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Oct 2023
7m 51s

“Hidden Bugs” w/ Chuck Bryant

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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 podca ... Show More
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