What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast
A weekly comedy podcast about Jeopardy! from comedians Emily Heller and John Cullen.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 84 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Week of October 21: You Kill My Father. The Princess Bride.
It's a delirious episode of the show as we record this late on a Monday and just squeeze it in for your Tuesday morning commute, and what a week it was! We have a new 4-day champion in Will Wallace w…
01:29:14 |
Tue 29 Oct 2024
Week of October 14: Marineland Blows!
For perhaps the first time in the podcast's history, Emily and John side with the Jeopardy! fans who are fuming this week, as Ontario-born John is completely baffled that Jeopardy! clue writers used …
01:24:13 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
Week of October 7: Dammit, Bobby
We have another Tournament of Champions entrant and perhaps the final ToC entrant of Season 40 (despite this being Season 41), as games taped from last season wrap with Mark Fitzpatrick picking up hi…
01:21:48 |
Tue 15 Oct 2024
Week of September 30: Hornier and Hornier
Jeopardy! continues its slow descent into horny madness and we can't help but follow them there with the absolutely ridiculous category, "An Ocean of Lotion". There's an ocean of great content on thi…
01:21:05 |
Tue 08 Oct 2024
Week of September 23: [three woman symbol emojis]
It's a delightful week on Jeopardy! as we meet one of the most likeable contestants in recent memory and surefire Second Chancer Drew Goins. And this is not to mention a very sharp 3-game run from su…
01:20:30 |
Tue 01 Oct 2024
Week of September 16: Oh Cool. Awesome.
It is a cool and awesome week on the show as we rue the fact that we got two candidates for Anecdote of the Year last week and then a whole lotta duds this week. But that's ok! We have a ton of fun w…
01:24:15 |
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Week of September 9: Fruit in the Toilet w/ Tawny Newsome
We're back, baby! It's Season 41 of Jeopardy! and Season 2 of our little show about the smartest show on television. Of course, all your favorite segments are here and as good as ever. It's a wild we…
01:40:40 |
Tue 17 Sep 2024
The 2024 Jeoppys
It's time to celebrate! Season 40 of Jeopardy! and Season 1 of our podcast is in the books, and while it was a strange season full of tournaments and this podcast didn't start until halfway through i…
01:14:01 |
Thu 29 Aug 2024
The 2024 WIAJP Player of the Year: Isaac Hirsch
Jeopardy! is off for the summer, but we aren't! At least not yet, as we crown our first-ever Player of the Year, Isaac Hirsch, and sit down for a lengthy chat with the 9-game champion. We ask about e…
01:32:02 |
Tue 06 Aug 2024
Week of July 22: The Leftovers
It's the final week of Season 40 and everyone has Senioritis, including your hosts! It's a strange week of games that sees a couple runs end just when they looked like they were heating up, some weir…
01:34:30 |
Tue 30 Jul 2024
Week of July 15: The Tournament of Sweeties
We don't have too many good ideas on this show, but we may have stumbled upon one this time around, as we demand the J! producers bring back all the contestants we think are the nicest and gentlest t…
01:26:57 |
Tue 23 Jul 2024
Week of July 8: Three Kinds of Joshes
Which kind of Josh are you? It's the question on everyone's mind this week as John records in a foreign land (his parents' basement) and we see another man added to the Tournament of Champions invite…
01:29:02 |
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Week of July 1: Turns Out, Karma Isn't Real
Isaac Hirsch tempted fate with a Wednesday anecdote about his Jeopardy!-losing father, but it mattered not, as he rattled off three straight wins and has the look of a potential ToC entrant, leisure …
01:26:31 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
Week of June 24: Not Just the Name of a Cake
It's a full week of Drew Basile on the podcast, as he wins his way into the Tournament of Champions, finds himself exhausted on Friday and his streak ends at 7 days. But what a week it was, and we ru…
01:18:52 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
Week of June 17: John Meets Fred Durst
John is BACK from his European vacation where he gets revenge on Katie and Emily making fun of him by actually meeting Limp Bizkit's lead singer Fred Durst, and having a lovely time seeing them in Be…
01:49:56 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Week of June 10: TMI? w/ Louis Peitzman
Surprise! In more ways than one. With John still away on vacation, writer, editor, Jeopardy! fan, Ken Jennings twitter mutual, and friend of the pod Louis Peitzman is formally invited to guest co-hos…
01:18:39 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
Week of June 3: Kippers on a Limp Bizkit w/ Katie Nolan
While John’s away for not at all embarrassing reasons, Celebrity Jeopardy! finalist Katie Nolan steps in to fill his shoes. We hear some juicy BTS gossip about her time on the Alex Trebek stage, befo…
01:09:11 |
Tue 11 Jun 2024
Week of May 27: It's Awesome to Have a Potato
We're back to our regularly scheduled programming with our weekly recaps and the season of the just-shy-of-five-day champions continues, as we wave goodbye to 4-day champ Amar Kakirde and say hello t…
01:15:45 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
BONUS: The 2024 Masters w/ Juveria Zaheer
As promised, we recap the entire 2024 Masters tournament in one episode with none other than Second Chance and Champions Wildcard winner (and ToC quarterfinalist!) Juveria Zaheer! While we do discuss…
01:45:21 |
Mon 03 Jun 2024
Week of May 20: Ham Kinison
The 3-day curse is broken, but Grant DeYoung runs into the dreaded 4-day curse, falling one win short of a guaranteed TOC invite. But that's ok, as Amar Kakirde is here to pick up the slack and start…
01:16:55 |
Tue 28 May 2024
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