202 - Word Workout (w/ Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman)

Summary

Podcast Summary

SmartLess Presents ClueLess

Episode 202 — “Word Workout” (w/ Max Silvestri & Gabe Liedman)
Host: Elliott Kalan
Date: November 17, 2025
Length: ~11 minutes, skipping ads/outros

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Overview

In this fast-paced, playful installment of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes comedians and co-hosts of "I Need You Guys" Gabe Liedman and Max Silvestri for a pun-laden journey mixing space trivia, Oscar history, and a challenging “Word Workout” puzzle round. The episode is brimming with banter, wordplay, and the kind of clever back-and-forth that fans of puzzle and comedy podcasts love.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Opening Banter & Icebreaker (01:40–02:25)

• Favorite smells: Elliott opens with an unusual question about smells.
  • Gabe Liedman: “Toast.” (02:16)
  • Max Silvestri: “Fireplace.” (02:18)
  • They joke, “We’re going burns.” (02:20)
• Elliott then segues into the first trivia question, maintaining a whimsical tone.

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Space & Oscars Trivia Game (02:25–09:32)

1. Moon Sports – What Game Did Alan Shepard Play on the Moon? (02:21–03:14)

• Guest guesses (incorrect):
  • Gabe: Basketball (“If I was him I would do basketball and I would dunk.” 02:51)
• Elliott (answer): “The answer is golf.” (03:14)
  • Elicits riffing on golf’s astronaut-friendly qualities—“I assume it's really easy to get a hole in one on the moon because it looks like there's holes all over that thing.” (03:36)

2. Academy Awards for Astronaut/NASA Roles: Name the Films by Year (03:44–07:14)

• Prompt: Name the four most recent films (2016, 2015, 2014, 1995) where someone was Oscar-nominated for playing an astronaut/NASA employee.
  • Guest guesses:
    • Max: Apollo 13 (1995) (04:50)
    • Gabe: Hidden Figures (2016) (04:53)
    • Both: Gravity (2013) and variously consider First Man, Ad Astra, Interstellar.
  • After clues from Elliott, Max guesses The Martian for 2015 (06:54).
• Correct answers: Apollo 13, Hidden Figures, Gravity, The Martian. (07:02)
• Notable quote:
  • Elliott: “In all of those movies, someone was nominated for an Academy Award for playing an astronaut or a NASA employee. Excellent job.” (07:02)

3. Who Actually Won an Oscar for Playing an Astronaut? (07:31–09:13)

• Prompt: Only one actor ever won an Oscar for such a role—who and in what movie?
  • Wrong guesses: Tommy Lee Jones/Space Cowboys, Arnold Schwarzenegger/Total Recall.
  • Max lands it: Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment. (08:49)
• Elliott: “We’re going to give the Academy Award to someone playing an astronaut, but not in a space movie.” (09:13)
• Memorable riff:
  • Max (as the astronaut character): “Like, I go to parties.” (08:52)

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Main Puzzle: Word Workout Game (12:22–17:54)

Rules ([12:22])

• Elliott: “I’ve got seven words that want to slim down and lose some weight… remove one letter and then rearrange the remaining letters to create a new word… There will be hints for each.”

1. “Remove a letter from ‘cartels’ to find a type of fortress.” ([13:10])

• Answer: Castle
• Max: “Drop the R and create the word castle.” (13:15)

2. “Remove a letter from ‘painter’ to find a type of legal guardian.” ([13:52])

• Answer: Parent
• Gabe: “Take out the I, and it’s parent.” (13:57)
• Elliott (joking): “The extreme smugness of the answer. It was very well done.” (14:01)

3. “Remove a letter from ‘creased’ to find another word for holy.” ([14:13])

• Answer: Sacred
• Max: “Remove the E and make the word sacred.” (14:30)

4. “Remove a letter from ‘carbon’ to find a type of lesser nobility.” ([14:35])

• Answer: Baron
• Max/Gabe (in unison): “Baron.” (14:58/14:59)
• Gabe (jokes): “Which is what I am, and that’s why I don’t have kids.” (15:00)

5. “Remove a letter from ‘stories’ to find the proper address of a nun.” ([15:06])

• Answer: Sister
• Gabe: “Get rid of that O, and it’s going to be sister.” (15:17)

6. “Remove a letter from ‘action’ to find an excellent mixer.” ([15:32])

• Answer: Tonic
• Gabe: “Take away the A, and it’s gonna be a tonic.” (15:52)

7. “Remove a letter from ‘lantern’ to find what you get when you spend all day at the beach.” ([16:00])

• Answer: Tanner
• Max: “Remove the L and you’re going to get tanner.” (16:18)

