Potent Podables

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 14th, 2024. Kyle has the Rockies, and Emily has to settle for mountain range at home. We discuss beige flags and the numbering of the Chronicles of Narnia, and Kyle educates us about the life and work of John Singer Sargent. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 7th, 2024. Moms are incredible, Emily pulls back the curtain on her culinary expertise, and she does us all a favor by doing a deep dive on James Fenimore Cooper (so now we don't have to). Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Conti...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of September 23rd, 2024. We bemoan our Learned League woes, Emily reveals her antipathy toward caves, and Kyle brings us yet another deep dive about a strong, independent woman -- this time, Mae West. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Cont...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of September 16th, 2024. Emily gives tips on holding airlines accountable, Kyle loves playing Balderdash even when nobody else is playing, and Emily dives into the story of Damon and Pythias. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to s...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of September 9, 2024. We welcome the beginning of Season 41, Kyle has a flashback to his Tournament experience, Emily describes the plot of a beloved classic picture book about child neglect, and Kyle brings us a deep dive into the life and work of Nina Simone. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/po...

We're back and preparing for season 41! (Okay, okay, we know that it's started by the time we're actually posting this.) Emily and Kyle share the stories of how we decided to try to be on Jeopardy!, our auditions, and preparation processes. Then they play through an old online test.   Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpod...

No new Jeopardy! so we are revisiting some old quizzes to find out if we have actually retained anything we learned. Maybe you will do better this time, too! Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to support social justice movements in your community and our world....

We've been on summer break, just like Jeopardy! As a treat, we thought we would go back and watch the episode that we appeared in together, and give commentary on it. It turned out pretty good! Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to support social justice movemen...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of July 15, 2024. We are hyped for the Olympic sports that we only care about every four years, we give respect to the Costco CFO, and Emily takes a lengthy deep dive into Timothy Leary. NO EPISODE NEXT WEEK!  Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail....

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of July 8th, 2024. We have a little Wallace and Gromit moment, Emily describes her best and most annoying bit, and Kyle brings us a deep dive about Maria Tallchief (Apologies for Emily's crackly audio. Maybe a faulty cable? She'll figure it out.) Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables)....

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of July 1st, 2024. We revisit the trauma of Flowers for Algernon, Emily keeps her Disney talk to a minimum, and then she gives a deep dive about Mary, Queen of Scots. (Please note: The audio got out of sync toward the end of the episode. We apologize for the poor quality there.) Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patre...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of June 17th, 2024. We notice some throwbacks to the good old days of season 35, encounter the one an only scenario where we would wager for the tie, and five years after missing a question about him, Kyle finally figures out what's up with Duke Kahanamoku. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potent...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of June 10th, 2024. Ken takes Emily's side in the Great Hamilton Feud, Kyle's dumb commercial memory is vindicated, and Emily does a deep dive into the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to support...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of June 3rd, 2024. We remember what a jeremiad is, reflect on the cosmic unfairness of getting outbuzzed on a category that should be "yours," and Kyle brings us a deep dive on the noted polymath Albert Schweitzer. (The title of this episode is a Disney World joke, Emily says sorry not sorry.) Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Chec...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of May 27th, 2024. Emily goes overboard on the whole Hamilton-lyric thing, we affirm how funny we are, and Emily does a deep dive into the practice of burning draft cards. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to support social justic...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of May 20th, 2024. Kyle demonstrates his Jimmy Stewart voice, Emily gets pedantic about crosswords, and we finally - finally! - get to talk about J.S. Bach and his numerous notable progeny. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to sup...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of May 13th, 2024. We criticize some question writing (gasp!), learn about the goats that Emily met at camp, and she gives a deep dive into Captain Kidd. (Also, Kyle messed up his microphone for the second half of the episode. Apologies.) Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of May 6th, 2024. We get extremely picky about what counts as a homophone, Emily still can't distinguish the names of anyone named Huey, Dewey, or Louie, and Kyle brings a deep dive about the Basque people. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of April 29th, 2024. Kyle is out-of-town, so Emily is joined by Emily Herndon Thurston, a champion from 2014. With the combined power of two Emily's, anything is possible! Like a deep dive into the House of Burgesses. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescas...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of April 22nd, 2024. We float some original fan theories about R2D2 and Donder and Blitzen, shudder at the thought of Russell Crowe playing Aragorn and Tom Selleck playing Indiana Jones, and Kyle brings us a deep dive about the life and legacy of Zora Neale Hurston. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.c...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of April 15th, 2024. We revel in a full-week of regular-play episodes, Kyle works through the old wounds of candlepin bowling, and Emily does a deep dive into the Christian liturgical calendar and the most notable days therein. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentp...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of April 8th, 2024. We reminisce about Galaxy Quest, welcome the return of regular Jeopardy episodes, and learn all about Faraday and his eponymous cage. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to support social justice movements in you...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of April 1st, 2024 (no foolin'). We share some of what our kids are up to, mourn the passing of Emily's individual J! record, and Emily takes a deep dive into glees, and their eponymous clubs. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of March 25th, 2024. We begrudgingly admit that we really like this tournament, share a moment about Furbies, and Kyle brings us a deep dive about Al Capone. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to support social justice movements in...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of March 18th, 2024. We celebrate and mourn the passing of the Tournament of Champions, chat about our personal picks in the JIT, and Emily dives into (or off of?) the Burj Khalifa. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to support soc...