Olive comes in to talk about cultural conventions in puzzlehunts. (Sorry about the audio artifacts in this one, I did my best.)

Also: Jeopardy! canon, police sirens, and tiny towns in Massachusetts.

(Speaking of Jeopardy!: puzzlehunter Paolo Pasco is on a 5-day Jeopardy winstreak as of today. Go Paolo!)

This episode contains discussion of (and spoilers for!) the following puzzles:

* Most of the puzzles from the Ascent round (MITMH '23), but particularly

* How Come This Got No Grid One? (MITMH '23)

* Book of Fixed Stars (MITMH '23)

* The Tower of the Eye (MITMH '23)

* Ten Lions (GPH '24)

This episode's featured round was The DIY Room, with puzzles by Elara Wei, Farid Khuri-Makdisi, Ryan Judge, and Cindy Gao. You can view the round here: https://puzzlehunt.club.cc.cmu.edu/hunt/25/view/

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SgJHdt6SawfJOCQSyJbeQ09kWKrQv-0eKyw9eIrtF4Q

Intro music created by Eitan Frank. Originally recorded June 12th, 2025.

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