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Dec 2023
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BONUS! Eric Zimmer on The Puzzler Podca...

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Special Bonus Episode! Eric joins his friend, AJ Jacobs, on his new podcast called "The Puzzler! "Finally, your daily puzzle fix—in audio form! Every day, in 10 minutes or less, New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs and his celebrity guests will puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old puzzle favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as w ... Show More
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