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 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 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 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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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!
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October 11, 2023 — Random Pursuit XXIX
215 That’s Embarrassing
It’s time for another special Random Pursuit/Uncanny Magazine tie-in episode! Join us as several Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter supporters compete for random trivia bragging rights in this, the 29th edition of Random Pursuit!
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August 16, 2023 — Random Pursuit 28
211 Backdoor Pilot For Yogi Berra
Recorded live at an undisclosed location, it’s the 28th proper edition of Random Pursuit! Listen as contestants get questions wrong, get others right, and hear Erika complain about selection editions of Trivial Pursuit…in person!
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April 26, 2023 — Random Pursuit 27
203 Elvis Has Left The Building
Random Pursuit joins the 27 Club! (Don’t worry, more episodes will be coming later).
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March 29, 2023 — Random Pursuit 26
201 Muppets Eating Other Muppets
It’s time for another edition of the edutaining Random Pursuit! Knowledge of island penal colonies is not required, but it is a bonus.
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January 18, 2023 — Random Pursuit 25
196 If You Weren’t Sweepin’, You’re Weepin’
It’s the 25th edition of Random Pursuit! Only one player can win, but the silver lining is everyone learns something, even if that something is what they don’t know about Trivial Pursuit!
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October 12, 2022 — Random Pursuit 24
189 Your Fifteen Minutes is Up
It’s the 24th instalment of Random Pursuit! How many times will Andy Warhol be mentioned? Will scorekeeper Annette be kinder to the contestants than Steven is? And which contestant will not survive for the next edition? Tune in and find out…
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August 31, 2022 — Random Pursuit XXIII
186 One More Astronaut
It’s Random Pursuit time! The 23rd edition of America’s favorite game show features first time contestants, astronauts, trees, starships, and some new questions never before asked on Random Pursuit!
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July 20, 2022 — Random Pursuit XXII
183 So Many Questions About That Rhino
It’s a special Random Pursuit/Uncanny Magazine tie-in episode! Join us as two Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter supporters battle along with some familiar names from Random Pursuits in the past for non-random bragging rights!
The Uncanny Year 9 Kickstarter is LIVE (until August 22, 2022)! If you’d like to support this fabulous magazine, please check it out!
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April 13, 2022 — Random Pursuit 21
176 Venerable Boos Outfit
Random Pursuit returns for its 21st edition! It’s now old enough to drink, and you may wish to join in those exploits yourself when you hear the answers to some of these questions.
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March 2, 2022 — Random Pursuit 20
173 We Don’t Need No Stinking Badgers
After a long hiatus, Random Pursuit makes a triumphant(?) return. Well, it’s a return anyway! We have lovely players and decidedly un-lovely questions, which seems about right.
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March 3, 2021 — Random Pursuit 19
151 I Learned the Truth at Seventeen
We have a lot of new trivia blood in this episode! The scores are also pretty bloody, and Scorekeeper Steven makes no bones about it. At least there’s always fantasy in the adult box.
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January 6, 2021 — Random Pursuit 18
147 His Nose
This is another genre-editions only episode, in which we wonder where the heck the Doctor is, are overwhelmed by Harry Potter, and discover just how terrible the genre questions really are.
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November 13, 2020 — Random Pursuit 17
143 Unexpected Batman
In our first ever genre editions-only episode of Random Pursuit, we discover Kathy and Antony are trivia twins…mostly. Also, when in doubt, answer 18.
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October 7, 2020 — Random Pursuit 16
141 Do the Toilets Pay You?
Hope you’re ready to yell answers at your listening device again because Random Pursuit is back — with a new development! Erika finally admitted she needed help and convinced Steven to come on board to keep score (and occasionally read Wikipedia to us). How many mounties does it take to make a podcast episode? Listen and find out!
