Answer for It!

Answer for It!

Ever wonder why barber shops have that striped pole out front? What does it mean? Is it a warning? Perhaps a hypnotic device to lull you into spending too much on a haircut? We don’t know. But we will pretend to know, on ANSWER FOR IT! -- the podcast where trivia meets comedy, facts meet improv, and where fumbling the answer for laughs is both an art and a science. Featuring an all-star “who the hell is that?” cast, ANSWER FOR IT! comes from James and Elyse Willems (Funhaus), AJ LoCascio (X-Men ‘97), and Zach Anner (Speechless) -- four friends ready to tackle silly, unusual, and obscure trivia questions. Like, when in history were Kit-Kat wrappers blue? How do astronauts handle their dirty laundry? And what the heck is a ‘tattie boodie?’ Prepare to listen and leave feeling at least 12% smarter. Subscribe and listen to new episodes every Tuesday.

Episodes

November 25, 2025 68 mins
How did a tire company come to rate world-class restaurants? What's the Gruen Effect? Why was Barbie's friend Midge aggressively pulled from retail shelves? And which video game character's original name was "Vodka Gobalsky?" Plus, we review The Good Son (1993). New episodes every Tuesday Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠James Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zach Anner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AJ LoCasci...
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Why do auctioneers talk so fast? The 1967 Outer Space Treaty forbids any nation from what? Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria was known for his EXTREMELY large [redacted]? Plus, a frank, repulsive, and educational discussion about gravy boats. WARNING: This episode begins with an extremely disturbing / unfortunately hilarious discussion of canine taxidermy. New episodes every Tuesday. Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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This week's episode serves up some tasty trivia! Omnidirectional birds, presidential mishaps, medieval burros, slighted sitcom stars, Greek mythology, and more. Plus, the age old question "what's in my pocket?" may finally have an answer. New episodes every Tuesday. Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠James Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zach Anner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AJ LoCascio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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November 4, 2025 50 mins
If you lived in Britain during the Industrial Revolution and worked as a “Knocker-Upper,” what might your job have been? What is the ratio of vending machines to people in Japan? In 2008, Burger King launched a product called ‘Flame,’ that was a far cry from its typical fast food fare -- what was it? Plus more questions for the clinically insane. New episodes every Tuesday. Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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October 28, 2025 58 mins
Do you smell that? The pungent, yet aromatic odor of cat pee? Why, it must be a new episode of Answer for It! This week we're in the pocket of Big Candy serving up peanuts over pucks. It wouldn't be AFI without some sort of reference to Austin Powers, however, this week, AJ has the goods to back it up. New episodes every Tuesday. Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠James Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zach Anner⁠⁠⁠...
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This episode has everything! Bad-mouthed birds, Swimfan, Star Wars trivia, Swimfan, questions from James’ mom, Swimfan, Urban Dictionary slang, Swimfan questions, and more Swimfan. New episodes every Tuesday. Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠James Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zach Anner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AJ LoCascio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Casey Edwards⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Answer for It is supported by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.airwavemedia.com.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...
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October 14, 2025 55 mins
Why do some people wear their clothes inside out on Halloween? According to the lyrics of “Monster Mash,” who are the guests of the Halloween party? What Halloween costume is illegal in Alabama? Which First Lady was the first to decorate the White House for Halloween? What's the most popular Halloween candy in North America, and more spooky questions in this special mid-October episode. New episodes every Tuesday. Brought to yo...
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October 13, 2025 58 mins
Don’t you see the danger, Elyse, in what you’re doing here? I’ll tell you the problem with the early drafts of Back to the Future. Both AJ and James have read them. You read what others have done, and you took the next step (Back to the Future Part II). You didn’t earn Shakespeare’s Curse for yourself, so therefore you don’t take any responsibility for it. You illegally bought a $276,000 dinosaur skull only for it to be seized by t...
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September 30, 2025 52 mins
Somebody call a doctor, preferably a tall one, because Elyse’s questions are D.O.A. She Speeds (1994) through quality Captain Crunch lore, breaking various Texas Bovine Laws as she races to “tear down that wall!” Luckily, the rebel alliance of James, AJ and Zach strikes back.  New episodes every Tuesday. Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠James Willems⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Zach Anner⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠AJ LoCascio⁠⁠⁠ Music by ⁠⁠⁠Casey Edw...
