Brain Drop Puzzles
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.
Episodes
39 episodes
Lateral Bonus: Wedding Dresses and Tea Parties
Two bonus lateral thinking puzzles solved with Laura and Paul.Puzzle 1 by Lindy from TXPuzzle 2 from Outside-the-Box Lateral Thinking Puzzles by Paul Sloane and Des Machale
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Season 2
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23:00
35. Are You Happier Than A 5th-Grader?
In which we're not sure if kids are smarter than adults, but at least they know where the ender dragon is.---Puzzle 1: String Theory (Math) (11:00)---Puzzle 2: The Little Things in Life (Word/Logic) (17:55)---Puzzle 3: Game Piec...
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Season 2
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26:49
34. Bee Sides
In which this time, it's personal.---Puzzle 1: Rhyme Climb Time (Word) (14:35)---Puzzle 2: Dog Days of Summer (Trivia/Hunt-style) (16:30) (Check your answer
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Season 2
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24:03
33. Summer Riddles and Summer Not
In which we usher in the heat with the summery sounds of a kalimba.---Puzzle 1: Pedal to the Gold Medal (by Rob Eastaway) (Logic/Math/Trivia) (9:30)---Puzzle 2: Midsummer in the Outdoors (Word) (11:05)---Puzzle 3: Goodnight Nois...
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Season 2
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15:52
32. To Infinity and B-Side
In which we get a little bit more infinite than before.---Puzzle 1: The Tortoise and the Snail (Math) (17:20)---Puzzle 2: Circular Reasoning (Word) (19:30)---Puzzle 3: The Answer Isn't Sleeping Beauty (20:35)Thanks to St...
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Season 2
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22:31
31. The Infinite Episode
In which n approaches infinity and I approach insanity.---Puzzle 1: Queen of Smarts (Math/Logic) (12:45)---Puzzle 2: Where Infinity Ends (Word/Logic) (22:30)---Puzzle 3: Till Beth Do Us Part (Lateral Thinking) (33:10)Tha...
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Season 2
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37:13
BONUS: The Sound of Thinking Laterally
In which I delay the next full episode a bit, and try to appease you with a lateral thinking puzzle by Shannon Pennell.Lateral puzzlers: Laura and Paul
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Season 2
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9:02
30. March Magic...in April
In which we may or may not say a little something about Bruno, and share some more puzzle magic from the Enigmarch challenge. I thought about calling it "The Bees' Ides of March", but really, these are more A-side puzzles.---Puzzl...
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Season 2
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16:31
29. Beware the Ideas of March
In which we talk to people on the wrong side of town and someone steals our keys. These puzzles are shared from the Enigmarch puzzle creation challenge.---Puzzle 1: Faketown (by Sarah Willson--Puzzle for Enigmarch Day 14: Irration...
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Season 2
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13:46
28. B_SIDE is Worth 8 Points
In which we hear a few more snippets from the interview with Stephen Sneed about Scrabble, get answers, get questions, and anagram our names.---Puzzle 1: Educated Venom (by John Kavanos) (Word) (13:42)---Puzzle 2: SHARP Thinking (Wo...
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Season 2
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21:01
27. Dabble in Scrabble Babble
In which I interview Scrabble expert Stephen Sneed while playing a game against him. I also get a little boasty while frontiering some brand new words. ---Puzzle 1: UNCAST_D (Word) (10:36)---Puzzle 2: It's Worth the Hypo ...
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Season 2
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32:01
26. B-Side Myself
In which you get five bonus follow-up puzzles for the price of two, or also for the price of five, or of a thousand, because it's free anyway. Plus, solutions to last week's puzzles.Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on th...
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Season 2
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20:05
25. We're Back, New and Unimproved
In which we get literally literary as we listen to Tolstoy's War and Peace in its entirety.---Puzzle 1: My Fair Ladybug (Logic / Math) (2:50)---Puzzle 2: Brevity is the Soul of Literature (Word) (7:50)---Puzzle 3: Lette...
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Season 2
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11:21
24. Tis the Season
In which we end on a good note. Plus, solutions for the puzzles from the previous episode.Send an email with your comments, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comLateral thinking puzzlers: L...
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Season 1
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32:04
23. Are You Afraid of the Puzzles?
In which nothing says Halloween like November. But you shouldn’t complain, because you’re getting four puzzles for the price of five. Spooky!---Puzzle 1: Eclairvoyance (Logic) (0:51)---Puzzle 2: Breaking the Spell (Word)...
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Season 1
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23:29
BONUS: The Sound of Escape
In which we teamed up to play an "audio escape adventure" by Trapped Puzzle Rooms. We came, we heard, we conquered. If you've never tried time-warp gardening, I'd recommend it.Thanks to Trapped Puzzle Rooms for the adventure...
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Season 1
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1:06:24
22 1/2: The Space Between Episodes
Solutions to the bonus puzzle and a quick update.Music:Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.comOutro theme by Jeff Moore
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Season 1
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2:53
22. Dead Men Give No Answers, Either
In which I give a lengthy, logical lecture to a pint-sized, preschool pirate. Plus, answers to the previous episode's puzzles and one bonus puzzle.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzle...
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Season 1
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12:35
21. Dead Men Solve No Puzzles
In which we pillage and plunder for gold and Tootsie Pops.---Puzzle 1: Riddle Me Timbers (Logic) (4:06)---Puzzle 2: Now I Know My ABCD's (Word) (8:58)---Puzzle 3: Will Pay to Work (Lateral Thinking) (10:14)Thanks to my k...
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Season 1
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12:10
20. Solutions in 3D!!!
In which Pacman makes a cameo, and he has a big mouth. And if you have a fever, and the only cure is another bonus cube puzzle, then boy, are you in luck!Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode:...
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Season 1
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21:19
19. Cubed with Frida Menshen
In which we welcome a special guest from a galaxy far, far away. No, not that galaxy.---Puzzle 1: Train Tracks of Cubelandia and How Many of Them There Are and Why We Built Them That Way: A Logic Puzzle by Frida (Logic / Math) (6:...
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Season 1
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14:44
18. You Can't Handle the Answers
The movie clip edition.Plus GREAT VALUE! 15 bonus puzzles in 1!.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comLateral thinking puzzlers: Jordan, Rachel and...
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Season 1
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14:49
17. Lost In It Translationing
In which we put Google Translate to the test, and it fails in all the right ways.---Puzzle 1: Cutting Cuts (Logic / Math) (2:21)---Puzzle 2: Talkies (Language/Trivia) (4:51)---Puzzle 3: Seated With 5, Then Carried By 6 (Lateral ...
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Season 1
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8:25
16. United Solutions of America
The special vacation edition, with bonus sounds!Plus a new lateral thinking puzzle.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comLateral thinking puzzlers: Paul ...
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Season 1
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16:18
15. Stuff You Didn’t Know Americans, You Know, Like, Like and Stuff
In which we visit America and try to figure out why they’re all speaking Mandarin.---Puzzle 1: Half-Time (Logic / Math) (3:55)---Puzzle 2: United Statements of America (Lateral Thinking) (5:54)---Puzzle 3: Tight Right Turn (Late...
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Season 1
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8:50