452 Episodes

  1. "Tales from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 4/18/2025

  2. "Columbo's Gumbo" w/ Mark Brotherhood

    Published: 4/17/2025

  3. "Mall Tease" w/ Karen Bergreen and Cynthia Kaplan

    Published: 4/16/2025

  4. "KB vs. CK" w/ Karen Bergreen and Cynthia Kaplan

    Published: 4/15/2025

  5. "All Quiet on the Western Font" w/ Karen Bergreen and Cynthia Kaplan

    Published: 4/14/2025

  6. "T for Two, April May June, and Vague Value!" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 4/11/2025

  7. "Alphabet/Siblings Day" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 4/10/2025

  8. "Sank to Sanka" w/ Adam Sank

    Published: 4/9/2025

  9. "Bizarro Household Items" w/ Karen Puzzles

    Published: 4/9/2025

  10. "Chuck's Chuck" w/ Karen Puzzles

    Published: 4/8/2025

  11. "Din Ding Dingo" w/ Karen Puzzles

    Published: 4/7/2025

  12. "Bubblers, Vowels, and Popes!" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 4/4/2025

  13. "Bird Calls" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 4/3/2025

  14. "Big Foul Sports Teams" w/ Mina Kimes

    Published: 4/1/2025

  15. "Audio Connections" w/ Mina Kimes

    Published: 3/31/2025

  16. "Smart Fish, Backronyms and Jocularity!" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 3/28/2025

  17. "Polish polishing" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 3/27/2025

  18. "Hodgman's Hobos" w/ John Hodgman

    Published: 3/26/2025

  19. "Odd Hodgman Out" w/ John Hodgman

    Published: 3/25/2025

  20. "Earbuses" w/ John Hodgman

    Published: 3/24/2025

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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.