25 Best Riddle and Puzzle Podcasts
Riddle and Puzzle Podcasts
Here are 25 Best Riddle and Puzzle Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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Riddles! Puzzles! WhoDunnits! Adal Rifai, Erin Keif and John Patrick Coan, three of Chicago's most overrated improvisers, are on the case to solve every riddle, puzzle, brain-teaser, and head-scratcher known to humanity. Some riddles are almost impossible, some are absolutely improbable, and some simply have not aged well. And if you don't like riddles, don't worry! This podcast is barely about them! Like what you hear? Join the Clue Crew for weekly bonus episodes at Patreon.com/heyriddleriddleMORE Hosts Adal Rafai, Erin Keif, John Patrick Coan
Producer/Network Headgum
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 1.9KTwitter 8.5K Avg Length 40 min Since Jul 2018 Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com . We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us
2. Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
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A short, fun and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
Hosts Jean, Mike
Producer/Network MP
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 15 min Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact
3. Fill Me In
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Fill Me In is a crossword podcast, or at least, that's what it pretends to be. Most of the time, it's about other things (including, but not limited to: soup, Thor, Rosana Ñler, sandwiches, Stephen Sondheim, Viewer Mail, vuvuzelas, inappropriate glorification of the E Division, and more), but occasionally, we also talk about crosswords.MORE Hosts Brian Cimmet, Ryan Hecht
Producer/Network Be More Smarter
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 264Twitter 638Instagram 196 Avg Length 89 min Since Mar 2018 Get Email Contact
4. The Incomparable Game Show
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The people of The Incomparable play various games, including trivia, classic board games, word games, and even a few reimagined classic game shows from years gone by.
Hosts Jason Snell, Kathy Campbell, Erika Ensign
Producer/Network The Incomparable
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 384Twitter 5.1K Avg Length 67 min Since Apr 2012 Video Podcast YouTube
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5. Road Trip Trivia
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Quiz Queen Ally Lane takes you a fun ride of trivia games you can play on your own, or with a group of people. Categories cover a wide variety of topics from pop culture, to science, history, geography, sports, and even riddles! Whether you're venturing on a long road trip or hosting a house party with friends, ROAD TRIP TRIVIA is your one-stop-shop for endless hours of game entertainment.MORE Host Ally Lane
Producer/Network The Quiz Queen
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Apple Rating 3.4/5Facebook 125Twitter 526 Avg Length 6 min Since May 2019 Get Email Contact
6. Sunday Puzzle
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Each week, New York Times crossword puzzle editor and NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz presents an on-air quiz to one contestant and gives a challenge for listeners at home.
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7. Puzzle Chat
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The Puzzle Chat podcast is your all-access pass to the thrilling world of puzzles with Jeff and Denice for Puzzle Month (All of January) and beyond. From fun challenges to fascinating stories, we've got puzzles to play, puzzle hacks to learn, and plenty of Puzzle Day and Puzzle Month fun. Learn more about the puzzle culture! What is Puzzle Month? This special month was started as an extension of Puzzle Day, which is celebrated annually on January 29th. Both Puzzle Day and Puzzle Month were founded by Jodi Jill, a professional puzzle maker and lifelong puzzle enthusiast. Tune in...MORE Hosts Jeff Stainberg, Denice Phillips
Producer/Network Puzzle Chat
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8. Transum Mathematics Puzzles
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This Transum podcast features a puzzle of the month as well as information about everything new on Transum Mathematics. Look for the latest episode of the podcast in the iTunes Store
Host John Tranter
Producer/Network John Tranter
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 247Twitter 2KInstagram 72 Avg Length 12 min Since Aug 2014 Get Email Contact
9. Crosspod Wordcast
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Do you like crosswords? How about solving it with friends?Listen to the puzzlingly clever duo, David and Daniel, solve the themed Sunday edition of the New York Times crossword puzzle. New episodes weakly?MORE Producer/Network Daniel Foster Smith
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 8Twitter 9 Avg Length 101 min Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact
10. One Down with Greg Warren and Brendan Eyre
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Every day, Comedians Greg Warren and Brendan Eyre attempt the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Every Week, they report their triumphs, failures, observations, and complaints. Lots of complaints. Trust us, it's way funnier than it sounds.We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy PolicyMORE Producer/Network The Laugh Button
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 16.1KTwitter 7.1K Avg Length 77 min Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact
11. Whitey Puzzleman's Crossword Hour
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Bianca Brady and Olivia Shepson take you through the week's NYT crossword puzzles. They discuss their times, what they loved, what they hated, and how they knew what they know.
