Podcasts about learned league

Apologies again - my voice was still a wreck when we recorded this! Keith returns this week, looking to beat the 15 he scored back in Episode 31. This time around he was in search of questions about movies, TV, and Broadway. Have a listen and see if he found any! Episode Links: Last Wikipedia Search: List of Speakers of the US House of Representatives Something you learned this week: Every standard Hershey Bar with Almonds includes 8 almonds. Trivia that sticks with you: Curly Leaf and Flat Leaf are the two varieties of Parsley (from his appearance on WWTBAM) Where do you quiz? Learned League, BP Trivia, WTF, Thrice, Quiz Streak, Quizzle TRIVIA NATIONALS is back! The Tropicana is gone now, so they're moving from Las Vegas to New Orleans for Trivia Nationals 2025. That's happening over the long Memorial Day weekend in May, so mark your calendars (and buy your tickets)! Go to https://trivianationals.org/ for more info. And the Trivia Advent-ure Calendar is back again this year! I'll be providing a “Mystery Theme” quiz for that on December 16, so be sure you get yours - or gift a trivia lover! Head to https://ko-fi.com/triviaadvent to get in on that. As always, check the linktree at https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop for all the links - including one to sign up to play Tangents!

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of September 23rd, 2024. We bemoan our Learned League woes, Emily reveals her antipathy toward caves, and Kyle brings us yet another deep dive about a strong, independent woman -- this time, Mae West. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to support social justice movements in your community and our world. www.rescue.org  https://wck.org/  https://womenswilderness.org/support/#ways-to-give  https://www.pcrf.net/ https://www.givedirectly.org/ 

We revisit an episode from January 2021 in honor of National Library Workers Day, and ask: what do librarians do all day? When they're not planning programs or working the reference desk, these librarians are also obscure trivia players, birders and ... sword fighters! Read a transcript here.Have a minute? Vote for Borrowed and Banned in the Webby's! We were nominated for an award in the "Best Writing for Podcasts" category. Celebrate National Library Workers Day by thanking your favorite library worker or attending one of BPL's National Library Week events.Listen to "On the Frontlines," an episode from our Borrowed and Banned series about library workers fighting for the freedom to read.Check out these lists of hobby books for adults and for kids.Read our blog posts about birding with kids and historical birding in Prospect Park.Not for the faint of heart: Learned League. Help us keep our libraries open by fighting for city funding. Write to your city leaders! Or, send a letter on behalf of Queens Public Library or New York Public Library.

This week, Ryan and Brian learn about the Eric Conspiracy, dip into the FMI time capsule courtesy of fans who are listening to shows from 2019, and tackle a Sondheim-themed Learned League quiz. Also: this week's "Kealoa," featuring ELUDE vs. EVADE. If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link: https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 Amazon/Audible link: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B08JJRM927 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice (315-510-9892) We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

This week, Ryan and Brian consider the legacy of The Phantom of the Opera, the responsibility of Yu Darvish, and the squishability of something that is both wet and soft. All that plus a contest puzzle from Neville Fogarty and Rachel Fabi, which you can download at https://www.dropbox.com/s/7865fgb7qppsgvu/fmi361con.puz?dl=1 Other stuff to click: New FMI listener Evan's Crosshare puzzles The 70-years-old "Happy Trails" XWstats.com, in case you haven't seen it. And you can still get the puzzles from Lollapuzzoola! If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link: https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 Amazon/Audible link: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B08JJRM927 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice (315-510-9892) We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

This week, Ryan and Brian are thrilled to welcome author A.J. Jacobs (website, Twitter) and puzzlemaker Greg Pliska (website, Twitter), who discuss their new book "The Puzzler." Also, a hardcore quiz on Sondheim lyrics, some time traveling, and a false start to what was supposed to be a quick Thunder Round. All that plus a new contest crossword at https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqrhm56ysn1qoab/fmi346con.puz?dl=1 If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link: https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 Amazon/Audible link: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B08JJRM927 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice (315-510-9892) We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

