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All right, here's my impression. Live Free or die, New Hampshire. Yes, bitch, we're doing New Hampshire. Get in the car.
A
Live Free or Die is the New Hampshire motto, right?
B
It's their state motto.
A
Yeah.
B
What's the motto with you?
C
All right, that actually rules.
B
It's a Lion King joke.
A
It's such a wild libertarian motto.
C
Yeah.
A
It's like. It's one of the. It's perfect. It's perfect as a motto.
B
It's a bizarre kind of conservative place.
A
Yeah.
B
Have either of you ever been to New Hampshire? What are your experiences with New Hampshire?
C
I've been through New Hampshire to. To get to Brattleboro, Vermont, which is where Gemma's family lives. And in Brattleboro, there's a bar that's on a river, and across the river is New Hampshire. So let's just say I've seen some ski slopes, the Green Mountains.
B
I believe I'm being a real braggart today.
A
I went to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, um, which I believe is like the very tip of New Hampshire. Like, it's like, it's so close to not being New Hampshire. Like, with all those, like, kind of east coast states. It, like, very well could be you're five minutes from, like, a better state. Right. Like, that's. Yeah, that's kind of how Portsmouth is. But I had a wonderful vegan meal in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that I really enjoyed. I cannot remember for the life of me the name of the place that I had it, but it was. It was great. It was wonderful.
C
Aaron, as someone from New England, what's considered universally in that area, what's considered the gem of New England? Is it Maine?
B
I would say it's Maine, but I think, because, I don't know, I think you would probably get a mix between people saying Vermont and Massachusetts. I think because Massachusetts has Boston, it's like the biggest major city in New England, I feel like. And then I has Cape Cod and then like Western Mass. I feel in all the universities, I think that a lot of people would argue Massachusetts, but Vermont is hard to be beauty wise. You know what I think people are not saying a lot of is Connecticut. And I love Connecticut, but Connecticut, Connecticut, I don't know.
A
I'm reading here from this visitor guide that the gym of New England is Planet Fitness, is that, what do we say?
B
That sounds right.
A
Does that sound right? Okay.
B
Yes. All right, let's just chat about New Hampshire. I got a couple games prepared. We're going to talk about it. We're going to talk about it. It's the Granite State. Yes. Okay.
A
Can I say what I love about their Live Free or Die? It's because I think that, like, they, they claim like New Hampshire and I think that's like what they're, they have early primaries, right? Isn't that like one of the first primary spots is that they claim that they have this like, fierce independent streak to them, and that's like something that they're like, very proud of. But I think a motto like Live free or die is so, like, crazy hyperbolic that I think all mottos, all state mottos should be as like bombastic as Live Free or die.
C
Well, Missouri missed the fucking mark.
B
What's theirs?
C
The show me State.
A
Yeah, somebody show me Indiana. Might be the crossroads of America. Like, it's like. Or it was at some point, but yeah, you're leaving money on the table.
C
When you're like, yeah, the land of Lincoln. Don't forget we had one. We had a guy.
B
Live Free or die is adopted from a 1945 toast by a revolutionary. That can't be right.
C
When did New Hampshire become a state? 1946.
B
It's from a toast from war hero General John Stark. And the full quote he said in 1809, Live free or die. Death. Death is not the worst of evils.
A
Yeah, I could get behind that.
B
Okay, all right. New Hampshire.
A
A state motto should be like, there's only Indiana state motto. There's only two crosses, three crosses. Here, you crossing the state and then me crossing out your I's crossing your mom, crossing your mom cross. Jesus is crossing.
B
Four crossing West Virginia, you and fuck your mom.
C
Oregon. If you can't get laid here, you can't get laid in here.
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New Jersey, welcoming you with open legs.
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Washington State and it's just like, damn, something stinks down there. And it's just pointing to Oregon.
B
Awesome.
A
Hey, Aaron, Adeline, lovely good to see you guys actually really do not even have time right now. I got a jet. I have to, I have to go. I don't have time to kind of small talk or any of that. I'm going to live underwater for a week.
B
What?
C
Huh? We all assumed this was coming.
A
I guess I'm just kind of non stop back to back this entire week. So I am going to live underwater. It's just going to Save me a lot of time because I'll be underwater instead of on land, so I'll be breathing the water instead of the air.
B
Okay, well, there's better ways to sort of save time. I feel like you're like eating a ton, like cooking so much for dinner and going grocery shopping and doing this whole rigmarole. We could cut that out for you. You could use Tempo.
C
Yeah, you gotta use Tempo. Tempo delivers fresh, chef crafted, dietitian approved meals right to your door. Jpc.
A
Okay, but let me guess. These meals are gonna be sopping wet because I am living in the water. Or that's probably more of a me living on the water issue than a the meals issue, right?
