Recreational Thinking
A trivia game show (along the lines of Trivial Warfare or Triviality) with a twist!
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 114 minutes
- Episodes
- 59
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 19: Episode 19: Let's Go with a Canadian Last Name
Contestants: Isaac Renert, Milan Fernandez, Max ShatanHappy Juneteenth! And now for something completely different: An entire episode devoted to the wide world of cinema, with three millennial cineph…
01:42:01 |
Sun 20 Jun 2021
Episode 18: Episode 18: To Wang Tao, Thanks for Everything
Contestants: Internet personality "Default Friend," Trey Kelso, Tom ColocciCollege football, DC Comics, The Office, Wicca, and Donny Osmond are all on the syllabus of an episode bookended, for no par…
01:31:34 |
Sat 05 Jun 2021
Episode 17: Episode 17: Five Is Right Out
Contestants: Dargan Ware, Joshua Hill, Andy WehrmanOrder in the court!! Civil law is on the docket in this episode, alongside geography, religion, business, country music, the Founding Fathers, class…
01:24:34 |
Mon 10 May 2021
Episode 16: Episode 16: Then Why Do They Call It the Big Ten?
Contestants: David Kendall, Brian Hight, Anupama SriranganWe travel the world in this geography-themed episode (with an emphasis on national flags and anthems), while also covering many other topics,…
01:33:34 |
Thu 06 May 2021
Episode 15: Episode 15: The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
Contestants: Jesse Palek-Zahn, Rajay Kumar, Steve WinerWe take a grand tour of the humanities, sciences, and pop culture in this episode, with questions covering history, literature, physics, health/…
01:49:07 |
Sun 11 Apr 2021
Episode 14: Episode 14: You Have Successfully Borrowed a Feeling
Contestants: Steve Evenhouse, Bill Pennington, Jonathan KleinAnd now "Recreational Thinking" has its first truly international episode, with an American facing off against a Canadian native and an ac…
02:01:54 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Episode 13: Episode 13: I'm Going to Owe a Lot of People a Lot of Cookies
Contestants: Lynn Yu, Arianna Haut, Muffy MarraccoThis is it, you guys. Yes, it's our first episode with an all-woman lineup, but more importantly it's our funniest and most energetic episode to date…
02:04:20 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Episode 12: Episode 12: We Dispensed with the Softballs
Contestants: Todd Hunter, Dillon Edwards, Cheyenne FletcherThis episode was recorded at the height of my sickness last March, and I can't say I'm at my best. Still, the contestants and I take an ente…
02:04:05 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Episode 11: Episode 11: Not As Good As "Paddington 2"
Contestants: Mehrun Etebari, Christine Grace Whelchel, Devin LandinThe outside world rears its ugly head in this episode of "Recreational Thinking," as it is the first of three I recorded while suffe…
01:38:17 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
Episode 10: Episode 10: Cries of Joy and Cries of Anguish
Contestants: Mike Jeziorski, Tucker Warner, Jack RousseauA true collision of expertise occurs in this episode that's heavy on baseball and cinema but also detours into video games, mythology, alt-roc…
02:32:50 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Episode 9: Episode 9: I Believe “Child Jeopardy” Is a Slightly Different Show
Contestants: Steve Oppenheim, Wayne Schiff, Joe TrelaWelcome to another episode of the quizzing podcast where even a contestant who earned the top prize on WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE feels challen…
02:15:56 |
Fri 09 Oct 2020
Episode 8: Episode 8: I Told Myself I Wouldn't Sing
Contestants: Patti Mansbach, Darren Munk, Adam BeeCome for the cute doggos and Jonas Brothers content; stay for one contestant's incredible streak of bad luck and another's amazing Round 3 comeback; …
01:52:31 |
Sat 19 Sep 2020
Episode 7: Episode 7: I Had Hyperemesis the Whole Time
Contestants: Victoria Groce, Guy Jordan, Susannah BrooksWelcome to an all-star episode of the only podcast where you'll hear two of the best quizzers in the world each describe their experience of be…
03:02:06 |
Sat 05 Sep 2020
Episode 6: Episode 6: Is There Any Chance This Is Lupus?
Contestants: James Lasker, David Plotkin, Nolan WernerTopics include ‘80s animation, the sitcom Scrubs, the New York Mets, astrophysics, and lots of tasty insects! And yes, this is the episode where …
02:26:17 |
Sat 06 Jun 2020
Episode 5: Episode 5: It's Definitely Not the Human Centipede
Contestants: Matt Jones, Joel Hess, Jonathan GrahamTopics include current worldwide politics, Buckeyes football, geography, and the ups and downs (or rather, acrosses and downs) of crosswords
01:32:13 |
Wed 25 Dec 2019
Episode 4: Episode 4: He Moves Away from the Mic to Breathe in
Contestants: Jason Myrowitz, Michael Sturm, Andy GreeleyThe Internet is really, really great for ... memes! Other topics include law, TV, and the Seattle Mariners
01:15:20 |
Tue 17 Dec 2019
Episode 3: Episode 3: From Biko to Bilko
Contestants: Amanda Walker, Ryan Rosenberg, Jakob MyersTopics include The Good Place, the NBA, modernist literature, '60s pop, and (of course) Happy Days(Note: Sit tight for the first 10 mins - the a…
01:42:33 |
Sun 15 Dec 2019
Episode 2: Episode 2: A Good Knowledge Was Had by All
Contestants: Jakob Myers, Amanda Walker, Mike CameronTopics include superheroes, African history, Happy Days, and more Happy Days
00:05:57 |
Thu 05 Dec 2019
Episode 1: Episode 1: I'm Kinda Scared of Mike's DVD Collection
Contestants: Muffy Marracco, Harvey "H-Bomb" Silikovitz, Mike BurgerTopics include The Simpsons, major league baseball history, earthquakes, and David Letterman
01:27:24 |
Wed 23 Oct 2019
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