Producer/Network Bianca Brady
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 93 Avg Length 67 min Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact
12. Brain Drop Puzzles
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A show all about puzzles, games, brainteasers, mysteries, riddles, and lateral thinking. It's an exploration of the quandaries of our lives, a journey through the mysteries of the world, driven by curiosity and wonder. Either that, or it's a bunch of audio files with some puzzles thrown in. Depends on how cynical you are.MORE Producer/Network Brian Hobbs
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 147Twitter 128 Avg Length 20 min Since May 2020 Get Email Contact
13. Crossnerds
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Crossnerds is the world's best—er, nerdiest—crossword puzzle podcast. Editors, constructors, solvers, and allies deliver piping-hot takes on the New York Times crossword puzzle and the vast cruciuniverse of wordplay beyond.MORE Producer/Network Crossnerds
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14. Wonderful World Of Words
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This podcast presents original word puzzles that may be solved using linguistic tools like anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, cross word puzzle like clues and the like. These puzzles are also available in text form on Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter.For more information contact bedabeda@outlook.com. Your answers should also be sent to this address. Names of those who solve the puzzles before they are published here will also be announced on these podcasts.MORE Producer/Network ಬೇ ದಾ
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 12 Avg Length 3 min Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact
15. Riddle Skittle
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Riddles are great conversation starters and help improve critical reasoning skills while having fun. At our home we enjoy chatting and bonding over riddles/jokes and wanted to share it with others.MORE Producer/Network Riddle Skittle
Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 2 min Since May 2020 Get Email Contact
16. Road Trip Riddles
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Looking for an engaging game during your next long road trip or event? From the people that brought you ROAD TRIP TRIVIA comes ROAD TRIP RIDDLES. These games are fast, exciting and engaging. Each game is a new question to keep you thinking, talking and driving! Download the complete library today. New games are uploaded every Tuesday!MORE Host Ally Lane
Producer/Network The Quiz Queen
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Apple Rating 3.6/5Facebook 185Twitter 526 Avg Length 3 min Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact
17. The Mini Crossword Club
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Five friends play the New York Times Mini Crossword Puzzle together followed by a breakdown of the highlights (and lowlights) of each puzzle. Listeners can play along with the club.
Producer/Network The Mini Crossword Club
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 23 Avg Length 47 min Since May 2019 Get Email Contact
18. Bedtime Crosswords
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The goal of this podcast is to help you sleep by tiring the mind. Each episode, I will be solving a crossword puzzle and as I'm doing so, I will read the clues and the number of letters out loud so that you can solve with me in your head. This will hopefully help you drift off in sleep.MORE Producer/Network Marcel
Avg Length 25 min Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact
19. The Riddles Podcast
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The Riddles Podcast is a break-sized podcast about riddles old and new, popular and darned near impossible to find anywhere. Please subscribe and tell your friends, especially if you got stumped! This will help me get new riddles out faster. Each podcast features the riddle, a pause, a hint and then a solution so there are no spoilers. Nice to meet you and if you'd like to leave any feedback please do so at anchor.fm/riddles. I'm working on getting the audio more consistent for the first episode and will be replacing it a bit at a time. If you'd like to be featured let me know!MORE Producer/Network Waffles & The Riddle Kid
Avg Length 7 min Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact
20. DOPE(daily one puzzle exercise) Podcast
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DOPE daily one puzzle exercise podcast presents a fun & interesting puzzle on a daily basis and the solution is explained in the next episode. Solving puzzles daily for 25 minutes improves your IQ score by 4 points.Apart from keep you sharp, improving concentration, reasoning, memory and other innumerable benefits.Solving puzzles is just fun!So, what are you waiting for?Jump in and start solving a DOPE puzzleMORE Producer/Network Hello, my name is Venu Yerram and I believe in 'Learn to teach & teach to learn'
Avg Length 3 min Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact
21. Quick brown fox
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listen to me telling riddles, poems,stories, to you my lovely viewers!