B
No, they're dry. And each meal is perfectly proportioned for lunch, dinner, and ready in just two minutes. That means real food, real fast. It's not like a sad desk lunch or drive through or stuff that you're throwing together from your sad refrigerator.
A
Okay, well, can it beat the variety that I'm going to get under the sea? Because I'll be eating sand. Barnacles. Mostly just sand and barnacles. Does Tempo have those kinds of options?
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Yeah, they got 20 new recipes each week made from nutrient rich ingredients. Tempo keeps things exciting and helps you stay consistent with healthy habits. So you don't have to eat sand and jpc.
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If I may, some of my recent favorites from Tempo. Italian sausage Bolognese, cavatapi with peas and zucchini. Okay, my mouth is watering. And I've also very much enjoyed their spicy buffalo chicken pasta with roasted cauliflower and sweet potatoes.
A
Wow, that sounds pretty good. But the other day I almost ate a crab. He actually ate more of me than I ate of him. Anyway, for a limited time, Tempo is offering our listeners 60% off your first box. Just go to tempomeals.com riddle that's tempomeals.com riddle for 60% off your first box, tempomeals.com riddle rules and restrictions may apply.
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But don't take it from us. Take it from Knifey the Knife, who's a chef.
B
Bonjour. It's too late to introduce Knifey. That's too late. Maybe next time.
A
Maybe next time for Knifey. Adol Aaron. I am in the dumps.
C
Oh, why you sad? What's going on?
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No, I was trying to buy a lemon, but it turns out I was haggling with this guy trying to buy this lemon. I wanted to, you know, make my water a little more refreshing. And eventually I got home with the thing and the guy sold me A bad car.
C
Yeah. Lemons can be bet cars.
A
Well, I didn't know that.
C
Have you heard? Have you used car gurus?
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Oh, Cargurus. I know Cargurus. It's car shopping made for you.
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Mm. With Cargurus Discover, you can skip the filters and describe what you're looking for in your own words. Simply type what you want, and Cargurus Discover instantly surfaces real listings and match you with your exact needs so you don't end up with a lemon.
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With more than 4 million listings, CarGurus has the biggest selection of cars. So it's easier than ever to find the right car and the right deal.
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Okay, let me just use it real quick. I'm going to type into yellow exterior, citrusy, lots of seeds inside. Oh, okay. Well, this is great because with Cargurus, you can compare cars side by side, check pricing, and estimate your final cost so you can navigate the dealership with with confidence.
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It's no wonder Cargurus is the number one most visited car shopping site according to similarwebs estimated traffic data.
C
But don't take it from them. Take it from me. Honk, honk. A real car Buy or sell your. Put the brakes on, sweetie.
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Sorry.
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Buy or sell your next car today with CarGurus. At CarGurus.com Go to CarGurus.com to make sure your big deal is the best deal. That's C-A R G U R U S.comCarGurus.com Hong Kong get in, everyone.
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Honk, honk.
C
We're going to the moon.
A
Hey. Smells like lemon.
B
Adel jpc. You may have noticed my new diamond and emerald necklace. I bought it with the money I saved using Rocket Money.
C
Whoa.
B
Mm. I realized I was spending, like, $800 a year on unwanted apps and subscriptions, and then. Turns out I don't need to do that. Rocket Money canceled them for me.
A
Okay, Aaron, but this. I mean, this necklace looks really expensive.
B
Rocket Money is a personal finance app that helps find and cancel your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps lower your bills so you can grow your savings.
A
Okay, I'm seeing a receipt. Adeline, the trash can't hear. I don't think Eric wants.
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Grab your hand.
A
She spent a lot. She spent a lot on this necklace.
B
The app consolidates checking, savings, loans, and investments into a single dashboard to give a user a clear view of their financial picture. I've been using Rocket Money for years, way before they were ever a sponsor of Hayward or Riddle. And I love how clear their communication is. If there's a big spend on my card. It will let me know right away. And it will also let me know what upcoming bills I have to pay. And I'll even negotiate lower bills for you. What a dream.
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And for someone like me who hemorrhages money, Rocket money can help set budgets and goals. I get personalized insights and regular reports. And I can receive real time alerts for large transactions, upcoming bills, refunds, and low balances.
A
Yeah, so I'm looking at Erin's rocket Money right now, and she has a goal for a new diamond necklace. Aaron, this is too many zeros. Aaron, this is too many zeros.
B
It's like 18 zeros. What's wrong?
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Well, let rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join RocketMoney.com Riddle that's RocketMoney.com Riddle RocketMoney.com.
B
Riddle I have to be honest with you guys. This is not a real diamond necklace. It's a bunch of bugs I convinced to be in a diamond formation. Still costs $100,000.
