Hey Riddle Riddle

Hey Riddle Riddle is a comedy podcast about puzzles and riddles. The hosts are Erin Keif, John Patrick Coan, and Adal Rifai.^[1] The show is produced by Headgum.^[2] The show contains improv based on the puzzles and riddles presented to the hosts.^[3] Each episode consists of multiple riddles and puzzles, but the number and length of each varies depending on the episode.^[4] The first episode of the podcast was titled "Stuck In The Riddle With You".^[5] The podcast won a 2022 Podcast Award and was a finalist for a 2020 Discover Pods Award.^[6][7][8]

Guest Stars

• Arnie Niekamp (Episode 8: My Riddle Pony)
• Justin McElroy (Episode 12: Three Men and A Riddle Lady)
• Brooke Breit (Episode 21: Jester Tester)
• Zach Reino (Episode 24: Hey Year's Re:SOLUTIONS!, Episode 259: Go and Be Good)
• Jess McKenna (Episode 24: Hey Year's Re:SOLUTIONS!, Episode 259: Go and Be Good)
• Becca Barish (Episode 29: Dungeons & Dragons & Riddles, Episode 229: Paul Turkey Mall Turkey)
• Jon Gabrus (Episode 45: Lucky Songbird!)
• Hayes Davenport (Episode 48: Boat Detective)
• Janet Varney (Episode 51: JANETMORPH!, Episode 178: ... and Whatnot, Episode 189: Escape!, Episode 200: John Travolta's Half Birthday, Episode 221: Planchette Poltergeist, Episode 253: Are Grandmas Lisas?, Episode 276: Rayzle Dayzle, Episode 296: Skip this one!, Episode 297: There's No Rules That Say A Dog Can't Not Do Riddles, Episode 315: Daisy in the Naisy)
• Jeffrey Cranor (Episode 54: A Star Is Wars!, Episode 197: Leprechaun Lingerie)
• The Teachers Lounge (Episode 57: The Question Is The Answer!)
• Demi Adejuyigbe (Episode 92: Unicorn Boner)
• Geoffrey James (Episode 105: Milk Store)
• Reilly Anspaugh (Episode 105: Milk Store, Episode 240: Butt. Teeth. Brains.)
• Freddie Wong (Episode 112: Riddies & Daddies)
• Beth May (Episode 112: Riddies & Daddies)
• Will Campos (Episode 112: Riddies & Daddies)
• Mary Holland (Episode 115: Bug!)
• Dan Lippert (Episode 124: Big Grande Part 1, Episode 211: Or Else Forget About It!)
• Drew Tarver (Episode 124: Big Grande Part 1)
• Ryan Rosenberg (Episode 124.5: Big Grande Part 2, Episode 211: Or Else Forget About It!)
• Jon Mackey (Episode 124.5: Big Grande Part 2, Episode 270L Guess This Mess)
• Branson Reese (Episode 168: Riddles Tales of Magic)
• Carly Monardo (Episode 168: Riddles Tales of Magic)
• Holly Laurent (Episode 169: Edward Splinterhands)
• Greg Hess (Episode 169: Edward Splinterhands)
• Johnny O'Mara (Episode 185: Dr. Very Good Body)
• Elizabeth Andrews (Episode 187: Edge of the Couch)
• Michael Hitchcock (Episode 205: The Ol' Happy Cabbage, Episode 247: Hollywood Hot Takes)
• Emily Gonzalez (Episode 212: Too Riddies; Didn't Puzzies)
• Kyle Ayers (Episode 224: Duckman Joe Millionaire)
• Sandy Weisz (Episode 226: SANDY?!)
• Thomas Sanders (Episode 236: Thomas the Riddle Engine)
• Alfred Bardwell-Evans (Episode 240: Butt. Teeth. Brains.)
• Jasper Cartwright (Episode 242: Cool Ranch Latte)
• Mano Agapion (Episode 246: Hey Factoid Factoid)
• Mark McConville (Episode 260: Garson Arson Larson)
• Tim Platt (Episode 262: Mummy Issues)
• Ali Fisher (Episode 262: Mummy Issues)
• Peih-Gee Law (Episode 266: SAW(LVE))
• Joe Lepore (Episode 267: Tub Gin & Flagons)
• Christopher Hastings (Episode 267: Tub Gin & Flagons)
• David Brown (Episode 270: Guess This Mess)
• Seth Morris (Episode 271: BudWizArd)
• Ian Karmel (Episode 273: Three Donatellos)
• Erin Whitehead (Episode 281: A Tale of Two Erins)
• Jordan Morris (Episode 294: Never Stand Behind a Batman)
• Casey Toney (Episode 295: Can You See My Muscles Through the Phone?)
• Josh Gondelman (Episode 298: 2 Hams in a Clam)
• Anthony Burch (Episode 308: PsyCoco)
• Rekha Shankar (Episode 209: I'm Actually Quite Cool!)
• Katie Rich (Episode 312: Answer Hogs)
• Paul F. Tompkins (Episode 315: Daisy in the Naisy)^[9]

