Hey Riddle Riddle

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Hey Riddle Riddle is a comedy podcast about puzzles and riddles. The hosts are Erin Keif, John Patrick Coan, and Adal Rifai. [1] The show is produced by Headgum. [2] The show contains improv based on the puzzles and riddles presented to the hosts. [3] Each episode consists of multiple riddles and puzzles, but the number and length of each varies depending on the episode. [4] The first episode of the podcast was titled "Stuck In The Riddle With You". [5] The podcast won a 2022 Podcast Award and was a finalist for a 2020 Discover Pods Award. [6] [7] [8]

Contents

Guest Stars

Episodes

Regular Episodes [9]
EpisodeTitleRelease DateGuest Star
1Stuck in the Riddle with You7/25/2018
2My Puzzle Lies Over The Ocean8/1/2018
3Everyone's Dead!8/8/2018
4Guilty Beyond a Reasonable Mrs. Doubtfire8/15/2018
5Greased Lightnin' Round8/22/2018
6Sheep Impact!8/29/2018
7Riddle Miss Sunshine9/5/2018
8My Riddle Pony9/12/2018Arnie Niekamp
9Quiz Bop9/19/2018
10Judge, Jury, and Riddlecutioner9/26/2018
11Night of the Living DEAD STOP10/3/2018
12Three Men and A Riddle Lady10/10/2018Justin McElroy
13Throw another Riddie on the Barbie10/17/2018
14A Riddle A Day Saves Nine10/24/2018
15Bleh Riddle Riddle! a.k.a. RiddleWeen10/31/2018
16Riddle Nation11/7/2018
17The Episode That Sounds a Riddle Bit Different11/14/2018
18Hey Gobble Gobble!11/21/2018
19A Puzzle a Day Keeps the Riddle Away11/28/2018
20School Runnings12/5/2018
21Jester Tester12/12/2018Brooke Breit
22Sleigh Riddle Riddle12/19/2018
23A Year End Riddie-view12/26/2018
24New Year's Re:SOLUTIONS!1/2/2019Zach Reino, Jess McKenna
25Puzzies and Wizzys1/9/2019
26Rip Van Puzzies1/16/2019
27Kiss, Kiss, Riddle Riddle1/23/2019
28Thank you, Snake!1/30/2019
29Dungeons & Dragons & Riddles2/6/2019Becca Barish
30Love Arrow Arrow! (AKA Hey Kissy Kissy!)2/13/2019
31Take a Riddle Bit Off the Top!2/20/2019
32LOST Boyz!2/27/2019
33The One With The Most3/6/2019
34The More You Know!3/13/2019
35JUST Trains & Automobiles3/20/2019
36Dear Diary...3/7/2019
37Raccoon Penis Bone!4/3/2019
38The Great Butterbeer Showdown!4/10/2019
39Horse Court4/17/2019TJ Jagodowski
40All Sherlock!4/24/2019
41Dr. Funny Comedy5/1/2019
42Post Potatoes5/8/2019
43He's Mimble!!!5/15/2019
44Adal's $100 Give Away!!!5/22/2019
45Lucky Songbird!5/29/2019Jon Gabrus
46It Came from the Basement!6/5/2019
47Pyramid-Life Crisis!6/12/2019
48Boat Detective6/19/2019Hayes Davenport
49Carrot Bottom!6/26/2019
50Fifty Riddles GUARANTEED!7/3/2019
51JANETMORPH!7/10/2019Janet Varney
52Body Magic!7/17/2019
53It's Been... ONE YEAR!7/24/2019
54A Star is Wars!7/31/2019Jeffrey Cranor
55Just Plain Comedy!8/7/2019
56Hey Riddle City! A Pod Noir, Part 18/14/2019
57The Question Is The Answer!8/21/2019 The Teachers Lounge
58Flirty Chef!8/28/2019
59That Sucks! That Rules!9/4/2019
60Floor Soup!9/11/2019
61Fun At Songs9/18/2019
62Hey Riddle City Part 2!9/25/2019
63A Pun in the Pool10/2/2019
64The Purple Episode10/9/2019
65Watson Can You Hear Me?10/16/2019
66On The Ground, In Disguise10/23/2019
67Bleh Riddle Riddle 2!10/30/2019
68The Birds, the Bees, the Nicholas Cages11/6/2019
69Dirty Sexy Riddles11/13/2019
70Hundie Dollie Giveaway Returns! AKA Rap For Daddy!11/20/2019
71Kid Friendly Episode (really!)11/27/2019
72Skull & Boneheads12/4/2019
73Sharkest Heart12/11/2019
74Booty Butt12/18/2019
75The Night Before Puzzmas w/J.P. Riddles12/25/2019
76How Far Up The Egg Do The Pants Go?1/1/2020
77ON MY GIRLFRIENDS BIRTHDAY???1/8/2020
78James Bond's Cousins1/15/2020
79I Used To Be An Improviser1/22/2020
80Beef Thief!1/29/2020
81Hey Riddle City Part 3!`2/5/2020
82A Female Robot With A Cowboy Hat2/12/2020
83Kiss Your Clone!2/19/2020
84Riddle Me Shakespeare2/26/2020
85EduCake3/4/2020
86Hey Nintendo Cafe!3/11/2020
87Not Enough Buckles3/18/2020
Unlocked Patreon Episodes
Patreon EpisodeTitleRelease DateGuest StarRef
1State... Yo Business!3/1/2019 [10]
18Hey Relationship Relationship8/1/2019
38Public Access TV1/30/2020 [11]
29BETTER BE - QUIZZES!3/15/2020 [12]
61Face to Face... Not!7/10/2020 [13]

