Ask Me Another

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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.

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Home Cooking With Modern Fa...

02.26.2021

Jesse Tyler Ferguson discusses Modern Family, his Michelin-star restaurant research for his one-man show Fully Committed and his new cookbook Food Between Friends. Then, he plays a game about his home state, New Mexico. Nico Santos (Superstore) and Zeke Smith ...

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02.26.2021 Home Cooking With Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Superstore's Nico Santos Jesse Tyler Ferguson discusses Modern Family, his Michelin-star restaurant research for his one-man show Fully Committed and his new cookbook Food Between Friends. Then, he plays a game about his home state, New Mexico. Nico Santos (Superstore) and Zeke Smith ...
02.19.2021 Kyra Sedgwick: Empty Nest, Barn Full Of Goats Emmy Award-winning actor Kyra Sedgwick discusses her nearly four decade spanning career and her new comedy series, Call Your Mother. Then, she is challenged to a game about G.O.A.T. goats. Late Night with Seth Meyers writers Jeff Wright and Ben ...
02.12.2021 Bob the Drag Queen And Camila Mendes: We're Here... To Play Games! Bob the Drag Queen is back! The drag star, from RuPaul's Drag Race, tells us about his HBO docuseries We're Here and plays a grab-bag game that finally brings together Whoopi Goldberg, Kesha, and... clowns? Plus, Cristin Milioti and Camila ...
02.05.2021 Keegan-Michael Key: Key & Peele & Penguins & Shakespeare Actor Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele) reveals which animal is the funniest, geeks out about Shakespeare and discusses his Audible Original series The History of Sketch Comedy. Actors Matt Wilkas and Brendan Scannell (Bonding) hear fictional animals introduced as if ...
01.29.2021 Ken Jeong: Mask Me Another Actor Ken Jeong talks about his journey from studying medicine to becoming an actor and chats about his time as a panelist on The Masked Singer and its new spinoff, The Masked Dancer. Then, he plays a music parody game ...
01.27.2021 Leslie Jones Reinvigorates 'Supermarket Sweep' A special bonus feed drop from the NPR podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour. Our producer and game show geek Travis Larchuk joined NPR's daily culture show, Pop Culture Happy Hour host Stephen Thompson to talk about the 2020 reboot of ...
01.22.2021 Michelle Buteau: 'The Circle' And Van Halen Comedian Michelle Buteau talks about her new book Survival of the Thickest and her gig hosting the socially-distanced Netflix reality series The Circle. Then she plays a game about Dutch things set to the tunes of Van Halen. Plus, Showtime ...
01.15.2021 The Daily Show & What The Constitution Means To Me: Kids In America Daily Show correspondents Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta play a game about Elvis and The Lord of the Rings. Heidi Schreck talks about her play What the Constitution Means to Me and audits the cutest civics class ever, where kids ...
01.08.2021 Mayim Bialik & Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang: Our Best New Show Of 2021 Comedian Bowen Yang talks about his work as a cast member on the latest season of Saturday Night Live. Then he plays a quiz about imaginary TV/video game crossovers. Plus, Call Me Kat actors Mayim Bialik and Cheyenne Jackson compete ...
01.01.2021 Kal Penn And Dan Soder: The Tournament Of Champions It's Ask Me Another's first Tournament of Champions! Plus, actor Kal Penn talks about his comedy series Sunnyside and plays a wrestling quiz against comedian Dan Soder, who stars in the HBO comedy special Son of a Gary. This episode ...
12.25.2020 Adam Lambert And Tony Hawk: A California Christmas Two San Diego legends return for the holidays: American Idol's Adam Lambert joins skateboarder Tony Hawk for trivia at the Historic Balboa Theatre. This episode originally aired on December 21, 2018.
12.18.2020 Andrew Bird: Mandatory Fun Office Holiday Party Musician Andrew Bird shares how composer Vince Guaraldi's soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas inspired his new holiday album Hark! Oscar Award-winning composers Robert and Kristen Anderson Lopez try to spot fake holiday album titles. The NPR Christmas Carols (NPR ...
12.11.2020 Richard Kind & Nnamdi Asomugha: Seriously, Ask Me Another Actor and former Raiders NFL cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha takes on Christmas movie trivia and talks about his new film Sylvie's Love. Hilarious actor Richard Kind gets super competitive with comedian Ray Ellin — founder of the digital standup company Comedy ...
12.04.2020 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 ...
11.27.2020 Padma Lakshmi: Taste The Nation, From Your Couch Pack your knives and go turn on this episode! Top Chef and Taste the Nation's Padma Lakshmi talks to us about doing improv with her daughter and eating liver ganache. Then she helps Ophira and Jonathan create delicious dishes from ...
11.20.2020 Rachel Bloom: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Sane Current Guest Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom joins us to talk about her new book I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are. Plus, Late Night with Seth Meyers writer Karen Chee and illustrator Jonny Sun decipher kids' readings of song lyrics, ...
