What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast

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Week of September 21st: Drag it Through the Garden

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/09/29

It's our second week back with Handsome Kevin Seccia, and dare I say we have our first breakout star of the season??? We do so much digging into the history of Groundhog Day you can basically call us Fred le Marmotte. The Greek Theater gets multiple shoutouts. We also "give dap" to our favorite responses and anecdotes of the week, including some prime bitchy Ken moments. Thanks as always to the Jeopardy! Fan and the J! Archive. This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music is by Nate Heller. Art

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79:39

Week of Sept 14: A Rich Tapestry of Horrible...

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/09/22

Well well well, looks like we CAN do the podcast without John! (even though the first time I tried to publish this I failed horribly) Emily is joined by friend of the podcast, Handsome Kevin Seccia, to recap the first week of season 43. Ken gets the Jeopardy! writers too online, Andrew Garfield seduces us down to his dungeon, Emily meets the Greatest Showman, and we play a new game: married or divorced?Special thank you, as always, to The Jeopardy! Fan and the J-Archive. This episode was produced

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01:19:40

Week of Sept 14: A rich tapestry of horrible...

What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast ·

2026/09/22

Well well well, looks like we CAN do the podcast without John! (even though the first time I tried to publish this I failed horribly) Emily is joined by friend of the podcast, Handsome Kevin Seccia, to recap the first week of season 43. Ken gets the Jeopardy! writers too online, Andrew Garfield seduces us down to his dungeon, Emily meets the Greatest Showman, and we play a new game: married or divorced? Special thank you, as always, to The Jeopardy! Fan and the J-Archive. This episode was produced

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97:32

The 2026 Jeoppys

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2026/09/01

The most prestigious awards in television are BACK, as we hand out our Jeoppy Awards for Season 41 of Jeopardy!, from the classic Response and Anecdote of the Year to the best names and misleading headlines from the year that was. And of course, the monologue returns, poking fun at all of the major stories from the season and almost certainly being the only comedy monologue about Jeopardy! to air anywhere on earth. Plus, this is John's last main feed episode (for now), so he says goodbye, and Emily

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80:29

The 2026 WIAJP Player of the Year: Jamie Ding

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2026/08/07

Who else could it be? A 31-game winning streak, a great sense of humour, and a hell of a lot of orange, Jamie Ding joins us to discuss his amazing run on the Alex Trebek Stage. We ask about his prep process, how he feels watching the ToC stack up with amazing contestants, his worst anecdote, his biggest purchase so far, and what it's like to hug Ben Affleck.And if you want to feel like you're getting a great hug from a celebrity, why not join the Patreon? Just $5/month gets you a new bonus episode

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86:08

Week of July 20: Catch the Freshness

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2026/07/28

The end of the 42nd season of Jeopardy! is here, and it ends with a week of absolute BANGERS, including what is potentially the Game of the Year on Thursday. We also get introduced to one of the more memorable players of the season in Grace Biermann, Caleb Groen's superchampion run comes to an end, and we dive deep on Billy Bob Thornton and Sling Blade.If you want to feel as good as marrying Angelina Jolie does (probably), then why not donate to the show? You'll get a brand-new bonus episode every

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77:26

Week of July 13: Which Unabomber?

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2026/07/21

We ponder the existence of multiple Unabombers on this week's episode as Caleb Groen enters the imperial phase of his superchamp run, which is to say, not a lot happens this week other than Caleb dominating. Caleb also has an anecdote that makes John insecure about his own intelligence, we learn about a word Jeopardy! apparently doesn't use on set, and we get a Name of the Year contender. Plus, we dive deep on Brigham Young.If you want to be our Listener of the Year, it all starts with donating to

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96:52

Week of July 6: Emily Met Tom Cruise

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2026/07/14

Yes, Jeopardy! games happened this week and Caleb Groen continues an impressive streak of ToC invites by winning his fifth game, but most of you will be here to hear about Tom Cruise showing up at Emily's work and her and all of her co-workers going nuts about it. Plus, Jeopardy! opens up a writer's spot, we get one of our favorite contestants of the entire season, and we dive deep on Florence Nightingale. If you want to be one of our favorite listeners, why not donate to the show? For just

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78:05

Week of June 29: Bulging

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2026/07/07

Much like a certain Jeopardy! category, we are BULGING with content this week as we say goodbye to superchamp Adam Remsen and we get one of the games of the season in the wake of his farewell to the Alex Trebek Stage. Plus, some olds online get weird about Ken on vacation, Ken has one of his cattier moments of the season, and we dive deep (sort of) on Lin-Manuel Miranda. If you want to dive deep on one of this year's superchamps, why not join the Patreon? Tristan Williams joined us for a fantastic

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90:11

Week of June 22: The Slime of Glory

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2026/06/30

John returns to the show after a week off just in time to watch Adam Remsen become a super champion with a very strong week of games. We also get a very strong Response of the Year candidate with the rare "kibbitz with Ken" left in the edit and a previous Response of the Week crosses over into Minor League Baseball. Plus, Emily provides us with some more updates on being the cool aunt and we dive deep on the history of Ellis Island. If you want to be the cool aunt (or just a cool person), why not

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83:52

Week of June 15: No Meatspin Until You Finish Your...