This week, Brian plays Ryan for a bit, an unnamed visitor mumbles in the background, and there's more musical theater and sports than anyone wanted. All that plus a contest crossword at https://www.dropbox.com/s/uiv5fladppg2s01/fmi344con.puz?dl=1 Stuff to click: These Puzzles Fund Abortion Too Inkubator's "100 Audacious Puzzles" Joe "Blanket Baby" O'Brien's puzzle debut! Sticks Nix Hick Picks If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link: https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 Amazon/Audible link: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B08JJRM927 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice (315-510-9892) We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

This week, Ryan and Brian edit out a bunch of nonsense about synth books, but leave behind a bit of Learned League cryptic clues, a deep dive into the use of IRA as a crossword entry, and fail to name two constructors in one take. All that plus a new contest crossword at https://bit.ly/fmi342con If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link: https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 Amazon/Audible link: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B08JJRM927 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice (315-510-9892) We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

Comedian Paul "Silky" White (@paulsilkywhite) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to discuss Matt's UK covid adventures, Learned League, cooperating magpies, how to salute magpies, a possibly furry snake, Paul's Seychelles money, the recent discovery of Shackelton's ship and the excellent book about said ship. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped, offering Probably Science listeners 20% off and free shipping by using the promo code PROBABLY

This week, Ryan and Brian discuss Annie Get Your Gun, Learned League statistics, ampersands, and still don't know how to pronounce "lagniappe." Our biweekly contest was written by Scott Weiss (and you can download it at http://bit.ly/fmi262con), and you should check out our semiweekly Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4pm PT / 7pm ET. Stuff to click: Omnibus podcast: Defenestration NahlikZ's Learned League stats (for LL members only) Barnacle links: lagniappe more lagniappe keep your pants on keep your hair on Aries Puzzles And we didn't talk about it on the show, but Boswords has a fall crossword league! If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link:https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice (315-510-9892) We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

This week, Ryan and Brian take a dive into a bowl of soup with Learned League 1-Day Special champion (and New Yorker food writer) Helen Rosner! Laura Braunstein (who co-smithed the LL quiz with Brian) also joins us for a conversation you don't want to miss. Our Contest of Still Going On is still going on (download it here), and we invite you to our Twitch stream for cryptic crosswords (Wed @ 7:00pm Eastern). Connect with Helen on Twitter, Instagram, or The New Yorker. (And read her article about chicken tenders.) Connect with Laura on Twitter, or through her crossword subscription, The Inkubator. As for Ryan and Brian ... if you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki, or if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link:https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice (315-510-9892) We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

This week, Ryan and Brian spend the first 30 minutes of this way-too-long episode on Learned League and baseball — that's a warning to you. Skip ahead to 28:26 for Viewer Mail. But also: cryptics, Centuplicates, and Brian gets no thunder of his own. Last week's Contest Of Now is still available at http://bit.ly/fmi225con. If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link:https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

A couple of weeks ago there was a Learned League one day competition that was dedicated to the movie Coming to America. It was crafted by warhead Stacey McPeek! I wanted Ben to have a chance to try his hand at this so we stayed late in our last recording session and recorded him and Carmela answering the questions. It's a lot of fun to hear Ben answering questions about one of his favorite movies. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/trivial-warfare-trivia/message

A couple of weeks ago there was a Learned League one day competition that was dedicated to the movie Coming to America. It was crafted by warhead Stacey McPeek! I wanted Ben to have a chance to try his hand at this so we stayed late in our last recording session and recorded him and Carmela answering the questions. It's a lot of fun to hear Ben answering questions about one of his favorite movies. Enjoy!

