The Final Round
Series finale. Ophira and Jonathan look back on nine years of puzzles, word games and trivia by playing puzzles, word games and trivia.
Episodes
Ask Me Another
Packed with trivia, comedy and celebrity guests, Ask Me Another is like an amusement park for your brain. Host Ophira Eisenberg and musician Jonathan Coulton take brilliant contestants on a roller coaster that'll make you laugh and scream (out the answers)—and barely anyone throws up in a trash can.
Episodes
Home Cooking With Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Superstore's Nico Santos
Jesse Tyler Ferguson discusses his cookbook Food Between Friends . Nico Santos and Zeke Smith play This That Or The Other. Comics Samantha Ruddy and Luke Mones rock out to Grease songs about... Greece.
Alfonso Ribeiro: Jokes About Butts And Mild Transgressions
Comedians Demi Adejuyigbe and Gabe Gundacker rise to the occasion in a game about bread. Alfonso Ribeiro ( AFV ) talks about the Carlton dance. Alex Moffat ( SNL ) and Jen Spyra learn about baby animals.
Justin, Travis And Griffin McElroy: My Podcast, My Podcast And My Other Podcast
Podcast hosts Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy (My Brother, My Brother and Me) talk about their book, Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You). Then they fight off trivia-spouting monsters in a game that tests their D&D knowledge and d20 luck. Plus, comedians Shalewa Sharpe and Gastor Almonte (The War Report podcast) listen to sped-up versions of slow jams and play a hilarious round of "Bridgerton character, sweatpants brand or potato?"
Chelsea Handler & Sharon Salzberg: Guided Meditation
Sharon Salzberg leads a guided meditation. Chelsea Handler talks about her special, 'Evolution.' Plus, comedians Dewayne Perkins, Aasia LaShay Bullock, Mike Albo and Amanda Duarte play games.
Richard Kind & Nnamdi Asomugha: Seriously, Ask Me Another
Hilarious actor Richard Kind takes on Comedy Cloud founder Ray Ellin. NFL player-turned-actor Nnamdi Asomugha geeks out about holiday films. Ashley Nicole Black and Chelsea Devantez are back for more!
We Ship It
RuPaul's Drag Race alum and Call Me Mother co-host Peppermint talks about the origins of her name, and why it was a bit of "a dumb mistake" to choose "Peppermint." Plus, Couples Therapy hosts Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman attend Masterclasses taught by animals, and Miracle Workers stars Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni play a game about some smokin' hot topics— that's 9.9 trillion degrees hot, baby.
Nice Guys: Ted Lasso & Bob Ross
Ted Lasso stars play a film score themed music parody. Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone ( Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed ) do a quiz about tests. Lingthusiasm hosts play an emoji speed round.
Molecular Gastrivia
Rev up those fryers, it's the Ask Me Another Food Show! The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain ( Nadiya's Time to Eat , Nadiya Bakes ) dishes about baking for the Queen and digs up the truth in a game about plant family trees. Plus, James Beard Award-winning chef Gabrielle Hamilton ( Blood, Bones and Butter, Prune) & Top Chef alum and National Arts Club head chef Ashley Merriman play a saucy music parody game, and Food Network hosts and judges Carla Hall ( Carla and the Christmas Cor...
Padma Lakshmi: Taste The Nation, From Your Couch
Padma Lakshmi talks about her series Taste The Nation. Jenny Hagel, Amber Ruffin, Margo Price, and Jeremy Ivey play games about long things and events in history set to the tune of Billy Joel songs.
Yo-Yo Ma: Civic Duty
Yo-Yo Ma ( Beginner's Mind on Audible) talks pandemic performance, chefs Sohla El-Waylly and Stella Parks play "Food Jazz," Timothy Simons ( Veep, The Pole ) & Teddy Bressman hear "bald metal."
Eddie Huang & 'Judas And The Black Messiah' Writers: Who Tells Your Story
Eddie Huang talks directing his first film, Boogie . Keith and Kenny Lucas ( Judas and the Black Messiah ) discuss pitching movies. Emily Heller and Emmy Blotnick meet guest host Oak-phira Eisen-birch.
Ken Jeong: Mask Me Another
Ken Jeong chats about The Masked Dancer . Actors Skylar Astin and John Clarence Stewart hear unconventional instruments. Comedians Cameron Esposito and Beth Stelling cruise through a game about maps.
Michelle Buteau: 'The Circle' And Van Halen
Michelle Buteau chats season 2 of Netflix's The Circle. You're Wrong About 's Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes meet a mysterious whale. Love Fraud' s Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady play, is it a Lizard?
Better Call Saul & The Mandalorian's Giancarlo Esposito; Hacks
Giancarlo Esposito talks Gus Fring and Baby Yoda. Plus, games with Hacks creators Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs, and Tanya Morgan's Donwill & Bethany Van Delft (Parentalogic).
Marc Maron & Aimee Mann: End Times Fun
Marc Maron talks about his comedy special, End Times Fun . Aimee Mann and Michael Penn face off, and cartoonist Emily Flake takes on husband John Pastore. This episode originally aired April 10, 2020.