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August 5, 2020 — Random Pursuit 15
137 British Ghosts
This special episode of Random Pursuit sees Erika pulling players from around the Commonwealth to answer trivia questions that are largely American-based. Will the lone Canadian have an advantage? Will there be Lizzing? Will the Lizzing be confined to Liz? And just what do they have in Canadian shopping malls? All this, plus a whole lot of whispering on this episode.
And yes. Erika knows she accidentally awarded Liz a point she didn’t earn. Blame the ghost.
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May 20, 2020 — Random Pursuit XIV
131 Boasting Mountains
It’s time to get random again! Another group of intrepid players gathers to do their best to avoid Chex Trivia questions. Is Fred Astaire the answer to everything? Is Dan a pile of ants? Just how much homework is Erika assigning? Listen to find out!
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April 8, 2020 — Random Pursuit XIII
128 Who Is Lamargine Gumbody?
In this edition of Random Pursuit, a friendship is on the line. Will it survive a bunch of questions about geography and underwear? Listen and see.
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January 25, 2020 — Random Pursuit XII
124 Wayne Gretzky
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.
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August 23, 2019 — Random Pursuit XI
116 Flubber Franchise
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?
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July 24, 2019 — Random Pursuit X
114 I Believe In The Juicy Rooster
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.
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April 24, 2019 — Random Pursuit IX: Gally Reunion Edition
108 I Hate People and Places
We didn’t get to play Random Pursuit at the Gallifrey One convention this year, so we got the group behind last year’s wacky installment back together virtually to play again. Will Liz go for the Prosecco? Did Deb get enough cheese and crackers? Is Jason cheating at dice? Your definition of “geography” will be changed forever!
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November 1, 2018 — Random Pursuit VIII
98 K’on Bragh!
The trivia questions are random, the topics even more random, and yet the players keep coming back for more punishment! It’s the return of Random Pursuit, where it turns out that fandom is great, but trivia boxes designed to serve fandom are not. Not at all.
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October 2, 2018 — Random Pursuit VII
96 That Bear!
We’re back with even more randomly selected trivia questions from even more random editions of Trivial Pursuit! Star Wars! Doctor Who! Religion questions for kids! No subject is too obscure, and no question is too easy.
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February 21, 2018 — Random Pursuit VI
81 The Ghost Has Spoken
Look, not every Game Show features a bunch of us in a room in person drinking alcohol and answering trivia questions. But this episode, recorded live in Los Angeles at the Gallifrey One convention, absolutely does. The explicit box has been checked, so go to bed, Glenn’s kids, as Erika Ensign asks us trivia questions from a randomly shuffled set of cards from a dozen different Trivial Pursuit games.
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January 24, 2018 — Random Pursuit V
79 Yelling at Rocks
We’re back with more random trivia from random trivia games! Now even more random, with the addition of even more editions of Trivial Pursuit!
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November 8, 2017 — Random Pursuit IV
74 Baseballers
Our game of random trivia returns, with players randomly assigned one of 72 different categories across 12 different boxes of Trivial Pursuit questions. From Doctor Who companions to very loosely defined Leisure questions, our contestants will truly be tested in their knowledge of random stuff.
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October 11, 2017 — Random Pursuit III
72 You’re Rolling Like Terrible People
Random Pursuit returns! In this game, players have to answer questions from random categories randomly selected across 12 different editions of Trivial Pursuit! And this time things get a little dark… and a little blue. Glenn’s kids, look away! (And all other kids, too, probably). They say sex and death make for good drama… who knew they were for good trivia contests, too?
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July 6, 2017 — Random Pursuit II
65 The Famous Mickey
Random Pursuit is back! Join a brand new panel of non-random players as they roll a nauseating number of sixes, learn all about Canada, and show off their barnyard animal knowledge.
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June 21, 2017 — Random trivia, delivered randomly!
64 Random Pursuit
A random selection of Incomparable panelists play a game of Trivial Pursuit where everything is random — not just the categories, but which of 10 different games of Trivial Pursuit the questions will come from! Who will emerge as the random trivia champion? Roll a die and find out.