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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

This week, Ryan and Brian eat on the show. Sorry. Also: Blue Jays, Buckwheat Boyz, Bakers, and a Brinck Report. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

This week, Ryan and Brian sound like a couple of grumpy middle aged men -- but maybe that's what you're here for. It's almost October, which bears the bad news of post-season baseball. With any luck, everyone will lose this week and it can all be over. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · 16d

This week, the Thunder Round features Ryan and Brian attempting the Wall Street Journal meta-week of contest puzzles. In addition, there's at least 6.022x10^23 sardines, bananas, and beets, as well as a battle of classic literature. Shana tova! #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · 23d

This week, everything is fine. Ryan and Brian get new insight on asymmetrical grids, dig unnecessarily deeper into peanut butter sandwiches, and find irritation in capitalism. Next week, the Thunder Round will be Wall Street Journal puzzles! #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 9

This week, Ryan and Brian find more sandwiches in the viewer mail bag, ponder the power of the throat lozenge, and enjoyed the Fri/Sat puzzles more than the rest of the week (and a lot more than 1/7 of the week). #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 2

This week, Ryan and Brian find their thunder in a new set of puzzles -- August's Sunday puzzles from the Washington Post, all constructed by Evan Birnholz. Also, if this show evolves into a sandwich podcast by the end of Season 11, that'll be a success. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 26

In 2008, nobody thought that two idiots like us would get to something we could realistically call "Season Eleven," but here we are. We start with sandwiches, continue with crosswords, and there's only the tiniest sliver of baseball at the end. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 12

This week, Ryan and Brian recap Lollapuzzoola (puzzles are still available!), get a beatdown on beaming up, learn that some people believe cake cannot be savory, and in a post-Lolla stupor, Brian concedes that tacos are sandwiches. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 5

This week, Brian can barely think straight, what with Lollapuzzoola looming in five days. Ryan tries to pick up the slack with talk of potato cakes, Paul McCartney, and Scott Weiss's newest Anti-Match Quiz. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 29

This week, Brooke Husic drops by the FMI studio to offer the Announcement of the Year — who is making puzzles for Lollapuzzoola! Is there more? Well, yes: how to count, how to order food in Russia, how to alienate a brilliant web designer ... typical stuff. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 28

Lollapuzzoola constructor lineup dropping ... TOMORROW! #crossword #tournament #lollapuzzoola

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 22

This week, Ryan and Brian can't say real words ("reminiscences"), create fake words ("touichisón"), attempt to explain things astronomical, acoustic, and binary, and argue about (so sorry) sandwiches. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 15

This week, Ryan and Brian celebrate 500 episodes with fond memories, celebratory tributes, fictional performances, little known facts, sticks, canes, deckers, Dodgers, and an overwhelming sense of gratitude to everyone who has been part of the FMI universe. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 8

This week, Ryan and Brian predict patterns, fear asteroids, and reminisce spreadsheets – plus a brand new audio Contest of Now, courtesy of Jenna LaFleur! #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 1

This week, Ryan and Brian recap Westwords, sports from many years ago, trees from Connecticut, Ryan's once and future middle name, and Menudo. In other news, there are now Fill Me In t-shirts!!! #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Lollapuzzoola @lollapuzzoola.bsky.social · Jun 20

LOLLAPUZZOOLA 18 is coming up in just 50 days -- Saturday, August 9 to be exact. We hope to see you there!

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jun 17

This week, Ryan is on vacation, so Ben Zimmer saves the day and joins Brian with renewed excitement over the National Spelling Bee, the National Puzzlers' League, and the National League East-leading Mets. #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jun 10

This week, Claire, the kids, and I learn more about hot lead in the New York Times, the Pope in the mini crossword, and Phil Silvers musicals in the 1950s. #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jun 3

This week, Ryan and Brian learn something new about the newspaper, reminisce about body-swap films, and aim to put the ASS into this first clASS podcast. #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · May 27

This week, Ryan and Brian have not watched NCIS (well, not both of them), not watched Susunu! Denpa Shōnen (not either of them), and have not critically reviewed ramen from overseas (but someone else has). #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · May 20

This week, Ryan and Brian have no Pope news! Instead, it's baseball (shocking), musicals (also shocking), and arrogant opinions (you've probably turned it off by now). Sorry -- we don't mean to yuck your yum. #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · May 13

This week, Ryan and Brian examine the balance between good and bad, the origin of names they already know, and the demographics of the average NCIS episode. #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · May 6

This week, Ryan and Brian rank people and fruit, try to remember Snoopy's friends, and travel west by a continent or two for a special request Kealoa. #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Apr 29

This week, Ryan is a little less sick but still just as much in Japan. He's visited both Tokyo and Kyoto, which might come in handy later in the show. Otherwise, Brian and Ryan deal with typos, horse races, too much coughing, and multiple spellings of "wolf." #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

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Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Apr 22

This week, Ryan is both sick and in Japan -- and he still shows up for a fresh episode. (Brian is neither sick nor away from home, so his contributions are adequate and predictable. Derbies, Verdugos, and (hopefully not vulgar) stories about bathrooms. #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

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