TRIVIA TIME

The hosts are good and have decent chemistry but the number of times they ask wrong questions is frustrating. Example in the last episode is around Sandra bullocks Oscar win which was for the blind side, not the answer they give. This is probably the 10th time I’ve caught an error like this which is just lazy and means they don’t fact check. I know it’s a game and all that but as someone with autism it creates a frustrating experience because I get stuck on them being wrong and not caring about it. That aside it’s a fun time waster.

I stumbled upon this podcast while going on an 8-hour drive and I couldn’t get enough, I loved the audio rounds and I think the questions are well thought out and not too difficult but not too easy, I love it! The banter is also pretty funny and I really enjoy hearing the hosts personalities. I will be tuning in every week!

We discovered this podcast during a roadtrip and have become absolute junkies since then, going deeeeeep into the historical archive. This is a really well-constructed, cleverly researched trivia game that has a several different kinds of rounds. I personally love the music round. My wife is pretty good at the connection round and anagrams. My 10 year old likes to play along, too. The downside is the near-constant sociopolitical progressive hectoring that the hosts intersperse throughout. I’m a Dem, and I still just can’t stand it. I really believe these kinds of attitudes — or more accurately, the the apparent need to grandstand and moralize about them in non-political moments — are why we lost the median voter and the election to Trump. Do you go to trivia to be lectured on how to raise your male children so that they aren’t opposed to movies named after a strong female lead? Me neither.

My husband and I found this pod on a road trip! We are not trivia experts but it’s fun to learn stuff and it is spot on pub style. We even started a monthly trivia night at our home after finding you all!