KAREN // @momopeche
Game geek, candyfreak, bad runner.
EXPERTISE: Geography, Hip Hop, Dogs, Patrick Swayze, Scout
COLIN // @colin13
Cannot tolerate lines that are not 100% parallel or 100% perpendicular.
EXPERTISE: Classic Rock, Academy Awards, NBA, Star Wars, Sniper
DANA // @ItsKindaSweet
Kinda sweet, kinda hilarious. Game designer extraordinaire.
EXPERTISE: Literature, Indie Rock, Pop Culture, New Zealand, Prince, Medic
CHRIS // @kobunheat
Walking retro videogame almanac. Ravenclaw.
EXPERTISE: US government, James Taylor, videogames, Spy
Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 11:09PM | in mailbag In Episode 27, we laugh-cried about ridiculous old-timey bikes, and Colin introduced us to the pennyfarthing, the dandyhorse, and the velocipede. Elisha G from Twitter shared a masterpiece and made all of our fuzzy paleontologic dreams comes true:
VELOCIRAPTOR ON A VELOCIPEDE.
Monday, September 3, 2012 at 9:33AM | in episodes 
All aboard! Mind-blowing facts about transportation. We find out what's up with those old-timey bikes with the humongous front wheel, airplane secrets, the Hindenburg, JK Rowling's minor error, and train facts that will make your brain go OOoOooOooOoO!
ALSO: Whose Ride is it Anyways? quiz, and "One Letter Off" word puzzle and new listener challenge
RUNTIME: 43 minutes 28 seconds
Monday, August 27, 2012 at 8:28AM | in episodes 
DO IT, ROCKAPELLA. We celebrate our half-birthday milestone by talking about our favorite world landmarks: Eiffel Tower, Great Wall of China, Giza Pyramids, and Chris reveals his Statue of Liberty obsession. And of course, the gang relives the golden sleuthing days of Carmen Sandiego.
ALSO: Our new favorite words, easy trick for memorizing the colors of the eBay and Google logos in order
DON'T FORGET: Our special half-birthday listener challenge! Email us at gjb.podcast@gmail.com with the correct answer and you might win a limited edition GJB Castore-o's woodblock print!
RUNTIME: 40 minutes 29 seconds
Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 11:14AM | in mailbag Dear Karen, Colin, Dana, and Chris,
I recently started dating a man who berated me for my lack of interest in the podcast. Look, I told him, I can't stand listening to talking heads, blathering on about their super awesome famousness. I just don't care! Rawr! However, the other day, after a marathon of Seinfeld episodes that I listened to during work, I logged onto Stitcher and gave podcasts another chance.
I found GJB on Stitchers list of podcasts for people with short-attention spans. There, they featured your latest episode about plants. Plants, I squealed! I love plants! I devoured Amy Stewart's Wicked Plants (and also Wicked Bugs), and I found exactly the same kind of randomized weirdness in GJB.
At work, I am now the crazy person that brain vomits on her co-workers. " Dude, you guys, let me tell you all the stuff I just learned about sperm whale vomit!" I feel like it is making me a more interesting person. Or possibly a more ADD person. I can't shut up. My brain is too full.
So thank you, all of you. Thank you for filling up my brain with carrion plant, the eating habits of baby godzillas, and the order in which lucky charms marshmallows were introduced. I wish I didn't live in such a small town. We don't have a pub quiz for MILES in any direction. Shucks. I'd rock it out.
Monday, August 20, 2012 at 5:23AM | in episodes 
Our most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational all-quiz show! Dana's got a round of Muppets trivia, Colin's got a geography and mononym celebrity names, Karen mixes things up with a mash-up round, and Chris quizzes us on very MAN-ly superhero names.
