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Podcasts Started by Unlikely Duos — Daily trivia Wednesday, July 15, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which podcast, recorded in a garage nicknamed 'the Cat Ranch', ended with a second Obama interview?
- AWTF
- BThe Joe Rogan Experience
- CConan O'Brien Needs a Friend
- DArmchair Expert
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WTF
WTF. Marc Maron launched it in 2009 after Air America cancelled his show, and Obama first sat in his garage in 2015 as a sitting president.
Q 02Which comedian co-hosts the true-crime podcast "My Favorite Murder" alongside Georgia Hardstark?
- AMaria Bamford
- BAmy Schumer
- CKaren Kilgariff
- DTig Notaro
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Karen Kilgariff
Karen Kilgariff. She and Hardstark launched the show in 2016 and co-founded their own podcast network, Exactly Right, in 2018.
Q 03What is Malcolm Gladwell's podcast reexamining overlooked or misunderstood events and ideas called?
- AHidden Brain
- BRevisionist History
- CFreakonomics Radio
- DThe Daily
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Revisionist History
Revisionist History. His friend Jacob Weisberg talked him into podcasting, and the pair later co-founded Pushkin Industries, which makes the show.
Q 04Which long-running explainer podcast do Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant host?
- AStuff You Should Know
- BRadiolab
- C99% Invisible
- DYou're Wrong About
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Stuff You Should Know
Stuff You Should Know. It began in 2008 as a HowStuffWorks podcast, and iHeartMedia later bought the company's podcast arm.
Q 05Which podcast network produced Reply All, PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman's show about internet culture?
- AMaximum Fun
- BSerial Productions
- CRadiotopia
- DGimlet Media
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Gimlet Media
Gimlet Media. The show ran from 2014 to 2022, and by the end Spotify owned Gimlet, having bought it for $230 million.
Q 06Two men incarcerated at which prison co-created Ear Hustle, the first podcast made entirely inside a prison?
- ARikers Island
- BFolsom
- CAttica
- DSan Quentin
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San Quentin
San Quentin. Governor Jerry Brown commuted co-creator Earlonne Woods' sentence in 2018, and Woods kept co-hosting the show after his release.
Q 07Which company paid a reported $80 million for the SmartLess podcast?
- ASpotify
- BAmazon
- CSiriusXM
- DApple
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Amazon
Amazon. In 2024 the show left Amazon for SiriusXM in a reported $100 million deal.
Q 08Which two co-stars of The Office launched the rewatch podcast Office Ladies?
- AMindy Kaling and Ellie Kemper
- BRashida Jones and Amy Ryan
- CJenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey
- DKate Flannery and Phyllis Smith
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Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, who played Pam and Angela, and they went on to cover every episode of the show's nine seasons.
Q 09Which ex-Conservative minister co-hosts The Rest Is Politics with Alastair Campbell?
- AMichael Portillo
- BRory Stewart
- CDavid Gauke
- DDominic Grieve
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Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart. A Conservative ex-minister and Labour's former spin doctor, the pair launched the show in 2022 and made it one of Britain's top political podcasts.
Q 10Obama and Springsteen recorded their podcast Renegades at Springsteen's home in which state?
- ANew York
- BCalifornia
- CConnecticut
- DNew Jersey
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New Jersey
New Jersey. They taped it at his home in Colts Neck, a friendship that grew after Springsteen campaigned for Obama in 2008.
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