Fill Me In

This week, Ryan and Brian do some cryptic pub quizzing, identify the Hebrew Hammer, and have their copyrights infringed upon.   This show: Brian's Word Game App of the Week is Blackbar for iOS and Android. Get it here . Triple Decker Trivia by Joon Pahk, Squirrel of Discord The Cryptic Pub Quiz Book by Frank Paul The Indie 500 Crossword Tournament: www.theindie500.com A collection of 18 puzzles co...

This week, Ryan and Brian discuss color blindness, Cats, and unsolvable Only Connect puzzles.   This show: Click here to listen to Episode #137 The random meeting of Ryan and Stephen "Grimaldi" Grant in the middle of Rome. The Indie 500 Crossword Tournament: www.theindie500.com A collection of 18 puzzles constructed, proofread, and edited by women. This project was helmed by Patti Varol and Amy Re...

This week, Ryan and Brian find out what happened to Ryan's brilliant idea from last week, Brian talks about covering a musical theater artist in cat hair, and they briefly mention soup.   This show: The Indie 500 Crossword Tournament: www.theindie500.com A collection of 18 puzzles constructed, proofread, and edited by women. This project was helmed by Patti Varol and Amy Reynaldo. You can acquire...

This week's episode is full of stringed instruments, British game shows, chickens, and soup (but not chicken soup). Listen as Ryan comes up with something brilliant but doesn't know what to do with it and Brian invites all our viewers to Maine.   This show: Read about Kentucky BBQ at www.southernfoodways.org AS YOU LIKE IT, Act 2, Scene 4 - ROSALIND: I could find in my heart to disgrace my man's a...

This week's episode of Fill Me In is full of soup, Yoda, the return of the Filet-o-Fish, and the inherent problems with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat . We also reference puzzles, puzzle people, and at least two Patricks.   This show: Crosswords Club: call 1-800-220-7443 or go to Penny Dell Puzzles ( https://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/ ), and use code 6PTX32 Crosswords With Friends (sm...

After a quick week off, Fill Me In is back to fill your ears with all the latest happenings in the crossword world. Hear Ryan talk about the CTA. Listen to Brian remember nicknames. Greet Thor as he brings us another round of Thunder.   From Erik Agard:  The Puzzle Collaboration Directory is a Facebook group created to provide resources for people of color, women, and other underrepresented folks...

Show Notes: Radish Cooking Club for Kids Queer Qcrosswords Crosswords Club: Use this code for 50% off: 6PTX32. Call 1-800-220-7443 or go to Penny Dell Puzzles . Is this good pizza? https://www.salandcarminepizza.com Infinite Jest wiki: http://infinitejest.wallacewiki.com

Ryan and Brian are back! It's like seven years never happened, except for those three hours when we failed to successfully record this episode the first time.

Hi Eric and Jeffrey, I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to let you know that I was talking with Ryan Hecht the other day, and we were both so honored by your FILL ME IN website. In fact, we were so moved, we created a small surprise for you. Well, not very small. It's about 109 minutes long. -- Fill Me In ended its initial run in March 2011. Four years (and many major life changes) later,...

Some have said it's the end of an era. We think it's just something we decided not to do anymore.  In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion w...

Wednesday is Wednesday, even if the podcast is up 14 hours late. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily consume the glory...

Pre-production means jack. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily consume the glory days through badly recorded annals of...

Is anyone out there? In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily consume the glory days through badly recorded annals of Ryan...

Being busy and being away from home are two separate concepts yielding two separate results. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who wil...

Our Motto: ottoM ruO. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily consume the glory days through badly recorded annals of Ryan...

Recaps! News! The future! All we need now is something interesting to talk about. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily...

Brian doesn't know the difference between Monday and Tuesday. Also, freaky dreams infect our audience. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical mini...

Mercifully, "What Brian Doesn't Know About Lettuce" was cut before release. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily consum...

Our first interview in ages! It's Brian's father, Xop, and he has a lot to say. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily co...

Ryan has a singing face. And pie and ice cream co-exist on a plate. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily consume the gl...

Pie and ice cream taste great together, but that doesn't make them inseparable. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily co...

Ramen is pre-cooked in a ton of fat and oil. Did you know that? One of us did not. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily...

A day late an a dollar short. Except we don't even make that much on this show. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion who will hungrily co...

This week, things are triple-checked, double-crossed and the whole show is one singular sensation. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show notes? No, you're a die-hard, stop-at-nothing, rabidly fanatical minion w...

Big things happened this week, but we didn't participate in any of it. But we were in the same room again for the first time in two months, so that was celebratory. For us. In the original series of Fill Me In (2008-11) there were rarely (if ever) show notes -- or if there were, they were lost to the blurry mists of time. But seriously, if you're going back to these old chestnuts, do you need show...