Jun 30, 2020
This week, Ryan and Brian save a date, plan for long distance puzzling, and learn the term "randomgram." There's a brand new Contest of Now (which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi250con), and most weeks, we stream puzzle solving at https://www.twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4pm PT / 7pm...
Jun 23, 2020
This week, Ryan and Brian are delighted to bring you another interview segment – puzzlemaker and musical theater pianist Amanda Rafkin! Amanda writes daily puzzles for her own blog, has been published in numerous other venues, and has some very strong opinions about musicals. We also have our standards – a Contest...
Jun 16, 2020
This week, Ryan and Brian do their best to stick to the script – it's a Thunder Round of fun puzzles, a new Contest of Now (download it here), and don't forget our Twitch stream for cryptic crosswords and P&A Magazine (Wed. and Sat. @ 7:00pm ET).
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Jun 9, 2020
This week, Ryan and Brian's interview studio is graced by the great Ben Zimmer! Known to much of world as a renowned linguist, lexicographer, and language columnist for the Wall Street Journal (among other places), he is known on this program as "The Barnacle," and regularly delivers expertise on word origin and...
Jun 2, 2020
This week, Ryan and Brian discuss Avengers, Dole Whip, and learn a ton about cryptic crosswords courtesy of a great conversation with Neville Fogarty! There's a new Contest of Now (PDF only this time), and we invite you to our Twitch stream for cryptic crosswords (Wed @ 7:00pm Eastern).
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