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White Lies

Lingokids: Stories for Kids —Learn life lessons and laugh! - April 20, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes
Raise your hands if you believe that honesty is the best policy! 🙌 But guess what? Sometimes, even the best of us, tell white lies. Discover why Elliot chose to tell a white lie - a small lie - instead of the truth and what happened next. Join this episode of "Stories for kids" to uncover all a...

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Patreon Preview #267: The BBC Presents: Inside Penguin Baseball

Hey Riddle Riddle - April 19, 2024 06:25 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
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#300: 300th Episode Part 2

Hey Riddle Riddle - April 17, 2024 06:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
maybe we should play a game? Starring: Adal Rifai John Patrick Coan Gmail Editing by:  Casey Toney Theme by:  Arne Parrott Logo by:  Emily Kardamis & Emmaline Morris Want more? Get Weekly Bonus Eps on Patreon! JPC's Guided Meditations Volume 1, available now at our Patreon ...

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270: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #54

Good Job, Brain! - April 16, 2024 07:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
Triv it up with a hodgepodge of quizzes delivered straight into your hippocampus! Let's play "Literally Speaking" where you wildly guess the even wilder origins of very plain everyday phrases. Karen invites you to name that TV show theme song but beware, we're kicking up a notch in difficulty. No...

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Fill Me In #438: Once the tiger goes extinct, you’re left with Gena Rowlands.

Fill Me In - April 16, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, reigning ACPT champion Paolo Pasco stops by for a chat, but not before Ryan and Brian learn a few new facts about defiant bagel slingers, George Lopez, and the curious lives of Captain and Tennille. Here are links to Paolo's work at the Atlantic, The New Yorker, his XWordInfo profil...

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Patreon Preview #266: Penguin Baseball Opening Day!

Hey Riddle Riddle - April 12, 2024 05:10 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
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#299: 300th Episode Part 1

Hey Riddle Riddle - April 10, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
We are jumping the gun and starting the 300th episode a little bit early! We decided to show the rise of an empire, a break-up feast, and continue with what our show is known and loved for-solving RINDLES. 300 episodes already!? Well almost! Starring: Adal Rifai John Patrick Coan Gm...

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269: Fire in the Hole

Good Job, Brain! - April 09, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
🔥 We're heating things up with some fiery facts! Colin shares an unbelievably real account about an epic fire... in an epic hole. Nerd out in Karen's pyromancy and pyrokinesis showdown challenge, and can you hold a candle to the fire logo quiz? And it's time for sad cheese sandwiches in our FEMA ...

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Fill Me In #437: The theme is the pimento.

Fill Me In - April 09, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, Brian returns from the ACPT with all the news (but none of the puzzles), and Ryan hacks and coughs his way through another Thunder Round with all the puzzles (but none of the news?). Look, just because we don't think Alex Eaton-Salners is actually Will Shortz doesn't mean that he coul...

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Responsible Camping

Lingokids: Stories for Kids —Learn life lessons and laugh! - April 06, 2024 10:00 - 8 minutes
Are there any nature lovers out there? 🌲 Join Lisa, Cowy, Billy, and Elliot in this exciting episode of "Stories for Kids" as they embark on a camping adventure! It's time to learn that camping responsibly is not only a show of respect to other campers but also to the magnificent nature around u...

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Patreon Preview #265: Penguin Baseball Draft! w/ Janet Varney & Casey Toney

Hey Riddle Riddle - April 05, 2024 20:05 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
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#298: 2 Hams in a Clam w/ Josh Gondelman

Hey Riddle Riddle - April 03, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
We have comedian Josh Gondelman on the show to ask him about his experience with escape rooms and identify the horniest beverage. Plus we've got an irresponsible transit emergency, a friendly dinner with a couple of drinks, and then we forget to do more scenes because we were having too...

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Fill Me In #436: Whence this confidence?

Fill Me In - April 02, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, Ryan and Brian make their ACPT predictions, consider their options for another eclipse in 2241, and attempt to learn pronunciation. We edited out most of Ryan's ills and woes, but there may be a few stray sneezes. On behalf of the wonderful constructors of our most recent Contest of...

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268: Hot Diggity Dog

Good Job, Brain! - April 02, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
Fact hounds and trivia retrievers rejoice! We're pawing for dog tidbits this week. Chow down on Karen's regional hot dog quiz, and Colin's got some "dog and dog-adjacent" questions. Go fetch your brain cells in time to play Chris' super impressive (and hard) game, DOG WORDS & CAT WORDS. And how w...

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*UNLOCKED* Clue Crew #227: Penguin Access 1

Hey Riddle Riddle - April 01, 2024 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
If you want to celebrate April of the Penguins with us check out a 7 day free trial at our Patreon! For the whole month of April, we will be doing Penguin baseball themed episodes. Five Different teams, dozens of penguin players, and a whole month of fiery competition- who can ask for ...

