Fill Me In

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Fill Me In #457: The three audiences of Ryan Hecht. Aug 27, 2024

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PLOT TWIST! If you know, you know. And if you don't — give it a listen. Season 9 wraps with one of the most delightful surprises in the history of FMI, and we're not even talking about a brand new contest puzzle (!!!), available at bemoresmarter.com/con457. And anyone still looking to take part in Lollapuzzoola from home, the puzzles are available here.

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Fill Me In #456: Why would you go to a place, the point of which is dipping sauce? Aug 20, 2024

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This week, Ryan and Brian aren't the only ones apparently ramping up to Lollapuzzoola – buy your puzzles now at bemoresmarter.com. Also, Ryan wants YOU to choose his new middle name AND what to get tattooed on himself. What a world!

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Fill Me In #455: Reflecting on this quirk of English. Aug 13, 2024

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This week, Ryan and Brian get big news from Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar about Lollapuzzoola, which happens in less than two weeks (August 24, 2024). Learn who's writing the puzzles, and sign up now at bemoresmarter.com to get all the content while it's still hot and fresh.

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Fill Me In #454: Why is there all of a sudden a bee? Aug 06, 2024

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This week, Ryan and Brian learn more than they even knew existed about Ample Hills Creamery, the interrobang, and the Willow Lane parking lot in Bethesda, Maryland. How will you find out when their pizza is? You locate the squeak, and then that's where you put it.

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Fill Me In #453: Five minutes later, be in the middle of a meal. Jul 30, 2024

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This week, Ryan and Brian examine both intended and unintended puns, induct several new members into the BFVWE club, and suffer through enough Kealoa to shoo away our loyal audience. (We're sorry.)

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Fill Me In #452: So there were cherries. Jul 23, 2024

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This week, Ryan and Brian learn more (but perhaps not enough) about Russian geography, more (and definitely more than needed) about diuresis, and find vast disappointment in this week's NYT puzzles. (Spoiler alert.)

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Fill Me In #451: Let me lick it. Jul 16, 2024

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This week, Ryan and Brian debate the merits of Cheez-It varieties, find certain canned foods disgusting, and and return to Kealoa with some random rivers. Also, breaking news: the theme for this year's Lollapuzzoola is revealed!

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Fill Me In #450: Behind you lies a stove. Jul 09, 2024

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This week, Ryan's show lasts about three and-a-half minutes longer than Brian's thanks to the boonies of Maine and its relative lack of internet signal. Still, there's some discourse on shorts and trunks, diaereses and umlauts, and whether drinking counts as eating.

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Fill Me In #449: From whence the finger snaps. Jul 02, 2024

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This week, Ryan and Brian confuse umlauts and diaereses, liquids and solids, good pencils and bad pencils, and "Fill Me In" and "White Christmas." Watch Ryan solve his 1000th NYTXW in a row on Wednesday 7/3 @ 10:15pm ET/7:15pm PT on twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics

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Fill Me In #448: Hoodies were going on, hoodies were coming off. Jun 25, 2024

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This week, Ryan and Brian recap Westwords (spoiler-free!), continue The Stopwatch Saga, learn more about minor league baseball alternate names, and struggle to understand the timelines of presidential family trees.

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