11.13.2020 Sarah Silverman, Sarah Paulson, Rickey Thompson & Denzel Dion: Influencers It's a Sarah-bonanza! Sarah Paulson talks about her new Hulu film Run, out 11/20, and her Netflix series Ratched. Sarah Silverman tells us how she came up with the name of her new podcast, The Sarah Silverman Podcast. Plus, Rickey ...
11.06.2020 Hong Chau & Nico Santos: Superheroes And Superstores Homecoming and Watchmen star Hong Chau plays a game about imaginary, misguided movie adaptations. Jordan Klepper (The Daily Show) and Jenny Hagel (Late Night With Seth Meyers) become amateur etymologists. Couple-testants Nico Santos (Superstore) and Zeke Smith (Survivor) try to ...
10.30.2020 Chelsea Handler & Sharon Salzberg: Guided Meditation It's a stressful time, so meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg begins the show with a guided meditation. Comedian Chelsea Handler talks about her new HBO Max special 'Evolution' and plays a game about actors and authors. Plus, comedians Dewayne Perkins and ...
10.23.2020 The Daily Show & What The Constitution Means To Me: Kids In America Daily Show correspondents Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta play a game about Elvis and The Lord of the Rings. Heidi Schreck talks about her play What the Constitution Means to Me and audits the cutest civics class ever, where kids ...
10.16.2020 D.J. "Shangela" Pierce: Quaran-Queen HALLELOO! We're Here and RuPaul's Drag Race star D.J. "Shangela" Pierce talks about 'quaranqueening.' Plus, comedians Aparna Nancherla, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Ashley Nicole Black, and Chelsea Devantez show off their smarts. This episode originally aired May 8, 2020.
10.09.2020 Zachary Quinto: Spock-tober Zachary Quinto, of Star Trek and Heroes, talks about the new Netflix film adaption of The Boys in the Band. Then he plays a game about famous pits and Pittsburghers. Plus, Welcome to Night Vale's Cecil Baldwin and The Neo-Futurists' ...
10.02.2020 TV Face-Off: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, Parks & Rec, Silicon Valley & Insecure This episode originally aired May 1, 2020. Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Stephanie Beatriz and Superstore's Lauren Ash compete in a game about city nicknames. Middleditch & Schwartz performers Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz play a music parody game. Insecure's Natasha Rothwell tests ...
09.25.2020 Bobby Berk: Queer Eye For Home Design Queer Eye interior design expert Bobby Berk talks about learning from failure and tailoring designs for Queer Eye heroes. Then he plays an Animal Crossing-inspired game. Podcast hosts Sydnee Washington and Marie Faustin take a quiz on tall things. Comedians ...
09.18.2020 RZA & Busy Philipps & 'Woke' Creator Keith Knight & A Lizard The Wu-Tang Clan's RZA talks with Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton about his new movie Cut Throat City, and the process of writing a new song for Good Humor's ice cream trucks. He also plays a game where he answers ...
09.11.2020 Hilary Swank, Andy Richter & Yvette Nicole Brown: 'Away' We Go Hilary Swank joins us to discuss her new Netflix show Away, where she plays an astronaut on the first crewed mission to Mars. She'll also try to guess which luxury dog services are real in a game called "Swank Dogs." ...
09.04.2020 Marc Maron & Aimee Mann: The Option Of Mystique Stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer and actor Marc Maron talks about his Netflix special, End Times Fun, and takes a quiz about the 2019 movie, Cats (which he hasn't seen). Plus, two contestant couples go head-to-head: Musicians Aimee Mann and Michael ...
08.28.2020 QuaranTV: Ramy, Space Force And Lady Dynamite Actor and comedian Ramy Youssef chats about the new season of his Hulu series Ramy and working with Mahershala Ali — plus he gives some tips on persuading your dad to buy you Pokemon cards. Plus comedians Jimmy O. Yang, ...
08.21.2020 Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Tony Shalhoub: 10 Things I Hate About Zoom Joseph Gordon-Levitt joins us to discuss wearing wigs and playing an old man alien trapped in a teenage body. Then he makes our dreams come true in a game about songs famously associated with movies. Plus, the Oscar goes to... ...
08.14.2020 Orville Peck & Mitra Jouhari: A Cowpunk And One Busy Debra Musician Orville Peck explains what country music and punk rock have in common. Then he plays a game about two of his heroes, Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston. Plus, comedians Mitra Jouhari and Whitmer Thomas compete in an anagram game ...
08.07.2020 Nicole Byer, Sasheer Zamata And 'Star Trek: Lower Decks': Starships And Friendships Actor and comedian John Early discusses Search Party and officiating Amy Schumer's wedding. Then he time travels to the 1970s for a groovy game combining The Brady Bunch and Hollywood Squares. Plus, Sasheer Zamata (SNL) and Nicole Byer (Nailed It!) ...
