173 episodes

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 well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses. 

Plus, Chief Puzzle Officer Greg Pliska joins A.J. each week to present new puzzles from the Puzzle Lab. And there’s a daily Extra Credit Puzzler for our Puzzlers at home. (Answers revealed in the following episode.) 


Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast today for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle you, puzzlingly!


"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.

The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs iHeartPodcasts

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    • 4.6 • 109 Ratings

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 well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses. 

Plus, Chief Puzzle Officer Greg Pliska joins A.J. each week to present new puzzles from the Puzzle Lab. And there’s a daily Extra Credit Puzzler for our Puzzlers at home. (Answers revealed in the following episode.) 


Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast today for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle you, puzzlingly!


"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.

    "Wuthering Bytes" w/ Kara Swisher

    "Wuthering Bytes" w/ Kara Swisher

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book out! You can order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: host of On with Kara Swisher, tech journalist Kara Swisher!

    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.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 7 min
    "Musk's Tusks" w/ Kara Swisher

    "Musk's Tusks" w/ Kara Swisher

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book out! You can order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: host of On with Kara Swisher, tech journalist Kara Swisher!

    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.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 9 min
    "Aye or Nay" w/ A.J. & Greg

    "Aye or Nay" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book coming out! You can pre-order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: our very own Chief Puzzle Officer, Greg Pliska.

    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.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 12 min
    "O Say Can You CC" w/ A.J. & Greg

    "O Say Can You CC" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book coming out! You can pre-order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: our very own Chief Puzzle Officer, Greg Pliska.

    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.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 10 min
    "Charades" w/ A.J. & Greg

    "Charades" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book coming out! You can pre-order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: our very own Chief Puzzle Officer, Greg Pliska.

    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.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 11 min
    "Bill of Mights" w/ A.J. & Greg

    "Bill of Mights" w/ A.J. & Greg

    Hello, Puzzlers! AJ has a new book coming out! You can pre-order "The Year of Living Constitutionally" right now!.

    Puzzling with us today: our very own Chief Puzzle Officer, Greg Pliska.

    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.

    Subscribe to The Puzzler podcast wherever you get your podcasts! 

    "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.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 12 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
109 Ratings

109 Ratings

kinaleigh ,

A delightful daily diversion!

I absolutely adore this podcast. From playing along with the guests to puzzling over the extra credit (and feeling an unreasonable sense of pride when I figure out a tough one), The Puzzler is the cream cheese frosting on my red velvet puzzle cake.

Sodajanie ,

Great show

Fun.

CharleyTaps ,

Fun!

Thanks AJ for bringing us the delightful challenge, learning and brightness of this podcast!!!

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