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Pretty good.
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ADOL. I mean, you know this managing a small business is difficult, right?
C
Mm. I mean, it's just I have cat pies, which is my food truck where my cats make pies that I sell. And it can be a real headache to have a small business.
A
Yeah, and I seem to recall that the health inspector refused to issue it a rating because he refused to acknowledge that it was a food restaurant.
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Yeah, we've had some. There's been some red tape with the animals serving the food, but we're working on it. We're working on it.
A
Well, again, managing a small business can be hard. You gotta juggle multiple disconnected apps to manage your business finances. You have to be anxious about taxes. You might be behind on your books. You're always chasing receipts and keeping up with client invoices. And sometimes you accidentally hire a construction company to bury one of your hosts into a big pile of sand. Completely unintentional. You meant to do something else, and.
C
That could be about any podcast co host.
A
And yeah, I'm trying not to make this about me. It's not going to cry for attention here, but it's just the reality of owning a small business. But Found has eliminated the clutter by giving you one platform that handles it all. Banking, bookkeeping, invoices and taxes. No more paying for multiple subscriptions and dealing with clunky, outdated apps. I gotta tell you, this bulldozer company, their app is trash.
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Ugh. Blech. Well, I know that found makes it easy to regain control of your business. Finances so you can get back to doing what you love, which is solving riddles. And Found helps you find your buried co hosts.
A
Yeah, I don't know if it'll exactly do that, but it does identify the tasks that create the most hassle for small businesses. Things like categorizing a expenses, preparing for taxes, managing invoices, budgeting. And they built an app that does it all directly from your business checking account so you have time to vet prudential bulldozer companies before you even hire them to bury one of your co hosts at a big pile upstairs. One thing that I love about Found is that it automatically tracks expenses, which means that I don't have to carve out time every week for importing expenses, you know, to go through my purchases to make sure everything is accounted for. And again, I got purchase orders from all kinds of construction companies with all kinds of bulldozers. Found makes it easy to see which one buried my friend Aaron alive in the sand.
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Yep. And don't take it from us. Take it from the electromagnetic recording that we took eight feet underground of Aaron saying this. Take back control of your business today. Open a Found account for free@found.com. that's f o u n d.com, found is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by lead bank member fdic. Join the hundreds of thousands who have already streamlined their finances with found. Thanks, Aaron.
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That was her.
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That was definitely her. That's.
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Yeah, she said that.
C
Yeah. The electro. Electromagnet. That's how you get voices from underground is electromagnets.
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Look it up.
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We're not lying.
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So I'm going to read you some laws and you're going to tell me if it is a real New Hampshire law or a fake one. Here is the first law and this.
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Was the ninth state, so these could be old, old schools.
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Yeah. You can't marry a horse or something.
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And you're right. Gpc. I think it's. They do the first primary in New Hampshire. I think it's at. They're not just at the beginning, they're number one.
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Yeah. It's the first. I know. It's like it's early. Yeah.
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You may not collect seaweed at night.
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That's real.
A
There seems like that's like a safety issue that there would be like a law preventing people from doing this.
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Yes, you're right. It is real. It is. No, it is illegal to sell clothes you're wearing to pay off a debt.
C
I think that's legal everywhere.
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It's illegal to sell clothes you are currently wearing to pay off a debt.
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Yep.
A
This. This feels. This feels like. This feels like a law specifically for the north. When they're, like, trying to have slavery, but they're not calling it slavery. We're like, we don't know. We don't own the person. We just own the clothes that they're wearing, and they can't take them off, and they have to work if they're in the clothes and they're like, wait a second. Hold on. Checking the Constitution. No, we got to be done with this.
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So what do you think?
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I say fake.
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I say real.
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It's fake. Gpc. I was hoping one of you would fall for it, because I was like, that does sound like this weird sideways. You cannot ride a bicycle on the sidewalk in any downtown areas.
C
I thought that was universal.
A
Well, this is one of those things that's.
B
Sometimes it's discouraged. Sometimes it's.
C
Yeah, that's fair.
A
If the law. If the law was written, like, more than 80 years ago, you were probably supposed to ride the bicycle in the street because there weren't cars in the street. Right? So it's like. And maybe it is just, like, one of those, like, old laws that's, like, you know, residual left off the book. It's crazy to me that, like, streets, especially in, like, a place like New Hampshire, which I'm assuming is. Has old cities, because it's been around for a long time. Like, they definitely have cities where the majority of the time that cities did not have cars in it and was, like, mainly for, like, bikes and walking and horses and shit like that, you know?
C
Does New Hampshire have a big college, like, a known college?
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University of New Hampshire. A lot of people from my high school went there, but I don't know if there's any other famous.
C
Are they known for anything, like.
