Hello, Puzzlers!
Your puzzle diet just got an upgrade! On this season of Hello, Puzzlers! (the podcast formerly known as The Puzzler), New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs and Chief Puzzle Officer Greg Pliska bring you celebrity puzzle showdowns, head-to-head word battles, and insider news straight from the Puzzle Lab. Expect anagrams, palindromes, quirky originals–and plenty of laughs. Subscribe to the Hello, Puzzlers! podcast today for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle you, puzzlingly. Can’t wait...
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Episodes (689)
Mmm that's some good puzzling! [Best-Of Episode]
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Erika Ettin plays "Dating Oops" [Best-Of Episode]
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The Will Shortz Interview [Best-Of Episode]
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A Not Not Hard Puzzle
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Introducing...Earbus: The Home Game!
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The Hosts of What Went Wrong decipher Movie Typos
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Scandinavian Swimmers and other Spicy Puzzles
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“Take the L!” and other Listener Puzzles
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Words from Presidents….Literally!
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Perilously Piquant Animal Puzzles
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Tomatoes, Dragons, and LeAnn Rimes
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Ben Deeb plays "Infinite Jeffs"
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Sizzling Hot Music Puzzles
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Eclipse Clips and Eye-literation
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Michael Cruz Kayne plays "It's Raining Fish"
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Getting Spicy with Geography
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Behind the Scenes on a Worldwide $1 Million Puzzle
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Ben Orlin plays "Fermi Mania"
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Pokémon, Latin Phrase, or Harry Potter Spell?
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Laughing Around the World
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G.T. Karber plays "Murdle Hurdle"
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Puzzle-gate and Rules for Writing Good
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Baggers and Waggers
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Jess Zafarris plays "Catching Colds"
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Hearts, Flags, and Fandoms
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Feeling Gruntled
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The Will Shortz Interview
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Highbrow meets Lowbrow, Odd One Out, and Clerihews
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Breakups and Breakdowns
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Stephen J. Dubner plays "Geekonomics" [Best-Of Episode]
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Micro Crosswords, The Average American, and Cryptic July
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American't Spell
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Taylor Rooks plays "Bird Word Inferred" [Best-Of Episode]
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Capital Animals, Groan-worthy tributes, and Taramasalata
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Washing Down City Food with a Water Puzzle
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Ophira Eisenberg plays "CanCon"
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Popcorn, Pelican's Cheeks, and Not-Words
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Sayonara Capybara!
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Erika Ettin plays "Dating Oops"
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Aptronyms and Girls who wear CR-39 Plastics
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Latinates and Letter Banks
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Erica Hernandez plays "Re-Treat at the Retreat"
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False Friends and Puzzle Rx
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Gemini Season and National Egg Day
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Tara DeFrancisco plays "Yes and And"
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Burger Puns, Consonants, and HPs
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State Names and Puzzlemaxxing
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Sam Reich plays "Chic Cheetah"
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Net Worths, Trinomials, and Busting Stereotypes
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Spam Spam
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