A podcast featuring word games, trivia, classic board games, and even a few reimagined classic game shows from years gone by. We rotate through several different games, with different hosts, from episode to episode. What they all have in common is chat, humor, and fun.
LATEST EPISODE • Random Pursuit XII
From Wild, swingin’ Swaziland to the frozen north of Canada, there’s nothing better than getting a bunch of friends together to play trivia games — even when Trivial Pursuit changes how its own cards work. AGAIN.
Random Pursuit • January 25, 2020 • 1 hour, 18 minutes • Erika Ensign with Monty Ashley, Annette Wierstra, Kathy Campbell, Steve Lutz and Sage Young
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Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure.
In our latest episode, our teams test their knowledge of suspiciously similar spies, things that don’t fit a pattern, and classic ’80s sci-fi/fantasy/horror movies…with a twist. Kathy Campbell, Annette Wierstra, and Tony Sindelar face off against Antony Johnston, Jean MacDonald, and Erika Ensign for the crown.
January 8, 2020 • 1 hour, 19 minutes • Inconceivable! Episode 26 • Dan Moren and Lex Friedman with Kathy Campbell, Annette Wierstra, Tony Sindelar, Antony Johnston, Jean MacDonald and Erika Ensign
A new Parsely adventure? It’s a Christmas miracle! We take a tour of the North Pole and try to save Christmas by entering basic commands into a human parser. What secrets lie in the Candy Cane Forest? Who lives atop Yeti Mountain? What is Mary Claus’s marital status? Tis the season!
December 17, 2019 • 46 minutes • Kringle Krisis • Tony Sindelar with Jason Snell, Aleen Simms, Chip Sudderth, Monty Ashley, Annette Wierstra and Brian Hamilton
Turns Out returns, as we take a look at toys that caused holiday riots like Tickle Me Elmo, the Cabbage Patch Kids, and Barbara the Beaver. You don’t know Barbara the Beaver? Maybe you’ve heard of Flirting Flossie? What is the liquid filled dice agitator and why is it so popular? Ask again later.
December 7, 2019 • 30 minutes • Turns Out! 6 • David J. Loehr with Tiffany Arment, Kelly Guimont and Annette Wierstra
Your favorite game of bad words and even worse definitions is back! In this mildly Thanksgiving-themed episode of Low Definition, Steve reveals a surprising co-host, we learn about other cultures, and discover that something is rotten in Denmark’s movie theaters. Join gobble us, won’t you?
November 14, 2019 • 1 hour, 20 minutes • Low Definition XX • Steve Lutz with Dan Moren, Kathy Campbell, Tiffany Arment, Brian Hamilton and Jason Snell
We return to Fiasco, featuring a visit to Space Station 119, generally considerd the bus station of space stations. From there, a complicated web of intrigue is spun, involving alpacas, poison gas, a hammer, and a very elusive piece of paperwork. Space paperwork.
October 30, 2019 • 1 hour, 21 minutes • Fiasco! • Tony Sindelar with Kelly Guimont, Cicero Holmes, Dan Moren and Monty Ashley
Let’s play TL;DR, the game of hasty summaries and reckless connections! Two teams compete against each other, and the clock, to show off how little they know about anything that isn’t Marvel. Watch out for Quinn’s surprising deep cuts, and a new ‘Lizzing’ record!
October 1, 2019 • 1 hour, 9 minutes • TL;DR Episode 2 • Antony Johnston with Jason Snell, Quinn Rose, Lizbeth Myles and Jean MacDonald
You stop your bicycle by a forbidding wrought-iron gate. A cobblestone path winds its way to the north. To the east and west stretches a dark and lonely road. It is raining.
September 17, 2019 • 1 hour, 7 minutes • Spooky Manor • Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, Monty Ashley and Brian Hamilton
Once again a group of unsuspecting game players must answer trivia questions randomly selected from random editions of Trivial Pursuit! Plus there may be more Chex trivia—you never know. In this episode, our members of the World of People ponder many questions about the World of Places. Join us in the World of Podcasts, won’t you?
August 23, 2019 • 1 hour, 1 minute • Random Pursuit XI • Erika Ensign with Brian Hamilton, Annette Wierstra, Monty Ashley, Steven Schapansky and Kayti Burt
Our audience: the final frontier. Federation Feud returns, as two teams comprised of two Star Trek fans and one non-Star Trek fan each battle for control of the galaxy by guessing your stupid answers to our stupid Star Trek questions!
August 7, 2019 • 1 hour • Federation Feud II • Jason Snell with Antony Johnston, Anže Tomić, David J. Loehr, Kathy Campbell, Lizbeth Myles and Moisés Chiullan
From Chex Trivia about music, to Chex Trivia about TV, to Chex trivia about the ’50s and ’60s, this episode of Random Pursuit has it all! Also a bunch of regular Trivial Pursuit sets, including Doctor Who and Star Wars, but it really did seem like Chex showed up a lot.
July 24, 2019 • 1 hour, 17 minutes • Random Pursuit X • Erika Ensign with Monty Ashley, Moisés Chiullan, Shannon Sudderth, Jean MacDonald and Kathy Campbell