Ask Me Another podcast

Ask Me Another

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Packed with trivia, comedy and celebrity guests, Ask Me Another is like an amusement park for your brain. Host Ophira Eisenberg and musician Jonathan Coulton take brilliant contestants on a roller coaster that'll make you laugh and scream (out the answers)—and barely anyone throws up in a trash can.

Packed with trivia, comedy and celebrity guests, Ask Me Another is like an amusement park for your brain. Host Ophira Eisenberg and musician Jonathan Coulton take brilliant contestants on a roller coaster that'll make you laugh and scream (out the answers)—and barely anyone throws up in a trash can.

 

#300

The Final Round

Series finale. Ophira and Jonathan look back on nine years of puzzles, word games and trivia by playing puzzles, word games and trivia. ... Read more

28 Jan 2022

49 MINS

49:10

28 Jan 2022


#299

Home Cooking With Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Superstore's Nico Santos

Jesse Tyler Ferguson discusses his cookbook Food Between Friends. Nico Santos and Zeke Smith play This That Or The Other. Comics Samantha Ruddy and Luke Mones rock out to Grease songs about... Greece. ... Read more

21 Jan 2022

49 MINS

49:36

21 Jan 2022


#298

Alfonso Ribeiro: Jokes About Butts And Mild Transgressions

Comedians Demi Adejuyigbe and Gabe Gundacker rise to the occasion in a game about bread. Alfonso Ribeiro (AFV) talks about the Carlton dance. Alex Moffat (SNL) and Jen Spyra learn about baby animals. ... Read more

14 Jan 2022

49 MINS

49:38

14 Jan 2022


#297

Justin, Travis And Griffin McElroy: My Podcast, My Podcast And My Other Podcast

Podcast hosts Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy (My Brother, My Brother and Me) talk about their book, Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You). Then they fight off trivia-spouting monsters in a game that tests their D&D knowledge and d20 luck. Plus, comedians Shalewa Sharpe and Gastor Almonte (The War Report podcast) listen to sped-up versions of slow jams and play a hilarious round of "Bridgerton character, sweatpants brand or potato?" ... Read more

07 Jan 2022

49 MINS

49:33

07 Jan 2022


#296

Chelsea Handler & Sharon Salzberg: Guided Meditation

Sharon Salzberg leads a guided meditation. Chelsea Handler talks about her special, 'Evolution.' Plus, comedians Dewayne Perkins, Aasia LaShay Bullock, Mike Albo and Amanda Duarte play games. ... Read more

31 Dec 2021

49 MINS

49:39

31 Dec 2021


#295

Richard Kind & Nnamdi Asomugha: Seriously, Ask Me Another

Hilarious actor Richard Kind takes on Comedy Cloud founder Ray Ellin. NFL player-turned-actor Nnamdi Asomugha geeks out about holiday films. Ashley Nicole Black and Chelsea Devantez are back for more! ... Read more

17 Dec 2021

49 MINS

49:38

17 Dec 2021


#294

We Ship It

RuPaul's Drag Race alum and Call Me Mother co-host Peppermint talks about the origins of her name, and why it was a bit of "a dumb mistake" to choose "Peppermint." Plus, Couples Therapy hosts Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman attend Masterclasses taught by animals, and Miracle Workers stars Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni play a game about some smokin' hot topics— that's 9.9 trillion degrees hot, baby. ... Read more

10 Dec 2021

49 MINS

49:38

10 Dec 2021


#293

Nice Guys: Ted Lasso & Bob Ross

Ted Lasso stars play a film score themed music parody. Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone (Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed) do a quiz about tests. Lingthusiasm hosts play an emoji speed round. ... Read more

03 Dec 2021

49 MINS

49:38

03 Dec 2021


#292

Molecular Gastrivia

Rev up those fryers, it's the Ask Me Another Food Show! The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain (Nadiya's Time to Eat, Nadiya Bakes) dishes about baking for the Queen and digs up the truth in a game about plant family trees. Plus, James Beard Award-winning chef Gabrielle Hamilton (Blood, Bones and Butter, Prune) & Top Chef alum and National Arts Club head chef Ashley Merriman play a saucy music parody game, and Food Network hosts and judges Carla Hall (​​Carla and the Christmas Cornbread, Best Baker in America) & Nancy Fuller (Farmhouse Rules) are visited by a quizzical honey bee. ... Read more

