What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast
@jeopardypodcast.bsky.social
A weekly comedy podcast about Jeopardy! from @mremilyheller.bsky.social and @johncullen.bsky.social.
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Week of November 3: What Color is Shrek's Penis?
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 11/12/2025 · 1h 29m
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Week of November 3: What Color is Shrek's Penis? We're always answering the tough questions on the pod. Plus, John goes to America's worst city, Emily avoids jury duty, and we dive deep on Pong.
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Week of November 3: What Color is Shrek's Penis? We're always answering the tough questions on the pod. Plus, John goes to America's worst city, Emily avoids jury duty, and we dive deep on Pong.
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Week of November 3: What Color is Shrek's Penis?
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 11/12/2025 · 1h 29m
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November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Week of November 3: What Color is Shrek's Penis? We're always answering the tough questions on the pod. Plus, John goes to America's worst city, Emily avoids jury duty, and we dive deep on Pong.
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What Is...? A Bonus Episode 10: Training John 2 w/ @joshgondelman.bsky.social and Joel Bergen. Our smartest movie buff friend makes a board for John so he can stop sucking at movie trivia! And Josh Gondelman is here to play too! $5!
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October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
What Is...? A Bonus Episode 10: Training John 2 w/ @joshgondelman.bsky.social and Joel Bergen. Our smartest movie buff friend makes a board for John so he can stop sucking at movie trivia! And Josh Gondelman is here to play too! $5!
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Week of October 20: Two For Me, One For You. It's a great week of gameplay dominated by two champs who face off in an epic game. Plus, Emily gets fooled by a JFAF headline, we get a Response of the Year candidate, and we dive deep on the Algonquin Round Table.
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Week of October 20: Two For Me, One For You
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 10/28/2025 · 1h 23m
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October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Week of October 20: Two For Me, One For You. It's a great week of gameplay dominated by two champs who face off in an epic game. Plus, Emily gets fooled by a JFAF headline, we get a Response of the Year candidate, and we dive deep on the Algonquin Round Table.
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Week of October 13: You Gotta See This Guy! The title says it all as we get a very fun new champ in a week full of them. It's also a pod first: John agrees with the fuming fans. Plus, we get a very charming anecdote and dive deep on Agatha Christie.
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Week of October 13: You Gotta See This Guy
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 10/21/2025 · 1h 28m
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October 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Week of October 13: You Gotta See This Guy! The title says it all as we get a very fun new champ in a week full of them. It's also a pod first: John agrees with the fuming fans. Plus, we get a very charming anecdote and dive deep on Agatha Christie.
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What Is...? A Bonus Episode 9: Paolo Pasco's Puzzle Corner w/ @gppasco.bsky.social. We are joined by the 7-game champ and puzzle designer to discuss his J! run, his Canadian girlfriend (who is real), and his ToC prep. Plus! He runs us through some original puzzles!
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October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What Is...? A Bonus Episode 9: Paolo Pasco's Puzzle Corner w/ @gppasco.bsky.social. We are joined by the 7-game champ and puzzle designer to discuss his J! run, his Canadian girlfriend (who is real), and his ToC prep. Plus! He runs us through some original puzzles!
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Week of October 6: Absolute Clown. TJ Fisher makes the ToC and earns an insane US Mirror headline as a result as Ken gets a Trebek-like slam on a contestant, we talk wagering strategy, and we dive deep on VeggieTales.
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Week of October 6: Absolute Clown
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 10/14/2025 · 1h 21m
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October 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Week of October 6: Absolute Clown. TJ Fisher makes the ToC and earns an insane US Mirror headline as a result as Ken gets a Trebek-like slam on a contestant, we talk wagering strategy, and we dive deep on VeggieTales.
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Week of September 29: The Ghost of Merv Griffin. Emily turns 40 and we spend a lot of time pondering our mortality as Emily receives a gift that turns the pod upside down. Plus, a bunch of new champs, a SHOCKING Final, and we dive deep on Secretariat.
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Week of September 29: The Ghost of Merv Griffin
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 10/07/2025 · 1h 24m
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October 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Week of September 29: The Ghost of Merv Griffin. Emily turns 40 and we spend a lot of time pondering our mortality as Emily receives a gift that turns the pod upside down. Plus, a bunch of new champs, a SHOCKING Final, and we dive deep on Secretariat.
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Week of September 22: Read It the Way I Wrote It. We head to Big Melon Town this week as Steven Olson has a nice run (and a couple great responses), Ken looks back on his fashion choices, and we dive deep on Occupy Wall Street.
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Week of September 22: Read It the Way I Wrote It
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 10/01/2025 · 1h 22m
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October 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Week of September 22: Read It the Way I Wrote It. We head to Big Melon Town this week as Steven Olson has a nice run (and a couple great responses), Ken looks back on his fashion choices, and we dive deep on Occupy Wall Street.