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I don't know.
A
Okay.
C
I'll say that the bike riding one is true.
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Yes, it is true. You are not allowed to tap your feet too loudly while listening to music in a public space.
A
Okay, so this seems like there was, like, one, like, colorful hobo who was like, music manning around the town too much. And, like, the residents of New Hampshire were like, no to you, sir.
C
I think it seems bonkers to be like, live free or die, and then be like, don't tap your toes too loud. So I'm gonna say fake.
A
I'll say real. Because, like, the real way that a lot of laws work are, like, these are laws targeted at one person, and then they just take them and they blanket apply them to like now. Hey, since we passed that anti Jimmy law, like now, like everybody can't tap their feet.
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It is fake, but it is based off like a news story from like 100 years ago of someone getting thrown out of a bar for doing too much. Doing too much. Actually, I'd like to go back and see a scene really quick.
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Too much tapping.
B
Adol, you are a guy riding a bike down a sidewalk and jpc, you are on the sidewalk and you want to give him sort of a piece of your mind.
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Ding, ding.
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Sir.
C
Ding ding.
A
Hey, what. Hey. What the.
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Don't grab my handlebars.
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What the. Hey. Ding, ding. I see you.
C
Ding, ding.
A
Hey. You're not supposed to be here.
C
Walk on the grass.
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I can't walk on the grass. I believe that all bugs have as much right to live as people. So if I break a bug because I'm walking on the grass, I go to hell.
C
I just want to apologize. I didn't know it was like that. Is that like a specific religion or.
A
It's not a religion. Could I be honest?
C
Shoved on the grass.
A
Oh, great. That's another hundred years in the lamp for me, asshole.
C
Oh, in the lamp.
A
Did I say lamp? Have a good day, man.
C
I wish, I wish I got your ass. I wish, I wish for.
A
Okay, can I. Okay, there's ground rules. Okay? I'm actually on my way to something right now.
C
But I wish you don't go to what you're going to, man.
A
Okay, great. That canceled.
C
I wish, I wish you never find love. Dude, last week.
A
Hey, you. You actually can't wish for love? Love is what. It's like a no go for. For my guys. Well, and I will have to pay a hundred dollar cancellation fee just because I wished it. It basically just.
C
I'm sorry, man.
A
I just wished a voicemail.
C
So do I have two issues left?
A
Yeah, you still have two wishes.
C
Has anybody ever done this? What do you want?
A
Yeah, a lot of people do that.
C
Oh, never mind. Hey, kid.
B
Yeah?
C
What's. What are you like eight, nine?
B
Yeah.
A
Tall kid?
B
Ten.
C
What's. What's your. What. What do you wish for most in the world? Sky's the limit. Like a million horses or what's like 50 horses? Like 100 horses or whatever.
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I wish that genie never ended up in this town in the first place. Both my parents are dead now because of the chaos he caused.
C
Excuse me. Is this true, Genie?
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Oh, yeah, it's true. I mean, I'm. I technically have like chaotic magic and people can kind of wish for whatever they want.
C
I wish you to bring back one of this kid's parents. I don't want to do both.
B
One. It's worse.
C
Well, I assume it's one.
B
I'm so in love. He brought back my dad. My dad sucks.
A
Yeah, he's also a zombie.
C
I should have clarified.
A
I can't bring people back from the dead. All right, Adol, you hit like two of the three big genie nodas. The fall in love and the bring people back. Robin Williams tells you you can't do those things.
B
Damn it.
A
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And I'm Dason Afualo. And we host the Headgum podcast Two Idiot Girls. Each episode we're discussing plenty of topics that you would be giggling at at a sleepover with your weird cousins.
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Release Date: January 23, 2026
Hosts: Adal Rifai (A), Erin Keif (B), John Patrick Coan (JPC/C)
In this lively Patreon bonus episode, the Hey Riddle Riddle Clue Crew dives into all things New Hampshire—its quirks, laws, geography, and of course, plenty of tangents. True to the show’s reputation, the riddles and puzzles become jumping-off points for improvisation, riffing on state mottos, bizarre laws, and zany hypothetical scenes. Fans of the show’s playful banter, state-based shenanigans, and comedic sketches will find this episode a lighthearted exploration of both real and absolutely implausible New Hampshire trivia.
Erin introduces a quiz of real and fake New Hampshire laws (14:51+):
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On legal oddities:
Scene Excerpt:
This episode is classic Hey Riddle Riddle: a comedic, chaotic, and only somewhat topical journey into the spirit of New Hampshire. Expect laws both real and imagined, mottos reimagined, and a signature improvised scene that collides state trivia and magical chaos. Recommended for anyone seeking laughs, New England curiosity, and the unique flavor the Clue Crew brings—even if you haven't listened before.