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Jan 2025
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"Name That Band" w/ Myq Kaplan [Best-Of ...

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While we gear up for the new year, the Puzzler team is bringing back some of our favorite episodes from the past year of puzzling. Happy holidays, and we will see you soon for a very puzzlingly puzzling 2025!

Puzzling with us today: comedian Myq Kaplan!

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.

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"The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs" is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and is a co-production with Neuhaus Ideas. 

Our executive producers are Neely Lohmann and Adam Neuhaus of Neuhaus Ideas, and Lindsay Hoffman of iHeart Podcasts.

The show is produced by Jody Avirgan and Brittani Brown of Roulette Productions. 

Our Chief Puzzle Officer is Greg Pliska. Our associate producer is Andrea Schoenberg.

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