Game Show
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.
228 Opossum My Possum
Random Pursuit returns! With a first time contestant (we think), three regular contestants who have never won before (but who we still love), and one contestant who has won several times (but doesn’t remember any of those victories). Who will win this time? And will they remember it?
Previous Episodes
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March 27, 2024 Inestimable 2227 The Unethical Zoo
Join us for another outing into the edges of the knowable with Inestimable, a game show that asks its contestants and a live audience of Incomparable members about rocking Amadeus, counting Mars bars in space, and just how powerful is an unarmed elephant after all? Chart the slow descent into madness of scorekeeper Tony Sindelar as we examine the wisdom (?) of the crowd and the approximating abilities of panelists.
For the final round in the episode, this YouGov poll was our source.
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March 13, 2024 Random Pursuit XXXIII226 We Keep Our Rocks Modestly Covered
It’s a family and friends edition of Random Pursuit as every contestant on this, the 33rd Random Pursuit, has a direct connection to host Erika. Sometimes even through family bloodlines! That’s all great, but how will all these friends feel after they have to answer questions of increasing and random difficulty?
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February 28, 2024 Mind Meld 7225 Glenn Interrupted Himself
Mind Meld returns for the seventh iteration of America’s favorite game show! This one is extra chaotic, and only because Glenn makes his first appearance. Remember: there is no strategy!
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February 14, 2024 Random Pursuit XXXII
224 A Book Is Just A Really Long Song
It’s another episode of Random Pursuit! In this episode: a brand new contestant, an epic run, and which version of Trivial Pursuit will be Erika’s least favorite this time?
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January 31, 2024 You Think You Know Me
223 Democracy, Get It While It Lasts
On this episode of the Game Show, we play You Think You Know Me, a card game by Amy Baio that has panelists figure out other people feel about things like romantic movies, second changes, villains, and time itself!
Get your own copy of Amy’s game at Pink Tiger Games.
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January 17, 2024 Random Pursuit XXXI
222 Genus IV: The Voyage Home
New year, new Random Pursuit! Join us the 31st edition to learn how Roman numerals work, a deep dive into one specific day in the history of one of rock and roll’s greatest bands, and an end result you will have to hear to believe!
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January 3, 2024 Marvel Feuding Families: The Infinity Feud221 Between Mars and Ego
Feuding Families, Marvel Cinematic Universe Edition, returns again for a sequel! Or is it a reboot? A multiverse variant? Answers submitted by our lovely listeners, some of which are correct, as the two feuding families determine who is the worst of the X-men, the best MCU movie, and what a planet is.
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December 20, 2023 Christmas Trivia 2
220 Christmas Is About Winning
There’s a world inside your podcast player
And it’s a world of dread and fear
Where the only game that’s playing
Is a trivia game from yesteryear
And the Christmas questions ring
There are the clanging chimes of doom
Well tonight thank god it’s us, instead of you! -
December 6, 2023 Marvel Feuding Families: Assemble!
219 Invent a Supervillain
Feuding Families returns, this time polling listeners about their knowledge of Marvel! Will Team HYDRA become triumphant? Or will the heroes of Team S.H.I.E.L.D. save the day? Survey says: Excelsior!
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November 22, 2023 Random Pursuit XXX - Doctor Who 60th Anniversary
218 The Cheese of Rassilon
It’s the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who! And what better way to celebrate the history of a TV show that has often been a little loose on the rules with a special edition of Random Pursuit with three versions of a game that are a little loose on their quality of questions: Doctor Who Trivial Pursuit!