07.31.2020 Debra Messing & Paul F. Tompkins: Show Yourself Some Grace Actor and activist Debra Messing discusses the Will & Grace revival season and getting fired from her first job. Plus, comedians go head-to-head with their funny partners — Paul F. Tompkins, Janie Haddad Tompkins, Naomi Ekperigin, and Andy Beckerman join ...
07.24.2020 HAIM & Benito Skinner: Delis And Star Charts Sisters Este, Danielle, and Alana, better known as HAIM, discuss their new album, what it was like to be in a band with their parents, and their deli tour, which was interrupted by coronavirus. Then—drum roll, please—they play a game ...
07.17.2020 Padma Lakshmi: Taste The Nation, From Your Couch Pack your knives and go turn on this episode! Top Chef and Taste the Nation's Padma Lakshmi talks to us about doing improv with her daughter and eating liver ganache. Then she helps Ophira and Jonathan create delicious dishes from ...
07.10.2020 Bob the Drag Queen And Camila Mendes: We're Here... To Play Games! Bob the Drag Queen is back! The drag star, from RuPaul's Drag Race, tells us about traveling across the country for HBO's We're Here and plays a grab-bag game that finally brings together Whoopi Goldberg, Kesha, and... clowns? Plus, Cristin ...
07.03.2020 Luke James: Not 'Chi' About Singing Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Luke James chats about opening for Beyoncé and Prince and sings-along to some classic steamy jams. Plus, find out why he's super into wolves. This episode originally aired January 3, 2020.
06.26.2020 Jane Levy and Alex Newell: Zoey's Extraordinary Zoom Call Actor and comedian Baron Vaughn, of Grace and Frankie, talks about his new SyFy Wire series The Great Debate and plays a game about Black playwrights. Plus, Jane Levy and Alex Newell (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) meditate on coping mechanisms, and ...
06.19.2020 Diallo Riddle & Bashir Salahuddin: Sherman's Showcase Black History Month...In June! The creators of IFC's Sherman's Showcase, Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin chat about their Black History Month Spectacular out today. Comedians Solomon Georgio (High Fidelity, Shrill writer) and Casey Ley (The Gay Power Half Hour podcast) face off in a ...
06.12.2020 Bobby Berk: Queer Eye For Home Design Queer Eye interior design expert Bobby Berk talks about learning from failure and tailoring designs for Queer Eye heroes. Then he plays an Animal Crossing-inspired game. Podcast hosts Sydnee Washington and Marie Faustin take a quiz on tall things. Comedians ...
06.05.2020 DeRay Mckesson: Black Lives Matter In this episode from September 2018 we talk with Black Lives Matter activist, author, and host of the Crooked Media podcast Pod Save The People DeRay Mckesson. He chats about the protests in Ferguson in 2014, social action, and his ...
05.29.2020 QuaranTV: Ramy, Space Force And Lady Dynamite Actor and comedian Ramy Youssef chats about the new season of his Hulu series Ramy, and working with actor Mahershala Ali. Plus Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley), Roy Wood Jr. (The Daily Show), Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite), and Jackie Kashian ...
05.22.2020 Hong Chau & Nico Santos: Superheros And Superstores Watchmen star Hong Chau reveals the inspiration behind her character the 'rich futurist' Lady Trieu, and opens up about Homecoming Season 2. Plus, Jordan Klepper (The Daily Show), Jenny Hagel (Late Night w/Seth Meyers) Nico Santos (Superstore) and Zeke Smith ...
05.15.2020 Michael McDonald: Once A Doobie, Always A Doobie Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Michael McDonald reflects on why he still considers himself a Doobie Brother after all these years, then plays a game inspired by his love of 60s singers. This episode originally aired October 25, 2019.
05.08.2020 D.J. "Shangela" Pierce: Quaran-Queen HALLELOO! We're Here and RuPaul's Drag Race star D.J. "Shangela" Pierce talks about 'quaranqueening.' Plus, comedians Aparna Nancherla, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Ashley Nicole Black, and Chelsea Devantez show off their smarts.
05.01.2020 TV Face-Off: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, Parks & Rec, Silicon Valley & Insecure Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Lauren Ash (Superstore), and Natasha Rothwell (Insecure) join us to play games that make them go 'hmmm', but also laugh out loud.
04.24.2020 Orville Peck & Mitra Jouhari: A Cowpunk And One Busy Debra Country artist Orville Peck explains what country music and punk rock have in common. Then, he plays a game about two of his heroes, Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston. Plus, comedian pairs Mitra Jouhari & Whitmer Thomas and Alyssa Limperis ...
04.17.2020 Alejandro Escovedo: Punk Rock Roots In Texas Rocker Alejandro Escovedo talks about growing up in a big musical family and about his latest album.
04.10.2020 Marc Maron & Aimee Mann: End Times Fun Comedian Marc Maron talks comedy during COVID-19, and musicians Aimee Mann & Michael Penn face-off.
04.03.2020 Debra Messing & Paul F. Tompkins: Show Yourself Some Grace Debra Messing talks about Will & Grace. Paul F. Tompkins, Janie Haddad Tompkins act as contestants.
03.27.2020 Emily Nussbaum: The Watch From Home Episode Critic Emily Nussbaum. Plus John Hodgman, Jackie Kashian, Robert Lopez, and Kristen Anderson-Lopez!

