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What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast

What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast

By: Heller & Cullen
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 A weekly comedy podcast about Jeopardy! from comedians Emily Heller and John Cullen. Art Performing Arts Stand-up Shows
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  • Week of January 19: The Layout of the Boy Aquarium

    Week of January 19: The Layout of the Boy Aquarium
    Jan 27 2026
    The Tournament of Champions is HERE and we love to see a bunch of our faves back on the Alex Trebek Stage. John nails a bunch of his predictions (including the one about the herbal candies), we get some great sports-related anecdotes, and we see some great gameplay as we continue on with this Jeopardy! postseason. Plus, John finishes watching Heated Rivalry, Emily updates us on what fans think is an editing snafu, and we dive deep on the famous photo taken at Iwo Jima. If you want some more moments of this show that are so famous you may want to take a picture, why not join our Patreon? It's just $5/month and you'll get a new bonus episode every month including this week, as Alison Betts and Drew Goins join us to play a rock and metal music board that goes about as well as both of those J! legends think it will (badly). You also get immediate access to all of our back catalogue of bonus episodes, access to our wonderful Discord community, and MORE! Join today at patreon.com/jeopardypodcast. SOURCE: Colliers: "The Picture That Will Live Forever" by Joe Rosenthal and W.C. Heinz; Pulitzer.org: "Joe Rosenthal and the Flag-Raising on Iwo Jima" 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.
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • Week of January 12: Herbal Candy

    Week of January 12: Herbal Candy
    Jan 20 2026
    The Champions Wild Card finals are here, and they are a doozy, as we get the Jeopardy!-Honored "Game of the Year" and some stellar (no pun intended) play from a fantastic group of contestants. We also get a very self-deprecating response from Harvey Silikovitz, a Julia Child impression, and we preview the upcoming Tournament of Champions. And in a week of boring FJs, John manages to find an interesting angle to dive deep on William Faulkner. If you want some more interesting angles on Jeopardy!, why not support the show? Head on over to patreon.com/jeopardypodcast, where $5/month gets you access to a NEW bonus episode every month! Plus, you'll get access to our entire back catalogue of bonus episodes, our Discord, and MORE. Join now! SOURCE: Los Angeles Times: "'The Sound and the Fury', as William Faulkner Imagined, In Color" by Carolyn Kellogg; University of Saskatchewan: "The Composition of 'The Sound and the Fury'" by Gail M. Morrison 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.
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Week of January 5: That's An Overline

    Week of January 5: That's An Overline
    Jan 13 2026
    The Champions Wild Card tournament begins and brings with it a fantastic week of games with tight races for first place in each game, strategic wagering for semifinal berths, and lots of very impressive gameplay. We also get Bill McKinley giving one of the funniest half-hearted attempts to explain away a poor Final Jeopardy! decision in the show's history. We also discuss Ken's Bluesky rants, Stella Trout's resemblance to Snail Mail, and we dive deep on guinea pigs. If you want to be a guinea pig for what it looks like to support the show, head on over to patreon.com/jeopardypodcast! Just $5/month gets you a new bonus episode every month, access to our full back catalogue, our Discord, and so much more! Plus, our latest bonus episode reunites Lisa Hanawalt and our own Emily Heller for the first new episode of Baby Geniuses in over two years! You won't wanna miss out, join now! SOURCE: National Library of Medicine: "Animal Models of Tuberculosis: Guinea Pigs" by Simon Clark, et al.; CBS News: "Peru Pushes Guinea Pigs as Food" by Rick Vecchio Special thank you as always to the Jeopardy! Fan and J-Archive. This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.
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    1 hr and 30 mins
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