SmartLess Presents ClueLess

SmartLess Presents ClueLess

SmartLess Presents ClueLess is a bite-sized, biweekly podcast (10-12 minutes an episode), in which our host, Emmy-winning writer Elliott Kalan, guides the listener through different puzzles, brainteasers, & conundrums to see if they’re faster than this season's contestant Sean Hayes!

Episodes

February 6, 2025 13 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s good friend Carrie Aizley back to tangle with another gaggle of Ditloids! Ditloids are brief word puzzles made up of numbers and abbreviations, and this time the category is Idioms With Numbers! Once you’ve got the hang of it, the MegaClue will challenge you (but possibly not Sean) with an expert level Ditloid!


 

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s good friend, the hilarious Carrie Aizley, back for another flip through the Bizarro TV Guide! A copy of the TV listings has fallen into Elliott’s possession from an alternate universe where things are pretty opposite, can you make heads or tails of the titles in their Sitcoms section, and translate them back into our world? Keep track o...

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January 30, 2025 13 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle to help find the Odd One Out! The entire classic lineup of Guns ’N’ Roses is reuniting, but unfortunately they each brought one item too many to the hotel - tell us which item does not fit the same category as the others. And keep track of the discarded items, you’ll need them for shredding that MegaClue!


 

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January 27, 2025 12 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle to take a few reps at Word Workout - each of the words we give you wants to slim down by one letter, and the remaining letters can be rearranged to answer the given clue. Keep track of all discarded letters to defeat the MegaClue!


 

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean’s husband, fan favorite Scotty Icenogle, to take on another brand new game, The Sort ‘Em Consortium! For a change, Elliott is going to give you the answers right away, they are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, but each number corresponds to one of the facts given and can only be used once! Then, in the MegaClue, how quickly can you name a spec...

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome Sean’s good friend Carrie Aizley back to the show to take on a brand new game, Don’t Be A Ditloid! Ditloids are brief word puzzles made up of numbers and abbreviations, and this time the category is simply General Knowledge, this one is built to be fast and fun! Once you’ve got the hang of it, the MegaClue will challenge you with an expert le...

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January 16, 2025 13 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome Sean’s good friend Carrie Aizley back to the show, and this time it’s a showdown in the 80s with a new edition of Bot Bops - Elliott’s non-branded digital assistant will regale you with five famous 80s classics in its own cold, inhuman style, name the song for one point and the artist for another point! Keep track of your answers in order to ...

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January 13, 2025 13 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome one of Sean’s best friends, writer/actress Carrie Aizley, to go toe-to-hundreds-of-toes with our old nemesis, the Word Centipede - what word can you put before or after the three words we give you to make three new compound words, and can you do it faster than Sean and Carrie? This episode’s MegaClue will have you belting to the rafters!


 

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome Ali Wentworth back to play another brand new game, Bizarro TV Guide - a copy of the TV Guide has fallen into Elliott’s possession from an alternate universe where things are pretty opposite, can you make heads or tails of the titles in their Reality TV section, and translate them back into our world? Keep track of your answers, you’ll need th...

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January 6, 2025 14 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome Ali Wentworth back to the show to play a brand new game, Word Workout - each of the words we give you wants to slim down by one letter, and the remaining letters can be rearranged to answer the given clue. It’s a fun, fast new game with a seasonal MegaClue to unscramble!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Jo...

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January 2, 2025 15 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean’s good friend, comedian Ali Wentworth, to play a new round of Tone Note, and this time it’s all about New Year’s party accessories - we give you a clue, and the answer will be a two-word phrase where both words are anagrams of each other, much like the game’s name, Tone Note! This time you won’t need to remember the answers for the ...

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December 31, 2024 13 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle back for a New Year’s countdown with our old nemesis the Word Centipede - what word can you put before or after the three words we give you to make three new compound words, and can you do it faster than Sean and Scotty? And never forget the MegaClue lying in wait!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle back for more seasonal games, and this time it’s a festive twist on It’s A Numbers Game - we give you a simple math problem in the form of gifts from The 12 Days Of Christmas with their numbers removed, can you solve the clues faster than Sean and Scotty? More importantly, can you perform the answers with more in...

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December 23, 2024 13 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle back to the show to play some holiday games, and today it’s a festive Bot Bops - Elliott’s non-branded digital assistant will regale you with five famous Christmas songs in its own cold, inhuman style, name the song for one point and the artist for another point! And even if you can do it faster than Sean and Sco...

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December 19, 2024 15 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, it’s Poochie Vs Poochie, as host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s high school bestie Reyna Larson to play a brand new, competitive game, Letter Perfect - we give you a letter, and five categories, the game is to submit an answer that fits the category and has as many instances of the given letter as possible to score the most points! Can you beat the Poochies? And even if s...

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December 16, 2024 13 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s high school bestie Reyna Larson back to play a new round of Tone Note - we give you a clue, and the answer will be a two-word phrase where both words are anagrams of each other, much like the game’s name, Tone Note! Can you solve the clues faster than Team Poochie? And even if you can, what hidden connection forms this game’s MegaClue?!


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December 12, 2024 15 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s high school bestie Reyna Larson to play a round of Odd One Out - *NSYNC are going on a cruise, but they’ve brought too many items, can you identify which ones don’t belong? And even if you can, how will the discarded objects relate to the MegaClue?!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Puzzles in this episode are by Josh Richmond.

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On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s husband Scotty Icenogle to play a round of It’s A Numbers Game, and this time it’s all about movies! We give you a simple math problem in the form of famous films with the numbers removed, can you solve the clues faster than Sean and Scotty? Even if so, never forget the small matter of this episode’s MegaClue!


 

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December 5, 2024 13 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes welcome back Sean’s husband Scotty to play a new game called Tone Note - we give you a clue, and the answer will be a two-word phrase where both words are anagrams of each other, much like the game’s name, Tone Note! Even if you can master the game, will you be able to spot the hidden connection that forms its MegaClue?!


 

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December 2, 2024 13 mins

On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan and constant contestant Sean Hayes invite Sean’s actual husband Scotty Icenogle to play a round of Word Centipede - what word can you put before or after the three words we give you to make three new compound words, and can you do it faster than Sean and Scotty? Even if you can, what celebrity is the Word Centipede thinking of in its MegaClue?!


 

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

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