99 episodes

Public radio's game show of bluff and bluster, words and whimsy. The warmest, wittiest cocktail party - it's spirited and civil, brainy and boisterous, peppered with musical interludes. Fast paced and playful, it's the most fun you can have with language without getting your mouth washed out with soap. Our motto: It's not important to know the answers, it's important to like the answers!

Says You! - A Quiz Show for Lovers of Words, Culture, and History Pipit and Finch

    • Comedy
    • 4.5 • 716 Ratings

Public radio's game show of bluff and bluster, words and whimsy. The warmest, wittiest cocktail party - it's spirited and civil, brainy and boisterous, peppered with musical interludes. Fast paced and playful, it's the most fun you can have with language without getting your mouth washed out with soap. Our motto: It's not important to know the answers, it's important to like the answers!

    SY-623 - Green Mountain Gala - September 2004, Woodstock, VT

    SY-623 - Green Mountain Gala - September 2004, Woodstock, VT

    *Please note, this show is no longer in live production. Any live shows advertised within the episode have already concluded.
     
    From Town Hall in Woodstock, VT with host Richard Sher
    Stereo Left: Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons
    Stereo Right: Tony Kahn, Francine Achbar, Barry Nolan
    Music: Tin Pan Valentinos
     
    Rounds Played:
    Round 1: Among the MAPELS
    Round 2: Bluff (ruelle)
    Round 3: Get Your Bearings
    Round 4: Bluff (yomp)

    • 29 min
    SY-802 - Sez U Sappiness - September 2005, Woodstock, VT

    SY-802 - Sez U Sappiness - September 2005, Woodstock, VT

    *Please note, this show is no longer in live production. Any live shows advertised within the episode have already concluded.
     
    From Town Hall in Woodstock, VT with host Richard Sher
    Stereo Left: Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons
    Stereo Right: Tony Kahn, Francine Achbar, Tom Kemp
    Music: Tin Pan Valentinos
     
    Rounds Played:
    Round 1: Fall-ing
    Round 2: Bluff (jabble)
    Spotlight Round
    Round 3: Baseball Terms
    Round 4: Bluff (inficete)
    Round 5: From the Comics

    • 51 min
    SY-425 - Shades of Summer - August 2002, Cambridge, MA

    SY-425 - Shades of Summer - August 2002, Cambridge, MA

    *Please note, this show is no longer in live production. Any live shows advertised within the episode have already concluded.
     
    From the Regatta Bar at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA with host Richard Sher
    Stereo Left: Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons
    Stereo Right: Tony Kahn, Francine Achbar, Barry Nolan
    Music: Tom Eaton & Pic 3
     
    Rounds Played:
    Round 1: Color on Radio
    Round 2: Bluff (stumour)
    Round 3: Cryptic Critters
    Round 4: Bluff (valgus)
    Round 5: Aphorisms, with a Twist

    • 29 min
    SY-1419 - East vs West - February 2012, Riverside, CA

    SY-1419 - East vs West - February 2012, Riverside, CA

    *Please note, this show is no longer in live production. Any live shows advertised within the episode have already concluded.
     
    From University Theater at UCAL - Riverside with host Richard Sher
    Stereo Left: Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons
    Stereo Right: Doug Palau, Sabrina Wind, Nat Segaloff
    Music: Perla Batalla
     
    Rounds Played:
    Round 1: Definitions and Derivations
    Round 2: Bluff (blickey)
    Round 3: By Their Works, Yee...
    Round 4: Bluff (reast)
    Round 5: The Meaning of Tingo

    • 51 min
    SY-424 - Summerisms - August 2002, Cambridge, MA

    SY-424 - Summerisms - August 2002, Cambridge, MA

    *Please note, this show is no longer in live production. Any live shows advertised within the episode have already concluded.
     
    From the Regatta Bar at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA with host Richard Sher
    Stereo Left: Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons
    Stereo Right: Tony Kahn, Francine Achbar, Barry Nolan
    Music: Tom Eaton & Pic 3
     
    Rounds Played:
    Round 1: Mariner's Almanac
    Round 2: Bluff (harnpan)
    Round 3: Summerisms
    Round 4: Bluff (corbeau)
    Round 5: Songs of Summer

    • 29 min
    SY-1420 - East vs West - Riverside, CA

    SY-1420 - East vs West - Riverside, CA

    *Please note, this show is no longer in live production. Any live shows advertised within the episode have already concluded.
     
    From University Theater at UCAL - Riverside with host Richard Sher
    Stereo Left: Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons
    Stereo Right: Doug Palau, Sabrina Wind, Nat Segaloff
    Music: Perla Batalla
     
    Rounds Played:
    Round 1: Odd Man Out
    Round 2: Bluff (fitch)
    Round 3: Trick Plays
    Round 4: Bluff (niff)
    Round 5: 2 Letter Words

    • 50 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
716 Ratings

716 Ratings

dianesleach ,

Says You

I doubt I am not alone in wishing this show were still in production. Please, please, keep posting episodes.

DBJ-2 ,

Better than other game shows by far

Fantastic show! The questions are designed to be clever and hard, and the panel is all the more clever by coming up with correct yet hilarious answers. I am in awe.

katyapescatar ,

Richard Sher teaches me to have a great attitude!

I have listened to any Richard Sher episode or podcast for years, especially now in the evening, when I appreciate his and the gang's examples of humor, kindness, some humility, and curiosity; so I end each day in the best possible frame of mind, and wake up happy and ready to be useful! What incredibly special people these are. I hope these podcasts go on for a very long time!

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