What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast

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Week of April 13: The Cocaine Episode

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/04/21

We aren't on cocaine while recording this episode, but for some reason it comes up more than once, as Emily forgets to finish writing a recap joke about it, John remembers that he's seen the 2001 drug-dealer movie "Blow", and TaoTao brings a manic energy to the Alex Trebek stage. Plus, Stephanie bows out in a joyous way, Jamie Ding continues his run of dominance, and we dive deep on Helen Keller's socialist history.If you want to help contribute to the greater whole (Emily and John continuing to

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87:11

Week of April 6: Inaugural Balls

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/04/15

John is back as Jamie Ding survives a near-loss scare and then rebounds to win the rest of his games this week in a convincing fashion, etching his name into the 20-win club. We also get a Name of the Year candidate, one of the longest responses to a single J! clue ever, and Jamie is once again flexing with a wrong answer. Plus, we dive deep on Leon Trotsky. If you want to dive as deep as a pickaxe on our show, why not support the show on Patreon? You'll get a new bonus episode every month,

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92:50

Week of March 30: Where is Your God Now? w/ Handsome...

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2026/04/07

John is out covering curling this week, so we're joined by friend of the show and friend of handsomeness everywhere, Handsome Kevin Seccia! We have a great time chatting about another INCREDIBLE week of Jamie Ding, including Kevin's flawless Jeff Foxworthy impression. PLUS: we travel back in time to the first ever Jeopardy champion, and instead of going deep, we go incredibly shallow discussing Kevin's hunkiness ratings system.If you want to feel very hunky and not shallow at all, why not donate

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85:27

Week of March 23: Mmm Mmm Mmm

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2026/03/31

It's another Jamie Ding week on Jeopardy! and that means another tough week for our show, as his dominance makes our jobs just that much more difficult. But we find a way, as an Emily joke turns into a complete giggle fit for John, Jamie gives a very classy incorrect response, and there's heartbreak in BFJ. Plus, we dive deep on the company history of 3M.If you want an episode that wasn't difficult for us at all, then head on over to our Patreon as we posted a brand-new episode yesterday: an

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79:13

Week of March 16: Hum Dinger

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2026/03/24

John is BACK and not a moment too soon as he issues his "Canadian corrections" to last week's episode regarding a certain word pronunciation and Emily and Paolo not understand the importance of the Heated Rivalry fleece. Elsewhere, Jamie Ding continues his march towards superchamp status and also J! legend status as he plays one of the best Jeopardy! games of all-time. Plus, we dive deep on Anastasia.If you want to feel like a member of a royal family, why not join our highly noble and wonderful

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97:37

Week of March 9: PUD w/ Paolo Pasco

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2026/03/17

John is out sick this week, so we are joined by TOC Champion and bona fide WIAJP patron Paolo Pasco! He helps us recap a fun week of games with a record breaking number of cuties + honorable mentions for response of the week. Plus, we get a deep dive on the Rainbow Coalition and we talk about Traitors and movies longer than John would ever allow on a normal episode. Some are saying he's the new John. Are they right??If you want more of the OLD John, why not head on over to our Patreon to donate

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85:13

Week of March 2: No.

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/03/10

A Jeopardy! contestant answers a common question on the show with such speed that it becomes a Response of the Year contender as we get a bit of an up-and-down week on the show that features a little 3-game run for Quentian (as Emily spelled it in our show document) and a whole lot of gunslinging. Plus, J! fans want to see a celebrity join the show after Ken goes to a play, John gets a little punchy, and we dive deep on Rosebud and the world of movie prop auctions.If you want to see a lot of

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81:42

Week of February 23: The First Time in History That...

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/03/03

Regular play Jeopardy! is BACK and once we get over the initial whiplash, we get some great games with some huge final scores, some massive DD wagers that turn out both good and bad, and we get back to our regular dose of actual funny responses of the week, including one this week about synchronized hippos. Plus, J! fans are asking questions about Andrew He's hair and we dive deep on the Sears catalogue.If you want to purchase some items from our catalogue, why not head over to our Patreon? For

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91:09

Week of February 16: The Final Jeopardy! Ever

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/02/24

The 2026 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament is in the bag, and with it, the conclusion to the extensive–and this year, very difficult–Jeopardy! postseason. And what a way to go out, as Andrew He claims victory for his first major Jeopardy! tournament win in a slugfest three-game final against Long Nguyen and Roger Craig. We get Roger delivering a correct response in the strangest way possible, TV Insider hits us with some straight-up false headlines, and we dive deep on Davos and the World Economic

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84:24

Week of February 9: Alison's Gambit

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2026/02/17

Jeopardy! crosses over into the true mainstream as Alison Betts' Final Jeopardy! joke actually pays off in another week of Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament action. We debate whether the boards have simply gotten too hard, actually, as contestants sputter all over the place. But we get some great anecdotes, we see some wonderful contestants from years past, and we get Andrew He's glorious new hairstyle. Plus, we dive deep on Black History Month.If you want to feel as glorious as Andrew, why not

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80:36

Week of February 2: Congratulations to Us!

