Potent Podables

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of March 17th, 2025. Kyle pontificates about the far-superior Zune, we throw a small amount of shade at French Canada, and Emily dives into the Epic of Gilgamesh. 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 March 10th, 2025. Kyle is back from vacation! He gives Emily a well-deserved piece of his mind about Bostonian food names, before telling us about the life of Lou Gehrig. 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 just...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of March 3rd, 2025. Kyle is out, so friend-of-the-show Lori Lander Goodman joins Emily to discuss the conclusion of this year's Invitational and the long-awaited return of honest-to-goodness vanilla Jeopardy! Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.c...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of February 24th, 2025. It's the end of the quarters and start of the semis for the JIT. We finally admit that we like our kids, provide Dan Brown with a word that already exists, and Emily enlightens us about the Cyprus Problem/Question/Issue. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Em...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of February 17th, 2025 - the first week of the Jeopardy Invitational Tournament! We welcome back some old friends to the stage, Emily tells us the coolest mushroom name, and Kyle makes a juxtaposition between Plutarch and Pliny the Elder. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of February 10th, 2025. We just talk about the ToC finals, demand that math puns cease, and get to hear Emily's Yo-Yo Ma story. 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....

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of February 3rd, 2025. We try (and fail) not to mention anything currently topical, pay respects to what made Twitter good, and Emily gives a deep dive on the Tin WoodMan and peripheral Oz lore. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue t...

We hear some of the lore from Kyle's high school Knowledge Bowl days, wonder why nobody gives cheese as a wedding gift anymore,, and Kyle introduces us to Pliny the Elder. 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 a...

We share some pet peeves, discuss the difference between French presidents and baked goods, and Emily does a deep dive about William Blake. 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. www.rescue.org www...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of January 13th, 2025. We stick to our new year's resolution, wonder why certain movies were always on cable television during our childhoods (Ghostbusters for Kyle, Steel Magnolias for Emily), and Kyle brings us a deep dive on the twelve labors of Hercules. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/poten...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of January 6th, 2025. We resolve to not complain about it being 2024 anymore, get back into the swing of things, and Emily gives a deep dive on Julia Ward Howe. 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...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of December 9th, 2024. Kyle regales us with stories of his adventures on a truly terrifying bridge, Emily muses about the Giver quartet, and Kyle brings us a deep dive on William Jennings Bryan. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue t...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of December 2nd, 2024. Kyle laments about kids-these-days, we speculate on the mystery of Jason Kelce's appearance, and Emily dives deep into Crayola crayons. 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 i...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 25th, 2024. Kyle has a truly bizarre take on geocaching, Emily nerds out about Marvel IP rights in theme parks, and Kyle brings us a timely deep dive on the history of the Crimean War. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 18th, 2024. We criticize the movie industry, as well as some poorly-designed questions, and Emily does a deep dive about the Kaaba. 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 communit...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 11th, 2024. Kyle reminds us not to overcomplicate things, Emily updates us on her aphid infestation, and Kyle brings a deep dive on the Spruce Goose (aka the Hughes H4 Hercules). Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to su...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 4th, 2024. Emily brings up Triscuits again, we discuss common misconceptions in the quiz, and Emily does a deep dive on Big Ben (aka Large Benjamin, Thicc Benny, or Girthy-B). Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to suppo...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 28th, 2024. We share our best transatlantic accents for your listening pleasure, gossip about Meryl Streep, and after bringing up Parks and Rec yet again, Kyle brings us a deep dive on Sappho. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. C...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 21st, 2024. We are reminded of recent episodes, as though the writers are listening as we speak, discuss state birds even more, and Emily does a deep dive on Mother Cabrini.  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 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...