Puzzling It Out
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
A. J. Jacobs, host of the new daily iHeart podcast "The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs," NPR contributor, contributing editor at Esquire, and the author of several books including The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life (Crown, 2022), and Greg Pliska, chief puzzle officer for "The Puzzler" podcast, talk about why they think we are in a golden age of puzzles, and quiz listeners on New York-themed puzzle questions.
→EVENT: A.J. Jacobs with Greg Pliska hosts a live performance of The Puzzler on January 31st, 7:00-8:30pm, at the Midnight Theater, 75 Manhattan West Plaza. Guests include Ophira Eisenberg and Wyna Liu.
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| 0:00.0 | Bring him error on WNYC and Attention Puzzle Addicts. |
| 0:14.4 | The final segment of the show today is especially for you. |
| 0:17.3 | You are invited right now to call in and try your hand at a puzzle made especially for us called New York, New Schmork. |
| 0:25.8 | The clues will lead you to answers about New York in Rhine. |
| 0:29.3 | No prizes in this puzzle except bragging rights, but what could be more fun? |
| 0:34.0 | 212 433 WNYC 212 433 9692 |
| 0:41.0 | it's New York, new schmork, who wants to play. And why are we doing this? Where did this come from? |
| 0:47.0 | Well, it comes from our guests who have a new podcast called The Puzzler. They are many time |
| 0:52.3 | guest on the show, A.J. Jacobs, who was last here to talk about |
| 0:56.1 | his latest book now in paperback called The Puzzler, One Man's Quest to |
| 1:00.0 | solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life and |
| 1:06.2 | puzzle maker aka chief puzzle officer how's that for a title chief puzzle officer |
| 1:12.1 | Greg Pliska whose, some of you might remember |
| 1:15.0 | from NPR's Ask Me Another. |
| 1:17.1 | They've got a live show coming up this month |
| 1:19.6 | in the city of New York, New Schmork, which we tell you about, that'll be on the 31st, and we will play |
| 1:26.6 | this puzzle that they wrote, especially for you all for this segment. |
| 1:31.4 | So who wants to try to answer these questions just for fun? for this |
| 1:33.8 | segment so who wants to try to answer these questions just for fun that prompt |
| 1:35.9 | rhymes about New York 212 |
| 1:38.8 | 433 |
| 1:40.0 | WNYC 21212 433 962. |
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