Jun 29, 2021
This week, Brian is in Maine and Ryan still can't sell Wingspan. Also: other word games, the history of AREA, a personal P&A challenge, and a new club! There's a contest crossword, which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi301con, and you should check out our twice-weekly Twitch stream at
Jun 22, 2021
This week, Ryan and Brian discuss the history of ERA clues, talk through the past week of NYT crosswords, and announce one or two details about Lollapuzzoola 14. There's a new contest crossword, which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi301con, and you should check out our twice-weekly Twitch stream at
Jun 15, 2021
This week, Ryan and Brian blast to the past and revisit some older puzzles to see how they've held up over time. In current events, there's still a contest crossword, which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi299con, and you should check out our twice-weekly Twitch stream at
Jun 8, 2021
This week, Ryan and Brian open with puzzles, talk about puzzles, and actually it's all quite surprising the amount of proper puzzle content. It's almost like 299 episodes in, they figured out what to do. (Narrator: They didn't.) There's a new contest crossword, which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi299con, and you...
Jun 1, 2021
"Explicit," you say? This week, Ben Zimmer (aka "The Barnacle") stops by to talk about a bunch of dirty words! Ryan expresses his love for Sinead O'Connor, Brian is scared of financial risk, and the Patreon music timed out really well! There's a contest crossword, which you can download at http://bit.ly/fmi297con, and...