The Incomparable

It’s the eighth edition Mind Meld! And if you thought there couldn’t possibly be another set of categories our group of contestants could (mostly) agree on, then you’d be wrong! And being wrong in this game is not the right thing to do.

Previous Episodes

• April 24, 2024 Marvel Feuding Families: Endgame

  229 Good Lord, Everyone Needs Nachos

  Host Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Tony Sindelar, Chip Sudderth, Monty Ashley, Glenn Fleishman, Moisés Chiullán, David J. Loehr, and Kelly Guimont

  Somehow, the answers to questions submitted by you, the listeners, about the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been stretched into three entire editions of Feuding Families! And we saved the best for last! Well, we didn’t, but we had fun playing, and we think you’ll have fun listening.

• April 10, 2024 Random Pursuit XXXIV

  228 Opossum My Possum

  Hosts Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Deborah Stanish, Glenn Fleishman, Jean MacDonald, Lex Friedman, and Shelly Brisbin

  Random Pursuit returns! With a first time contestant (we think), three regular contestants who have never won before (but who we still love), and one contestant who has won several times (but doesn’t remember any of those victories). Who will win this time? And will they remember it?

• March 27, 2024 Inestimable 2

  227 The Unethical Zoo

  Hosts Glenn Fleishman and Tony Sindelar with Shelly Brisbin, Antony Johnston, Dan Moren, and Annette Wierstra

  Join us for another outing into the edges of the knowable with Inestimable, a game show that asks its contestants and a live audience of Incomparable members about rocking Amadeus, counting Mars bars in space, and just how powerful is an unarmed elephant after all? Chart the slow descent into madness of scorekeeper Tony Sindelar as we examine the wisdom (?) of the crowd and the approximating abilities of panelists.

  For the final round in the episode, this YouGov poll was our source.

• March 13, 2024 Random Pursuit XXXIII

  226 We Keep Our Rocks Modestly Covered

  Hosts Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Erik Stadnik, Kyle Anderson, Sarah Murphy, Annette Wierstra, and Scott Ensign

  It’s a family and friends edition of Random Pursuit as every contestant on this, the 33rd Random Pursuit, has a direct connection to host Erika. Sometimes even through family bloodlines! That’s all great, but how will all these friends feel after they have to answer questions of increasing and random difficulty?

• February 28, 2024 Mind Meld 7

  225 Glenn Interrupted Himself

  Hosts Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Glenn Fleishman, Annette Wierstra, Moisés Chiullán, and Brian Hamilton

  Mind Meld returns for the seventh iteration of America’s favorite game show! This one is extra chaotic, and only because Glenn makes his first appearance. Remember: there is no strategy!

• February 14, 2024 Random Pursuit XXXII

  224 A Book Is Just A Really Long Song

  Hosts Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Helen Zaltzman, Glenn Fleishman, Katrina Griffiths, Deborah Stanish, and Dan Moren

  It’s another episode of Random Pursuit! In this episode: a brand new contestant, an epic run, and which version of Trivial Pursuit will be Erika’s least favorite this time?

• January 31, 2024 You Think You Know Me

  223 Democracy, Get It While It Lasts

  Host Glenn Fleishman with Annette Wierstra, Brian Hamilton, Cicero Holmes, and Tony Sindelar

  On this episode of the Game Show, we play You Think You Know Me, a card game by Amy Baio that has panelists figure out other people feel about things like romantic movies, second changes, villains, and time itself!

  Get your own copy of Amy’s game at Pink Tiger Games.

• January 17, 2024 Random Pursuit XXXI

  222 Genus IV: The Voyage Home

  Hosts Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Kathy Campbell, Alex Cox, Jay Miller, Antony Johnston, and Shelly Brisbin

  New year, new Random Pursuit! Join us the 31st edition to learn how Roman numerals work, a deep dive into one specific day in the history of one of rock and roll’s greatest bands, and an end result you will have to hear to believe!

• January 3, 2024 Marvel Feuding Families: The Infinity Feud

  221 Between Mars and Ego

  Host Jason Snell with Tony Sindelar, Cicero Holmes, Jean MacDonald, David J. Loehr, Moisés Chiullán, Monty Ashley, Shannon Sudderth, and Scott McNulty

  Feuding Families, Marvel Cinematic Universe Edition, returns again for a sequel! Or is it a reboot? A multiverse variant? Answers submitted by our lovely listeners, some of which are correct, as the two feuding families determine who is the worst of the X-men, the best MCU movie, and what a planet is.

• December 20, 2023 Christmas Trivia 2

  220 Christmas Is About Winning

  Hosts Kathy Campbell and Erika Ensign with Annette Wierstra, Jason Snell, Steven Schapansky, Monty Ashley, and Shelly Brisbin

  There’s a world inside your podcast player
  And it’s a world of dread and fear
  Where the only game that’s playing
  Is a trivia game from yesteryear
  And the Christmas questions ring
  There are the clanging chimes of doom
  Well tonight thank god it’s us, instead of you!