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Two bonus lateral thinking puzzles solved with Laura and Paul.Puzzle 1 by Lindy from TXPuzzle 2 from Outside-the-Box Lateral Thinking Puzzles by Paul Sloane and Des Machale

In which we're not sure if kids are smarter than adults, but at least they know where the ender dragon is.---Puzzle 1: String Theory (Math) (11:00)---Puzzle 2: The Little Things in Life (Word/Logic) (17:55)---Puzzle 3: Game Pieces (Lateral Thinking) (24:35)National Geographic's Brain Games Bus Puzzle8809 = 6 PuzzleVisit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles and for more show notes.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which this time, it's personal.---Puzzle 1: Rhyme Climb Time (Word) (14:35)---Puzzle 2: Dog Days of Summer (Trivia/Hunt-style) (16:30) (Check your answer here)---Puzzle 3: The Way We Roll (Math/Logic) (19:50)Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles and additional show notes.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which we usher in the heat with the summery sounds of a kalimba.---Puzzle 1: Pedal to the Gold Medal (by Rob Eastaway) (Logic/Math/Trivia) (9:30)---Puzzle 2: Midsummer in the Outdoors (Word) (11:05)---Puzzle 3: Goodnight Noises Everywhere (Lateral Thinking) (13:00)To check your answer to the sound effect puzzle, go here.Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles and for more show notes.Thanks to Rob Eastaway for sharing a puzzle.  Check out his podcast Puzzling Maths.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which we get a little bit more infinite than before.---Puzzle 1: The Tortoise and the Snail (Math) (17:20)---Puzzle 2: Circular Reasoning (Word) (19:30)---Puzzle 3: The Answer Isn't Sleeping Beauty (20:35)Thanks to Stephen Sneed for sending in Puzzle 3.Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which n approaches infinity and I approach insanity.---Puzzle 1: Queen of Smarts (Math/Logic) (12:45)---Puzzle 2: Where Infinity Ends (Word/Logic) (22:30)---Puzzle 3: Till Beth Do Us Part (Lateral Thinking) (33:10)Thanks to Brian Cropp for voicing the White Rabbit.Check out his podcast "Chapter by Chapter with Brian Thomas Cropp": https://anchor.fm/brian-cropp/Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which I delay the next full episode a bit, and try to appease you with a lateral thinking puzzle by Shannon Pennell.Lateral puzzlers: Laura and Paul

In which we may or may not say a little something about Bruno, and share some more puzzle magic from the Enigmarch challenge.  I thought about calling it "The Bees' Ides of March", but really, these are more A-side puzzles.---Puzzle 1: Pair-a-Dice Loss (by Ryan Berry) (Logic) (11:00)---Puzzle 2: Spell-Shrek (by Kirk Damato) (Word) (12:20)---Puzzle 3: We Have Chosen to Refrain From Speaking As It Pertains to The Subject of Bruno (by December Next) (Word/Trivia) (13:30)Thanks to Sarah, Mark, Helen, Ryan, Kirk, and December Next for letting me share their puzzles.Find more of their puzzles on Twitter:Sarah (@swilllson)Mark (@mrklrsn)Helen (@t1nyb3ar)Ryan (@wryandbeary)Kirk (@kirksays)December Next (@DecemberNext)Check out more Enigmarch puzzles from other authors: enigmarch.comVisit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which we talk to people on the wrong side of town and someone steals our keys.  These puzzles are shared from the Enigmarch puzzle creation challenge.---Puzzle 1: Faketown (by Sarah Willson--Puzzle for Enigmarch Day 14: Irrational) (6:20)---Puzzle 2: What's-His-Name (by Mark Larson--Puzzle for Enigmarch Day 26: Name) (8:00)---Puzzle 3: Locked Out (by Helen B--Puzzle for Enigmarch Day 4: Lock) (11:11)Thanks to Sarah, Mark, and Helen for letting me share your puzzles.Find more of their puzzles on Twitter:Sarah (@swilllson)Mark (@mrklrsn)Helen (@t1nyb3ar)Check out more Enigmarch puzzles from other authors: enigmarch.comVisit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which we hear a few more snippets from the interview with Stephen Sneed about Scrabble, get answers, get questions, and anagram our names.---Puzzle 1: Educated Venom (by John Kavanos) (Word) (13:42)---Puzzle 2: SHARP Thinking (Word) (15:40)---Puzzle 3: Username and Puzzleword (by Ryan Berry) (Word) (17:03)Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles and for additional show notes.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comLateral thinking puzzler: Laura

In which I interview Scrabble expert Stephen Sneed while playing a game against him.  I also get a little boasty while frontiering some brand new words. ---Puzzle 1: UNCAST_D (Word) (10:36)---Puzzle 2: It's Worth the Hypo (Word) (19:11)---Puzzle 3: I Have No Words (Lateral Thinking) (30:25)Thanks to Stephen Sneed for letting me share a four-year-old interview.  Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles and for additional show notes.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which you get five bonus follow-up puzzles for the price of two, or also for the price of five, or of a thousand, because it's free anyway.  Plus, solutions to last week's puzzles.Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles and for additional show notes.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comLateral thinking puzzlers: Laura and Paul