Elliott: “You got all of them—seven out of seven!” (16:40)

Mega Clue (16:40–17:54)

• Task: Rearrange the removed letters (R, I, C, O, A, L) to form a word for something you lose with brain exercise.
• Max: “Calorie!” (17:47)
• Elliott: “Exactly. You may have burnt exactly one calorie. Just one. Thinking is not great exercise.” (17:54)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “None of the movies we mentioned so far won that acting Academy Award... Only one person has ever actually won an Academy Award for playing an astronaut or NASA employee.” — Elliott (07:31)
• “Like, I go to parties... and I was like, you know, I’ve been in space.” — Max (08:52)
• “[Parent]. The extreme smugness of the answer. It was very well done.” — Elliott (14:01)
• “Which is what I am, and that’s why I don’t have kids.” — Gabe, after ‘Baron’ (15:00)
• “You’re doing great. You are blazing through these.” — Elliott (15:58)
• “Calorie… we may have burnt one calorie.” — Gabe (17:52)
• Elliott: “Pretty soon you’ll just be able to have an AI do these puzzles for you anyway. I’m Clueless.” (17:54)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:40 – Introduction of guests & favorite smells
• 02:21 – Space trivia: sport played on the moon
• 03:44 – Oscar nominations game
• 07:31 – Who actually won Oscar for astronaut role?
• 12:22 – Word Workout puzzle game begins
• 16:40 – Word Workout mega clue

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Tone and Style

• Playful, witty, quick—Elliott’s deadpan hosts Gabe and Max’s more “game” comedic improvisation.
• Collaborative and inclusive—the show’s puzzles give the guests room to puzzle out clues aloud.
• Punny and light-hearted—a relaxed, joking rapport, with asides riffing on pop culture.

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Conclusion

This episode of ClueLess delivers a rapid-fire blend of trivia and word puzzles, with stand-out comedic chemistry between host and guests. Even if you haven’t listened, you’ll get both the answers and enough of the fun, irreverent flavor that makes ClueLess a unique “puzzle podcast that knows when you’re sleeping” (00:57).

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Quick Reference List: Puzzle Answers

Oscar Movies:

• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Gravity (2013)
• The Martian (2015)
• Hidden Figures (2016)
• Winner: Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment (1983)

Word Workout:

1. cartels → castle
2. painter → parent
3. creased → sacred
4. carbon → baron
5. stories → sister
6. action → tonic
7. lantern → tanner

Mega clue: CALORIE

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Recommended For: Fans of puzzles, comedy, wordplay, or anyone who enjoys breezy banter among smart, funny friends.

Transcript

[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Gabe Liedman]

Toast.

[Max Silvestri]

Fireplace.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very similar smells.

[Gabe Liedman]

We're going burns.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We're going burn.

[Max Silvestri]

Burns.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You like that? I love smells. Now, I read your future in the Stars today and it told me that I was going to ask if you knew the answer to today's opening question. And so I've got to do what your horoscope says. What sport do you know? What sport did Alan Shepard play on the moon in 1971?

[Gabe Liedman]

Let's guess I'm gonna go something bouncy. Cause you wanna show off the gravity.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes.

[Gabe Liedman]

I'm gonn. If I was him, I would do basketball and I would dunk.

[Max Silvestri]

You would dunk?

[Elliot Kaelin]

It would be.

[Max Silvestri]

But you think basketball was big enough that like. So you would need a hoop on the moon.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah. Well, you'd want to take advantage of that gravity. Right. You'd have a hoop that was like 40ft tall.

[Max Silvestri]

Exactly right.

[Gabe Liedman]

And you would slowly approach it as the entire world watched it on cbs, leaning in.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Unfortunately, you are incorrect. The answer is not basketball. The answer is golf. You gotta think about what kind of sport is an astronaut gonna play. Golf course. And it was always hanging out in Florida or Texas. They're playing golf. Yeah.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah, I guess. I assume that's unimaginative of them. And I don't think it would be hard to get a hoop up there. Okay, look what else we got up there.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The answer is golf. I assume it's really easy to get a hole in one on the moon because it looks like there's holes all over that thing. You hit a golf ball, it's gonna get in a hole.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Now I truly believe that astronauts are the greatest of all knots. So I want to keep the space exploration theme going with today's first game. It's called first and Foremost. First and foremost, I'm going to ask you to name the four things that are the most of something. Now, I'm sure you know that there have been five films in which an actor or actress was nominated for an Academy Award for playing an astronaut or NASA employee. I'm going to tell you the years that the four most recent of those movies came out. And I want you to tell me if you can name these four movies where someone was nominated for an Academy Award for playing an astronaut or a NASA employee. And those movies came out in 2016, 2015, 2014 and 1995. What are these movies where someone was nominated for playing an astronaut or a NASA employee? Please feel free to discuss it between yourselves. I can't tell you the answers or I'd discuss it with you too. Sure.

