The Audacity of Trivia

Phish at MSG NYE (?)-Ozzy at the Alamo-Politifact's Lie of the Year-Bedminster's plea (in latin!)-Big Bird's vaccination-George Will on the GOP's Last Big Hope PLUS which US state is also its own "state of mind?" All this and more on this year-ending special edition of #AmericasPodcast

Spats, squabbles, secret police, Congressional homonyms, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch PLUS Jon bets big on his knowledge of Delaware County, PA! All this and more on this episode of #AmericasPodcast 

This week: Omicron and policy, oragutans and personhood, Senators and 2024 GOP VP hopefuls, place names and social justice, and so much more! Plus: will "science" alone save us? #AmericasPodcast 

Jon looks at academic freedom, People magazine, and masculinity while Chris takes on Winning Team Publishing and armadillos PLUS: Where might Jimmy Hoffa's body be? Who bought the Constitution? All this and more on this episode #AmericasPodcast 

Are these the best of times, the worst, or something else? Does this week's episode end in a tie or a decisive win? And how do both Jon and Chris separately bring up Cortland, Alabama? Tune in and get ALL the answers! #AmericasPodcast 

SPACs, Hindenberg Research, the World Series, Burberry, Dennis Prager, exceptionalism, chocolate eclairs, that NASCAR driver named Brandon, Glen Youngkin's undergrad PLUS we hear from a great new sponsor! All this and so much more on this episode of #AmericasPodcast  

Chris takes on seditionists' sentencings, sovereign citizens' signatures, and QAnon while Jon tackles the NHL, the MLB, the JOLTS report, and states lacking state songs! All this and so much more on a packed episode of #AmericasPodcast 

Cannabis-- Law-- Debt-- Ceilings-- plus Chris brings up the New "Regan Republicanism" and the anniversary of Zappa's 1969 album Hot Rats. Jon looks at law enforcement, vaccines, secessionists, and this year's class of inductees at the Mascot Hall of Fame. #AmericasPodcast

This autumnal episode has it all! Jon brings up Jacobson v. Massachusetts, America's drought, and India's cricket league while Chris merges truth and fiction in asking about leadership, magic, darkness, and the Functional Cargo Block. Who wins? Tune in and find out! #AmericasPodcast

This week Jon and Chris tackle timeless truths including health, death, conscience, "Peril," The Price is Right, the recent "referendum on the abyss," and much more! Who wins this week's topical trivia challenge? Tune in and find out! #AmericasPodcast #punditclass

Chicago- Monaco- Oklahoma- The Pantheon- Philadelphia- it's a dizzying trip around the globe for oh so many reasons this week on "America's Podcast"! Plus Jon pays tribute to the late Don Everly, and Chris breaks his yearlong losing streak! 

High temps, high tempers, and the heightened rhetoric of our world! Tune in to hear Jon make good sense of the 2020 Census results, and hear Chris just totally throw the game. All this and more on this episode of #AmericasPodcast

Do governing bodies actually govern bodies? How do you spell nemesis? Can neocons diagnose mental illness? And what REALLY happens under the boardwalk at this time of year? Don't miss this Olympic-sized episode! #TeamUSA #AmericasPodcast  

DMB in Florida-- 420 in Illinois-- The Affable "Bud" and Nate the Great-- CPAC Straw Poll results-- Bennifer-- Seditionists-- and oh so much more on this episode of #AmericasPodcast     

Jon and Chris take a moment to discuss the audacity of historic preservation, plaster, stage machinery, community arts development, and more! 

Who's Wally Funk? What is "vaccine nationalism"? Is Jon excited about soccer? Rugby? Bitcoin? And what about the ducks out in Mud Creek? All this and so much more on this episode of #AmericasPodcast! 

It's an audacious celebration of Independence Day! From Statuary Hall in DC to the Summer of Soul to the constructs we may all leave behind (?!), Jon and Chris celebrate American history, rhetoric, and politics as only they can!

Cost cutting in higher ed silos-- nuisance abatement in NJ-- Euro '21-- the anniversary of the Pentagon Papers-- Record Store Day releases-- "flagrant disregard"-- all this and more on this episode! #audacityoftrivia #AmericasPodcast

This week on AoT: Things That Don't Go Away. What does this mean exactly? Ted Cruz? Mindfulness? Place names? Direct injection? Certainly not #AmericasPodcast! Join Chris and Jon as they "unravel the chaos within" in this special palindromic episode! 

This week Chris loses his mind, recaptures it, and somehow knows something about hair clubs. Jon introduces a new sponsor, channels Jimmy Stewart as a DC tour guide, and characteristically wins (again). Dead or not, singer/songwriters and/or aging poets rule!

This week Chris goes psychic, rubbing his magic lamp of punditry to tell us definitely WHO will be the GOP ticket in 2024! Jon almost chokes on pretzels while doing an ode to pretzels and making a shameless appeal for a sponsor. Where else can you get all this-- and more?

Jon reflects on the state of the nation by way of Scorched Oaths, Iced Earth, flamethrowers, and baseball trivia. Chris sees if Jon can name all the things you can't say on Mike Lindell's new social media platform. And: is freedom of opinion a farce? Tune in and find out!

"Two PhDs demonstrating their intellectual chops through a trip that is half current events trivia (some of it arcane) and half punditry. Sometimes quite funny. Not well known yet - but should be. On all major podcast outlets." 

This week on the Audacity of Trivia: Unveiling the Cuomo Domo-- just a little dab'll do ya!  Also: the Ken-spiracy, the Grammys (or Grannies?), and "Beware the Ides of March," with its Lyriqs and bad tweets about slavery. All this and more on the latest edition of America's Podcast!

This week's trivia questions span the continent as Jon's questions take us to Alaska, Georgia, Chicago, Ridley Park PA, and many points between. Chris quizzes Jon on Phish's Summer 2021 tour stops and this weekend's Grammy performers. Plus: higher ed, UK tabloids, and canceling George Washington. All this and more on "America's Podcast"!