The Final Round
Series finale. Ophira and Jonathan look back on nine years of puzzles, word games and trivia by playing puzzles, word games and trivia.
The Penultimate Puzzles
This show is packed with returning friends of AMA! Comedians Aparna Nancherla and Joyelle Nicole Johnson are subjected to Kidz Bop, Welcome to Night Vale 's Cecil Baldwin and musician Julian Velard decipher poorly-researched podcast ads, and Wandavision song writers Robert and Kristen Anderson Lopez show off their theme classic TV theme song knowledge.
Sonia Manzano: These Are The Muppets In Your Neighborhood
This week it's a classic episode from 2015. Actor Sonia Manzano talks about retiring from her role as Maria on Sesame Street after 44 years. Then, she and her TV husband Luis, played by actor Emilio Delgado, think back on all the Muppets they've encountered in their neighborhood.
William Jackson Harper: Getting To The Good Place
William Jackson Harper shares where he was physically and emotionally when cast on The Good Place . Plus, ethics columnist Kwame Anthony Appiah. This episode originally aired on March 16, 2018.
Molecular Gastrivia
Guests: Nadiya Hussain; Gabrielle Hamilton & Ashley Merriman; Carla Hall & Nancy Fuller Rev up those fryers , it's the Ask Me Another Food Show! The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain ( Nadiya's Time to Eat , Nadiya Bakes ) dishes about baking for the Queen and digs up the truth in a game about plant family trees. Plus, James Beard Award-winning chef Gabrielle Hamilton ( Blood, Bones and Butter , Prune ) & Top Chef alum and National Arts Club head chef Ashley Merriman play a saucy musi...
Javier Muñoz And David Harbour: The World Turned Upside Down
From the Broadway musical Hamilton , Javier Muñoz leads a game about presidential pets. And from the Netflix series Stranger Things , actor David Harbour is challenged to a game about Shakespeare with a Dungeons & Dragons twist. This episode originally aired on October 14, 2016.
Nice Guys: Ted Lasso & Bob Ross
Guests: Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone; Brett Goldstein & Hannah Waddingham; Gretchen McCulloch & Lauren Gawne Ted Lasso 's Brett Goldstein & Hannah Waddingham score points in a game about scores. Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone take a 180 from making R-rated comedy to producing a Bob Ross documentary . Lingthusiasm hosts Gretchen McCulloch & Lauren Gawne explain who's in charge of making new emoji. Speaking of which... hey, Unicode Consortium! Where's our fact bag emoji?...
Sir Patrick Stewart: Brush Up Your Shakespeare
In this encore episode from 2015, Sir Patrick Stewart talks about life in Brooklyn, becoming a knight, and his deep knowledge of all things Shakespeare.
Awkwafina And Sasha Velour: New York City Queens
Two queens take the stage! From Raya and the Last Dragon and Crazy Rich Asians , Awkwafina recommends the best public restrooms in New York City. And RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha Velour talks about the incredible final lip sync that snatched her the crown. This episode originally aired August 17, 2018.
MathNuggets
Guests: Kenice Mobley & Rohan Padhye; Shalewa Sharpe & Gastor Almonte It's a friendtestants reunion! Kenice Mobley & Rohan Padhye, hosts of the podcast Love About Town , return to play a math game about pop culture numbers. Shalewa Sharpe & Gastor Almonte, hosts of The War Report podcast, take on a music parody that's delicious and definitely not nutritious....
We Ship It
Guests: Peppermint; Miracle Workers' Karan Soni & Geraldine Viswanathan; Naomi Ekperigin & Andy Beckerman. Ask Me Another returns to The Bell House for our final taping. Pre-sale tickets are available at nprpresents.org . Use the promo code: ASKMEANOTHER. RuPaul's Drag Race alum and Call Me Mother co-host Peppermint talks about the origins of her name, and why it was a bit of "a dumb mistake" to choose "Peppermint." Plus, Couples Therapy hosts Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman attend Masterclas...
Fenway Bark And The Litter Box Disco
Comedians Margaret Cho and Iliza Shlesinger from Good on Paper board a music parody time machine to several centuries' '70s. In Treatment and Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba says what she learned about therapy by playing a therapist, and how she and her sister annoyed her brother by speaking in gibberish. Quinta Brunson ( She Memes Well ) and Taylor Garron ( As of Yet ) put their middle school science class knowledge to the test in a game about the periodic table....
Rosie Perez, Fortune Feimster & Big Mouth's Ayo Edebiri: Fight And Flight
Rosie Perez talks about recording PSAs for the New York City Subway, meeting Muhammad Ali, and her role in HBO Max's The Flight Attendant . Plus, Fortune Feimster and Jillian Bell play a game about delicious musicians, and Big Mouth 's Ayo Edebiri and comedian Olivia Craighead tackle animal kingdom quandaries. This episode originally aired December 4, 2020.
Rita Dove: Set Phasers To Poem
As Ask Me Another prepares for its final run of new episodes, enjoy this week's encore of a past favorite, taped at the Virginia Arts Festival. The guest is U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. She improvises a poem. She plays a game about Star Trek: The Next Generation . Everything you love about this show is well-represented.