[Max Silvestri]

All right, I got some guesses. Gabe.

[Gabe Liedman]

Okay, go for it. I have one too.

[Max Silvestri]

I feel like the 95 is going to be Apollo 13.

[Gabe Liedman]

Love that. I think one of the 201516 ish is going to be hidden figures.

[Max Silvestri]

I agree I think we maybe have gravity there for 2015.

[Gabe Liedman]

I think gravity's in there.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yep.

[Max Silvestri]

And possibly first man. I was like, did.

[Gabe Liedman]

But that maybe is more First Man.

[Max Silvestri]

That was Ryan Reynolds. It was the Damien Chazelle.

[Gabe Liedman]

Nah.

[Max Silvestri]

Okay.

[Gabe Liedman]

I don't think so. Now, I think Ad Astra might be in there.

[Max Silvestri]

Or Ad Astra over First Man. This is.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah, I would. I would bet my life on it. Now, the other thing I'm gonna say is. And not because I think it's right.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, it's.

[Gabe Liedman]

Cause I have no faith in humanity.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're betting your life on it just because you love the risk. You're just in it for the risk. Yeah.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah. And I expect the worst now.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Oh, wait, wait.

[Gabe Liedman]

What was the Christopher Nolan one? That.

[Max Silvestri]

With Interstellar.

[Gabe Liedman]

Is Interstellar in there?

[Max Silvestri]

Guys, Maybe someone was nominated for that. I mean, there might have been a supporting.

[Gabe Liedman]

The bookshelf.

[Elliot Kaelin]

The best supporting furniture.

[Max Silvestri]

Timothy Shalam is like most sick of not eating enough corn or whatever, though.

[Gabe Liedman]

Exactly.

[Max Silvestri]

He was sick at the beginning.

[Gabe Liedman]

I could see something happening with that film.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Do you want me to.

[Max Silvestri]

Stellar is a good guess.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Do I. Do you want to. Do you want to present all of these at once, or would you like to submit your answers one at a time? Ooh.

[Gabe Liedman]

Well, I think we need to make a pile, look at the dates, and then come back to you. And I don't think it's going to take that much longer.

[Max Silvestri]

I do think. I think I'm on board for hidden figures.

[Gabe Liedman]

Okay.

[Max Silvestri]

Apollo 13.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah.

[Max Silvestri]

And gravity.

[Gabe Liedman]

Okay. And what.

[Elliot Kaelin]

What.

[Gabe Liedman]

What basic year are we left with there?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Would you like me to.

[Max Silvestri]

If you were to line it up, I think 2015. But maybe. Maybe Elliot can.

[Gabe Liedman]

Okay, 2015.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. You are left with 2015. 2015 is the one year that you have not gotten. Because I'll tell you right now, you're right on all three of those hidden figures. Gravity. Apollo 13. You're totally right on those. There's just one Left. It's from 2015.

[Gabe Liedman]

2015.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Would you like. Would you like a very vague clue?

[Max Silvestri]

Yeah, yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You have not mentioned it yet. Oh, shocker, shocker, shocker.

[Gabe Liedman]

Okay.

[Max Silvestri]

Oh, wait. The Martian. What about the Martian?

[Elliot Kaelin]

You got it. I was going to say it stars an actor from one of the other movies that you mentioned. That's right.

[Gabe Liedman]

The Martian of coins.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Hidden figures. The Martian. Gravity. Apollo 13. In all of those movies, someone was nominated for an Academy Award for playing an astronaut or a NASA employee. Excellent job. Wonderful. You got them all.

[Gabe Liedman]

Let's talk about the potatoes from Martian oh, no, no, no. We can move on.

[Max Silvestri]

He hates jazz or whatever.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Doesn't like jazz. Loves potatoes.

[Max Silvestri]

My thumb drive has. Jazz is what a lot of that movie is about.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I remember. What I like about the Martian is there's no bad guy in it. The bad guy is reality. It just exists.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah, it's hard.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I'm clueless. None of the movies we mentioned so far won that acting Academy Award that they were nominated for. Only one person has ever actually won an Academy Award for playing an astronaut or NASA employee. Can you tell me who was it, or can you tell me what movie it was? And would you like a hint? Would you like the year that movie came out?

[Max Silvestri]

Tommy Lee Jones, Space Cowboys. He farted trying to get in the suit.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Nominated, didn't win.

