Kind and intelligent. And fun!

I just discovered this podcast after looking for things to listen to that offer me a bit of a respite from the endless bad news that had been coming through my speakers. This is a lovely change of pace, offering something that challenges the brain and entertains as well. Many thanks!

Love the Julie Bowen episode! She’s engaging, brilliant, and a blast!

I enjoyed the first season, but the second one is getting on my nerves. I don’t need celebrity chit-chat. I don’t care what projects the guests are working on or what movie stars they’re pals with. Even some of the puzzles aren’t so much puzzles as they are trivia questions. Get back to the lab and leave the dishy stuff to Access Hollywood.

A must-listen for me, my boyfriend and a ton of my friends! If you love the NYT games app, this is the podcast for you. Plus AJ and Greg are funny and smart, and they have great guests!! Highly recommend!!

The Puzzler is a bit of focused creativity and fun. Lots of variety, lots of laughter, and a rewarding break when I just need a few minutes to smile with some friendly and thoughtful people.

Geez Louise, what a shameless commercial-laden podcast. More commercials than content. I think I’m gonna unsubscribe on principle.

Like so many other reviewers, this is a daily commute listen for me. I want to get the puzzles so much that sometimes I pull over for everyone's safety so I can turn my full attention to the podcast. I binged the first season and I like the second season even more, for the more in-depth conversations with guests and the Friday Farrago. It is truly the shiny red sole of my puzzling Jimmy Choos!

The Puzzler was a daily listen all through the first season. But this year the episodes are padded with random chat with the guests. They are about twice as long as they used to be and are now often so long that they get interrupted with a mid-podcast several-minute-long ad break. There are many places to listen to random chat with random people and not many places to do puzzles, andI wish this would go back to what it was like the first season. (Also…no, I can’t just skip to the next podcast when the chat section begins, because there is always a final puzzle at the end, and the answer to the previous day.) Less blather, more puzzles!

Great audio puzzle that keeps my mind sharp - I don’t always get the extra credit puzzle but I definitely feel smarter when I do. I appreciate the banter and the new puzzle content throughout the week.

They’re doing better about it, but when these first episodes were releasing they were SO short that the run time was 80% ads. I appreciate their continuing to interview their guests and talk a little more in later episodes. Also…why are they re-releasing shows as best-of when the show is barely a year old??? It’s clogging up my podcast feed! I don’t want to hear these again! If someone wanted to hear them they could just scroll through the back catalogue.

I have to listen every morning to The Puzzler with AJ Jacobs! It gives me a great start to my day.

Love this pod, a quick daily hit of puzzling, but it’s 5 minutes of ads for less than 10 minutes of podcast.

This show is amazing

I enjoy listening to this podcast and I would like to give it five stars, but I can’t because of the weekend problem. When they rebroadcast episodes on the weekends, they don’t give the answer to the extra credit problem which I feel is unfair.

Very clever. It’s a quick audio puzzle everyday. Plus they always include an extra puzzle that they answer the next day. So it keeps you coming back.

I look forward to this daily pod to see if I can guess the puzzle solutions. The host is engaging and the guests are always willing to laugh even when they get it wrong. Homework puzzles are a bonus!

Nice chatter from the host, plus a light puzzle you can “play” as you listen

Just challenging enough and the guests introduce me to other books or podcasts or topics I might be interested in. And the length keeps me coming back each day.

Fun, clever and just the right level of challenge at just the right length

Spend a few minutes with some really sharp folks and celebrities stretching your self outside the box.

This show is great other than the fact that almost 25% of it is ads!

A delightful, quick podcast that gets you thinking

It’s the perfect companion for my daily early morning walk with the dog. About 10 minutes is perfect for fun, fast-paced puzzles. Keep ‘em coming!

This is one of the most entertaining podcasts there is! A.J. Jacobs and Greg Pliska team up to bring you wonderful brain teasers every day and I look forward to it SO much!! It’s short so you can squeeze it in anytime. Perfection!

Day one listener. LITERALLY laughing out loud today with Ted Allen and “Get Ted Fed”. Spoiler: I had the pass mass gas answer 😂 I tell any puzzler I find…”go listen to A.J Jacobs! Also, your chief puzzle officer gets an A+. Gold stars all around ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

LOVE the podcast!!!! But please, NO MORE Kara Swisher!!!

I absolutely adore this podcast. From playing along with the guests to puzzling over the extra credit (and feeling an unreasonable sense of pride when I figure out a tough one), The Puzzler is the cream cheese frosting on my red velvet puzzle cake.

Fun.

Thanks AJ for bringing us the delightful challenge, learning and brightness of this podcast!!!

Been a fan of AJ Jacobs for years. He’s so clever and funny ! This show is fun , gets my neurons warmed up . Interesting , accessible and I love it! Thank you.

My new favorite podcast! I was curious about this podcast because it was hosted by AJ Jacobs. After my first listen, I know I’m going to be revisiting often. It’s as if you’re sitting around a table of smart, funny, personable friends who don’t take themselves too seriously. It has the perfect balance of spark, fun and engaging puzzle play. It’s a great way to start the day!

Entertaining and relaxing. Short enough to not feel guilty when you have a break of work.

8 minutes of puzzles, 6 minutes of ads. I’d have already unsubscribed if the puzzles were bad.

Ugh This “production” is an excuse for commercials and begging to get listeners for the flailing and mediocre iHeart catalogue If you would be interested in hearing 4th graders argue about films or television I’d Batman vs Superman - this is your thing. Buy a lifetime subscription because sensible folk will cancel this drudgery!

AJ, please let your guests think for half a second before giving hints to the puzzles! I know you have to keep the episodes short, but multiple times people have known the answer or had it on the tip of their tongue, and AJ starts basically giving away the answer with hints. One of the guests even told him to stop talking for a second. 😅 Maybe let them say “I give up” first? Just a suggestion, because if it drives me crazy, I’m probably not the only one!

This show so quickly became part of my daily routine

I want to like this and listen to it with my kids, but I’ve had to turn it off twice during its short lifetime because of raunchy language. Did you really need to include ‘sadomasochistic foreplay’ when picking puzzles and clues?

A puzzle wrapped in an ad wrapped in an ad wrapped in an ad.

A fun, morning espresso shot for your brain.

Perfect length and great way to get your brain going.

I love AJ’s books and this is another great way to enjoy his combination of humor, curiosity and smarts. Really great show!

This little micro podcast is perfect way to turn on your brain on the way to work or start to wind down on the commute home. Its clever and fun!

Very entertaining, and love how concise the episodes are. AJ is a wonderful host.

What fun! I love it

Shor, sweet, and clever! For all puzzle and trivia lovers.

A.J. Jacobs does not disappoint, once again, this time with his puzzler podcast! I look forward to the next episode!

Such a unique, fun and entertaining podcast that makes you think (and also laugh)! Great stuff in bite size pieces. Love it!

Better than the book because it is LIVE! perfect way to start, end, or just interrupt your day.