Week of March 24: Gold Medal in the Nerd Olympics

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04/01/25 • 83 min

It's Josh Weikert week on the show, as he goes through a series of Final Jeopardy! misses but it doesn't matter, as a combination of lock games, weird wagers, and good ol' fashioned luck conspire to make him the latest entrant into the 2026 Tournament of Champions. And what a week it is, as Jeopardy! continues to get even hornier with some wild anagrams, we get two insanely nerdy anecdotes, J! fans are fuming about the Masters lineup, and we dive deep on the nicknames of North and South Korea.

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SOURCE: "Corea: The Hermit Nation" by William Elliot Griffis; New York Times: "Exploring 'The Land of Morning Calm'" by Adam H. Graham.

Special thank you as always to The Jeopardy! Fan and J-Archive.

This episode is produced by Producer Dan. Art by Max Wittert. Music by Nate Heller.

SOURCE: "Corea: The Hermit Nation" by William Elliot Griffis; New York Times: "Exploring 'The Land of Morning Calm'" by Adam H. Graham.

Special thank you as always to The Jeopardy! Fan and J-Archive.

This episode is produced by Producer Dan. Art by Max Wittert. Music by Nate Heller.

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Week of March 17: The One With Matt Leblanc's Porno

Yes, this is a Jeopardy! podcast, and yes, John reminisces about the old softcore pornography show "The Red Shoe Diaries", which yes, does have an episode with Matt Leblanc in it. But enough about that, it's Alex DeFrank week on the show as the former Sports Jeopardy! champ goes on an excellent run and Ken really lets loose this week with multiple interjections including allowing Alex the joy of doing a Butt-Head impression on the Alex Trebek stage. Plus, a Joanna Newsom anecdote leads to follow-up from Mr. Joanna Newsom himself, Andy Samberg, J! fans are upset with clues about Kanye, and we dive deep on Copenhagen the Horse.

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SOURCE: The Pall Mall Magazine: "Copenhagen and Other Famous Battle-Horses" by Archibald Forbes.

Special thank you as always to The Jeopardy! Fan and J-Archive.

This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Art by Max Wittert. Music by Nate Heller.

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Week of March 31: An Outrageously Biased Episode

Look, past guest host of this show and our great friend Guy Branum was on Jeopardy! this week. In theory, some other stuff happened too, but we are mostly focused on Guy's Friday appearance, as he does battle with 4-day champion Bryce Wargin and Mike Dawson in a fantastic game. Elsewhere, Mike and Conner give us some great "bad date" anecdotes, JFAF sees the online J! community curious about Guy's bonafides, and we dive deep on Louis Braille. But mostly, Guy was on the show this week, and we just think that's neat.

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SOURCE: Duxbury Systems: "Louis Braille and the Braille System"

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.