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Week of September 15: [Borat voice]. You know when J! does a FJ! clue referencing Borat, we're diving deep on it. Plus, the National Enquirer wades into the JFAF waters, Paolo makes the ToC, and we are tickled by a contestants' reaction to a wrong answer.
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Week of September 15: [Borat voice]
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 09/23/2025 · 1h 26m
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September 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Week of September 15: [Borat voice]. You know when J! does a FJ! clue referencing Borat, we're diving deep on it. Plus, the National Enquirer wades into the JFAF waters, Paolo makes the ToC, and we are tickled by a contestants' reaction to a wrong answer.
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Week of September 8: W-E-'-R-E-B-A-C-K-! After 6 torturous weeks, we and J! are back, and we have two listeners squaring off, a great week of games, and some fantastic responses. Plus, J! fans are mad Ken is an empty nester and we dive deep on the Spelling Bee.
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Week of September 8: W-E-'-R-E-B-A-C-K-!
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 09/16/2025 · 1h 39m
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September 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Week of September 8: W-E-'-R-E-B-A-C-K-! After 6 torturous weeks, we and J! are back, and we have two listeners squaring off, a great week of games, and some fantastic responses. Plus, J! fans are mad Ken is an empty nester and we dive deep on the Spelling Bee.
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Happy "Jeopardy! is Back" Day! And a reminder, for those of you with no cable but with streaming services, J! episodes will start going up tomorrow on Peacock and Hulu! It's gonna be a huge season for the show and we can't wait!
September 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Happy "Jeopardy! is Back" Day! And a reminder, for those of you with no cable but with streaming services, J! episodes will start going up tomorrow on Peacock and Hulu! It's gonna be a huge season for the show and we can't wait!
The 2025 Jeoppy Awards Show is HERE! We hand out the most prestigious prizes in television, as we select our Anecdote and Response of the Year, introduce a few new categories and winners, and we do the first-ever awards show-style monologue about Jeopardy!.
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The 2025 Jeoppys
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 09/03/2025 · 1h 26m
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September 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The 2025 Jeoppy Awards Show is HERE! We hand out the most prestigious prizes in television, as we select our Anecdote and Response of the Year, introduce a few new categories and winners, and we do the first-ever awards show-style monologue about Jeopardy!.
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The 2025 WIAJP Player of the year is Drew Goins! We begin the prestigious Jeoppy Awards season by bringing Drew on the show to discuss his charmed J! run, his burgeoning friendship with Lisa Ann Walter, being a J! gay icon, and his prep process. It's so fun!
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The 2025 WIAJP Player of the Year: Drew Goins
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 08/13/2025 · 1h 11m
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August 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The 2025 WIAJP Player of the year is Drew Goins! We begin the prestigious Jeoppy Awards season by bringing Drew on the show to discuss his charmed J! run, his burgeoning friendship with Lisa Ann Walter, being a J! gay icon, and his prep process. It's so fun!
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You can prepare by subscribing to @jeopardypodcast.bsky.social, where we will soon be recapping our favorite moments of Season 41 with the Jeoppy Awards. We are the ONLY comedy podcast about Jeopardy and it had better stay that way
August 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
You can prepare by subscribing to @jeopardypodcast.bsky.social, where we will soon be recapping our favorite moments of Season 41 with the Jeoppy Awards. We are the ONLY comedy podcast about Jeopardy and it had better stay that way
Reposted by What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast
I think what ends up happening to John on this ep is worse for him than the IWasPoisoned stuff from the last Blocked Party
What Is...? A Bonus Episode 7: Training John w/ @louispeitzman.bsky.social and @stefanheck.bsky.social. John needs help with pop culture, so who better to help him than Emily and Louis, who run him through custom boards designed to make him feel pain. And it works!
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August 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I think what ends up happening to John on this ep is worse for him than the IWasPoisoned stuff from the last Blocked Party
What Is...? A Bonus Episode 7: Training John w/ @louispeitzman.bsky.social and @stefanheck.bsky.social. John needs help with pop culture, so who better to help him than Emily and Louis, who run him through custom boards designed to make him feel pain. And it works!
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August 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What Is...? A Bonus Episode 7: Training John w/ @louispeitzman.bsky.social and @stefanheck.bsky.social. John needs help with pop culture, so who better to help him than Emily and Louis, who run him through custom boards designed to make him feel pain. And it works!
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Week of July 21: Andrew Dice Clay Impressions. It's the final week of Season 41 as we see if Scott Riccardi can have a Superchamp Summer. We also do Dice impressions, learn about an IRONCLAD Jeopardy! LAW, and dive deep on William Randolph Hearst.
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Week of July 21: Andrew Dice Clay Impressions
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 07/29/2025 · 1h 43m
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July 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Week of July 21: Andrew Dice Clay Impressions. It's the final week of Season 41 as we see if Scott Riccardi can have a Superchamp Summer. We also do Dice impressions, learn about an IRONCLAD Jeopardy! LAW, and dive deep on William Randolph Hearst.
