The Audacity of Trivia

Audacity of Trivia 164 24.11.2022 1:16:49 ↓

Another romp through the trivia and rhetoric of our time with Jon and Chris! Jon provides a stunning rhetorical barrage while Chris' take on the history and meaning of Thanksgiving through the lens of Good Housekeeping and the known whereabouts of The King. Plus: how inauthentic is Bob Dylan, or his autopen, really? Tune in and find out! #AmericasPodcast 

Audacity of Trivia 161 09.10.2022 1:12:19 ↓

Jon and Chris are BACK and ready for anything imaginable, from pickleball to Elvis' truck driving days-- from The Coal Miner's Daughter to urban heat islands-- all the way to Pennsylvania and the perfect candidate (?)-- and SO much more! #AmericasPodcast

Audacity of Trivia 160 24.08.2022 1:07:35 ↓

On this episode: LIV Golf- Publius PR- Supreme Court Decisions- Frank Capra- Elvis- Beatles- the "Sticky and Sweet Tour"- Electric Karma- Public Bodies- Neptune- Monuments- MASH- and so much more! #AmericasPodcast 

Audacity of Trivia August 8 2022 09.08.2022 57:47 ↓

Jon and Chris return from their respites for five elaborate rounds of trivia riddled with tribute to David McCullough PLUS sports-blue lobsters-Sir Elton John-theme restaurants-Supreme Court decisions-the Island of the Immortals-and SO much more!  

Audacity of Trivia 156 27.06.2022 1:02:22 ↓

On this episode: Title IX-Elvis-diners-liars-Q-records-economists-cricket-PLUS who invented season tickets? Who launched The Hard Way Tour in June 1992-and who's about to today? Tune in and find out, about all this and TOO much more! #AmericasPodcast 

Audacity of Trivia 155 21.06.2022 1:25:40 ↓

This week: sports-geography-advanced sloganeering-music-history-television-and more! PLUS "rewards are so immense that they will disrupt and overtake the traditional system"! #AmericasPodcast 

Audacity of Trivia 154 12.06.2022 1:14:36 ↓

The most challenging episode yet? Jon and Chris look at Reagan conservatism v. Trump protectionism-Catholicism, history, and Resurrection Fest-Bob Woodward and George Will-PLUS hockey-basketball-tennis-spelling bees-country music-and SO much more! #AmericasPodcast #wedecideyoureport   

Audacity of Trivia 153 28.05.2022 1:10:13 ↓

This week: it's Tops in Pops! Featuring: exceptionalism-Elvis-Col. Parker-the Beatles-Dylan-Dick Clark-"liberalism without elitism"-mammals-forts-Facebook-freedom-and so much more! #AmericasPodcast #takeittothepeople 

Audacity of Trivia 149 26.04.2022 1:09:29 ↓

Down? Worried about the next World War?  Don't worry- be Happy... or Sneezy... or any of the other seven Inappropriately Characterized little people you'll meet on this week's Sesquicentennial Minus One edition of America's Podcast Plus: Baseball!  Bleach! Jellyfish! Spineless politicians!  Disney movies! Who could ask for anything more?

Audacity of Trivia 142 24.01.2022 1:00:24 ↓

Great American recipes this week on #AmericasPodcast-- for guilt from Jack Kerouac, for anti-Semitism from a member of Congress, for all kinds of jerky, and of course: Meatloaf!

Audacity of Trivia 141 09.01.2022 50:34 ↓

Trivia is Death...or Death by Trivia? Hard to tell, but this week on #AmericasPodcast YOU get to choose!  Jon throws out more numbers and celebrity deaths than either he or Chris can count, and the fun-including Jon's rant on behalf of the under-nominated Sidney Poitier-ensues. Don't miss this special episode! 

Audacity of Trivia 140 05.01.2022 27:12 ↓

What's the sound of one hand clapping? Tune in and find out! Chris and Jon start the new year with a special one-sided quiz on this chaotic episode of #AmericasPodcast