Inside the Jigsaw Puzzle Factory

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In the time of “puzzle and chill,” listener Myco needs to know: how are jigsaw puzzles made? Plus, why are clouds of terrifying black birds gathering in listener Amanda’s neighborhood every evening? ELT puts the pieces together. Guests: Thomas Kaeppeler, President of Ravensburger North America, Inc.; bird expert Judith Bailey. Thanks to callers Myco and Amanda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've reached the Every Little Thing helpline for your high adrenaline questions about extreme
0:06.5	high octane pastimes.
0:08.3	Good evening, good evening.
0:11.6	My name is Mikeo and I'm super perplexed on puzzles.
0:16.0	Each piece looks so unique. I wonder how puzzles are made and I wonder if I could ever become a puzzle maker and tell me more. Hello? Hey Mico, it's Flora from E.L. T. How's it going?
0:40.8	Good. How has your PPT PD increased since March?
0:48.6	Can you elaborate?
0:51.4	Your puzzles put together per day. I definitely don't puzzle every day. I just
0:57.1	ponder puzzles every day. So your PPPD is up. puzzle is pondered per day.
1:03.0	Boom, yeah.
1:05.0	Tell me about the last great puzzle you did.
1:10.0	Okay, so, is this beautiful 1500-piece puzzle of two rock faces with a sunset and a waterfall and it's all overlooking this epic meadow with a moose and my partner and I we
1:26.9	knocked it out no problem. What's the feeling that you get when you've completed
1:31.0	a puzzle? Elation.
1:34.0	Really? Elation?
1:35.0	Yeah.
1:36.0	I feel like if you get elation out of puzzles,
1:38.0	like you should never skydive.
1:40.0	I don't think I ever had planned to. You know your limits. Yeah, I like the ground.
1:49.6	Okay, so Michael, I think we found just the person to give you the facts on puzzles.
1:57.0	Hey, Michael.
1:58.0	My name is Thomas Capeter.
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