Week of April 13: The Cocaine Episode. We aren't on cocaine but it comes up a lot this episode with clues about Colombia, references to the 2001 Johnny Depp vehicle "Blow", and an excitable contestant. Plus, we dive deep on Helen Keller's socialism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of April 6: Inaugural Balls. John is back after a week off as we get a Name of the Year contender, Jamie Ding gets pressed for the first time in his entire run, and we dive deep on Leon Trotsky. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of March 23: Mmm Mmm Mmm. Jamie Ding continues his imperial march and this episode has it all: a giggle fit, some upset J! fans, and a heartbreaking BFJ. Plus, we dive deep on 3M. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

What Is...? A Bonus Episode 15: The Andrew He Interview. We finally landed our white whale, as Andrew He sits down for what he calls his most candid interview ever. We discuss his prep, the food poisoning he got right before JIT, and his hair. Donate today! www.patreon.com/posts/154354...

Week of March 16: Hum Dinger. Jamie Ding has a phenomenal week of games as John issues a few "Canadian corrections" to last week's show with Paolo. Plus, TV Insider misspells Jamie's name and we dive deep on Anastasia. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of March 2: No. An uncommon response to a common J! question gets our attention this week, as does a plea for a celebrity to join the ranks of players on the Alex Trebek Stage. Plus, Emily looks for a genealogical loophole and we dive deep on prop auctions. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of February 23: The First Time in History That Has Been Called That. We return to J! regular play with a very fun week of games that yields a Response of the Year contender. We also discuss Andrew He's hair (again) and dive deep on the Sears catalogue. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of February 16: The Final Jeopardy! Ever. The JIT reaches its conclusion with a thrilling three-game final and a first-time winner. Plus, we get a very unique FJ response and we dive deep on the World Economic Forum and Davos, Switzerland. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of January 26: Emily Heller Geographic. The ToC rolls on as we find out our finalists and we watch an exhibition game for some reason. Plus, a J! category just for Emily, Fox News starts running the Jeopardy! beat, and we dive deep on Charlotte Corday. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of January 19: The Layout of the Boy Aquarium. The Tournament of Champions is HERE and we are enjoying the great gameplay, more evidence of J!'s increasing horniness, and we discuss Heated Rivalry. Plus, we dive deep on that Iwo Jima photo. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of January 12: Herbal Candy. The Champions Wild Card final week is here, featuring the "Game of the Year", an epic comeback, and a debate about what constitutes candy. Plus, we get a great Response of the Week and dive deep on Faulkner. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of January 5: That's An Overline. Bill McKinney desperately tries to explain crossing out the right answer as J! fans fume(?) about Snail Mail, we get some great Champions Wildcard games, and we dive deep on guinea pigs. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

What Is...? A Bonus Episode 12: A Baby Geniuses Reunion! John takes a backseat as @mremilyheller.bsky.social reunites with her pal @lisahanawalt.bsky.social for a brand new episode of Baby Geniuses! WOWOW www.patreon.com/posts/147504...

Week of December 15: Emily Recommends "Death by Lightning". A TV recommendation pays off as we start Second Chance with some very hard FJs, some close matchups, and a lot of drama. Plus, we dive deep on "The Nightmare Before Christmas". podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

What Is...? A Bonus Episode 11: The Harrison Whitaker Interview. Jeopardy's latest superchamp joins us to discuss his 15-game run, from his (lack of) buzzer and wagering strategy prep to why playing J! is oddly emotional. It's our most popular bonus ep yet! www.patreon.com/posts/145406...

The Harrison interview was absolutely wonderful!! He was a total delight. And you can only get it in one place: patreon.com/jeopardypodcast

If you’re not a @jeopardypodcast.bsky.social Patreon subscriber, you are missing out on a great interview with Harrison Whitaker, who is so dryly funny that I am laughing like a freak while I listen to this in public.

Week of December 1: Globes of the Devil. Jeopardy! increases their horniness quotient by quite a bit this week as we say goodbye to Harrison Whitaker and dive deep on tomatoes. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of November 10: 7 Hot Sexy Emily Heller Bikini Pics. We googled ourselves this week, and it went...ok. The week goes very well for Harrison Whitaker though as he dominates, we dive deep on Queensland, and Ken ethers a contestant during the anecdotes. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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! www.patreon.com/posts/142467...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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! www.patreon.com/posts/141376...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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!. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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

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! www.patreon.com/posts/135710...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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! www.patreon.com/posts/132321...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of June 2: Everybody in the Pool. It's another week of musical chairs as we say hi and bye to several new champs. We discuss the big streaming news, Dance Hall Crashers, and dive deep on the CN Tower (oo OOO). Oh, and John's in the contestant pool. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of May 26: What is The Space Jam? It's another week of rotating champions as we find out J! fans fume when there's a superchamp, and when there's not. Plus, we investigate the dik-dik's history on the show, and we dive very deep on Dred Scott. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of May 19: The Vancouver Conspiracy. Yet another Vancouver contestant has a harrowing defeat at the judges' table as we enjoy a week of great games, John discusses taking the J! audition test, and we dive deep on Margaret Hughes, Emily's dog, and ghost towns. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Week of May 12: Hotties Night. It's an up-and-down week with a few new champs, a classic Ken callback, a contestant getting to answer "peen", and, well, a night of hotties. Fans also get mad at an FJ Triple Stumper and we dive deep on Michael Dell. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Tomorrow's episode will be coming in a bit late, probably Tuesday afternoon or evening. Thanks for understanding!

What Is...? A Bonus Episode 4: The Andy Richter Interview w/ @andyrichter.co. Wow! Andy's here to discuss his 3 Celebrity Jeopardy! eps, from his recent crushing defeat to his largest CJ victory of all-time (that included destroying Wolf Blitzer). It's so fun! $5! www.patreon.com/posts/128996...