Brain Drop Puzzles

In which we're not sure if kids are smarter than adults, but at least they know where the ender dragon is.

---Puzzle 1: String Theory (Math) (11:00)
---Puzzle 2: The Little Things in Life (Word/Logic) (17:55)
---Puzzle 3: Game Pieces (Lateral Thinking) (24:35)

National Geographic's Brain Games Bus Puzzle
8809 = 6 Puzzle

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In which this time, it's personal.

---Puzzle 1: Rhyme Climb Time (Word) (14:35)
---Puzzle 2: Dog Days of Summer (Trivia/Hunt-style) (16:30) (Check your answer here)
---Puzzle 3: The Way We Roll (Math/Logic) (19:50)

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In which we usher in the heat with the summery sounds of a kalimba.

---Puzzle 1: Pedal to the Gold Medal (by Rob Eastaway) (Logic/Math/Trivia) (9:30)
---Puzzle 2: Midsummer in the Outdoors (Word) (11:05)
---Puzzle 3: Goodnight Noises Everywhere (Lateral Thinking) (13:00)

To check your answer to the sound effect puzzle, go here.

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In which we get a little bit more infinite than before.

---Puzzle 1: The Tortoise and the Snail (Math) (17:20)
---Puzzle 2: Circular Reasoning (Word) (19:30)
---Puzzle 3: The Answer Isn't Sleeping Beauty (20:35)

Thanks to Stephen Sneed for sending in Puzzle 3.

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In which n approaches infinity and I approach insanity.

---Puzzle 1: Queen of Smarts (Math/Logic) (12:45)
---Puzzle 2: Where Infinity Ends (Word/Logic) (22:30)
---Puzzle 3: Till Beth Do Us Part (Lateral Thinking) (33:10)

Thanks to Brian Cropp for voicing the White Rabbit.
Check out his podcast "Chapter by Chapter with Brian Thomas Cropp": https://anchor.fm/brian-cropp/

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In which we may or may not say a little something about Bruno, and share some more puzzle magic from the Enigmarch challenge.  I thought about calling it "The Bees' Ides of March", but really, these are more A-side puzzles.

---Puzzle 1: Pair-a-Dice Loss (by Ryan Berry) (Logic) (11:00)
---Puzzle 2: Spell-Shrek (by Kirk Damato) (Word) (12:20)
---Puzzle 3: We Have Chosen to Refrain From Speaking As It P...

In which we talk to people on the wrong side of town and someone steals our keys.  These puzzles are shared from the Enigmarch puzzle creation challenge.

---Puzzle 1: Faketown (by Sarah Willson--Puzzle for Enigmarch Day 14: Irrational) (6:20)
---Puzzle 2: What's-His-Name (by Mark Larson--Puzzle for Enigmarch Day 26: Name) (8:00)
---Puzzle 3: Locked Out (by Helen B--Puzzle for Enigmarch Day 4: Lock) (11:11)

In which we hear a few more snippets from the interview with Stephen Sneed about Scrabble, get answers, get questions, and anagram our names.

---Puzzle 1: Educated Venom (by John Kavanos) (Word) (13:42)
---Puzzle 2: SHARP Thinking (Word) (15:40)
---Puzzle 3: Username and Puzzleword (by Ryan Berry) (Word) (17:03)

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In which I interview Scrabble expert Stephen Sneed while playing a game against him.  I also get a little boasty while frontiering some brand new words. 

---Puzzle 1: UNCAST_D (Word) (10:36)
---Puzzle 2: It's Worth the Hypo (Word) (19:11)
---Puzzle 3: I Have No Words (Lateral Thinking) (30:25)

Thanks to Stephen Sneed for letting me share a four-year-old interview.  

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In which you get five bonus follow-up puzzles for the price of two, or also for the price of five, or of a thousand, because it's free anyway.  Plus, solutions to last week's puzzles.

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Lateral thinking ...

In which we get literally literary as we listen to Tolstoy's War and Peace in its entirety.

---Puzzle 1: My Fair Ladybug (Logic / Math) (2:50)
---Puzzle 2: Brevity is the Soul of Literature (Word) (7:50)
---Puzzle 3: Letter of the Law (Lateral Thinking) (9:00)

Thanks to my kids for all their roles in this one.

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In which we end on a good note.  Plus, solutions for the puzzles from the previous episode.

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Lateral thinking puzzlers: Laura, Rachel, and Jordan

Music:

Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com
"It's a Mystery", "Curiousity", and "Night Caves"...

In which nothing says Halloween like November.  But you shouldn’t complain, because you’re getting four puzzles for the price of five.  Spooky!

---Puzzle 1: Eclairvoyance (Logic) (0:51)
---Puzzle 2: Breaking the Spell (Word) (2:53)
---Puzzle 3: The Magic of Three (Word/Lateral Thinking) (5:14)
---Puzzle 4: Does It Make A Sound? (Lateral Thinking) (9:04)
---Puzzle 5???? (10:39)

Thanks to my wife, wh...

In which we teamed up to play an "audio escape adventure" by Trapped Puzzle Rooms.  We came, we heard, we conquered.  If you've never tried time-warp gardening, I'd recommend it.

Thanks to Trapped Puzzle Rooms for the adventure!  You can check out more of their audio escape adventures at audioescapeadventures.com.

You can access the images for this escape adventure here.

Escapers: Bria...

In which I give a lengthy, logical lecture to a pint-sized, preschool pirate.  Plus, answers to the previous episode's puzzles and one bonus puzzle.

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Special thanks to all the pint-sized pirates for tagging along on my puzzle adventures.

Lateral thinking puzzler: Emily...I mean, Frida.

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In which we pillage and plunder for gold and Tootsie Pops.

---Puzzle 1: Riddle Me Timbers (Logic) (4:06)
---Puzzle 2: Now I Know My ABCD's (Word) (8:58)
---Puzzle 3: Will Pay to Work (Lateral Thinking) (10:14)

Thanks to my kids, who work for candy.

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In which Pacman makes a cameo, and he has a big mouth.  And if you have a fever, and the only cure is another bonus cube puzzle, then boy, are you in luck!

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Lateral thinking puzzlers: Jordan, Rachel and Laura.

Music:

Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com
Outro theme by Jef...