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Update frequency: every 5 days
Average duration: 40 minutes
Episodes: 312
Years Active: 2021 - 2025

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Everyone & Cruise Ship Love

Comedian Ashley Ray and Emma discover love on the open sea, find out who really likes shrimp and ask "What would Jesus do?"

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00:15:14 | Wed 25 May 2022

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore, pop singer and star of This Is Us, plays our game called This is Utz, three questions about the snack brand Utz. She is joined by panelists Alonzo Bodden, Maeve Higgins, and Tom Papa.

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00:47:29 | Sat 21 May 2022

Everyone & Skeletons

Comedian Adam Burke and Emma meet a knight in shining armor, get the latest gossip about the Medieval era and uncover a skeleton in the closet.

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00:16:05 | Wed 18 May 2022

Hannah Einbinder

Comedian and star of HBO's Hacks, Hannah Einbinder plays our game about life hacks. She is joined by panelists Peter Grosz, Faith Salie and Laci Mosley.

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00:47:51 | Sat 14 May 2022

Everyone & Pay Phones

Tom Bodett celebrates a heroic payphone and gets advice from author Samin Nosrat.

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00:16:48 | Wed 11 May 2022

Adam Scott

Adam Scott, star of Apple TV+'s Severance, plays our game about weddings and marriage proposals. He is joined by panelists Maz Jobrani, Emmy Blotnick and Paula Poundstone.

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00:47:00 | Sat 07 May 2022

Everyone & Corpse Flowers

Comedian Negin Farsad joins Emma to meet a corpse flower and find love at a stinky speed dating event.

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00:11:50 | Wed 04 May 2022

Myles Stubblefield

Myles Stubblefield, the man behind Buffalo Worm Works, plays our game about ear worms. Joining him are panelists Alzo Slade, Maeve Higgins and Amy Dickinson.

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00:47:07 | Sat 30 Apr 2022

Everyone & Mice

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka and Emma get overrun by mice, meet a fancy cat and finally untangle the mystery of the Rat King. With guests Dr. Bobby Corrigan, Cameron Jay, and Lynzie Rogers.

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00:19:11 | Wed 27 Apr 2022

Stephen Merchant

Stephen Merchant, co-creator of The Office and star of The Outlaws, plays our game about thieving merchants. He is joined by panelists Ashley Ray, Maz Jobrani and Faith Salie.

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00:47:26 | Sat 23 Apr 2022

Everyone & Secret Messages

Comedian Emmy Blotnick and Emma find a message in a bottle, learn what not to do with cheese, and Domee Shi, director of Pixar's "Turning Red" talks about her Harry Potter fan fiction.

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00:21:09 | Wed 20 Apr 2022

Best of NMJ April 2022

Chance The Rapper, Japanese Breakfast, and brothers Bashir and Sultan Salahuddin, plus Paula Poundstone thinks a story is baloney.

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00:47:09 | Sat 16 Apr 2022

Everyone & Robot Dogs

Writer and comedian Alzo Slade joins Emma to explore the ruins of Pompeii and a robot dog finally finds its calling.

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00:13:03 | Wed 13 Apr 2022

Matt Walsh

Matt Walsh, from HBO's Veep, plays our game about mistakes in sports announcing. Joining him are panelists Karen Chee, Helen Hong and Alonzo Bodden.

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00:46:54 | Sat 09 Apr 2022

Everyone & Boring People

Comedian Peter Grosz joins Emma on a search for the most boring person in the world and Emma interviews astronaut Victor Glover about the boring parts of his exciting job.

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00:16:55 | Wed 06 Apr 2022

Slash

Legendary rock guitarist Slash plays our game about those purveyors of sashes: beauty pageants. He is joined by panelists Tom Papa, Cristela Alonzo and Maeve Higgins.

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00:46:58 | Sat 02 Apr 2022

Everyone & Fancy Ham

Comedian Hari Kondabolu joins Emma Choi to solve a meat mystery with bestselling author Gillian Flynn, then we talk with baseball legend Sean Doolittle about what he and Emma's mom have in common.

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00:19:53 | Wed 30 Mar 2022

Dan Snow

British historian Dan Snow, a member of the team that discovered Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, plays our game about the artists lost at the bottom of the Lollapalooza lineup. He is joined by panelis…

00:47:10 | Sat 26 Mar 2022

Everyone & Bears

Comedian Ashley Ray joins Emma Choi to discuss a super cool and dangerous job opening, Emma interviews for the position and we pitch a reality TV show to the creator of "Love is Blind."

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00:22:40 | Wed 23 Mar 2022

Zazie Beetz

One of the stars of Atlanta, Zazie Beetz, plays our game called "Zazie Beetz, meet Sassy Beats!" Three stories about Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. She is joined by panelists Roy Blount Jr, He…

00:47:42 | Sat 19 Mar 2022

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