panelists Cristela Alonzo, Josh Gondelman and Matt Rogers. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Minions
July 20, 2022 14:02 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBComedian Emmy Blotnick and Emma get overrun by Minions while Jenny Slate explains just what it takes to create an adorable little superstar. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Puja Patel
July 16, 2022 15:53 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBPuja Patel, editor-in-chief of Pitchfork, plays our game about ceremonial first pitches in baseball games. Tom Papa guest hosts and is joined by panelists Adam Burke, Paula Poundstone and Emmy Blotnick. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Games
July 13, 2022 14:01 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBEmma discovers a room of lost games! This secret box of treasures teaches us how to lasso, manage conflict, and make friends forever. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Del the Funky Homosapien
July 09, 2022 16:01 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBDel the Funky Homo Sapien, rapper and producer, answers three questions about mankind's ancient ancestors, neanderthals. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Del the Funky Homosapien
July 09, 2022 16:01 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBDel the Funky Homo Sapien, rapper and producer, answers three questions about mankind's ancient ancestors, neanderthals.
Everyone & Cowboys
July 06, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBComedian Josh Gondelman and Emma learn how to parallel park a horse and wrangle up a varmint with help from a rootin' tootin' roster of guests. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Darryl "Cornbread" McCray
July 02, 2022 16:54 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBDarryl "Cornbread" McCray, called the creator of modern graffiti, plays a game about another kind of tagging. He is joined by panelists Alonzo Bodden, Faith Salie, and Josh Gondelman. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Darryl "Cornbread" McCray,
July 02, 2022 16:54 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBDarryl "Cornbread" McCray, called the creator of modern graffiti, plays a game about another kind of tagging. He is joined by panelists Alonzo Bodden, Faith Salie, and Josh Gondelman.
Everyone & Lost and Found
June 29, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBReporter Shane O'Neill and Emma learn at the Lost and Found not all is lost, then think deep thoughts with an old friend. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda
June 25, 2022 15:58 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBDan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, creators of the new comedy series about E-sports, Players, on Paramount+ play our game about a C-sport: croquet. Joining them are panelists Peter Grosz, Adam Burke and Helen Hong. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Elvis
June 22, 2022 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBComedian Mic Nguyen and Emma search for someone to fill some very hard to fill shoes, and Mic gets lessons from the King. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Sean Hayes
June 18, 2022 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBActor and podcast host Sean Hayes plays our game called, "Sean Hayes, Meet Purple Haze" Three questions about odd strains of marijuana. He is joined by panelists Bobcat Goldthwait, Maeve Higgins, and Brian Babylon. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Dolphins
June 15, 2022 14:01 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBComedian Maeve Higgins and Emma learn why you never want to be recognized by a dolphin and find out where the magic happens. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Kenan Thompson
June 11, 2022 15:57 - 48 minutes - 45.6 MBKenan Thompson, the longest-tenured cast member of Saturday Night Live, plays our game about people who only lasted one day on the job. He is joined by panelists Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad and Hari Kondabolu. Please help us out by telling us what you like and how we could improve by completing a short anonymous survey at npr.org/podcastsurvey. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Peter Sagal
June 08, 2022 14:03 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBWait Wait... Don't Tell Me! host Peter Sagal pops by to share his favorites from the podcast so far. Turns out Peter loves Mountain Dew, Emma's Grandma's Kimchi, and unsolved ham mysteries. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Best of NMJ June 2022
June 04, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 44 MBThis week as we (hopefully) say goodbye to Zoom shows, we feature Kacey Musgraves, Brian Cox, Audra McDonald, and Woody Hoburg. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Graduation
June 01, 2022 14:11 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBComedian Hari Kondabolu and Emma congratulate seniors and stress out over the cap and gown shortage. And Hari graduates with his degree in inspiration. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor
May 28, 2022 15:50 - 48 minutes - 45.4 MBEarlonne Woods and Nigel Poor, hosts of Radiotopia's Ear Hustle podcast, play our game about the Steer Hustle, AKA, the rodeo. They are joined by panelists Maz Jobrani, Adam Burke and Paula Poundstone. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Cruise Ship Love
May 25, 2022 13:12 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBComedian Ashley Ray and Emma discover love on the open sea, find out who really likes shrimp and ask "What would Jesus do?" Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Mandy Moore
