25 Best Riddle and Puzzle Podcasts

1. Hey Riddle Riddle

Riddles! Puzzles! WhoDunnits! Adal Rifai, Erin Keif and John Patrick Coan, three of Chicago's most overrated improvisers, are on the case to solve every riddle, puzzle, brain-teaser, and head-scratcher known to humanity. Some riddles are almost impossible, some are absolutely improbable, and some simply have not aged well. And if you don't like riddles, don't worry! This podcast is barely about them! Like what you hear?
Podcast headgum.com
Hosts Hey Riddle Riddle Podcast, Headgum
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 1.7KTwitter Followers 9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 37 min Since Jul 2018 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

A short, fun, and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Email ****@mac.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 16 min Since Jun 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

3. Crosspod Wordcast

Do you like crosswords? How about solving it with friends? Listen to the puzzlingly clever duo, David and Daniel, solve the themed Sunday edition of the New York Times crossword puzzle.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 6Twitter Followers 9 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 100 min Since Oct 2019 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

4. Fill Me In

Fill Me In is a crossword podcast, or at least, that's what it pretends to be. Most of the time, it's about other things (including, but not limited to: soup, Thor, Rosana Ñler, Viewer Mail, Jonathan Papelbon, vuvuzelas, the inappropriate glorification of the E Division, and much more), but occasionally, we also talk about crosswords.
Podcast bemoresmarter.libsyn.com
Email ****@bemoresmarter.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 180Twitter Followers 536Instagram Followers 186 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 89 min Since Mar 2018 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

5. The Incomparable Game Show

The people of The Incomparable play various games, including trivia, classic board games, word games, and even a few reimagined classic game shows from years gone by.
Podcast theincomparable.com
Hosts Jason Snell, Kathy Campbell, Erika Ensign
Email ****@intertext.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 366Twitter Followers 479 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 71 min Since Apr 2012 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. Road Trip Trivia

Quiz Queen Ally Lane takes you a fun ride of trivia games you can play on your own, or with a group of people. Categories cover a wide variety of topics from pop culture, to science, history, geography, sports, ​and even riddles! Whether you're venturing on a long road trip or hosting a house party with friends, ROAD TRIP TRIVIA is your one-stop-shop for endless hours of game entertainment.
Podcast spreaker.com
Host Ally Lane
Email ****@allylane.com
Apple Rating 3.5 / 5Facebook Followers 125Twitter Followers 578 Frequency 17 episodes / year Avg Length 6 min Since May 2019 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

7. Sunday Puzzle

Each week, New York Times crossword puzzle editor and NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz presents an on-air quiz to one contestant and gives a challenge for listeners at home.
Podcast npr.org
Email ****@npr.org
Facebook Followers 6.7MTwitter Followers 8.8MInstagram Followers 6.8M Frequency 1 episode / week Since Sep 2004 Play Get Email Contact

8. Transum Mathematics Puzzles

This Transum podcast features a puzzle of the month as well as information about everything new on Transum Mathematics.
Podcast transum.org
Host John Tranter
Email ****@transum.org
Facebook Followers 179Twitter Followers 1.6KInstagram Followers 74 Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 12 min Since Aug 2014 Play Get Email Contact

9. One Down with Greg Warren and Brendan Eyre

Every day, Comedians Greg Warren and Brendan Eyre attempt the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Every Week, they report their triumphs, failures, observations, and complaints. Lots of complaints. Trust us, it's way funnier than it sounds.
Podcast 800poundgorillamedia.com
Email ****@thelaughbuttonpodcasts.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 9.5KTwitter Followers 6.9K Since Apr 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

10. On The Cross with Lucas Murphy

Writer, comedian, and social gadabout Lucas Murphy sits down with friends and contemporaries to solve the New York Times crossword puzzle. Along the way, he might just learn a little bit about life, love, and the meaning of archaic words.
Podcast onthecross.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 31Instagram Followers 60 Since Jun 2017 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

11. Whitey Puzzleman's Crossword Hour

Bianca Brady and Olivia Shepson take you through the week's NYT crossword puzzles. They discuss their times, what they loved, what they hated, and how they knew what they know.
Podcast whiteypuzzleman.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 102 Since Jan 2019 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

12. Crossnerds

Crossnerds is the world's best-er, nerdiest-crossword puzzle podcast. Editors, constructors, solvers, and allies deliver piping-hot takes on the New York Times crossword puzzle and the vast cruci universe of wordplay beyond.
Podcast crossnerds.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 487 Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 47 min Since Jan 2017 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

13. Brain Drop Puzzles

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.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Email ****@braindroppodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 144Twitter Followers 58 Since May 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

14. Wonderful World Of Words Podcast

This podcast presents original word puzzles that may be solved using linguistic tools like anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, crossword puzzle-like clues, and the like.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@outlook.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 14 Since Oct 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

15. Riddle Skittle

Riddles are great conversation starters and help improve critical reasoning skills while having fun. At our home, we enjoy chatting and bonding over riddles/jokes and wanted to share them with others.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5 Since May 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

16. Road Trip Riddles

Looking for an engaging game during your next long road trip or event? From the people that brought you ROAD TRIP TRIVIA comes ROAD TRIP RIDDLES. These games are fast, exciting, and engaging. Each game is a new question to keep you thinking, talking, and driving. Tune in as new games are uploaded every Tuesday.
Podcast spreaker.com
Email ****@allylane.com
Apple Rating 3.6 / 5Facebook Followers 185Twitter Followers 578 Since Mar 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. The Mini Crossword Club

Five friends play the New York Times Mini Crossword Puzzle together followed by a breakdown of the highlights (and lowlights) of each puzzle. Listeners can play along with the club.
Podcast theminicrosswordclub.podbean.com
Email ****@protonmail.com
Facebook Followers 17 Since May 2019 Play Get Email Contact

18. Bedtime Crosswords

The goal of this podcast is to help you sleep by tiring the mind. Each episode, I will be solving a crossword puzzle and as I'm doing so, I will read the clues and the number of letters out loud so that you can solve with me in your head. This will hopefully help you drift off in sleep.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Since Jul 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

19. Couple of Geniuses

A daily play-along podcast (with a couple of idiots) about the NYT Spelling Bee game.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 407 Since Nov 2020 Play Get Email Contact

20. The Riddles Podcast

The Riddles Podcast is a break-sized podcast about riddles old and new, popular and darned near impossible to find anywhere. Please subscribe and tell your friends, especially if you got stumped! This will help me get new riddles out faster. Each podcast features the riddle, a pause, a hint, and then a solution so there are no spoilers.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Since Aug 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

21. DOPE Podcast

DOPE daily one puzzle exercise podcast presents a fun & interesting puzzle on a daily basis and the solution is explained in the next episode. Solving puzzles daily for 25 minutes improves your IQ score by 4 points. Apart from keeping you sharp, improving concentration, reasoning, memory, and other innumerable benefits. Solving puzzles is just fun! So, what are you waiting for? Jump in and start solving a DOPE puzzle.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Since Aug 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

22. Quick brown fox

Listen to me telling riddles, poems, stories, to you my lovely viewers!
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Since May 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

23. riddles by Meara

Learn fun riddles to tell your family and friends (non-explicit).
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Since Aug 2020 Play Get Email Contact