Potent Podables
A podcast for fans of the game show Jeopardy! Two former contestants bring you Jeopardy! analysis & banter, trivia, and a quiz.
Episode 309 - October 19 to October 23 2026 - An Aspiring Spy Ring
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 19th, 2026. We discover a mutual disgust for August Strindberg, air some grievances about health insurance and unnecessary new words, and Kyle brings us a deep dive into George Washington's secret spy network, the Culper Ring.
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Episode 308 - October 5 to October 9 2026 - Quint-essential trivia
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 5th, 2026. We add to our trackers, discuss Comic-Con, and Emily does a deep dive on the Dionne Quintuplets.
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Episode 307 - 28 September to 2 October 2026 - Tumble Out of Bed and Daily Double to the Kitchen
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of September 28th, 2026. We revisit truthiness, encounter some unexpectedly difficult science, and Kyle brings us a deep dive on the life, music, business savvy, and generosity of the iconic Dolly Parton.
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Episode 306 - 14 September to 25 September 2026 - Playing Catch-Up
Jeopardy! recaps from the weeks of September 14th and September 21, 2026. We kick off Season 43, discuss our new trackers, and just enjoy getting back into this thing.
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Episode 305 - Masters Season 4
Recaps of Jeopardy! Masters season 4, and some recaps of our summer time! We're back, and ready for season 43.
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Episode 304 - Oops, All Quizzes 2: The ReQuizening
We bring back a couple of old quizzes, and slam in a couple of lightning rounds, to give you what you want: trivia questions! That's why we do this, right? RIGHT?!
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Episode 302 - 5 July to 10 July 2026 - Expectowers Petronas!
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of July 5th, 2026. We jaw about asses, celebrate that we don't need to date, and Emily dives tall into the Petronas Towers.
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Episode 299 - 15 June to 19 June 2026 - Been Through the Desert on a Horse with Eight Legs
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of June 15th, 2026. We learn new things about Nora Ephron, applaud a perfect dad joke, and Kyle brings us a deep dive on the nightmare fuel that is Norse mythology.
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Episode 300 - 22 June to 26 June 2026 - March Forth...in June
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of June 22nd, 2026. We talk about butts, try to avoid ragebait, and Emily finally educates Kyle about Little Women.
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Episode 298 - 8 June to 12 June 2026 - Hypno-It-Alls
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of June 8th, 2026. We learn a lot about celebrities, update our Colson Whitehead recommendations, and Emily dives into hypnotism.
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Episode 296 - 25 May to 29 May 2026 - Trees Growing Everywhere
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of May 25th, 2026. We embrace our patriotism, Kyle defends old people (for some reason), and Emily does a deep dive into A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Also, please forgive the audio quality. Kyle is still trying to troubleshoot his issues, and for some reason the editing program we use updated and made its tools worse.
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Episode 294 - Guest Host, Robert Yan!
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of May 4th, 2026. Robert Yan joins the pod as guest host, gives insight to his taping experience, he and Kyle put Emily on blast, and Robert gives a deep dive about Tom Stoppard.
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Episode 289 - 30 March to 3 April 2026 - An Andorra-bly Tiny Country
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of March 30th, 2026. We reminisce about deep dives of yore, muse about mimes, and Kyle brings a deep dive about the tiny nation of Andorra.
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Episode 293 - 27 April to 1 May 2026 - Get Your Kicks
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of April 27th, 2026. We bid "see you later" to Jamie Ding, celebrate wins that should have happened long ago, and Kyle gives a deep dive into Route 66.
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Episode 292 - 20 April to 24 April 2026 - Alpine-ing Away
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of April 20th, 2026. We make modest suggestions about economic policy, marvel at other parents' allowances, and Emily distracts us from the horrors with a deep dive about the Alps.
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Episode 290 - 6 April to 10 April 2026 - The Verve with verve
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of April 6th, 2026. We discuss musicals from ridiculous to sublime, give a PSA to teenage boys, and Emily does a deep dive on the Widow Clicquot.
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Episode 288 - 23 March to 27 March 2026 - He's Marlowe and Marley, and Marlay and Marluh
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of March 23rd, 2026. We celebrate big-sibling energy, imagine nanny vs. gladiator contests, and Emily gives a deep dive about Christopher Marlowe(sp?).
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Episode 287 - 16 March to 20 March 2026 - No Puns for Huns
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of March 16th, 2026. We continue to hold our grudge about Berry Gordy, engage in some apatosaurus slander, and learn from Kyle about the life and legacy of Attila the Hun.
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Episode 286 - 9 March to 13 March 2026 - Sweetly Wheatley
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of March 9th, 2026. We are desperately trying to get back on track! Kyle gets paranoid about bush babies, we keep John Travolta accountable, and Emily gives a deep dive about poet Phillis Wheatley.
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<...Episode 285 - 23 February to 27 February 2026 - Let's Learn About Curling (and then forget it exists until the 2030 Olympics)
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of March 16th, 2026. We learn how to differentiate art deco and art nouveau, talk about finding your brownie pan buddy, and learn about Kyle's favorite Winter Olympics sport - the wonderful world of curling!
