Latest Wordplay Podcast Episodes
Series 3 - Episode 5: Pedro Poitevin (2)
The Penteract Podcast - March 01, 2024 13:00 - 1 hourSeries 3 Episode 5 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet and mathematician Pedro Poitevin. Topics of conversation include the role of meaning in poetry and palindromes, definitions and redefinitions of the sonnet, politics and art, winnin...
Series 3 - Episode 4: Samuel Andreyev (3)
The Penteract Podcast - November 29, 2023 12:00 - 1 hourSeries 3 Episode 4 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with composer, poet, and YouTuber Samuel Andreyev. Topics of conversation include the benefits and difficulties of new media for composers and poets, the role of new technology in music and p...
Series 3 - Episode 3: Richard Capener (Part 2: Scary Movies)
The Penteract Podcast - October 31, 2023 12:00 - 2 hoursSeries 3 Episode 3 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. Happy Halloween! In this episode, Anthony and Clara speak with poet and Hem Press publisher Richard Capener about their mutual interest in horror movies. During the conversation, they run through Empire Magazine's 50 Best ...
Series 3 - Episode 2: Moira Walsh
The Penteract Podcast - September 28, 2023 12:00 - 1 hourSeries 3 Episode 2 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet, translator, and copywriter Moira Walsh. Topics of conversation include Moira's Enneract Editions chapbook Earthrise, poetry as a therapeutic exercise, realistic idealism, and tran...
Series 3 - Episode 1: Richard Capener (Part 1: Poetry & Publishing)
The Penteract Podcast - August 19, 2023 10:00 - 1 hourSeries 3 Episode 1 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet and Hem Press publisher Richard Capener. Topics of conversation include current events in the independent poetry press community, the role of avantgarde art, politics in art, and th...
Series 2 - Episode 18: Anthony & Clara Eat Hot Wings
The Penteract Podcast - June 17, 2023 18:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 18 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In the series 2 finale, Anthony and Clara steal a YouTube channel's idea and ask each other questions while eating increasingly spicy hot wings, ranging from 1,600 Scoville Heat Units to 2,000,000 Units. Topics of convers...
Series 2 - Episode 17: Nick Asbury
The Penteract Podcast - June 13, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 17 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with writer, copywriter, and poet Nick Asbury. Topics of conversation include the politics of the poetry world, concepts and constraints, songwriting, branding, self-directed learning, and a...
Series 2 - Episode 16: Mick Hodgkin
The Penteract Podcast - May 12, 2023 11:00 - 59 minutesSeries 2 Episode 16 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with Mick Hodgkin, limerick writer, crossword setter, and Puzzles Editor for The Times and The Sunday Times. To mark National Limerick Day 2023, Anthony and Mick discuss limerick form and ...
Series 2 - Episode 15: Laura Kerr (2)
The Penteract Podcast - March 29, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 15 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with visual artist, poet, and educator Laura Kerr. Topics of conversation include Laura's recent entry into the world of NFTs, AI-generated art and writing, conceptual art, Twitter Blue, see...
Series 2 - Episode 14: Christian Bök (3)
The Penteract Podcast - March 06, 2023 17:00 - 2 hoursSeries 2 Episode 14 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri. To celebrate the 50th episode of The Penteract Podcast, Anthony (and, from 1.26:50, Clara) chats with the podcast's very first guest, Christian Bök. The questions in this episode are based on a series of ...
For Thee, Ass King
Crossnerds - March 04, 2023 19:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsDiscussed! NYT crossword puzzles from Weds 2/22/23 (Adam Wagner), Thurs 2/23/23 (Joe Deeney), and Sun 2/28/23 (Will Nediger). Disgust! Black History Month did not seem to matter to the NYTXW. But racial representation in crosswords matters deeply to us. Find our ep with Kameron Austin Collins ...
Cut to Wabbit Season
Crossnerds - February 10, 2023 05:23 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSCENE: Season 8. Year of the Rabbit. 2023. Cut to: Rebecca & Brooke, Crossworld's most beloved showgirls, reviewing New York Times crossword puzzles. On this episode...they (we) peruse three (3) puzzles, from 2/2/23 - 2/4/23. Featuring.....: Bisexual lighting SARD: new year, new gem?! On ap...
Series 2 - Episode 13: Teo Eve
The Penteract Podcast - February 08, 2023 18:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 13 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony Etherin and Teo Eve discuss the history of the alphabet. Topics include hieroglyphs and the rebus principle; the evolution of letterforms; runes and lost letters; the impact of the printing press a...
Series 2 - Episode 12: Sasha Stiles
The Penteract Podcast - January 18, 2023 15:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 12 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony meets Sasha Stiles, to discuss AI-generated poetry, NFTs, and Sasha's work with theVERSEverse. Topics include: poetry on the blockchain; the relationship between constrained poetry and AI-generated...
Query Theory
Crossnerds - December 12, 2022 02:47 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWORDPLAY ON THE FRITZ ⋇ DEFY THE HEGEMONY ⋇ THINK FOR YOURSELF ⋇ DO NOT PANIC Happy holidaze and welcome back to the show! This week, Rebecca and Brooke calmly discuss four New York Times crossword puzzles published 11/22/2022 - 11/26/22. We also poke a stick at the curious corpus of 😱 LOGIC PU...
