EP. 409: Scrabblology with Stefan Fatsis!

Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

Lipstick Nancy, Inc. & Glassbox Media

Comedy

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 92 minutes

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You don’t think “scrabblology” is a word? Feel free to challenge us. Meanwhile, the stars have aligned in a high-scoring syzygy to allow “Word Freak” Stefan Fatsis to join us and talk about competitive Scrabble! Also, we’ve got a particularly awesome new batch of your Show Descriptions! GUEST Stefan Fatsis bystefanfatsis.com/word-freak HOUSE BAND Joshua Raoul Brody SPONSORS Head to Factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. See website for more details! For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at Tumbleliving.com/PAULA Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 27% off sitewide! For a limited time our listeners are getting a free gift on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠ Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns. Now available in Canada!Use code [PAULA] to get up to 57% Off and a Free Gift at FirstDay.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.3	So, yeah, no, I didn't win anything on the Kentucky Derby.
1:04.5	There we go.
1:05.5	My one and only time betting on horse racing.
1:09.1	If you were to bet on a horse to stop in the middle of the track and dance silly,
1:17.2	you probably wouldn't win.
1:19.1	Let's face it, you probably wouldn't win.
1:21.4	You probably wouldn't win that bet, yeah.
1:23.2	But if you did, whoa, right?
1:26.9	I mean, fun to fantasize about what you'd do with that kind of money. None of this, you know, penny and I parlayed 20 bucks into 300. That doesn't matter. Yeah, I got to be honest with you. I don't know should I strike it rich like that on a bet like that. I don't know that I'd be here next week. I don't know that I would be on every show. Oh, come on. You know, I've thought about this. If I had like all of a sudden I got, you know, I won, let's say 50 million, like a ton of money like that much money. That's a lot of money. What I still keep doing what I'm doing. And I actually think I would.
2:02.0	Yeah, but that's just out of habit, really.
2:03.9	I never put it at 50 million before.
2:06.2	I was thinking maybe 4 million.
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