Episodes

Regular Episodes^[9]

Episode	Title	Release Date	Guest Star
1	Stuck in the Riddle with You	7/25/2018
2	My Puzzle Lies Over The Ocean	8/1/2018
3	Everyone's Dead!	8/8/2018
4	Guilty Beyond a Reasonable Mrs. Doubtfire	8/15/2018
5	Greased Lightnin' Round	8/22/2018
6	Sheep Impact!	8/29/2018
7	Riddle Miss Sunshine	9/5/2018
8	My Riddle Pony	9/12/2018	Arnie Niekamp
9	Quiz Bop	9/19/2018
10	Judge, Jury, and Riddlecutioner	9/26/2018
11	Night of the Living DEAD STOP	10/3/2018
12	Three Men and A Riddle Lady	10/10/2018	Justin McElroy
13	Throw another Riddie on the Barbie	10/17/2018
14	A Riddle A Day Saves Nine	10/24/2018
15	Bleh Riddle Riddle! a.k.a. RiddleWeen	10/31/2018
16	Riddle Nation	11/7/2018
17	The Episode That Sounds a Riddle Bit Different	11/14/2018
18	Hey Gobble Gobble!	11/21/2018
19	A Puzzle a Day Keeps the Riddle Away	11/28/2018
20	School Runnings	12/5/2018
21	Jester Tester	12/12/2018	Brooke Breit
22	Sleigh Riddle Riddle	12/19/2018
23	A Year End Riddie-view	12/26/2018
24	New Year's Re:SOLUTIONS!	1/2/2019	Zach Reino, Jess McKenna
25	Puzzies and Wizzys	1/9/2019
26	Rip Van Puzzies	1/16/2019
27	Kiss, Kiss, Riddle Riddle	1/23/2019
28	Thank you, Snake!	1/30/2019
29	Dungeons & Dragons & Riddles	2/6/2019	Becca Barish
30	Love Arrow Arrow! (AKA Hey Kissy Kissy!)	2/13/2019
31	Take a Riddle Bit Off the Top!	2/20/2019
32	LOST Boyz!	2/27/2019
33	The One With The Most	3/6/2019
34	The More You Know!	3/13/2019
35	JUST Trains & Automobiles	3/20/2019
36	Dear Diary...	3/7/2019
37	Raccoon Penis Bone!	4/3/2019
38	The Great Butterbeer Showdown!	4/10/2019
39	Horse Court	4/17/2019	TJ Jagodowski
40	All Sherlock!	4/24/2019
41	Dr. Funny Comedy	5/1/2019
42	Post Potatoes	5/8/2019
43	He's Mimble!!!	5/15/2019
44	Adal's $100 Give Away!!!	5/22/2019
45	Lucky Songbird!	5/29/2019	Jon Gabrus
46	It Came from the Basement!	6/5/2019
47	Pyramid-Life Crisis!	6/12/2019
48	Boat Detective	6/19/2019	Hayes Davenport
49	Carrot Bottom!	6/26/2019
50	Fifty Riddles GUARANTEED!	7/3/2019
51	JANETMORPH!	7/10/2019	Janet Varney
52	Body Magic!	7/17/2019
53	It's Been... ONE YEAR!	7/24/2019
54	A Star is Wars!	7/31/2019	Jeffrey Cranor
55	Just Plain Comedy!	8/7/2019
56	Hey Riddle City! A Pod Noir, Part 1	8/14/2019
57	The Question Is The Answer!	8/21/2019	The Teachers Lounge
58	Flirty Chef!	8/28/2019
59	That Sucks! That Rules!	9/4/2019
60	Floor Soup!	9/11/2019
61	Fun At Songs	9/18/2019
62	Hey Riddle City Part 2!	9/25/2019
63	A Pun in the Pool	10/2/2019
64	The Purple Episode	10/9/2019
65	Watson Can You Hear Me?	10/16/2019
66	On The Ground, In Disguise	10/23/2019
67	Bleh Riddle Riddle 2!	10/30/2019
68	The Birds, the Bees, the Nicholas Cages	11/6/2019
69	Dirty Sexy Riddles	11/13/2019
70	Hundie Dollie Giveaway Returns! AKA Rap For Daddy!	11/20/2019
71	Kid Friendly Episode (really!)	11/27/2019
72	Skull & Boneheads	12/4/2019
73	Sharkest Heart	12/11/2019
74	Booty Butt	12/18/2019
75	The Night Before Puzzmas w/J.P. Riddles	12/25/2019
76	How Far Up The Egg Do The Pants Go?	1/1/2020
77	ON MY GIRLFRIENDS BIRTHDAY???	1/8/2020
78	James Bond's Cousins	1/15/2020
79	I Used To Be An Improviser	1/22/2020
80	Beef Thief!	1/29/2020
81	Hey Riddle City Part 3!`	2/5/2020
82	A Female Robot With A Cowboy Hat	2/12/2020
83	Kiss Your Clone!	2/19/2020
84	Riddle Me Shakespeare	2/26/2020
85	EduCake	3/4/2020
86	Hey Nintendo Cafe!	3/11/2020
87	Not Enough Buckles	3/18/2020