[Gabe Liedman]

I see, I see, I see, I see. Yeah, let's. Let's get that year.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I'll give you a hint. This movie came out in 1983 ago.

[Gabe Liedman]

Mid-80s. Total recall.

[Elliot Kaelin]

We thought Arnold Schwarzenegger was nominated for Best Actor for Total Recall.

[Gabe Liedman]

Who was the. Who was the person with three breasts? Probably her.

[Elliot Kaelin]

For Best Supporting Actress. Yeah. Best Supported Actress.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yes, exactly. It's got to be a man, right?

[Max Silvestri]

Yeah. Okay. Oh, wait, wait. I know. I know you do. I do know.

[Gabe Liedman]

You do know.

[Max Silvestri]

I do know. Ex astronaut who likes to party and pick up older women. I believe it's Jack Nicholson from whatever is it Terms. It doesn't matter. The movie. The movie doesn't matter, right?

[Elliot Kaelin]

No, the movie does matter.

[Max Silvestri]

It's either Terms of Endearment or like the.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Stop right there. You got it. It's. You're.

[Gabe Liedman]

Of course.

[Max Silvestri]

Like, I go to parties.

[Elliot Kaelin]

And I was like, you know, I've been in space. Yeah. Anyway, that's right. It was Jack Nicholson. Insane. In Terms of Endearment.

[Gabe Liedman]

I don't remember a single man being in that movie.

[Max Silvestri]

Jeff Daniels is also real dope in that.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah, Jeff Daniels is also in it. He plays the ex husband. Yeah.

[Gabe Liedman]

Are you guys sure? Okay, great.

[Elliot Kaelin]

But I love that they're like, we're going to give the Academy Award to someone playing an astronaut, but not in a space movie. I don't think so. We don't want to reward anyone for going up in a. In a zero gravity plane where they have to float around at any point. Totally.

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[Elliot Kaelin]

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[Gabe Liedman]

Wow.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Word workout. We're working on words out word workout. Like, for sure. That's my favorite part of that song. It's autumn. You know what that means? Time to get in shape and show off our sweater bods. I've got seven words that want to slim down and lose some weight, and you're going to help them. For each clue, I'm going to give you the starting word and ask you to remove one letter and then rearrange the remaining letters to create a new svelter word. You might want a pencil and paper or a pen and paper or a crow quill, Whatever it is you write with. You may want one of those and a paper, but I'm also going to give you a hint for what the new word is. Yep. Okay. Are you ready? Sure.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yes.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Word workout number one. Remove a letter from cartels to find a type of fortress.

[Gabe Liedman]

Okay. Cartels minus a letter.

[Max Silvestri]

I think you're going to want to drop the r and create the word castle.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good. Castle is exactly right.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah. Okay. And we're changing the order as well. It's not just a subtraction. I see.

[Elliot Kaelin]

This is why you work as a team, because one person is like, I got it. I understand. And the other person is like, whoa. Huh?

[Gabe Liedman]

I've never read about cadls.

[Max Silvestri]

You have to do them before you give birth.

[Gabe Liedman]

I see.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I mean, you should. Yeah. Question 2. Remove a letter from painter to find a type of legal guardian.

[Gabe Liedman]

Okay. I think we have one in our midst or two in our midst.

[Max Silvestri]

Oh.

[Gabe Liedman]

And we're going to take out the I. And it's going to be apparent.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good. It is parent. Very nice. And I like the. The extreme smugness of the. The answer. It was very well done.

[Max Silvestri]

It took me. I didn't have it. I didn't have it when you had it, Gabe.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

It felt good. Question number three. Remove a letter from creased to find another word for holy.

[Max Silvestri]

From what word?

[Gabe Liedman]

Priest?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Creased. C, R, E, A, S E, D. Creased.

[Gabe Liedman]

Oh, I see.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah.

[Max Silvestri]

Ah, I think. Yes.

[Gabe Liedman]

You got this one.

[Max Silvestri]

Yeah. I think we're gonna remove the e and make the word sacred.

[Gabe Liedman]

And we're gonna make it sacred.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good. Wonderful. Number four, Remove a letter from carbon to find a type of lesser nobility. Okay.

[Gabe Liedman]

Carbon.

[Max Silvestri]

You got this, kid?

[Elliot Kaelin]

Lesser nobility. No, Lesser.

[Gabe Liedman]

Yeah, nobility.

[Max Silvestri]

I think I have it.

[Gabe Liedman]

You do?

[Max Silvestri]

You do?

[Gabe Liedman]

What is it?

[Max Silvestri]

I think we're gonna remove. Oh, I see.