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2026/06/23

John’s out this week, so Emily is joined by reigning TOC champion Paolo Pasco to recap another week of Adam Remsen. Despite some strong play this week, we are spoiled for choice when it comes to Response of the Week, and Paolo keeps his cards close to his chest about his Masters prep. This week’s JFAF has us asking, should retirees watch Jeopardy!? The answer may surprise you! Plus, we dive deep on nothing, because Emily forgot to ask Paolo to prepare something. Paolo is here this week but you know

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73:50

Week of June 8: Twice a Bird

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2026/06/16

After Jamie Ding's imperial run and three consecutive ToC invites, the inevitable finally happened: we saw a bad game of Jeopardy!. Of course, all games of Jeopardy! are great, but this week finally served as a reminder that the game is hard and we've been watching some very impressive runs. This week, Peter McFerrin's run comes to an end, we get a few tough games, and we get a Final Jeopardy! response for the ages. Plus, we dive deep on hypnotism.We don't want to resort to putting you in a deep

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82:38

Week of June 1: California Creaming

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2026/06/09

The Tournament of Champions invites are getting handed out like candy as we went from Tristan Williams to Chris D'Angelo to now Peter McFerrin, who ends Chris' impressive run and racks up 5 wins of his own, dominating the week in the process. He also spurs on a debate about his accent the likes of which we haven't seen since Harrison Whitaker, and he gives a Response of the Week while trying a French accent on for size. Meanwhile, TV Insider finally writes a good headline and we dive deep on

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83:23

Week of May 25: Ballet is the French Accent of the Body

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2026/06/02

We learned a lot about Chris D'Angelo last week and even heard from his sister, but this was TRULY Chris D'Angelo week on J! as he has a fantastic run of games and earns his way into the Tournament of Champions. We also get a contender for Response of the Year, it's a tough week for anecdotes, Emily works on her French accent, and we dive deep on Pilates.If you wanna really stretch out with our podcast, why not join the Patreon? You'll get a new bonus episode every single month, access to our

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82:17

Week of May 18: Elmo v. Jar Jar w/ Jen D'Angelo

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2026/05/26

Tristan Williams cements his superchamp status this week...just in time to lose it to Chris D'Angelo, who begins a little run of his own after a fortuitous math error in Final works out in his favor. Also this week, we get a quintessential Canadian contestant we love, Ken puts in a very strong nominee for Ken's Korner of the Year, and we dive deep on Sputnik. Plus, "Quiz Lady" writer and producer Jen D'Angelo–who also happens to be Chris' sister–sends in a note about finally being able to watch her

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84:11

Week of May 11: 70 Lbs. Worth of Bible

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2026/05/19

It's Tristan Williams week on Jeopardy! as he gets himself a ToC invitation and much more, playing solidly across all 5 games this week. He gets a couple of close scares though, as we discuss a charming southern U.S.A. anecdote, the show seemingly taking a few shots at right wing America, and Ken introduces a game in a way we've never heard before. Plus, we dive deep on the Gutenberg Bible.If you want to feel pious and holy, perhaps do the most blessed thing and donate to our show on Patreon

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87:45

Week of May 4: This Feels Canadian To Me

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2026/05/12

It's a Canadian week on Jeopardy! as a contestant from a small Ontario town near where John grew up gets blessed with a Final Jeopardy! category about Canadian music. We also get a a show first: a contestant and listener who purposely steered their anecdote to be about something we have professed our love for on our podcast. Elsewhere, Ken decides a specific contestant is his opp for some reason, we learn some horny gossip about a potentially rewritten category title, and we dive deep on Canadian

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86:04

Week of April 27: Yellow Delicious

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2026/05/05

It was a wild and weird week for Jeopardy! as superchamp Jamie Ding meets his end at the hands of Greg Shahade, a chess master and very solid champion who dominated the news cycle this week for not his gameplay but uhh...other reasons. We bid farewell to our beloved Jamie and discuss a very fun week of games as we get an anecdote flex, two Response of the Year candidates, and we dive deep on the Granny Smith apple.If you want something else that will help keep the doctor away, why not join our

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81:32

Week of April 20: Not Really Horny, But Penis Mentioned

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2026/04/28

Jeopardy! proves that you don't have to be horny to mention a horse's "equipment", and quite frankly, we approach feeling horny ourselves for one of the best games in Jamie Ding's entire run, as him and Patrick Nolan have a fantastic back-and-forth in Thursday's game. Plus, we get a real gunslinger in Lydia who answers so many clues her tongue gets twisted, John gets scared by an Emily anecdote prompt, and we dive deep on the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise". If you want to feel patriotic

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76:45

Week of April 13: The Cocaine Episode

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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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