26 Nov 2021

49 MINS

49:39

26 Nov 2021


#291

Padma Lakshmi: Taste The Nation, From Your Couch

Padma Lakshmi talks about her series Taste The Nation. Jenny Hagel, Amber Ruffin, Margo Price, and Jeremy Ivey play games about long things and events in history set to the tune of Billy Joel songs. ... Read more

19 Nov 2021

49 MINS

49:36

19 Nov 2021


#290

Yo-Yo Ma: Civic Duty

Yo-Yo Ma (Beginner's Mind on Audible) talks pandemic performance, chefs Sohla El-Waylly and Stella Parks play "Food Jazz," Timothy Simons (Veep, The Pole) & Teddy Bressman hear "bald metal." ... Read more

12 Nov 2021

49 MINS

49:39

12 Nov 2021


#289

Eddie Huang & 'Judas And The Black Messiah' Writers: Who Tells Your Story

Eddie Huang talks directing his first film, Boogie. Keith and Kenny Lucas (Judas and the Black Messiah) discuss pitching movies. Emily Heller and Emmy Blotnick meet guest host Oak-phira Eisen-birch. ... Read more

05 Nov 2021

49 MINS

49:39

05 Nov 2021


#288

Ken Jeong: Mask Me Another

Ken Jeong chats about The Masked Dancer. Actors Skylar Astin and John Clarence Stewart hear unconventional instruments. Comedians Cameron Esposito and Beth Stelling cruise through a game about maps. ... Read more

29 Oct 2021

49 MINS

49:37

29 Oct 2021


#287

Michelle Buteau: 'The Circle' And Van Halen

Michelle Buteau chats season 2 of Netflix's The Circle. You're Wrong About's Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes meet a mysterious whale. Love Fraud's Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady play, is it a Lizard? ... Read more

22 Oct 2021

49 MINS

49:37

22 Oct 2021


#286

Better Call Saul & The Mandalorian's Giancarlo Esposito; Hacks

Giancarlo Esposito talks Gus Fring and Baby Yoda. Plus, games with Hacks creators Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs, and Tanya Morgan's Donwill & Bethany Van Delft (Parentalogic). ... Read more

15 Oct 2021

49 MINS

49:40

15 Oct 2021


#285

Spring TV: 'Chad' & 'Home Economics!' Also, Reggie Watts

Late Late Show bandleader Reggie Watts and Kate Berlant hop into a time machine. Sasheer Zamata and Catilin McGee learn what "holding the candle" means. Nasim Pedrad chats about playing a teen boy. ... Read more

08 Oct 2021

50 MINS

50:09

08 Oct 2021


#284

Marc Maron & Aimee Mann: End Times Fun

Marc Maron talks about his comedy special, End Times Fun. Aimee Mann and Michael Penn face off, and cartoonist Emily Flake takes on husband John Pastore. This episode originally aired April 10, 2020. ... Read more

01 Oct 2021

49 MINS

49:40

01 Oct 2021


#283

The Final Round

Series finale. Ophira and Jonathan look back on nine years of puzzles, word games and trivia by playing puzzles, word games and trivia. ... Read more

24 Sep 2021

50 MINS

50:49

24 Sep 2021


#282

The Penultimate Puzzles

This show is packed with returning friends of AMA! Comedians Aparna Nancherla and Joyelle Nicole Johnson are subjected to Kidz Bop, Welcome to Night Vale's Cecil Baldwin and musician Julian Velard decipher poorly-researched podcast ads, and Wandavision song writers Robert and Kristen Anderson Lopez show off their theme classic TV theme song knowledge. ... Read more

17 Sep 2021

51 MINS

51:17

17 Sep 2021


#281

Sonia Manzano: These Are The Muppets In Your Neighborhood

This week it's a classic episode from 2015. Actor Sonia Manzano talks about retiring from her role as Maria on Sesame Street after 44 years. Then, she and her TV husband Luis, played by actor Emilio Delgado, think back on all the Muppets they've encountered in their neighborhood. ... Read more

10 Sep 2021

50 MINS

50:20

10 Sep 2021