What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast

It's our last episode with Guy Branum (for now!) and Jeopardy sends him off in style with a week of QUEENS! Absolute QUEENS! We're spoiled for choice when it comes to lovably nerdy anecdotes of the week, Ken says some dirty words, we get excited about what November holds for us, and we theorize about the matchmaking potential of the Alex Trebek stage.

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What a week! Guy Branum is with us again to break down Anthony Cantor's run (ooOOO), we're spoiled for choice when it comes to anecdote of the week, and it's a very Ken's Korner-heavy episode. Plus: we take a delightful detour into programming Ken's theoretical RuPaul's Drag Race episode.

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Produced by Producer Dan

Art by Max Wittert

Music by Nate Heller

Thanks as always to the Jeopardy! Fan and the j-archive.

It's week 2 of the Guy Branum administration here at WIAJP, and we have a lot of fun recapping this historic week of games! There are also MANY inside baseball digressions into the television industry and LA politics. Plus, Emily and the fans are fuming in unison! Boards are trod! Regrets are rued! And we get a special message from one of this week's contestants.

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Thanks as always to the Jeopardy! Fan and the J! Archive.

The torch has been passed to our newest guest host: Guy Branum! And he's just in time to celebrate both Emily's birthday and a week of absolute queens on the show. Rian falls victim to the season 43 curse, Emily unsuppresses her Mr. Big memories, and we bring the same attention to detail to finishing writing the recaps as we do to getting this episode out on time.

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This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Art by Max Wittert. Theme songs by Nate Heller. Thanks as always to the Jeopardy! Fan and the J! archive.

It's Handsome Kevin Seccia's farewell (for now!) episode, and we rue our childish hopes for Nikolas's run. Kevin quibbles about a wrestling clue and Producer Dan agrees, we try our hands at the ooOOO, and Kevin gives us some knife recommendations on his way out the door. Something else Kevin recommends: joining our Patreon! $5/month gets you access to our discord server as well as all of our bonus content. That includes the new episode that will be coming out this week, starring HKS and some of our other pals from The Great North writers' room playing some fun party games.

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This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Art is by Max Wittert. Music by Nate Heller. Thanks as always to the J! Archive and the Jeopardy Fan.

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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 is by Max Wittert.

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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 by Producer Dan. Music is by Nate Heller. Art is by Max Wittert.

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 reveals her plans for the show.

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This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert. Additional material by Peter Miller.

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.

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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.

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SOURCE: Washington Post: "Who Is That Guy?" by Rita Kempley; Vanity Fair: "Robert Duvall Has an Interesting Nickname for Billy Bob Thornton" by Julie Miller; Mental Floss: "14 Fascinating Facts About 'Sling Blade'" by Roger Cormier

Special thank you as always to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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.

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SOURCE: From the Desk: "Who Was Brigham Young?" by Kurt Manwaring

Special thank you as always to The Jeopardy! Fan and the J-Archive.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music is by Nate Heller. Art is by Max Wittert.

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.

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SOURCE: National Women's History Museum: "Florence Nightingale" by Kerri Lee Alexander; National Army Museum: "Florence Nightingale: The Lady with the Lamp"; Historic UK: "Florence Nightingale" by Jessica Brain

Special thank you as always to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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.

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SOURCE: The New Yorker: "A Hip-Hop Hamilton" by Rebecca Mead.

Special thank you as always to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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.

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SOURCE: Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Foundation: "Overview + History: Ellis Island"; Brooklyn Eagle: "Gateway of the Continent: Receiving Immigrants at the Station on Ellis Island" by J. Aldrich Libbey; Metropolis: "How Frank Lloyd Wright Would Have Transformed Ellis Island" by Debra Pickrel

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This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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.

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Special thank you as always to The Jeopardy! Fan and the J-Archive.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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.

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SOURCE: The National Council for Hypnotherapy: "History of Hypnosis"

Special thank you as always to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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 Father's Day.

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SOURCE: Nashua Telegraph: "Decades After Mother Recognized, Father Finally Granted a Day"

Special thank you as always to The Jeopardy! Fan and the J-Archive.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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.

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SOURCE: Sports Illustrated: "Joe Pilates: Learning to Be An Animal" by Robert Wernick; Knockaloe Charitable Trust: "Joseph Pilates"

Special thank you as always to The Jeopardy! Fan and the J-Archive.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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 brother play on Jeopardy! after years of him trying and how he inspired the genesis of "Quiz Lady" in the first place.

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SOURCE: Slate: "Can America Ever Have Another 'Sputnik Moment'?" by Fred Kaplan

Special thank you as always to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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.

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SOURCE: History: "7 Things You May Not Know About the Gutenberg Bible" by Evan Andrews

Special thank you as always to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.