In which we get literally literary as we listen to Tolstoy's War and Peace in its entirety.---Puzzle 1: My Fair Ladybug (Logic / Math) (2:50)---Puzzle 2: Brevity is the Soul of Literature (Word) (7:50)---Puzzle 3: Letter of the Law (Lateral Thinking) (9:00)Thanks to my kids for all their roles in this one.Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles and for additional show notes.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which we end on a good note.  Plus, solutions for the puzzles from the previous episode.Send an email with your comments, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comLateral thinking puzzlers: Laura, Rachel, and JordanMusic: Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com"It's a Mystery", "Curiousity", and "Night Caves" by Lee Rosevere https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/“Just As Soon" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/Many thanks to Jeff Moore, who wrote much of the rest of the music on the episode. Sounds:  “Strange Angels” by martysonic from freesound.org “Simple Hi Tech Logo” by DDmyzik from freesound.org “APPLAUSE MONO 24bit 48kHz” by Alterr from freesound.org “Wind Chimes, A” by InspectorJ from freesound.org "Askeleet vedessä / Footsteps, wading, walking in the water, puddle, slush" by YleArkisto from freesound.org "freewilly" by mjudo12 from freesound.org "Dolphins" by acclivity from freesound.org "47Harp" by fschaeffer from freesound.org "ChimeBar_B5_ND" by acclivity from freesound.org

In which nothing says Halloween like November.  But you shouldn’t complain, because you’re getting four puzzles for the price of five.  Spooky!---Puzzle 1: Eclairvoyance (Logic) (0:51)---Puzzle 2: Breaking the Spell (Word) (2:53)---Puzzle 3: The Magic of Three (Word/Lateral Thinking) (5:14)---Puzzle 4: Does It Make A Sound? (Lateral Thinking) (9:04)---Puzzle 5???? (10:39)Thanks to my wife, who has supported me in many ways, including talking in six different voices in this one episode.Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comMusic:Intro theme: "Boku Mo" by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com"It's a Mystery", "Curiousity", and "Night Caves" by Lee Rosevere https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/“Just As Soon" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/Many thanks to Jeff Moore, who wrote much of the rest of the music on the episode.Sounds: “Strange Angels” by martysonic from freesound.org“APPLAUSE MONO 24bit 48kHz” by Alterr from freesound.org"low piano note" by sonsdebarcelona from freesound.org"Interesting Tech 3" by spoonsandlessspoons from freesound.org"Crystal Sound Sample" by tyops from freesound.org

In which we teamed up to play an "audio escape adventure" by Trapped Puzzle Rooms.  We came, we heard, we conquered.  If you've never tried time-warp gardening, I'd recommend it.Thanks to Trapped Puzzle Rooms for the adventure!  You can check out more of their audio escape adventures at audioescapeadventures.com.You can access the images for this escape adventure here.Escapers: Brian, Laura, Jordan, and Rachel.Music: Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.comOutro theme by Jeff Moore

Solutions to the bonus puzzle and a quick update.Music: Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.comOutro theme by Jeff Moore

In which I give a lengthy, logical lecture to a pint-sized, preschool pirate.  Plus, answers to the previous episode's puzzles and one bonus puzzle.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comSpecial thanks to all the pint-sized pirates for tagging along on my puzzle adventures.Lateral thinking puzzler: Emily...I mean, Frida.Music: Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.comOutro theme by Jeff Moore Sounds:  “Strange Angels” by martysonic from freesound.org “Simple Hi Tech Logo” by DDmyzik from freesound.org “APPLAUSE MONO 24bit 48kHz” by Alterr from freesound.org “Wind Chimes, A” by InspectorJ from freesound.org "Wood_Creak_02" by dheming from freesound.org "Splash, Jumping, D" by InspectorJ from freesound.org

In which we pillage and plunder for gold and Tootsie Pops.---Puzzle 1: Riddle Me Timbers (Logic) (4:06)---Puzzle 2: Now I Know My ABCD's (Word) (8:58)---Puzzle 3: Will Pay to Work (Lateral Thinking) (10:14)Thanks to my kids, who work for candy.Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles.Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comMusic:Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com“A Robust Crew” by Darren Curtis: https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/freemusicMany thanks to Jeff Moore, who wrote much of the rest of the music on the episode.Sounds: “Strange Angels” by martysonic from freesound.org“APPLAUSE MONO 24bit 48kHz” by Alterr from freesound.org

In which Pacman makes a cameo, and he has a big mouth.  And if you have a fever, and the only cure is another bonus cube puzzle, then boy, are you in luck!Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.comLateral thinking puzzlers: Jordan, Rachel and Laura.Music: Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.comOutro theme by Jeff Moore Sounds:  “Strange Angels” by martysonic from freesound.org “Simple Hi Tech Logo” by DDmyzik from freesound.org “APPLAUSE MONO 24bit 48kHz” by Alterr from freesound.org “Wind Chimes, A” by InspectorJ from freesound.org