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Off-Grid Pod 038 Musical Weightlifting Interlude

Off-Grid - March 31, 2024 10:55 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In #OffGridPod #38, in a musical weightlifting interlude, we each put on a pair of Docs, offer no Oppenheimer spoilers, investigate UFOs, and keep our hands firmly in front of our eyes whilst watching anything of dubious quality. Full show notes are at https://offgrid.tlmb.net/ Some General Kn...

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Patreon Preview #264: JPC's Acting Houseboat

Hey Riddle Riddle - March 29, 2024 05:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
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#297: There's No Rules That Say a Dog Can't Not Do Riddles w/ Janet Varney

Hey Riddle Riddle - March 27, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
All 4 hosts are back again and to celebrate, one of us is refusing to answer riddles in this episode! Place your bets on who! Starring: Adal Rifai John Patrick Coan Erin Keif Guest Starring: Janet Varney Editing by:  Casey Toney Theme by:  Arne Parrott Logo by:  Emily Kardam...

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267: Large and In Charge

Good Job, Brain! - March 26, 2024 07:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
Big facts about big things! Biggest Hollywood premiere! Guinness Records! How the Dutch keep smashing massive toppling domino records year after year, even in the face of national bird drama! And get out your pencils because it's time to play "30 Seconds to Glory" with a BIG theme, and Colin quiz...

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Fill Me In #435: Looking back fondly on the days when we could hurkle-durkle in peace.

Fill Me In - March 26, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, Ryan and Brian are joined by correspondent and superlinguist Ben Zimmer, who chats it up on topics like fluffles, ghost words, mountweazels, Hamburglars, Horshacks, and hurkle-durkles. Also, the Content of Still Going On still goes on — solve it here! If you get bored (how could...

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What Spring Brings

Lingokids: Stories for Kids —Learn life lessons and laugh! - March 23, 2024 11:00 - 7 minutes
Cowy is super curious about her school project on Spring. 🌼 What makes Spring so special and fun? Let's find out together why Spring is all about fresh starts and why we see lots of cute baby animals during this time. Join Cowy and friends on a super fun adventure in today's "Stories for Kids" p...

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Patreon Preview #263: We Fought a Zoo

Hey Riddle Riddle - March 22, 2024 07:26 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
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#296: Skip this one! w/ Janet Varney

Hey Riddle Riddle - March 20, 2024 08:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
This week we start out with business as usual while we tackle some listener submitted riddles for the first half of the episode. Then we go off the rails! Sorry!  Starring: Adal Rifai John Patrick Coan Erin Keif Guest Starring: Janet Varney Editing by:  Casey Toney Theme by:  ...

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266: Cheaper By the Dozen

Good Job, Brain! - March 19, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
New season, new anniversary, and we're tweedledees tweezing facts about twelve! Karen's got a 12-question pub trivia challenge, and it's showtime at the Apollo and Colin has a movie twist quiz on the 12 Olympian Greek gods. Sure, every hardcore trivia fan can list out the bird-forward presents in...

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Fill Me In #434: Okay, Godot.

Fill Me In - March 19, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week's long show is attributed in no small part to analyses of poetry, of cultural songs, and of hot dogs. Ryan and Brian are also thrilled to present a brand new contest puzzle, thanks to Shannon and Will — solve it here! If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fil...

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Patreon Preview #262: Bookworm Bonanza

Hey Riddle Riddle - March 15, 2024 05:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
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#295: Can You See My Muscles Through the Phone? w/ Casey Toney

Hey Riddle Riddle - March 13, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
We have Audio Daddy Casey 'Sleepo' Toney on the podcast to promote JPC's Guided Meditations Volume 1, available now at our Patreon digital store! Starring: Adal Rifai John Patrick Coan Erin Keif Guest: Casey Toney Editing by:  Casey Toney Theme by:  Arne Parrott Logo by:  Em...

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Fill Me In #433: Bags come from crates. And what’s a crate? A box.

Fill Me In - March 12, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, Ryan and Brian touch UPON topics such as Cheez-Its, Carrie Underwood, and Candleshoe (yes, we've bantered on this topic before), but it's clear Ryan won't wind up ATOP any tournament leaderboards if he can't get to Stamford. If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for t...

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The Mistery of the Cookie Jar

Lingokids: Stories for Kids —Learn life lessons and laugh! - March 09, 2024 11:00 - 6 minutes
Put on your detective caps and grab your magnifying glasses because we're off on a thrilling quest to solve the Mystery of the Missing Cookie Jar! 🍪💼 In today's episode of "Stories for Kids," we're diving into a world filled with clues, giggles, and some amazing detective work. 🌟 But wait, ther...

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The Mystery of the Cookie Jar

Lingokids: Stories for Kids —Learn life lessons and laugh! - March 09, 2024 11:00 - 6 minutes
Put on your detective caps and grab your magnifying glasses because we're off on a thrilling quest to solve the Mystery of the Missing Cookie Jar! 🍪💼 In today's episode of "Stories for Kids," we're diving into a world filled with clues, giggles, and some amazing detective work. 🌟 But wait, ther...