May 21, 2022 15:58 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MBMandy Moore, pop singer and star of This Is Us, plays our game called This is Utz, three questions about the snack brand Utz. She is joined by panelists Alonzo Bodden, Maeve Higgins, and Tom Papa. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Skeletons
May 18, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBComedian Adam Burke and Emma meet a knight in shining armor, get the latest gossip about the Medieval era and uncover a skeleton in the closet. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Hannah Einbinder
May 14, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 44.8 MBComedian and star of HBO's Hacks, Hannah Einbinder plays our game about life hacks. She is joined by panelists Peter Grosz, Faith Salie and Laci Mosley. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Pay Phones
May 11, 2022 14:31 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBTom Bodett celebrates a heroic payphone and gets advice from author Samin Nosrat. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Adam Scott
May 07, 2022 16:01 - 47 minutes - 43 MBAdam Scott, star of Apple TV+'s Severance, plays our game about weddings and marriage proposals. He is joined by panelists Maz Jobrani, Emmy Blotnick and Paula Poundstone. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Corpse Flowers
May 04, 2022 14:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBComedian Negin Farsad joins Emma to meet a corpse flower and find love at a stinky speed dating event. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Myles Stubblefield
April 30, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 44.7 MBMyles Stubblefield, the man behind Buffalo Worm Works, plays our game about ear worms. Joining him are panelists Alzo Slade, Maeve Higgins and Amy Dickinson. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Mice
April 27, 2022 18:41 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBComedian Atsuko Okatsuka and Emma get overrun by mice, meet a fancy cat and finally untangle the mystery of the Rat King. With guests Dr. Bobby Corrigan, Cameron Jay, and Lynzie Rogers. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Stephen Merchant
April 23, 2022 15:56 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MBStephen Merchant, co-creator of The Office and star of The Outlaws, plays our game about thieving merchants. He is joined by panelists Ashley Ray, Maz Jobrani and Faith Salie. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Secret Messages
April 20, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBComedian Emmy Blotnick and Emma find a message in a bottle, learn what not to do with cheese, and Domee Shi, director of Pixar's "Turning Red" talks about her Harry Potter fan fiction. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Best of NMJ April 2022
April 16, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBChance The Rapper, Japanese Breakfast, and brothers Bashir and Sultan Salahuddin, plus Paula Poundstone thinks a story is baloney. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Robot Dogs
April 13, 2022 14:09 - 13 minutes - 12 MBWriter and comedian Alzo Slade joins Emma to explore the ruins of Pompeii and a robot dog finally finds its calling. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Matt Walsh
April 09, 2022 16:13 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBMatt Walsh, from HBO's Veep, plays our game about mistakes in sports announcing. Joining him are panelists Karen Chee, Helen Hong and Alonzo Bodden. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Boring People
April 06, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBComedian Peter Grosz joins Emma on a search for the most boring person in the world and Emma interviews astronaut Victor Glover about the boring parts of his exciting job. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Slash
April 02, 2022 14:47 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MBLegendary rock guitarist Slash plays our game about those purveyors of sashes: beauty pageants. He is joined by panelists Tom Papa, Cristela Alonzo and Maeve Higgins. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Fancy Ham
March 30, 2022 14:14 - 19 minutes - 18.6 MBComedian Hari Kondabolu joins Emma Choi to solve a meat mystery with bestselling author Gillian Flynn, then we talk with baseball legend Sean Doolittle about what he and Emma's mom have in common. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Gillian Flynn and Sean Doolittle solve a street meat mystery
March 30, 2022 14:14 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBComedian Hari Kondabolu joins Emma to solve a meat mystery with bestselling author Gillian Flynn, then we talk with baseball legend Sean Doolittle about what he and Emma's mom have in common.
Dan Snow
March 26, 2022 16:02 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBBritish historian Dan Snow, a member of the team that discovered Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, plays our game about the artists lost at the bottom of the Lollapalooza lineup. He is joined by panelists Luke Burbank, Emmy Blotnick and Roxanne Roberts. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Everyone & Bears
March 23, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBComedian Ashley Ray joins Emma Choi to discuss a super cool and dangerous job opening, Emma interviews for the position and we pitch a reality TV show to the creator of "Love is Blind." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy