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Fill Me In

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Fill Me In is a crossword podcast, or at least, that"s what it pretends to be. Most of the time, it"s about other things (including, but not limited to: soup, Thor, Rosana Ñler, sandwiches, Stephen Sondheim, Viewer Mail, vuvuzelas, inappropriate glorification of the E Division, and more), but occasionally, we also talk about crosswords.

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All Episodes

01:44:50

Fill Me In #453: Five minutes later, be in the middle...

Fill Me In ·

2024/07/30

This week, Ryan and Brian examine both intended and unintended puns, induct several new members into the BFVWE club, and suffer through enough Kealoa to shoo away our loyal audience. (We're sorry.) If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll

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01:09:41

Fill Me In #452: So there were cherries.

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2024/07/23

This week, Ryan and Brian learn more (but perhaps not enough) about Russian geography, more (and definitely more than needed) about diuresis, and find vast disappointment in this week's NYT puzzles. (Spoiler alert.) If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find

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01:25:48

Fill Me In #451: Let me lick it.

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2024/07/16

This week, Ryan and Brian debate the merits of Cheez-It varieties, find certain canned foods disgusting, and and return to Kealoa with some random rivers. Also, breaking news: the theme for this year's Lollapuzzoola is revealed! If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new

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01:23:20

Fill Me In #450: Behind you lies a stove.

Fill Me In ·

2024/07/09

This week, Ryan's show lasts about three and-a-half minutes longer than Brian's thanks to the boonies of Maine and its relative lack of internet signal. Still, there's some discourse on shorts and trunks, diaereses and umlauts, and whether drinking counts as eating. If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on

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01:21:05

Fill Me In #449: From whence the finger snaps.

Fill Me In ·

2024/07/02

This week, Ryan and Brian confuse umlauts and diaereses, liquids and solids, good pencils and bad pencils, and "Fill Me In" and "White Christmas." Watch Ryan solve his 1000th NYTXW in a row on Wednesday 7/3 @ 10:15pm ET/7:15pm PT on twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple

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01:14:00

Fill Me In #448: Hoodies were going on, hoodies were...

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2024/06/25

This week, Ryan and Brian recap Westwords (spoiler-free!), continue The Stopwatch Saga, learn more about minor league baseball alternate names, and struggle to understand the timelines of presidential family trees. Stuff to click: The Syracuse Brannock Devices The Malmö Oat Milkers Ramen is too spicy Denmark has the least spicy food in the world Westwords (if you want to still sign up) Lollapuzzoola (which is on August 24, and you should sign up!) If you get bored (how could you?!), write

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01:29:44

Fill Me In #447: When was the height of balls?

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2024/06/18

This week, Ryan and Brian learn about international cuisine, discover more music involving cheese, and celebrate the reunion of a man and his stopwatch. Phew, that's a lot to get through in 90 minutes. Stuff to click: The Saucy Nugs Guy Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese Dead Milkmen - Beige Sunshine 15 Delicious Reasons to Visit Taco Bell around the World Westwords -- not too late to sign up (and go see Ryan in person!) If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In

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01:26:09

Fill Me In #446: Too much California and not enough...

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2024/06/11

This week, Ryan and Brian analyze some music (this, this, and this), attempt to clarify when exactly this particular episode of FMI was published, and return to the NYT crosswords for what will certainly once have been a cranky Thunder Round. If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will

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01:21:54

Fill Me In #445: Ice cream with the added impact of...

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2024/06/04

This week, Ryan and Brian dig into some fusion cuisine (we sincerely hope the chewing sounds aren't disgusting), learn a little more about the English horn (though not enough), and imbue two scoops of Kealoa into something of a cola war. Also, a non-NYT Thunder Round (featuring Wyna Liu's 5/14 New Yorker, Ryan McCarty's "Chasm No. 14 (Themeless)", Sid Sivakumar's 5/20 Slate Midi, Will Nediger's 5/23 Vox [you'll have to go through their archives], and Chris Adams's "We Bought a Zoo"), and a plug

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01:26:32

Fill Me In #444: If you don’t have a baby, you have a...

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2024/05/28

This week, Ryan and Brian hang out in the Viewer Mail bag for an extended length of time, but all in the name of education! Lessons include: Crosswords via Kickstarter: A-to-Z Crosswords Noodles: Nongshim and Buldak M*A*S*H: the cast and the music Creole: the language, the peoples, and the cuisine Potatoes: Why We Double Fry The Fries Hap(p)less Baseball: J.A. and Ian Lyrics: the painful text to the Star Trek Theme (and a performance via YouTube) 80s Kitsch: Clara Peller (the "Where's the beef?"

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01:24:25

Fill Me In #443: I have about ten years until I reach...

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2024/05/21

This week, Ryan and Brian learn the history of language, the dangers of potassium, and (maybe?) the gender identity of Chat GPT. This week's Baker-Grapevine scores: baseball 2, sandwiches 7, kealoa 0. If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and

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01:28:57

Fill Me In #442: Permanently distanced from perfection.

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2024/05/14

This week, Ryan and Brian review the days of the months, attempt to choreograph a song that doesn't exist, and learn a few letters of Morse code. Yikes, was that a woodpecker? If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the

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01:17:16

Fill Me In #441: Protected vellum out of a sleeve.

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2024/05/07

This week, Ryan and Brian are each a little pestier than usual, and ... okay, being real, Brian was super grumpy and Ryan wasn't making things any better. No Kealoa this week, but there is a useless fact, plus a Thunder Round of non-NYT puzzles: "Permanent Record" by Daniel Bodily (Universal, April 24) "Academic Terms" by Erica Hsiung Wojcik (The Modern Crossword, March 30) Crossword Club by Ada Nicolle (April 22) Los Angeles Times by Sarah Sinclair and Kelsey Dixon (April 25) "Ambitious

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01:25:29

Fill Me In #440: They mask their torpidity in a...

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2024/04/30

This week, Ryan and Brian don't have iPads, don't have endorsement deals, don't enjoy meaningless facts or guessing games, and don't really like most of the puzzles they solved. Honestly, if you're looking to take a week off from FMI, this might be the week to take. If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on

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01:56:59

Fill Me In #439: I am not going to enjoy the end of...

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2024/04/23

This week, Ryan and Brian speak over music, customize their burgers, share more McCartneys than Jesuses, and offer one of the most nail-biting thrillers Kealoa has ever known -- but we won't harp on it, give a listen yourself. If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new

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01:33:04

Fill Me In #438: Once the tiger goes extinct, you’re...

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2024/04/16

This week, reigning ACPT champion Paolo Pasco stops by for a chat, but not before Ryan and Brian learn a few new facts about defiant bagel slingers, George Lopez, and the curious lives of Captain and Tennille. Here are links to Paolo's work at the Atlantic, The New Yorker, his XWordInfo profile, his blog (which has good content, though hasn't been updated in a while), his crossword book for kids, and even though we cut most of the discussion from the podcast, he loves the movie Cats. If you get

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01:30:50

Fill Me In #437: The theme is the pimento.

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2024/04/09

This week, Brian returns from the ACPT with all the news (but none of the puzzles), and Ryan hacks and coughs his way through another Thunder Round with all the puzzles (but none of the news?). Look, just because we don't think Alex Eaton-Salners is actually Will Shortz doesn't mean that he couldn't be. If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please

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01:32:07

Fill Me In #436: Whence this confidence?

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2024/04/02

This week, Ryan and Brian make their ACPT predictions, consider their options for another eclipse in 2241, and attempt to learn pronunciation. We edited out most of Ryan's ills and woes, but there may be a few stray sneezes. On behalf of the wonderful constructors of our most recent Contest of Then, we would like to promote both the Midwest Crossword Tournament and These Puzzles Fund Abortion, both ventures very much worth your time! If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill

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01:50:22

Fill Me In #435: Looking back fondly on the days when...

Fill Me In ·

2024/03/26

This week, Ryan and Brian are joined by correspondent and superlinguist Ben Zimmer, who chats it up on topics like fluffles, ghost words, mountweazels, Hamburglars, Horshacks, and hurkle-durkles. Also, the Content of Still Going On still goes on — solve it here! If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on

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01:52:33

Fill Me In #434: Okay, Godot.

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2024/03/19

This week's long show is attributed in no small part to analyses of poetry, of cultural songs, and of hot dogs. Ryan and Brian are also thrilled to present a brand new contest puzzle, thanks to Shannon and Will — solve it here! If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new

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