brain drop puzzles by Brian Hobbs

Last Updated: December 7, 2025
A show all about puzzles, games, brainteasers, mysteries, riddles, and lateral thinking.  It’s an exploration of the quandaries of our lives, a journey through the mysteries of the world, driven by curiosity and wonder.  Either that, or it's a bunch of audio files with some puzzles thrown in.  Depends on how cynical you are.
Lateral Bonus: Wedding Dresses and Tea Parties
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Two bonus lateral thinking puzzles solved with Laura and Paul.

35. Are You Happier Than A 5th-Grader?
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In which we're not sure if kids are smarter than adults, but at least they know where the ender dragon is.

34. Bee Sides
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In which this time, it's personal.

PSA: Bloopers and Delays
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They say no news is good news, and unfortunately, I have some (minor) news.

33. Summer Riddles and Summer Not
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In which we usher in the heat with the summery sounds of a kalimba.

32. To Infinity and B-Side
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In which we get a little bit more infinite than before.

31. The Infinite Episode
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In which n approaches infinity and I approach insanity.

BONUS: The Sound of Thinking Laterally
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In which I delay the next full episode a bit, and try to appease you with a lateral thinking puzzle by Shannon Pennell.

30. March Magic...in April
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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.

29. Beware the Ideas of March
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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.

28. B_SIDE is Worth 8 Points
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In which we hear a few more snippets from the interview with Stephen Sneed about Scrabble, get answers, get questions, and anagram our names.

27. Dabble in Scrabble Babble
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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. 

26. B-Side Myself
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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.

25. We're Back, New and Unimproved
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In which we get literally literary as we listen to Tolstoy's War and Peace in its entirety.

24. Tis the Season
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In which we end on a good note.  Plus, solutions for the puzzles from the previous episode.

23. Are You Afraid of the Puzzles?
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In which nothing says Halloween like November.  But you shouldn’t complain, because you’re getting four puzzles for the price of five.  Spooky!

BONUS: The Sound of Escape
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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.

22 1/2: The Space Between Episodes
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Solutions to the bonus puzzle and a quick update.

22. Dead Men Give No Answers, Either
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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.

21. Dead Men Solve No Puzzles
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In which we pillage and plunder for gold and Tootsie Pops.

20. Solutions in 3D!!!
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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!

19. Cubed with Frida Menshen
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In which we welcome a special guest from a galaxy far, far away.  No, not that galaxy.

18. You Can't Handle the Answers
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The movie clip edition.

17. Lost In It Translationing
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In which we put Google Translate to the test, and it fails in all the right ways.

16. United Solutions of America
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The special vacation edition, with bonus sounds!

15. Stuff You Didn’t Know Americans, You Know, Like, Like and Stuff
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In which we visit America and try to figure out why they’re all speaking Mandarin.

14. SOLUTIONS with John Denver
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Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely intentional.

13. Learning To Fly, But I Ain’t Got a Seat
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In which speaking up is the hardest thing.

12. Sounds Like a Puzzle
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In which nobody puts princess in a corner, because that's where all the man-eating monsters are.

11. Brain Drop: The Musical
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In which I sing too much and produce costs too much.

10. Psyched
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In which it's my podcast, I can lie if I want to.

9. The Sign of the Three
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In which Sherlock Holmes doesn't rate and review this podcast.

8. Total Non-Census
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In which I ride off into the sunset.  But don't worry, I come back.

7. Puzzles the Will
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In which we learn that Shakespeare had nothing much to say after all.

6. It's (Somewhat) About Time
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In which we consider the nature of the passing of time, and the kind of sound that makes.

5. Nightmare on Bulb Street
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In which we go over the river river and through the woods woods woods.

4. A Listicle
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In which we go to many strange places, meet many strange people, and enter the darkness in the attic of our minds.  Or maybe just a regular attic.

3. Puzzle Noir
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In which it's always night in New Dark City.

2. Mister E Mystery
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In which there is either a bonus puzzle or just the sound of birds.

1. Shopping Malls and Circular Logic
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In which we learn that not everyone likes a riddle.

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