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2026/02/10

That's right, one of our patrons, Paolo Pasco, has won the Tournament of Champions in dominant fashion, and so of course that means, in some small way, we won it too. We break down Paolo's fantastic performance and then we turn our attention to the JIT, which sees the immediate return of some of our faves. Emily was in attendance for a number of the games so she gives some expert opinion on that, Scott Riccardi gives us a contender for Response of the Year, and Paolo is so beloved by J! fans that

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89:04

Week of January 26: Emily Heller Geographic

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2026/02/03

The Tournament of Champions continues apace this week, as we finish off the quarterfinals and the semifinals and get ready for next week's finals by...watching an exhibition game. We have some thoughts on that as well as some of the stellar gameplay this week including a "Welcome to Next Year's JIT" performance from Tom Devlin and a down-to-the-wire finish between Cameron Berry and Paolo Pasco. Emily also LOVES a geography category this week, John receives an extremely weird heckle, and Fox News

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97:21

Week of January 19: The Layout of the Boy Aquarium

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/01/27

The Tournament of Champions is HERE and we love to see a bunch of our faves back on the Alex Trebek Stage. John nails a bunch of his predictions (including the one about the herbal candies), we get some great sports-related anecdotes, and we see some great gameplay as we continue on with this Jeopardy! postseason. Plus, John finishes watching Heated Rivalry, Emily updates us on what fans think is an editing snafu, and we dive deep on the famous photo taken at Iwo Jima.If you want some more moments

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83:13

Week of January 12: Herbal Candy

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/01/20

The Champions Wild Card finals are here, and they are a doozy, as we get the Jeopardy!-Honored "Game of the Year" and some stellar (no pun intended) play from a fantastic group of contestants. We also get a very self-deprecating response from Harvey Silikovitz, a Julia Child impression, and we preview the upcoming Tournament of Champions. And in a week of boring FJs, John manages to find an interesting angle to dive deep on William Faulkner. If you want some more interesting angles on Jeopardy!,

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90:17

Week of January 5: That's An Overline

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2026/01/13

The Champions Wild Card tournament begins and brings with it a fantastic week of games with tight races for first place in each game, strategic wagering for semifinal berths, and lots of very impressive gameplay. We also get Bill McKinley giving one of the funniest half-hearted attempts to explain away a poor Final Jeopardy! decision in the show's history. We also discuss Ken's Bluesky rants, Stella Trout's resemblance to Snail Mail, and we dive deep on guinea pigs.If you want to be a guinea pig

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83:18

Week of December 29: 6,7

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/01/06

How do you do, fellow kids? We try to appeal to the youth this week and so does Jeopardy!, as their older fans predictably fume about them twisting a very regular wordplay category to make a meme joke. But we love it, and we love this final week of Second Chance as some dynamite players return to the Alex Trebek Stage and we get some truly wonderful gameplay. We also discuss small town Canada hotels, Emily's Christmas gift, and we dive deep (plunge deep?) on the history of epidurals.If you want

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82:27

Week of December 22: Barbra Joan Streisand w/ Guy Branum

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/01/02

Emily is finally feeling well enough to record a pod and so we do a truncated recap of last week's games, which we are calling "Guy Branum's Second Chance, Presented by Guy Branum, featuring Guy Branum". In other news, Guy Branum joins us to discuss his run to the Second Chance Finals, from feeling like his Jeopardy! journey is satisfactorily complete to what the green room vibes were like. We also watch Michelle Tsai play so well people "react" to a FJ response of hers (they don't even fume!), John

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92:24

Week of December 15: Emily Recommends "Death by...

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2025/12/23

Emily's constant recommendation of the miniseries "Death by Lightning" pays off as it leads to a get on an FJ, and that's really the headline of this first week of the Second Chance Tournament, where wagering errors and some extremely hard FJs play more of a role in who wins than the actual gameplay. But that's why we play the games, baby! It's high drama and the clue writers get us laughing, J! fans fume over a Ken IG post, and we dive deep on "The Nightmare Before Christmas".If you want to give

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85:29

Week of December 8: ❤️Bernard❤️

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2025/12/16

A category about holiday movies gets us in our Christmas bag as we discuss Christmas Vacation, Jingle All the Way, and Emily's early crush on Bernard the Elf. Will Riley jingles all the way to bank this week with cash stuffing his pockets after a very impressive run and a very, very confusing finish to it. We also have Jeopardy! fans (and the hosts) fuming over a bizarre category that made no sense and we dive deep on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.If you want to guide your sleigh to a worthy

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93:06

Week of December 1: Globes of the Devil

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2025/12/09

It's a big week for superchamps present and former as Harrison Whitaker's time on J! comes to an end but superchamp Ray LaLonde's (evil?) twin, Ron, makes his debut and sets out to carve a Jeopardy! path of his own. Plus, we get another great 2-day champ in Libby Jones, we get perhaps the horniest clue we have ever read in our time as a podcast, and Ken can't stop thinking about wood. Plus, we dive deep on the humble tomato's history as a fruit and/or vegetable.Speaking of Harrison Whitaker, we

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