25 Best Riddle and Puzzle Podcasts

1. Hey Riddle Riddle

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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?MORE Hosts Adal Rafai, Erin Keif, John Patrick Coan
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 1.9KTwitter 8.5K Avg Length 38 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 Copy email. 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.
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Producer/Network MP
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 18 min Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

3. 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.
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

4. 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.MORE 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

5. On The Cross with Lucas Murphy

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Writer, comedian, and social gadabout Lucas Murphy sits down with friends and contemporaries to solve the New York Times crossword puzzle. Along the way, he might just learn a little bit about life, love, and the meaning of archaic words.MORE Producer/Network Devil Heaven Network
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 41Instagram 60 Avg Length 84 min Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact

6. 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

7. 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 148Twitter 128 Avg Length 20 min Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

8. 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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9. Wonderful World Of Words Podcast

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This podcast presents original word puzzles that may be solved using linguistic tools like anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, crossword puzzle-like clues, and the like.
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 12 Avg Length 3 min Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

10. 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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11. 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 them with others.MORE Producer/Network Riddle Skittle
Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 2 min Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

12. 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. Tune in as 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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
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16. Couple of Geniuses

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A daily play-along podcast (with a couple of idiots) about the NYT Spelling Bee game.
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17. 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.
Host John Tranter
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 247Twitter 2KInstagram 72 Avg Length 12 min Since Aug 2014 Get Email Contact

18. 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.MORE Producer/Network Waffles & The Riddle Kid
Avg Length 7 min Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact

19. DOPE 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 keeping 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 puzzle.MORE 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

20. 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

21. riddles by Meara

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Learn fun riddles to tell your family and friends (non-explicit).
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