It’s the eighth edition Mind Meld! And if you thought there couldn’t possibly be another set of categories our group of contestants could (mostly) agree on, then you’d be wrong! And being wrong in this game is not the right thing to do.

Mind Meld 8

Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Jean MacDonald, Shelly Brisbin, Erika Ensign, Jason Snell and Lex Friedman

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Somehow, the answers to questions submitted by you, the listeners, about the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been stretched into three entire editions of Feuding Families! And we saved the best for last! Well, we didn’t, but we had fun playing, and we think you’ll have fun listening.

Marvel Feuding Families: Endgame

Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Tony Sindelar, Chip Sudderth, Monty Ashley, Glenn Fleishman, Moisés Chiullán, David J. Loehr and Kelly Guimont

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Random Pursuit returns! With a first time contestant (we think), three regular contestants who have never won before (but who we still love), and one contestant who has won several times (but doesn’t remember any of those victories). Who will win this time? And will they remember it?

Random Pursuit XXXIV

Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Deborah Stanish, Glenn Fleishman, Jean MacDonald, Lex Friedman and Shelly Brisbin

Show Notes & Links

Deb Stanish - So Much Stuff To Sing

Glenn Fleishman - How Comics Were Made

Jean MacDonald - James Dempsey and the Breakpoints benefit concert for Women Who Code - June 12, 2024

Lex Friedman - Your Daily Lex, Lex’s Daily Games

Shelly Brisbin - Texas Standard

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Join us for another outing into the edges of the knowable with Inestimable, a game show that asks its contestants and a live audience of Incomparable members about rocking Amadeus, counting Mars bars in space, and just how powerful is an unarmed elephant after all? Chart the slow descent into madness of scorekeeper Tony Sindelar as we examine the wisdom (?) of the crowd and the approximating abilities of panelists.

For the final round in the episode, this YouGov poll was our source.

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Glenn Fleishman and Tony Sindelar with Shelly Brisbin, Antony Johnston, Dan Moren and Annette Wierstra

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It’s a family and friends edition of Random Pursuit as every contestant on this, the 33rd Random Pursuit, has a direct connection to host Erika. Sometimes even through family bloodlines! That’s all great, but how will all these friends feel after they have to answer questions of increasing and random difficulty?

Random Pursuit XXXIII

Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Erik Stadnik, Kyle Anderson, Sarah Murphy, Annette Wierstra and Scott Ensign

Show Notes & Links

Erik Stadnik - Doctor Who: The Writers Room, So Much Stuff To Sing, @sjcaustenite

Kyle Anderson - Doctor Who: The Writers Room, Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats, The Nerdist: Laser Focused

Sarah Murphy - Is It Camp?, @sourcitruslady

Annette Wierstra - Agents of SMOOCH

Scott Ensign - LinkedIn, Butler/Till

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Mind Meld returns for the seventh iteration of America’s favorite game show! This one is extra chaotic, and only because Glenn makes his first appearance. Remember: there is no strategy!

Mind Meld 7

Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Glenn Fleishman, Annette Wierstra, Moisés Chiullán and Brian Hamilton

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It’s another episode of Random Pursuit! In this episode: a brand new contestant, an epic run, and which version of Trivial Pursuit will be Erika’s least favorite this time?

Random Pursuit XXXII

Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Helen Zaltzman, Glenn Fleishman, Katrina Griffiths, Deborah Stanish and Dan Moren

Show Notes & Links

Helen Zaltzman - The Allusionist

Glenn Fleishman - How Comics Were Made, @[email protected]

Katrina Griffiths - Verity! Podcast, @xanister

Deborah Stanish - Verity! Podcast

Dan Moren - Dan Moren, @[email protected]

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On this episode of the Game Show, we play You Think You Know Me, a card game by Amy Baio that has panelists figure out other people feel about things like romantic movies, second changes, villains, and time itself!

Get your own copy of Amy’s game at Pink Tiger Games.

You Think You Know Me

Glenn Fleishman with Annette Wierstra, Brian Hamilton, Cicero Holmes and Tony Sindelar

Show Notes & Links

Things discussed on this episode:

• Annette’s Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H. podcast, particularly the Christmas Prince episode and the Twelve Days of Love Actually.
• Brian’s Most Important Meal podcast
• Cicero’s favorite childhood game, skully, also known as skelzies

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New year, new Random Pursuit! Join us the 31st edition to learn how Roman numerals work, a deep dive into one specific day in the history of one of rock and roll’s greatest bands, and an end result you will have to hear to believe!

Random Pursuit XXXI

Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Kathy Campbell, Alex Cox, Jay Miller, Antony Johnston and Shelly Brisbin

Show Notes & Links

Antony Johnston - The Dogsitter Detective Mysteries

Alex Cox - alexcox.omg.lol, Haptic

Jay Miller - Black Python Devs, Conduit

Shelly Brisbin - Lions, Towers & Shields, iOS Access for All, @[email protected]

Kathy Campbell - Roboism, The Unicorn Sidekick, kathycampbell.com

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Feuding Families, Marvel Cinematic Universe Edition, returns again for a sequel! Or is it a reboot? A multiverse variant? Answers submitted by our lovely listeners, some of which are correct, as the two feuding families determine who is the worst of the X-men, the best MCU movie, and what a planet is.

Marvel Feuding Families: The Infinity Feud

Jason Snell with Tony Sindelar, Cicero Holmes, Jean MacDonald, David J. Loehr, Moisés Chiullán, Monty Ashley, Shannon Sudderth and Scott McNulty

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There’s a world inside your podcast player
And it’s a world of dread and fear
Where the only game that’s playing
Is a trivia game from yesteryear
And the Christmas questions ring
There are the clanging chimes of doom
Well tonight thank god it’s us, instead of you!

Christmas Trivia 2

Kathy Campbell and Erika Ensign with Annette Wierstra, Jason Snell, Steven Schapansky, Monty Ashley and Shelly Brisbin

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