Producer/Network Vivian
Avg Length 3 min Since May 2020 Get Email Contact
22. riddles by Meara
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Learn fun riddles to tell your family and friends (non-explicit).
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Riddle and Puzzle shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Jeff Stainberg | Co Host | puzzlechat.buzzsprout.com | ||||
Denice Phillips | Co Host | puzzlechat.buzzsprout.com | ||||
Adal Rafai | Co Host | headgum.com/hey-riddle-riddle | 165 | @adalrifai | 21.4K | |
Erin Keif | Co Host | headgum.com/hey-riddle-riddle | 165 | @erinkeif2 | 9.1K | |
John Patrick Coan | Co Host | headgum.com/hey-riddle-riddle | 165 | @jpsofly | 12.2K | |
Jean | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1174559 | 203 | |||
Mike | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1174559 | 203 | |||
Brian Cimmet | Co Host | bemoresmarter.libsyn.com | 26 | @cimmet | 917 | |
Ryan Hecht | Co Host | bemoresmarter.libsyn.com | 26 | @ryanhecht | 159 | |
Jason Snell | Co Host | theincomparable.com/gameshow | 15 | @jsnell | 71.2K | |
Kathy Campbell | Co Host | theincomparable.com/gameshow | 15 | @mrssoup | 1.5K | |
Erika Ensign | Co Host | theincomparable.com/gameshow | 15 | |||
Ally Lane | Host | spreaker.com/podcast/road-trip-trivia--3522250 | 76 | @allylanedotcom | 566 | |
John Tranter | Host | transum.org/Maths/NewsArchive | 7 | @jotr_patana | 10 | |
Ally Lane | Host | spreaker.com/podcast/road-trip-riddles--4254981 | @allylanedotcom | |||
Ellie Hino | buzzsprout.com/1519258/8210901-3-25-21.mp3 | 20 | @elliehino | 440 | ||
Meara | anchor.fm/meara7/episodes/interview-and-new-riddle-eq4nfu | 20 | ||||
Devil Heaven Network | onthecross.libsyn.com/boyz-only-yellow-rat-finks-vs-green-rat-finks | 20 | @onthecrosspod | 41 | ||
Riddle Skittle | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jay220/episodes/Riddle-41-ef5lri | 20 | ||||
Daniel Foster Smith | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xpwc/episodes/Ep-62-May-6--2021-e1190j4 | 20 | @xpodwordcast | 9 | ||
The Laugh Button | thelaughbutton.com/podcasts/one-down | 20 | @thelaughbutton | 7.1K | ||
Bianca Brady | whiteypuzzleman.com/42 | 20 | @whiteypuzzleman | 93 | ||
ಬೇ ದಾ | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/u0cacu0cc7-u0ca6u0cbe/episodes/WoW-Wonderful-World-of-Words--Episode--104-Puzzle--112-ep9ppf | 20 | @PadaVaibhava | |||
Waffles & The Riddle Kid | anchor.fm/riddles/episodes/Valentines-Day-Teaser-for-Episode-6-eqdtee | 18 | ||||
The Mini Crossword Club | theminicrosswordclub.podbean.com/e/the-mini-crossword-club-episode-1 | 17 | ||||
Brian Hobbs | buzzsprout.com/1065109/6301915-23-are-you-afraid-of-the-puzzles.mp3 | 9 | @braindroppuzzle | 128 | ||
Vivian | anchor.fm/sofie-gallagher/episodes/Beginners-luck-ejss0d | 7 | ||||
Marcel | anchor.fm/betimecrosswords/episodes/Bedtime-Crossword-1-eh1dga | 7 | ||||
The Riddle Kid | anchor.fm/riddles/episodes/International-Riddles-Update-ep5qs3 | 2 | ||||
Sofie Gallagher | anchor.fm/sofie-gallagher/episodes/Season-1-ep-1-riddles-with-my-dad-eeea5k | 1 |