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Episode 284 - 9 February to 20 February 2026 - A Double Shot of JIT
Jeopardy! recaps from the weeks of February 9th and February 16th, 2026. We double up on the JIT, because of unforeseen scheduling difficulties. However, it conveniently gets us back to regular episodes next week. And we will have a deep dive and quiz next week, like normal. Yay normalcy!
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...Episode 283 - 2 February to 6 February 2026 - He Makes a Good Liqueur
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of February 2nd, 2026. Kyle remembers high-school shenanigans, we humbly ask that everyone watch The Muppet Show, and Emily does a deep dive into Fra Angelico (the painter, specifically).
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Episode 282 - The Lost TOC Episode of Charlotte Corday - January 26 to January 30 2026
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of January 28th, 2026, posted a month and a half after recording because Emily went on vacation and lost momentum. One TOC quarterfinal, three semifinals, and then, for some reason, an exhibition game. Plus a deep dive into the not-at-all-relevant story of Charlotte Corday!
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...Episode 281 - 19 January to 23 January 2026 - A Compleat Poddcaste
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of January 19th, 2026. We learn about Emily's uncle, Kyle bemoans his not-optimized voice, and Emily does a deep dive on The Compleat Angler.
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Episode 280 - January 5 to January 16 2026 - Wild for Wild Card
Jeopardy! recaps from the Wild Card tournament. We realize over and over again how old we are, muse about guinea pigs, and mostly manage not to talk about politics, at least not directly.
Apologies for the delay on getting this posted, and for the audio issues - we are trying to diagnose some hardware problems, current theory is some kind of poltergeist.
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Episode 279 - 22 December 2025 to 2 January 2026 - Two Weeks in One? Madness!
Jeopardy! recaps from the weeks of December 22nd, 2025 AND December 29th, 2025. We cover the last two weeks of Second Chance, deal with some seriously confusing audio issues, and Kyle probably lost all of our listeners with his commentary about Frasier. Happy New Year!
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<...Episode 278 - December 15 to December 19 - Merry Post-Season To All
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of December 15th, 2025. We close out the year with the first week of the Second Chance Tournament, a lot of innuendo-heavy questions, and a deep dive from Kyle about President James Garfield.
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Episode 277 - 8 December to 12 December 2025 - Talking of Michelangelo
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of December 8th, 2025. We discuss the traumatizing animals that we don't eat anymore, the Die Hard Question, and Emily dives deep into The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
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Episode 276 - December 1 to December 5 2025 - Live and Let Die Another Day
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of December 1st, 2025. We discuss Emily's rabies anxiety, the Rick Astley paradox, and Walter White's psychology, before moving on to a very wheelhouse-y deep dive from Kyle on Bond -- James Bond.
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Episode 275 - 24 November to 28 November 2025 - Under the Surface
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 24th, 2025. We discuss Kyle's favorite fruit, Emily's joy from ice cream and jokes, and Emily gives a deep dive on the Hunley.
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Episode 274 - November 17 to November 21 2025 - To Annoy a Reclusive Author
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 17th, 2025. We prepare for Thanksgiving, muse about travel writing, and Kyle brings us everything there is to know about Harper Lee.
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Episode 273 - 10 November to 14 November 2025 - Get a Clue!
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 10th, 2025. Emily gives a PSA for senior citizens about scams, Kyle gets to talk about Romantic composers even more, and Emily dives deep into the classic board game Clue!
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Episode 272 - November 3 to November 5 2025 - Getting Romantic (not like that)
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of November 3, 2025. We continue our long-standing feud about New York-centric trivia, Emily pops off about girl scout badges, and Kyle puts those music degrees to use with a deep dive on Romanticism and Romantic composers.
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Episode 271 - 27 October to 31 October 2025 - Tedious and Labyrinthine and Bewildering
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 27th, 2025. We discuss *adult* topics, Halloween uncertainty, and Emily dives deep into the obscenity trials of Ulysses.
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Episode 270 - 19 October to 23 October 2025 - Khan Trails
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of October 23, 2025. Emily shares the most boring wikipedia game ever, we regrettably will never get to learn about Nellie Bly, and Kyle brings us a deep dive on Kublai Khan.
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Episode 269 - 29 September to 3 October 2025 -
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of September 29, 2025. We get ABSOLUTE confirmation that the J! writers are fans of the show, discuss the great potato main-or-side line, and Emily dives deep into Secretariat.
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Episode 268 - 22 to 26 September 2025 - Veni, Vidi, Revolti
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of September 22nd, 2025. We finally get to add one to our Hitchhiker's Guide tracker, realize that Maurice Sendak might not have known what horses look like, and Kyle brings us a deep dive on Rome's Servile Wars.
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Episode 267 - 15 to 19 September 2025 - Back to that Island Life
Jeopardy! recaps from the week of September 15th, 2025. We discuss the J! writers as both listeners and activists, reminisce on the good ol' days of physical media, and Emily returns to Hawai'i AGAIN for another deep dive.
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Episode 266 - September 8 to September 12 2025 - Season 42 & Special Guest Ian Morrison!
We welcome the new season with long-time listener and now Jeopardy! champion Ian Morrison!
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Episode 265 - Preparing for Season 42
We discuss the upcoming season, shake off the rust, and maintain our conflict about Triscuits.
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