Fill Me In
Fill Me In is a crossword podcast, or at least, that's what it pretends to be. Most of the time, it's about other things (including, but not limited to: soup, Thor, Rosana Ñler, sandwiches, Stephen Sondheim, Viewer Mail, vuvuzelas, inappropriate glorification of the E Division, and more), but occasionally, we also talk about crosswords.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 73 minutes
- Episodes
- 506
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
Fill Me In #186: The best most delicious food in the whole world is reward pizza.
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan and Brian struggle to wake up for whatever it is we insist on doing to our clocks every spring.
Fill Me In #185: Between me and progress is my lack of time.
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Brian doesn't know enough about smashing watermelons, Ryan doesn't have enough viewers on his YouTube channel, and things get ranty in the Thunder Round.
Fill Me In #184: If anyone is near Tyler, nudge him.
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan and Brian get haircuts, trade bits, and threaten to recall old crap from the first run of the podcast.
Fill Me In #183: Okay, you’re royalty — Lord Ryan of the Hecht
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan is correct, Brian rejects chili, and collectively, they enjoy 71.4% of something. Look at the math!
Fill Me In #182: Dad raves, that's gonna be the next topic.
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan and Brian threaten to rave, play Word Sweep, and receive a perplexing phone call.
Fill Me In #181: What seems like nonsense is just cleverly disguised brilliance.
Fill Me In #180: Begone, optimism! (with special guest cohost Laura Braunstein)
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan is stranded in Utah, and Brian is joined by special guest cohost Laura Braunstein!
- The Inkubator
- The MIT Mystery Hunt (puzzles, solutions, spoilers)
- Westp…
Fill Me In #179: Could be the best tasting lettuce and tomato hamburger ... ever!
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan and Brian keep the hot side hot, the cool side cool, and try to solve all the puzzles.
- Puzzah (Escape Rooms from Todd McClary)
- Jason Alexander's McDLT comm…
Fill Me In #178: I am nuts with the California version
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan and Brian share an ocean, lust after television heroes, and dream that one day you'll help them create a puzzle.
This show:
- The Inkubator
- Word Sweep (we t…
Fill Me In #177: Agitate them to make a lot of extra potato-ness
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan tries to remember a movie (Police Academy), Brian tries to remember a word processor (Bank Street Writer), and the two of them release the show without proo…
Fill Me In #176: [Middle of a backpack] is a terrible clue.
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Brian completely forgets Christmas, Ryan totally remembers his anniversary, and the two of them celebrate the onset of 2019 with a supersized episode.
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Fill Me In #175: You must velvet the beef.
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan and Brian revisit the past, solve the Rubik's cube, and celebrate Christmas a week early.
This show:
- P&A Magazine
- You know, we actually talked about other …
Fill Me In #174: What, there are only three beasts and a title?
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan and Brian struggle with time zones, time lords, and what time of day they record the show.
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Fill Me In #173: I know English; I know nothing else. (or, six French things that don't revolve.)
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Fill Me In #172: How does it feel to want?
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan and Brian recover from Thanksgiving, reminisce about their lost youths, and valiantly attempt to explain how logic puzzles work.
This show:
- Fill Me In's or…
Fill Me In #171: Take him away, boys!
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan and Brian attempt to translate a Russian crossword, anagram the capital of Ecuador, and reverse engineer a contest puzzle.
This show:
- P&A Magazine
- Is bestc…
Fill Me In #170: That’s a long time to listen to the crinkling of cellophane.
In this week's episode of Fill Me In, Ryan returns to the airwaves, Brian agrees to eat a Cynthia Nixon sandwich, and no one knows which puzzles in Panda Magazine to start with.
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Fill Me In #169: Puzzlegirl doesn't want to talk about sandwiches.
BREAKING NEWS! This week, Ryan bemoans his beloved Dodgers in silent quarantine, and Brian welcomes special guest host Angela Olson Halsted to the show!
This show:
- In our future: P&A Magazine
- The I…
Fill Me In #168: This is Ryan Hecht. He's alive.
This week, the baseball season comes to a close, Ryan loses all hope in the future of mankind, Brian fails to console his friend, and we try (hopelessly) to explain how the visual elements of the pig…
Fill Me In #167: Understand the concept rather than arguing the semantics.
This week, the Dodgers face off against the Red Sox, the Wall Street Journal challenges our comprehension of written instructions, and Erik Agard wins Jeopardy. We think we edited out worst of the ga…