Journalist and 'Mobituaries' podcast host Mo Rocca joins A.J. Jacobs to puzzle and laugh their way through anagrams, palindromes, and audio rebuses. They play a game changing the last letter of a country's name, solve wordplay puzzles to guess country names, and enjoy humorous advertisements.
Mo Rocca showcases his wit and puzzle-solving skills as he successfully solves wordplay puzzles with creative and humorous answers.
The podcast highlights Mo Rocca's 'Mobituaries' podcast and encourages listeners to subscribe for more puzzling challenges.
Deep dives
Puzzle Podcast Introduction and Guest
In this episode of the Puzzle Podcast, host AJ Jacobs introduces the show and welcomes Mo Rocca as the guest. Mo Rocca, the Emmy-winning correspondent and host of the podcast 'Mobituaries,' discusses his name and its similarity to the country of Morocco. The Chief Puzzle Officer, Greg Pliska, presents a puzzle called 'Mo Rocca in Morocco,' where the names of countries are changed to include the shorter version of Mo Rocca's name. The episode showcases the wit and puzzle-solving skills of Mo Rocca as he successfully solves the puzzles.
Puzzle Examples and Interaction
Throughout the podcast episode, AJ Jacobs and Mo Rocca engage in solving the puzzle examples presented by Greg Pliska. They decipher clues and come up with creative and humorous answers. Examples include 'Malts in Malta,' 'A Chappin' Chad,' 'A Tong's in Tonga,' and 'You Hung Art in Hungary.' Mo Rocca demonstrates his puzzling mindset and ability to think outside the box while solving these clever wordplay puzzles.
Wrap-Up and Extra Credit Puzzle
Towards the end of the episode, AJ Jacobs wraps up the conversation with Mo Rocca, highlighting his podcast 'Mobituaries.' The Chief Puzzle Officer, Greg Pliska, concludes with an extra credit puzzle for the listeners where a country with a special path for fish on its highways is hinted at. The episode concludes, encouraging listeners to subscribe to the 'Puzzler Podcast' for more puzzling challenges in the future.
Hello, Puzzlers! Puzzling with us today: journalist, CBS correspondent, and “Mobituaries” podcast host Mo Rocca.
Join host A.J. Jacobs and his guests as they puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses.
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"The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs" is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and is a co-production with Neuhaus Ideas.
Our executive producers are Neely Lohmann and Adam Neuhaus of Neuhaus Ideas, and Lindsay Hoffman of iHeart Podcasts.
The show is produced by Jody Avirgan and Brittani Brown of Roulette Productions.
Our Chief Puzzle Officer is Greg Pliska. Our associate producer is Andrea Schoenberg.