[Gabe Liedman]

Baron.

[Max Silvestri]

Baron.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yeah. Very good.

[Gabe Liedman]

Which is what I am. And that's why I don't have kids.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Question number five. Remove a letter from stories to find the proper address of a nun. Okay. Remove a letter from stories to find the proper address of a nun.

[Gabe Liedman]

Oh, that's cute. Okay, now we're gonna get rid of that O, and it's gonna be sister.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good. Continuing the no children theme.

[Gabe Liedman]

That's right. Sisters only.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Yes. Wonderful.

[Gabe Liedman]

Doing it for themselves.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Doing it for themselves and God and the Lord. Yeah. Go on. Question number 6. Remove a letter from action to find an excellent mixer. Remove a letter from action to find an excellent mixer.

[Gabe Liedman]

I see.

[Max Silvestri]

I don't have this. If you have a gift.

[Gabe Liedman]

Oh, okay. We're gonna take away the A, and it's gonna be a tonic.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Excellent. Very good.

[Max Silvestri]

I'm killing it.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You're doing great. You are blazing through these. There's only one question left in this game. Remove a letter from lantern to find what you get when you spend all day at the beach. Lantern. Remove a letter from lantern to find what you get when you spend all day at the beach.

[Max Silvestri]

Oh, you're gonna. You're gonna remove the L and you're gonna get Tanner.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Very good. You are gonna get Tanner.

[Gabe Liedman]

DJ Specifically. That's who you're going home with.

[Elliot Kaelin]

That's the member of the family that you're gonna get at the beach.

[Gabe Liedman]

That's where she lives. So, yeah, if you want Michelle, go to the mountains.

[Elliot Kaelin]

I didn't realize they all had different biomes that they belong to.

[Max Silvestri]

Yeah.

[Elliot Kaelin]

No pain, no gain. Like, for sure. You have done amazingly well on that game. You got all of them, right? Seven out of seven. But just like a good gym doesn't just let people leave their excess pounds lying all over the floor, we also like to clean up our leftover letters, and we do that with a mega clue.

[Max Silvestri]

Mega clue question.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Well, for today's mega clue, I want you to take all the letters you removed from these words and rearrange them to find something you probably lost while using your brain to solve this puzzle. And to remind you, here's what those letters were. They were R, I, C, O, A, and L. What thing that you can lose? Can you rearrange those letters into R, I, E, C, O, A, and L? Wow.

[Max Silvestri]

What can you lose?

[Gabe Liedman]

What did we lose?

[Max Silvestri]

Well, say the clue again. While we were playing this game, we.

[Gabe Liedman]

We may have lost something.

[Elliot Kaelin]

You may have lost using your brain, Working out your brain while playing this game and solving this puzzle.

[Max Silvestri]

Oh, yes. Calorie. Calorie.

[Gabe Liedman]

We may have burnt one calorie.

[Elliot Kaelin]

Exactly. You may have burnt exactly one calorie. Just one thinking is not great exercise. That's why you gotta move around a little bit more. But exactly right calorie listeners at home, did you get the answer? If not, that's okay. Pretty soon you'll just be able to have an AI do these puzzles for you. Anyway, I'm clueless. Well, as Benjamin Franklin once said, fish and podcasts stink after 15 minutes. So before we outstay our olfactory welcome, let's bid this episode adieu. But first, I'd like to thank Gabe Liedman and Max Silvestri for finding religion and fitness with us today. And I'd also like to thank you, the listener, for everything that you do. I kept that vague because I don't really know what it is that you do. I don't know you that well, but I hope to find out someday. We'll be back next week with more Smartless presents Clueless. Until then, I'm Elliot Kael. You to look before you leap, but don't look before you sleep because it's scary in the dark.

[Max Silvestri]

Yeah.

[Podcast Announcer]

Clueless, you have been listening to Smartless presents Clueless, a Smartless Media production in association with Sirius xm. Your host is Elliot Kaelin, who also writes our scripts. Today's contestants were Gabe Liebman and Max Silvestri. Check out I need you guys anywhere you get your podcasts. Your producer, editor and engineer is Devin Tory Bryant, who is me. I also write all the music and sound effects. Today's puzzles were written by Brock Mahan and Josh Richmond. Talent producer is Anne Harris, Associate Producer Matty McCann, Social Media Producer, Tommy Galgano. Executive producers are Elliot Kaelin, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett and Jason Bateman. Executive producers for Smartless Media are Richard Corson and Bernie Kaminski. Remember to follow, subscribe, rate and review the show. It really helps. That's all for now. We will see you again for more.

[Elliot Kaelin]

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