#1: Stuck in the Riddle with You

Published: July 26, 2018 [14]

Summary

This episode took place before any co-host was in charge of compiling a list of riddles for the other co-hosts (and any potential guests) to solve. The following summary is listed in the episode description: [14]

It’s our debut episode! Riddles include a dad trying his best to be hip, a shady ass phone call, a child that’s happy as hell to be kicked out of the house and a mysterious mass death! It’s a podcast you can play along with so FLEX DAT BRAIN!

Credits

The following credits are listed in the episode description. [14] The sources of the riddles for this episode were an unnamed riddle book and a listener-submitted riddle.

Credits
Co-hostsAdal Rifai
John Patrick Coan
Erin Keif
EditingKJ Snyder
ThemeArne Parrott
LogoEmily Kardamis
Emmaline Morris

Riddles

RiddleAnswerNotes
1There are 7 birds in a tree. A hunter shoots 1 bird down. How many birds are left in the tree?None, because the rest of them got scared and flew away.
  • Warm-up riddle
2A plane crashes directly on the US and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?They don't bury survivors.
  • Warm-up riddle
3Why did the ice cream truck break down?Because it had a bad day.
  • Warm-up riddle
4What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 at night?Man.
  • Not a warm up or riddle for the main show.
  • This riddle was mentioned as a well-known riddle.
5A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies. The son is brought into the hospital. The doctors looks down at the son and says I can't operate on this boy, he is my son. How is that possible?The doctor was the mother.
  • Not a warm up or riddle for the main show.
  • This riddle was mentioned as a well-known riddle.
  • This riddle is part of the Hey Riddle Riddle theme song.
6A man rides into a town on Tuesday, stays for 2 days, rides out on Friday. How is that possible?The horse's name was Friday.
  • Not a warm up or riddle for the main show.
  • This riddle was mentioned as a well-known riddle.
  • This riddle is part of the Hey Riddle Riddle theme song.
7"Hey pop, can I have some money?" asked Dana, "the Electric Ear Splitters are giving a concert here in town next week and I really want to hear it." His father put town the television listings, turned off the TV, and firmly declined. "But that's my favorite group," protested Dana. "I wanna buy tickets real fast so I can hear them perform as soon as possible." "If that's what's most important to you," replied the father, "then you won't need any tickets." Explain.The father had noticed the planned live concert and noticed it was also to be on television. Microphones would be a few feet from the performers and would capture the sound for television transmission
8A man called the woman he loves and she cursed at him and hung up angrily. Why was he happy?She was married to another man. And he suggested the she pretend he was an obnoxious telephone salesman if he called while her husband might overhear. His ruse apparently worked and he was pleased.
9A man locked his son out of the house. The son thanked him. ExplainThe son, in his late teens, was spoiled and idle. The father correctly inferred that evicting him and forcing him to earn his own way would benefit him, however unpleasant it would be at first. When the son found a job and had worked at it for a while, he understood how his father's actions had made his life more respectable and constructive, therefore he thanked his father.
10There's a cabin in the middle of the woods. Everyone in it is dead. They were not murdered but they did not die of natural causes or an act of god. How did they die?It was the cabin of an airplane
  • This was a listener submitted riddle
  • This riddle is part of the Hey Riddle Riddle theme song.

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