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September 23, 2025 46 mins
We oil check ourselves before we rub hog wreck ourselves in this week’s free-for-all question bonanza. Zach ponders whether or not Casper rules will allow him to bring his wheelchair with him to the afterlife; Elyse surprises with a husband-centric Ain’t No Slang; and AJ and James debate the merits of CATS (2019) versus The Cat in the Hat (2003) – both quality cinema.  New episodes every Tuesday. Brought to you by: ⁠⁠Elyse W...
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Clarice Starling could run laps around the FBI's dwindling hacker pool... Why? Plus, what flavor of ice cream did Baskin-Robbins release in 1969 to commemorate the Moon Landing? Which Best Picture nominee did Leo DiCaprio butcher while presenting at the 2014 Golden Globes? And why can’t dogs resist the stinky allure of skunk butts? James, Zach and AJ attempt to answer these three questions of Elyse’s, and more.   New episodes ev...
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September 9, 2025 50 mins
Raise your hand if you’re too dumb for science trivia? Great. While AJ, James, and Zach are distracted, we can tell you that this episode features a disturbing story about how to visit Disneyland while you’re in New York City, an unnerving impression of Winnie The Pooh, and someone (we won’t say who) desperately trying to offload the mantle “Piggy of the Podcast”. And that’s all before Elyse asks the second question! So tighten you...
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September 2, 2025 54 mins
Answer for It LIVE is at The Bell House in New York City on October 8th!  Join James, Elyse, and Drawfee's Julia LePetit and Jacob Andrews! With more special guests to come. Tickets on sale now at The Bell House or via jameswillems.com/answer-for-it Calling all lollipop ladies! Sample a taste of the Magnificent Mangalista, which in no way smells like Uranus. In this episode, Zach presents a compelling argument that Kindergarten Cop...
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August 26, 2025 44 mins
Answer for It LIVE is at The Bell House in New York City on October 8th!  Join James, Elyse, and Drawfee's Julia LePetit and Jacob Andrews! With more special guests to come. Tickets on sale now at The Bell House or via jameswillems.com/answer-for-it Elyse trades trivia for monkey puzzles in this week’s slang-heavy episode. Then, in two clutch moments, James’ encyclopedic knowledge of Dennis Rodman and Bond villain brain damage give...
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Answer for It LIVE is at The Bell House in New York City on October 8th!  Join James, Elyse, and Drawfee's Julia LePetit and Jacob Andrews! With more special guests to come. Tickets on sale now at The Bell House or via jameswillems.com/answer-for-it In this week’s episode:  It’s quote-off, vis-a-vis “Charles Manson or Gandhi?” Menver: gay club or tufted baby hair? Diana Ross makes a bombastic exit after Super Bowl XXX. Apparent...
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Pucker-up listeners, because men's rights activist and self-proclaimed “good person” James Willems has some pretty juicy ideas about what two consenting males should be able to do on the steps of the nation's capital. Meanwhile, self-defamed manchild Zach ponders his right to exist after Sabrina used her pop carpentry skills to build him a complex. And hand-me-down punnyman AJ finds that jungle cruising outside the podcast for answ...
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If Zach spills a milkshake in an elevator and his wife cleans it up while he watches on, did it ever really spill at all? We tackle trivia of a moral variety on this week’s episode, with questions such as*: Is it illegal to steal an airplane? Was Babe Ruth actually magic? How cold does Coney Island need to get for two A-list actors to eat sloppy sandwiches in the backseat of a Toyota? … And so much more! It’s time to pull-u...
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While we do proudly hold the title of the world’s premier comedy trivia podcast (or at least that’s what our moms say) we're also hard at work, toiling away behind-the-scenes as the custodians of a groundbreaking, state of the art, Piston Cup archive. Not even the founding fathers of yesterday could've fathomed our turbocharged shrine to Ka-chow: a Library of Congress of high-octane lore, preserving the sacred history of animated '...
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Just as downloads were increasing, the Answer for It crew have decided to mix things up! This week's episode comes from the mind of Zach as he steps into the role of TRIVIA MASTER (an honorary title that carries no authority). Does he use this as an opportunity to teach James, Elyse, and AJ about major milestones in the progress of accessibility in America? Or keep it silly with no less than TWO Holiday-themed questions? Hunker dow...
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All-time top five bottom-selling boy band and your mom's favorite trivia podcast Answer For It returns for a reunion concert, dripping with nostalgia and steeping in medical grade urine. So get ready to rewind it like a race car and make it a Blockbuster night, as James, Zach, AJ, and Elyse play such memorable misses as: “Gurl, Let's Get Naked (because u have hypothermia)” “Ur Glasgow Kisses Got Me Seein’ Double, Gurl” "Coffee Brea...
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