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What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast

What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast

Written by: Heller & Cullen
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 A weekly comedy podcast about Jeopardy! from comedians Emily Heller and John Cullen. Art Performing Arts Stand-up Shows
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  • Week of January 26: Emily Heller Geographic

    Week of January 26: Emily Heller Geographic
    Feb 3 2026
    The Tournament of Champions continues apace this week, as we finish off the quarterfinals and the semifinals and get ready for next week's finals by...watching an exhibition game. We have some thoughts on that as well as some of the stellar gameplay this week including a "Welcome to Next Year's JIT" performance from Tom Devlin and a down-to-the-wire finish between Cameron Berry and Paolo Pasco. Emily also LOVES a geography category this week, John receives an extremely weird heckle, and Fox News gets in on the Jeopardy! reporting game. Plus, we dive deep on Jean-Paul Marat's murderer, Charlotte Corday. If you want to murder some more Jeopardy! content, you can head on over to our Patreon for a bunch of bonus content. You'll get immediate access to our entire back catalogue, our wonderful Discord (with several J! champs hanging out in there), and a brand-new bonus episode every month, like last week's, which featured the JIT's Alison Betts and Drew Goins playing a rock and metal board to help them prepare. Join today at patreon.com/jeopardypodcast. SOURCE: The Science Survey: "The Angel of Assassination: A Profile on Charlotte Corday" by Winnie Huang Special thank you as always to the Jeopardy! Fan and J-Archive. This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Week of January 19: The Layout of the Boy Aquarium

    Week of January 19: The Layout of the Boy Aquarium
    Jan 27 2026
    The Tournament of Champions is HERE and we love to see a bunch of our faves back on the Alex Trebek Stage. John nails a bunch of his predictions (including the one about the herbal candies), we get some great sports-related anecdotes, and we see some great gameplay as we continue on with this Jeopardy! postseason. Plus, John finishes watching Heated Rivalry, Emily updates us on what fans think is an editing snafu, and we dive deep on the famous photo taken at Iwo Jima. If you want some more moments of this show that are so famous you may want to take a picture, why not join our Patreon? It's just $5/month and you'll get a new bonus episode every month including this week, as Alison Betts and Drew Goins join us to play a rock and metal music board that goes about as well as both of those J! legends think it will (badly). You also get immediate access to all of our back catalogue of bonus episodes, access to our wonderful Discord community, and MORE! Join today at patreon.com/jeopardypodcast. SOURCE: Colliers: "The Picture That Will Live Forever" by Joe Rosenthal and W.C. Heinz; Pulitzer.org: "Joe Rosenthal and the Flag-Raising on Iwo Jima" Special thank you as always to the Jeopardy! Fan and the J-Archive. This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • Week of January 12: Herbal Candy

    Week of January 12: Herbal Candy
    Jan 20 2026
    The Champions Wild Card finals are here, and they are a doozy, as we get the Jeopardy!-Honored "Game of the Year" and some stellar (no pun intended) play from a fantastic group of contestants. We also get a very self-deprecating response from Harvey Silikovitz, a Julia Child impression, and we preview the upcoming Tournament of Champions. And in a week of boring FJs, John manages to find an interesting angle to dive deep on William Faulkner. If you want some more interesting angles on Jeopardy!, why not support the show? Head on over to patreon.com/jeopardypodcast, where $5/month gets you access to a NEW bonus episode every month! Plus, you'll get access to our entire back catalogue of bonus episodes, our Discord, and MORE. Join now! SOURCE: Los Angeles Times: "'The Sound and the Fury', as William Faulkner Imagined, In Color" by Carolyn Kellogg; University of Saskatchewan: "The Composition of 'The Sound and the Fury'" by Gail M. Morrison Special thank you as always to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan. This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.
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    1 hr and 23 mins
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