179 episodes

Finally, your daily puzzle fix—in audio form! Every day, in 10 minutes or less, 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.

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Finally, your daily puzzle fix—in audio form! Every day, in 10 minutes or less, 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.

    "Get Ted Fed" w/ Ted Allen

    "Get Ted Fed" w/ Ted Allen

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book out! You can order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: host of Chopped on the Food Network, Ted Allen!

    Join host A.J. Jacobs and his guests as they puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 12 min
    "Chopped Foods" w/ Ted Allen

    "Chopped Foods" w/ Ted Allen

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book out! You can order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: host of Chopped on the Food Network, Ted Allen!

    Join host A.J. Jacobs and his guests as they puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 14 min
    Weekend Favorites: “Hidden Bugs” w/ Chuck Bryant

    Weekend Favorites: “Hidden Bugs” w/ Chuck Bryant

    From time to time on the weekends, we’ll be bringing you some of our recent favorite episodes. Enjoy your weekend, and we’ll be back with a brand new puzzle on Monday!

    Join us for a fun night of puzzling! May 29th at NYC's Midnight Theaters. Tickets available now.

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    Hello, Puzzlers! Puzzling with us all this week: Chuck Bryant, host of the long-running podcast "Stuff You Should Know."

    Join host A.J. Jacobs and his guests as they puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    And visit our website thepuzzler.com for lots more.

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 8 min
    "Anti-Pangrams" w/ Peter Gordon

    "Anti-Pangrams" w/ Peter Gordon

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book out! You can order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: crossword constructor Peter Gordon! You can subscribe to Peter Gordon's A-to-Z puzzles here.

    Join host A.J. Jacobs and his guests as they puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 16 min
    "Eponyms" w/ Arika Okrent

    "Eponyms" w/ Arika Okrent

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book out! You can order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Hello, Puzzlers! Puzzling with us today: author and linguist Arika Okrent!

    Join host A.J. Jacobs and his guests as they puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 10 min
    "I/O" w/ Kara Swisher

    "I/O" w/ Kara Swisher

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book out! You can order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: host of On with Kara Swisher, tech journalist Kara Swisher!

    Join host A.J. Jacobs and his guests as they puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 8 min

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