452 Episodes

  1. "Kentucky Derby, 9 Puzzles, and HBCUs!" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 5/16/2025

  2. "Everyone Should Have a Ron Vara" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 5/15/2025

  3. "C is for Cat" w/ Michael Showalter

    Published: 5/14/2025

  4. "Ariana Tall" w/ Michael Showalter

    Published: 5/13/2025

  5. "Showalter Show" w/ Michael Showalter

    Published: 5/12/2025

  6. "My Two Cents!" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 5/9/2025

  7. "Seasons" w/ Jody Avirgan

    Published: 5/8/2025

  8. "Hidden Instruments" w/ Dan Levitin

    Published: 5/7/2025

  9. "Earbuses" w/ Dan Levitin

    Published: 5/6/2025

  10. "This Music is On Your Brain" w/ Dan Levitin

    Published: 5/5/2025

  11. "Major malfunctions and Redheads!" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 5/2/2025

  12. "Mayday, mayday, mayday!" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 5/1/2025

  13. "Are You My Mother?" w/ Josh Radnor

    Published: 4/30/2025

  14. "How I Bet Your Mother" w/ Josh Radnor

    Published: 4/29/2025

  15. "Yelp Reviews of Fictional Restaurants" w/ Josh Radnor

    Published: 4/28/2025

  16. "Globe-trotting!" w/ A.J. & Greag

    Published: 4/25/2025

  17. "Steven Spielberg's Soy Sauce" w/ Ben Bass

    Published: 4/24/2025

  18. "Beyond the Gravestone" w/ Alix Strauss

    Published: 4/23/2025

  19. "Eat Great" w/ Gretchen Rubin

    Published: 4/22/2025

  20. "Proverbs 2.0" w/ Gretchen Rubin

    Published: 4/21/2025

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Finally, your daily puzzle fix—in audio form! Every day, New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs and his celebrity guests will puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old puzzle favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses.  Plus, Chief Puzzle Officer Greg Pliska joins A.J. each week to present new puzzles from the Puzzle Lab. And there’s a daily Extra Credit Puzzler for our Puzzlers at home. (Answers revealed in the following episode.)  Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast today for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle you, puzzlingly! "The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs" is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and is a co-production with Neuhaus Ideas.  Our executive producers are Neely Lohmann and Adam Neuhaus of Neuhaus Ideas, and Lindsay Hoffman of iHeart Podcasts. The show is produced by Jody Avirgan and Brittani Brown of Roulette Productions.  Our Chief Puzzle Officer is Greg Pliska. Our associate producer is Andrea Schoenberg.