Unlocked Patreon Episodes

Patreon Episode	Title	Release Date	Guest Star	Ref
1	State... Yo Business!	3/1/2019		[10]
18	Hey Relationship Relationship	8/1/2019
38	Public Access TV	1/30/2020		[11]
29	BETTER BE - QUIZZES!	3/15/2020		[12]
61	Face to Face... Not!	7/10/2020		[13]

#1: Stuck in the Riddle with You

Published: July 26, 2018^[14]

Summary

This episode took place before any co-host was in charge of compiling a list of riddles for the other co-hosts (and any potential guests) to solve. The following summary is listed in the episode description:^[14]

It’s our debut episode! Riddles include a dad trying his best to be hip, a shady ass phone call, a child that’s happy as hell to be kicked out of the house and a mysterious mass death! It’s a podcast you can play along with so FLEX DAT BRAIN!

Credits

The following credits are listed in the episode description.^[14] The sources of the riddles for this episode were an unnamed riddle book and a listener-submitted riddle.

Credits
Co-hosts	Adal Rifai
	John Patrick Coan
	Erin Keif
Editing	KJ Snyder
Theme	Arne Parrott
Logo	Emily Kardamis
	Emmaline Morris

Riddles

	Riddle	Answer	Notes
1	There are 7 birds in a tree. A hunter shoots 1 bird down. How many birds are left in the tree?	None, because the rest of them got scared and flew away.	Warm-up riddle
2	A plane crashes directly on the US and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?	They don't bury survivors.	Warm-up riddle
3	Why did the ice cream truck break down?	Because it had a bad day.	Warm-up riddle
4	What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 at night?	Man.	Not a warm up or riddle for the main show. This riddle was mentioned as a well-known riddle.
5	A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies. The son is brought into the hospital. The doctors looks down at the son and says I can't operate on this boy, he is my son. How is that possible?	The doctor was the mother.	Not a warm up or riddle for the main show. This riddle was mentioned as a well-known riddle. This riddle is part of the Hey Riddle Riddle theme song.
6	A man rides into a town on Tuesday, stays for 2 days, rides out on Friday. How is that possible?	The horse's name was Friday.	Not a warm up or riddle for the main show. This riddle was mentioned as a well-known riddle. This riddle is part of the Hey Riddle Riddle theme song.
7	"Hey pop, can I have some money?" asked Dana, "the Electric Ear Splitters are giving a concert here in town next week and I really want to hear it." His father put town the television listings, turned off the TV, and firmly declined. "But that's my favorite group," protested Dana. "I wanna buy tickets real fast so I can hear them perform as soon as possible." "If that's what's most important to you," replied the father, "then you won't need any tickets." Explain.	The father had noticed the planned live concert and noticed it was also to be on television. Microphones would be a few feet from the performers and would capture the sound for television transmission
8	A man called the woman he loves and she cursed at him and hung up angrily. Why was he happy?	She was married to another man. And he suggested the she pretend he was an obnoxious telephone salesman if he called while her husband might overhear. His ruse apparently worked and he was pleased.
9	A man locked his son out of the house. The son thanked him. Explain	The son, in his late teens, was spoiled and idle. The father correctly inferred that evicting him and forcing him to earn his own way would benefit him, however unpleasant it would be at first. When the son found a job and had worked at it for a while, he understood how his father's actions had made his life more respectable and constructive, therefore he thanked his father.
10	There's a cabin in the middle of the woods. Everyone in it is dead. They were not murdered but they did not die of natural causes or an act of god. How did they die?	It was the cabin of an airplane	This was a listener submitted riddle This riddle is part of the Hey Riddle Riddle theme song.