This week, Ryan and Brian discuss tertiary Muppets, how to make soup, and get a phone call from a runaway groom. Also we may have cut it out of the show, but we were reminded about when Shane Victorino hacked our blog. The Fill Me In wiki Learned League: 21st Century Indie Music Follow Matt Gritzmacher on Twitter P&A Magazine The New York Times puzzles, June 24-30 If you enjoy our show (or even if you don't), consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link:https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice

This week, Ryan and Brian hash out the ups and downs of a day in Learned League, discuss poor pronunciation, and Ryan recounts a surprise visit from a fan! The Fill Me In wiki Learned League Stuff we looked up: Gouverneur Morris and Magnum P.I., The Hunting of the Snark, Karen Gillan, Thanos The Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer L.A. Dodgers relief pitcher Joe Kelly Ryan's surprise visitor! P & A Magazine The New York Times puzzles, May 27-June 2 If you enjoy our show (or even if you don't), consider leaving us a 5-star review on iTunes. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: iTunes link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link:https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice

This week's episode of Fill Me In is full of soup, Yoda, the return of the Filet-o-Fish, and the inherent problems with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. We also reference puzzles, puzzle people, and at least two Patricks.   This show: Crosswords Club: call 1-800-220-7443 or go to Penny Dell Puzzles (https://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/), and use code 6PTX32 Crosswords With Friends (smart phone app): https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/crosswords-with-friends/id1184083151 Learned League (https://www.learnedleague.com/). If you want to join, let us know, and we'll invite you for the upcoming season! And for those curious: ASMR Pickle Eating (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUUAu_aiaVw) If you enjoy our show (or even if you don't), consider leaving us a 5-star review on iTunes. This will help new listeners find our show — and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club.   Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you.   Helpful links: iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice

It was fun to catch up with Jessamyn as we chat about non-librarian or online community things. We went deep into Learned League, the shadowy internet nerd trivia league with what I consider impenetrable rules and traditions.

YA authors Kayla Cagan & Amy Spalding (& Banjo L. Cagan, silently) join us for a spirited roundtable about 1973's There's No Time For Love, Charlie Brown — a salty indictment of pop art, in which we learn about the disappointments of the public school system, as well as the theory of transitive kissing. Topics of discussion include: getting Charlie Brown title cards tattooed on your butt; Peanut People™; the phrase "when they stopped aging"; jokes about New Math (do they hold up?) ; a long line of toilet cloggers; The Most Depressing Speech We've Heard In A Charlie Brown Special; Kayla offers a Magoo-ish theory; the Great Meatlump Situation (playing tonight at 8pm, $5 at the door); Jazz: Musical Improv?; Joseph Cool, of the Carolina Cools; being mistaken for a basketball with glasses; We're Up All Night To Get Marcy; The Manic Pixie Little-Red-Haired-Girl; the theory of transitive kissing; sliders. Kayla Cagan is a writer. Piper Perish is her debut YA novel, with a 2nd novel on the way from Chronicle Books in 2018. She has contributed comics, plays and essays to assorted collections, including Girl Crush Zine, Womanthology, and Unite and Take Over: Stories Inspired by the Smiths. Cagan lives with her husband Josh and their chihuahua Banjo near that Starbucks. No, the other one. http://kaylacagan.com Amy Spalding is the author of several young adult novels including Kissing Ted Callahan (& Other Guys), The Reece Malcolm List, and the forthcoming Summer of Jordi Perez. She grew up in St. Louis, but now lives in the better weather of Los Angeles. By day, she manages the digital media team for an indie film advertising agency. By later day and night, Amy writes, performs, and pets as many cats as she can. https://www.theamyspalding.com https://tinyletter.com/thecheckin Banjo L. Cagan is six feet, four inches tall, and looks as if he was chiseled from solid marble by the hand of a god. A single look from him has been known to make grown men weep, as if they were staring into the center of infinity itself. Time and light bend around him, and as previously stated, he is tall and handsome. Check out @Shmuel510's Peanuts quiz on Learned League: https://learnedleague.com/oneday.php?peanuts Audio blandishment by Ken Plume. Peanuts Gallery is proud to be part of Waffle.Media.