Potent Podables

I apologize for both the atrocious attempt at a pun in the title, and the audio quality. Still figuring it out! Jeopardy! recaps from the week of January 29th, 2024. We marvel at Juveria Zaheer's Jeopardy run, decide not to resurrect our Triscuits bit, and learn about the life of Black Hawk. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/po...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of January 22nd, 2024. We discuss the lack of luster with Lost and Battlestar Gallactica, Kyle declares new things to be stupid, and Emily gives a deep dive about the Hitler Youth. 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 soci...

FYI - Audio quality in this episode is (still) inconsistent. We are exploring options for improving, which results in some growing pains. Thanks for bearing with us! Jeopardy! recaps from the week of January 15th, 2024. We're talking about forgotten movies of the early 2000s and the weird overlaps of Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, and Albert R. Broccoli, and Kyle brings a deep dive on Pol Pot and the Kh...

FYI - Audio quality in this episode is inconsistent. We are exploring options for improving, which results in some growing pains. Thanks for bearing with us! Jeopardy! recaps from the week of January 15th, 2024. We discuss The Office (surprising nobody), get a few callbacks to our J! appearances, and Emily helps everyone out by teaching us about Sandra Cisneros and The House on Mango Street. www.c...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of January 1st, 2024. We talk about our hopes and dreads (not a typo) for the new year, Kyle discovers that he has misheard some Alanis Morrisette lyrics, and we learn all about Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. We're off next week, see you in 2024! Happy Holidays! Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/poten...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of December 18th, 2023. We elevate Robert Pattinson, expand our dairy-state knowledge, and Emily hammers home some facts about John Henry. We're off next week, see you in 2024! Happy Holidays! 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 December 11th, 2023, the last full week of Hearts Wildcard. We get A LOT of J! news, reflect on kids being kids, and Kyle explains a bit about the Chinese Zodiac. 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 move...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of December 4th, 2023. Emily gets persnickety, we practice our compliment sandwiches, and Emily educates us about all those almost-assassinations that the contestants missed. 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 jus...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 27th, 2023. We're fighting about whether mushrooms are unsettling, Kyle shares a little about the TTRPG he's created for his kids, and we even manage to talk about some Jeopardy episodes! Kyle brings us a deep dive about Stone Henge. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). E...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 20th, 2023. We get some good games this week, reflect on reading habits and strategies, Kyle declares his distaste for birds, and Emily decides to spend the entire deep dive talking about them. State birds, specifically. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at po...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 13th, 2023. We discuss the Clubs Wild Card quarterfinals and the wrong answers we're glad we didn't give on stage, Emily shares a rant about Mrs. Doubtfire, and Kyle brings a deep dive on the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and Washington Monument. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.c...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 6th, 2023. We make it through Diamonds, begin Clubs, remark on some unconventional categories, and Emily clarifies the role and actions of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 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 October 30th, 2023. We find out which of us lacks folksy wisdom and discuss fish/wish economies, enjoy the comedic brilliance of the Wild Card contestants, and learn from Kyle about Charles Messier and his Objects. 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 October 23rd, 2023. Emily gets to Disney out a bit, we stumble through the mystery of the Welsh language, and Emily enlightens us about St. Elmo and his eponymous 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 social justic...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 16th, 2023. We find several examples of the extremely rare $200 level triple stumper, talk about our holiday dinner traditions, and confess we know very little about horse racing. Kyle brings us a deep dive into glands in general and endocrine glands in particular. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 9th, 2023. We kvetch about the setup and general "why though"-ness of the Wildcard Extravaganza, call out some categories that could be left in the past, and Emily enlightens us on the life an works and Vincent Van Gogh. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at pot...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 2, 2023 - Wild Card spades. When we're not reading the dictionary, we like avoiding karaoke, putting googly eyes on avocados, and being perplexed by this tournament structure. Kyle gives us an overview of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and truth and reconciliation commissions in general. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twi...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of September 25th, 2023. We are unclear about the whole wildcard thing, but Emily makes the life of Jules Verne very clear. 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 country. w...

We're recapping week 2 of the Jeopardy! Second Chance competition. We're also talking about things that are gross - Clamato and whale byproducts, wondering what went wrong with that opera category, and pitching new ideas for Pixar movies. Kyle tells us all about the Hapsburg (Well, not all. There's a lot of Hapsburg history. But he goes over the most famous ones!)   Find us on Facebook (Potent Pod...

We're back, with recaps of the first week of the Second Chance Jamboree (TM)! We...remark...upon the impact of the ongoing writer's strike, warn everyone about the pitfall of "Hey, Jude", and Emily educates us about Robert Smalls. 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 July 24th, 2023. We close out Season 39 and chat about the writers' strike, Kyle advocates for "behold the man" as a fun catchphrase, Emily continues to bring up Ben-Hur at every opportunity, and we learn all about Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and its surprisingly quirky source material. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpo...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of July 17th, 2023. Kyle is cursed by the "Whatchamacallit" jingle, we split hairs on pronunciations "homophones", and Emily enlightens us about Roger Bannister and the four-minute mile. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Continue to suppor...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of July 10th, 2023. We commiserate about wallpaper, Kyle once again forgets which of us did a deep dive about Caligula, Emily incessantly plugs the back catalog, and we all learn a thing or two about wasps! (NOT THE WASPS!) Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodab...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of July 3rd, 2023. We share our excitement over "Waffles & Dinges", Emily ONCE AGAIN misses out on educating us about Ben-Hur, but she makes up for it with a deep dive about The Wind in the Willows. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodables1). Check out our Patreon (patreon.com/potentpodables). Email us at potentpodablescast@gmail.com. Co...

Jeopardy! recaps from the week of June 26th, 2023. We make some justified assumptions about cheesemongers, rationalize our lack of tattoos, discuss the creepy multi-eyed monsters of Dungeons and Dragons and Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and learn all about BALSA WOOD! Just kidding, Kyle tells us about the Kon-Tiki expedition. Find us on Facebook (Potent Podables) and Twitter (@potentpodab...