ALSO: Karen's jingle-writing debut, "Um, Actually," mind-blowing history behind the fortune cookie, the best/worst/sleaziest International Date Line pick-up line ever, and of course, a mini-segment of our favorite animal sex facts
RUNTIME: 42 minutes 17 seconds
Featured interlude music:
"Chop Suey Chow Mein" by Louis Prima with Keely Smith Amazon | iTunes
"Only One" by Sammy Adams Amazon | iTunes
"The Muppet Show Theme" by The Muppets Amazon | iTunes
"Never Feel Good" (Gorillaz vs. Cake) by Party Ben
"Ode to a Superhero" by Weird Al (Billy Joel) Amazon | iTunes
"Pony" by Ginuwine Amazon | iTunes
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 11:21AM | in episodes 
Go for the gold with these lesser known Olympics trivia and history tidbits: hot air ballooning, mascot quiz, the weird link between pole vaulting and...Donkey Kong?!, Olympic ring color mnemonic, Fatso the Wombat, and the strange science behind official equipment.
ALSO: The secret cure for jet-lagged hamsters, Oklahoma's state vegetable, "Hey! That Sounds Familiar!" Music Round. We have a spectacularly spiffy and sparky sponsor for this episode! Meet our new friends, Bonobos!
RUNTIME: 46 minutes 21 seconds
Monday, August 6, 2012 at 2:46PM | in episodes 
We invite you to lean back, relax, and indulge in a nice refreshing beverage with us! Quench your thirst with amazing facts about beloved beverages: milkshakes, sodas, hot chocolate, and more. Find out what "boba" really means and what is really the WORST DRINK ever. Dana tries to stump us with Snapple lid factoids, and Chris hosts the game "Pepsi or Coke?"
ALSO: another 80's version Pop Quiz, Hot Shot!, and a *very* special round of New York City trivia
RUNTIME: 41 minutes 12 seconds
"Istanbul" by They Might Be Giants Amazon | iTunes
Monday, July 30, 2012 at 12:03PM | in episodes 
Breaking bumpin' bulletin, boardgame buffs! It's our classic boardgames show and we share facts and origin stories of our favorite classic boardgames: Monopoly, Scrabble, and Trivial Pursuit. Boardgames modification quiz, the importance of Monopoly "house rules", and we venture back into a bit of Star Wars trivia.
ALSO: a VERY special 80's version Pop Quiz, Hot Shot!, how to memorize the Bill of Rights, and we announce the winner of our Singing Robot naming contest.
RUNTIME: 49 minutes 22 seconds
Share some of your own Monopoly House Rules in the comments! We wanna know!
Monday, July 23, 2012 at 12:45PM | in episodes 
Ironic to describe our plants show as "meaty" but boy oh boy, we cover LOTS of fantastic topics in this episode: poisonous plants, stinky plants, drug plants, and yes, we even named a plant our A-Hole of the Week! Deadly nightshade, durian & jackfruit, devious grass, reindeer drug mushrooms, and a special plant character quiz.
ALSO: "Whose Ride is it Anyways?," LSD in baseball, and a very special Encyclopedia Brown tribute.
RUNTIME: 53 minutes 04 seconds
Here's more info about the upcoming crazy puzzle hunt that Chris was talking about! Real Escape Game.
Featured interlude music:
"Grazing in the Grass" from Friends of Distinction Amazon | iTunes
Monday, July 16, 2012 at 12:34PM | in episodes Whew, there sure are a bunch of segments in our 4th All Quiz Bonanza show: Chris schools us on "bookkeeping" and crazy English words derived from Japanese, Karen has a mystery round (Mysteround?), Dana challenges us to a dance-off, and Colin made us a round of "Sports Trivia for Non-Sports Fans." And guess who's back? THE CRAZY SINGING ROBOT.
ALSO: "backronyms," why Karen is mad at Siri, and one bizarre headline
RUNTIME: 44 minutes 13 seconds
Featured interlude music:
"Double Trouble" from Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban Amazon | iTunes
"The Sporting Life" by The Decemberists Amazon | iTunes
"Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" by Spinal Tap Amazon | iTunes
"Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb Amazon | iTunes
"Tokyo (Vampires & Werewolves)" by The Wombats Amazon | iTunes
Help name our singing Robot! We're thinking of maybe a backronym for B.R.A.I.N or B.R.I.A.N. Email us suggestions at gjb.podcast@gmail.com. We will pick the best ones and reward winners with prizes!
