What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast

Emily Heller, John Cullen

cullenthecomic@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

A weekly comedy recap and interview show focused on Jeopardy!, with occasional external interviews featuring contestants and champions. PR agencies could credibly pitch Jeopardy! champions, notable contestants, trivia experts, game-show personalities, and comedians with relevant expertise; booking difficulty is low to medium because the guest pool is niche and often consists of accessible players rather than major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 117

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

cullenthecomic@gmail.com

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Host

Emily Heller - Comedian and writer who co-hosts the show and provides comedic analysis of Jeopardy! games, players, and related topics.

John Cullen - Comedian who co-hosts the show and contributes comedic commentary and analysis of Jeopardy! games and contestants.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Jeopardy! contestants, champions, strong trivia players, and game-show personalities with firsthand knowledge of competitive quiz shows.
Required Achievements:  
Jeopardy! appearances, Tournament of Champions participation, Extended winning streaks or superchamp status, Expertise in trivia preparation

Recent Guest Discussions

Tristan Williams - His Time On The Alex Trebek Stage, Missing Out On A Tournament Of Champions Bye, And His Distinctive Preparation Methods.

Paolo Pasco - Recapping Jeopardy! Games, Preparing For Masters Competition, And His Experience As A Champion Contestant.

Recent Topics

Jeopardy!, Trivia, Game Shows, Quiz Competitions, Comedy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast
:

Week of July 6: Emily Met Tom Cruise

July 14, 2026

Yes, Jeopardy! games happened this week and Caleb Groen continues an impressive streak of ToC invites by winning his fifth game, but most of you will be here to hear about Tom Cruise showing up at Emily's work and her and all of her co-workers going nuts about it. Plus, Jeopardy! opens up a writer's spot, we get one of our favorite contestants of the entire season, and we dive deep on Florence Nightingale. If you want to be one of our favorite listeners, why not donate to the show? For just ...

Week of June 29: Bulging

July 07, 2026

Much like a certain Jeopardy! category, we are BULGING with content this week as we say goodbye to superchamp Adam Remsen and we get one of the games of the season in the wake of his farewell to the Alex Trebek Stage. Plus, some olds online get weird about Ken on vacation, Ken has one of his cattier moments of the season, and we dive deep (sort of) on Lin-Manuel Miranda. If you want to dive deep on one of this year's superchamps, why not join the Patreon? Tristan Williams joined us for a fan...

Week of June 22: The Slime of Glory

June 30, 2026

John returns to the show after a week off just in time to watch Adam Remsen become a super champion with a very strong week of games. We also get a very strong Response of the Year candidate with the rare "kibbitz with Ken" left in the edit and a previous Response of the Week crosses over into Minor League Baseball. Plus, Emily provides us with some more updates on being the cool aunt and we dive deep on the history of Ellis Island. If you want to be the cool aunt (or just a cool person), wh...

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