452 Episodes

  1. "Grammar Day" w/ Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson

    Published: 2/21/2025

  2. "Palindromes" w/ Adam Sank

    Published: 2/20/2025

  3. "Bizarro the Sequel" w/ Barry Sonnenfeld

    Published: 2/19/2025

  4. "Barry Sonnenfeld's B.S." w/ Barry Sonnenfeld

    Published: 2/18/2025

  5. "Bizarro Movie Titles" w/ Barry Sonnenfeld

    Published: 2/17/2025

  6. "Valentine's Day Puzzles" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 2/14/2025

  7. "Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 2/13/2025

  8. "Spring or Field" w/ Mike Reiss

    Published: 2/12/2025

  9. "Budapest Bud" w/ Mike Reiss

    Published: 2/11/2025

  10. "Tom Hanks' Hanky" w/ Mike Reiss

    Published: 2/10/2025

  11. "Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 2/7/2025

  12. "Superb Owl" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 2/6/2025

  13. "Ask AI" w/ Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    Published: 2/5/2025

  14. "Levitt or Leave It" w/ Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    Published: 2/4/2025

  15. "Ditloids" w/ Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    Published: 2/3/2025

  16. "Inside the Puzzle Lab" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 1/31/2025

  17. "Polar Bear Knuckle Boxing" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Published: 1/30/2025

  18. "Charades" w/ Zach Sherwin

    Published: 1/29/2025

  19. "Kosher Wine" w/ Zach Sherwin

    Published: 1/28/2025

  20. "Earbuses" w/ Zach Sherwin

    Published: 1/27/2025

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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.