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Nov 2023
5m 53s

"Epitaphs" w/ Mo Rocca

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Hello, Puzzlers! Puzzling with us all this week: journalist, CBS correspondent, and “Mobituaries” podcast host Mo Rocca.  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 podc ... Show More
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