Part-Time Genius on The Puzzler: "True True False False" w/ Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur

Part-Time Genius

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Hello, Puzzlers! Puzzling with us today: hosts of the "Part-Time Genius" podcast, Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur!

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 AI” and audio rebuses.

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"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.

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0:00.0	Hello, puzzlers. Let's start with a quick puzzle. Our guests today are Will and Mango hosts of the excellent podcast, part-time genius. So in honor of Will and Mango, we are looking for things with the initials WM. Fraises are people with the initials WM. For instance, something that you step on before entering a house is a welcome mat.
0:22.1	That's a WM.
0:23.5	Here's a hint to another.
0:25.0	A big obelisk in Washington, D.C.
0:27.6	It's also a WM.
0:29.0	Think of as many WMs as you can during the break,
0:31.6	and we'll return with our guests, W. Pearson and M. Hot Ticketer.
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