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What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast

by Emily Heller

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Week of October 12: Welcome to Philadelphia

October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

It's week 2 of the Guy Branum administration here at WIAJP, and we have a lot of fun recapping this historic week of games! There are also MANY inside baseball digressions into the television industry and LA politics. Plus, Emily and the…
Week of October 5: the Queens of Primopolos

October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

The torch has been passed to our newest guest host: Guy Branum! And he's just in time to celebrate both Emily's birthday and a week of absolute queens on the show. Rian falls victim to the season 43 curse, Emily unsuppresses her Mr. Big…
Week of September 28: the Kindergarten Slime Man

October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

It's Handsome Kevin Seccia's farewell (for now!) episode, and we rue our childish hopes for Nikolas's run. Kevin quibbles about a wrestling clue and Producer Dan agrees, we try our hands at the ooOOO, and Kevin gives us some knife…
Week of September 21st: Drag it Through the Garden

September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

It's our second week back with Handsome Kevin Seccia, and dare I say we have our first breakout star of the season??? We do so much digging into the history of Groundhog Day you can basically call us Fred le Marmotte. The Greek Theater…
Week of Sept 14: A rich tapestry of horrible incidents and interactions

September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

Well well well, looks like we CAN do the podcast without John! (even though the first time I tried to publish this I failed horribly) Emily is joined by friend of the podcast, Handsome Kevin Seccia, to recap the first week of season 43…

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The 2026 Jeoppys

September 1, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

The most prestigious awards in television are BACK, as we hand out our Jeoppy Awards for Season 41 of Jeopardy!, from the classic Response and Anecdote of the Year to the best names and misleading headlines from the year that was. And of…
The 2026 WIAJP Player of the Year: Jamie Ding

August 7, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

Who else could it be? A 31-game winning streak, a great sense of humour, and a hell of a lot of orange, Jamie Ding joins us to discuss his amazing run on the Alex Trebek Stage. We ask about his prep process, how he feels watching the ToC…
Week of July 20: Catch the Freshness

July 28, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

The end of the 42nd season of Jeopardy! is here, and it ends with a week of absolute BANGERS, including what is potentially the Game of the Year on Thursday. We also get introduced to one of the more memorable players of the season in…
Week of July 13: Which Unabomber?

July 21, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

We ponder the existence of multiple Unabombers on this week's episode as Caleb Groen enters the imperial phase of his superchamp run, which is to say, not a lot happens this week other than Caleb dominating. Caleb also has an anecdote that…
Week of July 6: Emily Met Tom Cruise

July 14, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min

Yes, Jeopardy! games happened this week and Caleb Groen continues an impressive streak of ToC invites by winning his fifth game, but most of you will be here to hear about Tom Cruise showing up at Emily's work and her and all of her…
Week of June 29: Bulging

July 7, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

Much like a certain Jeopardy! category, we are BULGING with content this week as we say goodbye to superchamp Adam Remsen and we get one of the games of the season in the wake of his farewell to the Alex Trebek Stage. Plus, some olds…
Week of June 22: The Slime of Glory

June 30, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

John returns to the show after a week off just in time to watch Adam Remsen become a super champion with a very strong week of games. We also get a very strong Response of the Year candidate with the rare "kibbitz with Ken" left in the…