Solve for x[Nerds]
Crossnerds - November 19, 2022 23:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this ep, Rebecca and Brooke review New York Times crossword puzzles from 11/9/22 - 11/12/22. Including! The first-ever, no-details-necessary, void-where-prohibited Crossnerds challenge: ⭐ Guess Our Zodiac Signs! ⭐️ Tweet us @Crossnerds or message us to play. Also!: "Reduplicative names" ...
Series 2 - Episode 11: Lori Wike
The Penteract Podcast - October 18, 2022 14:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 11 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with Lori Wike about puzzles, wordplay, and Lori's work as Principal Bassoon for the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Topics include inventing puzzles and poem forms, (not) solving Torquemada's Cain...
SOUL Shakedown Party
Crossnerds - September 26, 2022 16:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings👋🤓🎙 Live from Berlin and a Dalíesque sea of toilets: Rebecca and Brooke review the week of 9/12/22 - 9/18/22 in New York Times crossword puzzles, covering such topics as: "Noted" in crossword clues The world's kickiest animals Triple-checked squares Does Europe have Daylight Savings Time?...
Podcast...But Good(?)
Crossnerds - September 08, 2022 00:04 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNerds here! Get yer Spicy Summer 'Ssnerds here! Featuring a husk of future residents (Rebecca and Brooke) discussing New York Times crossword puzzles (we selected 4 from the week of 8/22/22), PLUS PLUS PLUS Lollapuzzoola 2022 (puzzles still available here)!! Sundry chatter also includes: The gr...
Series 2 - Episode 10: Jack Waley-Cohen
The Penteract Podcast - August 24, 2022 15:00 - 55 minutesSeries 2 Episode 10 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony meets Jack Waley-Cohen, Co-founder of What3Words, Question Editor for the BBC' s Only Connect, and Co-owner of QuizQuizQuiz. Topics of conversation include TV quizzes, wordplay, entrepreneurship, ...
Series 2 - Episode 9: Marian Christie
The Penteract Podcast - August 02, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 9 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony and Marian Christie — author of Fractal Poems (Enneract Editions, 2021) and From Fibs to Fractals (Beir Bua Press, 2021) — discuss the relationship between mathematics and poetry, while making time ...
Series 2 - Episode 8: Mark Saltveit
The Penteract Podcast - July 06, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 8 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri. In this episode, Anthony and Clara catch up with comedian, writer, and palindromist Mark Saltveit, to discuss Mark's career in stand-up. Topics of conversation include the comedy circuit, cancel culture, an...
DIDN'T WE JUST HAVE THIS? | Isomerds
Crossnerds - June 18, 2022 22:19 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHey bb whats ur sign? In the crossword zodiac, we mean. I bet you're a Gridbearer. The Block? Butterfly (for symmetry)? Anyway, we're both Crossnerds, and in this ep we discuss New York Times crossword puzzles (published 6/6/22 - 6/12/22), as well as the following topics (which are also great si...
Series 2 - Episode 7: Jane Espenson
The Penteract Podcast - June 01, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 7 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with Jane Espenson about her work as a writer on such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, and Once Upon a Time — other topics include conceptual metaphor, word games, l...
TWO-BY-TWO | Skater vs sk8r
Crossnerds - May 12, 2022 17:20 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsomg have WE GOT AN EP FOR YOU. 'Twixt our reviews of New York Times crossword puzzles (5/2/22 - 5/8/22), Rebrooka discover: The truly absurd history of "Louie Louie" (I chose the Toots version) The city of Ur Short fill, destigmatized #SettlerSaturday Why four-leaf clovers are rare 🍀 ...
Series 2 - Episode 6: Laura Kerr
The Penteract Podcast - May 09, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 6 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with visual artist, poet, and educator Laura Kerr. Topics of conversation include process art, social media, galleries, books, and NFTs. Follow these links to see the art Laura is referring ...
MAGAZINE RACKET | Be as you wish to seem
Crossnerds - April 29, 2022 17:41 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHappy belated Spring Festivals! We are celebrating with a new round of New York Times crossword puzzle reviews (4/18/22 - 4/24/22). Also featuring: A crossword for everyone(?) Punchline revealers Using a curated list to source a puzzle: 👍/👎? Oil wrestling Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us f...
Series 2 - Episode 5: David Astle
The Penteract Podcast - April 21, 2022 11:00 - 1 hourSeries 2 Episode 5 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. "Live! David Astle melts a diva devil!" "Decode! Lest David Astle decode!" In this episode, Anthony speaks with writer, presenter, and celebrated crossword setter David Astle. Topics of conversation include the crossword ...
SOFT OPTIONS | How are you?
Crossnerds - April 07, 2022 20:33 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsRebecca and Brooke are returnt like the U.S. Football League, except that our sporty forte is tackling NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLESSSS (from 3/28/22 - 4/3/22)!! Also in this ep: Americanisms, Bacchanalia for marginalia, and fie-ing the ex who absconded with intimacy (which may or may not ha...
Series 2 - Episode 4: Andrew Hugill & Christian Bök (Introduction to 'Pataphysics)
The Penteract Podcast - April 05, 2022 14:00 - 2 hoursSeries 2 Episode 4 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with Andrew Hugill, author of 'Pataphysics: A Useless Guide (MIT Press, 2012), and Christian Bök, author of 'Pataphysics: The Poetics of an Imaginary Science (Northwestern University Press, 2...