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Ask Me Another episodes:

Home Cooking With Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Superstore's Nico Santos

Kyra Sedgwick: Empty Nest, Barn Full Of Goats

Bob the Drag Queen And Camila Mendes: We're Here... To Play Games!

Keegan-Michael Key: Key & Peele & Penguins & Shakespeare

Ken Jeong: Mask Me Another

Leslie Jones Reinvigorates 'Supermarket Sweep'

Michelle Buteau: 'The Circle' And Van Halen

The Daily Show & What The Constitution Means To Me: Kids In America

Mayim Bialik & Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang: Our Best New Show Of 2021

Kal Penn And Dan Soder: The Tournament Of Champions

Adam Lambert And Tony Hawk: A California Christmas

Andrew Bird: Mandatory Fun Office Holiday Party

Richard Kind & Nnamdi Asomugha: Seriously, Ask Me Another

Rosie Perez, Fortune Feimster & Big Mouth's Ayo Edebiri: Fight And Flight

Padma Lakshmi: Taste The Nation, From Your Couch

Rachel Bloom: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Sane Current Guest

Sarah Silverman, Sarah Paulson, Rickey Thompson & Denzel Dion: Influencers

Hong Chau & Nico Santos: Superheroes And Superstores

Chelsea Handler & Sharon Salzberg: Guided Meditation

The Daily Show & What The Constitution Means To Me: Kids In America

D.J. "Shangela" Pierce: Quaran-Queen

Zachary Quinto: Spock-tober

TV Face-Off: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, Parks & Rec, Silicon Valley & Insecure

Bobby Berk: Queer Eye For Home Design

RZA & Busy Philipps & 'Woke' Creator Keith Knight & A Lizard

Hilary Swank, Andy Richter & Yvette Nicole Brown: 'Away' We Go

Marc Maron & Aimee Mann: The Option Of Mystique

QuaranTV: Ramy, Space Force And Lady Dynamite

Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Tony Shalhoub: 10 Things I Hate About Zoom

Orville Peck & Mitra Jouhari: A Cowpunk And One Busy Debra

Nicole Byer, Sasheer Zamata And 'Star Trek: Lower Decks': Starships And Friendships

Debra Messing & Paul F. Tompkins: Show Yourself Some Grace

HAIM & Benito Skinner: Delis And Star Charts

Padma Lakshmi: Taste The Nation, From Your Couch

Bob the Drag Queen And Camila Mendes: We're Here... To Play Games!

Luke James: Not 'Chi' About Singing

Jane Levy and Alex Newell: Zoey's Extraordinary Zoom Call

Diallo Riddle & Bashir Salahuddin: Sherman's Showcase Black History Month...In June!

Bobby Berk: Queer Eye For Home Design

DeRay Mckesson: Black Lives Matter

QuaranTV: Ramy, Space Force And Lady Dynamite

Hong Chau & Nico Santos: Superheros And Superstores

Michael McDonald: Once A Doobie, Always A Doobie

D.J. "Shangela" Pierce: Quaran-Queen

TV Face-Off: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, Parks & Rec, Silicon Valley & Insecure

Orville Peck & Mitra Jouhari: A Cowpunk And One Busy Debra

Alejandro Escovedo: Punk Rock Roots In Texas

Marc Maron & Aimee Mann: End Times Fun

Debra Messing & Paul F. Tompkins: Show Yourself Some Grace

Emily Nussbaum: The Watch From Home Episode

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