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Week of July 14: Triumphant Little Crumpet. Scott Riccardi continues his massive run as we pop off on all the HP clues, get another ROTY candidate, and Emily finally gets to see her stoned Las Vegas dream become reality. Plus, we dive deep on Disneyland.
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Week of July 14: Triumphant Little Crumpet
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 07/22/2025 · 1h 40m
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July 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Week of July 14: Triumphant Little Crumpet. Scott Riccardi continues his massive run as we pop off on all the HP clues, get another ROTY candidate, and Emily finally gets to see her stoned Las Vegas dream become reality. Plus, we dive deep on Disneyland.
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Week of July 7: Great Scott! Scott Riccardi becomes the newest ToC member with a very impressive week as we get a Response of the Year candidate, a very puzzling anecdote, and J! fans are mad about an FJ that two contestants got right. Plus, the Hope Diamond.
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Week of July 7: Great Scott!
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 07/15/2025 · 1h 31m
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July 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Week of July 7: Great Scott! Scott Riccardi becomes the newest ToC member with a very impressive week as we get a Response of the Year candidate, a very puzzling anecdote, and J! fans are mad about an FJ that two contestants got right. Plus, the Hope Diamond.
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Week of June 30: JCAF. It's a wild week on the show as some misreporting about Jeopardy! history gets fans and former contestants in a tizzy. We break that all down plus some expressiveness from a player leads to great moments and we dive deep on Bush v. Gore.
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Week of June 30: JCAF
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 07/08/2025 · 1h 34m
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July 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Week of June 30: JCAF. It's a wild week on the show as some misreporting about Jeopardy! history gets fans and former contestants in a tizzy. We break that all down plus some expressiveness from a player leads to great moments and we dive deep on Bush v. Gore.
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Week of June 23: The Contraption. It's yet another series of one-day champs as we get an insane FJ that references a contestant's great aunt (whom she is named after), we debate jocks vs. hippies, and we get a potential Response of the Year candidate.
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Week of June 23: The Contraption
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 07/01/2025 · 1h 39m
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July 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Week of June 23: The Contraption. It's yet another series of one-day champs as we get an insane FJ that references a contestant's great aunt (whom she is named after), we debate jocks vs. hippies, and we get a potential Response of the Year candidate.
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What Is...? A Bonus Episode 6: The Victoria Groce Interview. The Queen is here! Victoria joins us for a wide-ranging interview about Masters, her insane prep regimen, life as a sommelier and author, and the anecdotes she couldn't tell on TV. $5 to become a patron!
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June 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What Is...? A Bonus Episode 6: The Victoria Groce Interview. The Queen is here! Victoria joins us for a wide-ranging interview about Masters, her insane prep regimen, life as a sommelier and author, and the anecdotes she couldn't tell on TV. $5 to become a patron!
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Week of June 16: We're Tired. It's jetlag-induced delirium all over this episode as John returns from Iceland and Emily returns from her camp reunion to barely keep it together while discussing one VERY chaotic FJ, Phineas and Ferb, and the Biltmore estate.
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Week of June 16: We're Tired
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 06/24/2025 · 1h 34m
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June 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Week of June 16: We're Tired. It's jetlag-induced delirium all over this episode as John returns from Iceland and Emily returns from her camp reunion to barely keep it together while discussing one VERY chaotic FJ, Phineas and Ferb, and the Biltmore estate.
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Reposted by What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast
I just found out yesterday that this podcast exists, and it's wild to hear people talk about me! Thankfully the hosts said nice things and I enjoyed listening to them recap the full week of games I got to see play out twice. Turns out we have the same taste in great anecdotes.
Week of June 9: Blubbering Up the Pups w/ @louispeitzman.bsky.social. Louis is back to fill in for a vacationing John and him and Emily discuss Matt Massie's enjoyable run, Jejson Jennings, and one of the more insane clues in recent memory.
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Week of June 9: Blubbering Up the Pups w/ Louis Peitzman
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 06/17/2025 · 1h 37m
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June 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I just found out yesterday that this podcast exists, and it's wild to hear people talk about me! Thankfully the hosts said nice things and I enjoyed listening to them recap the full week of games I got to see play out twice. Turns out we have the same taste in great anecdotes.
Week of June 9: Blubbering Up the Pups w/ @louispeitzman.bsky.social. Louis is back to fill in for a vacationing John and him and Emily discuss Matt Massie's enjoyable run, Jejson Jennings, and one of the more insane clues in recent memory.
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Week of June 9: Blubbering Up the Pups w/ Louis Peitzman
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 06/17/2025 · 1h 37m
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June 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Week of June 9: Blubbering Up the Pups w/ @louispeitzman.bsky.social. Louis is back to fill in for a vacationing John and him and Emily discuss Matt Massie's enjoyable run, Jejson Jennings, and one of the more insane clues in recent memory.
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