False Friends and Puzzle Rx

False Friends and Puzzle Rx

From Hello, Puzzlers! by Neuhaus Ideas

June 5, 2026 · 22 min

About this episode

A.J. and Greg explore ill-advised medical advice through puzzles and feature a listener-submitted puzzle.

Hello, Puzzlers! Today: A.J. and Greg get some ill-advised medical advice and turn it into a puzzle, and play a listener-submitted puzzle! Join host A.J. Jacobs and his guests as they puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals. Subscribe to Hello, Puzzlers! wherever you get your podcasts! And come join our growing puzzle community over on  Patreon , where you can find bonus episodes and other exclusive content! Our executive producers are Neely Lohmann and Adam Neuhaus of Neuhaus Ideas. The show is produced by Claire Bidigare-Curtis. Our Chief Puzzle Officer is Greg Pliska. Our associate producer is Andrea Schoenberg. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: A.J. Jacobs

Topics covered

  • puzzles
  • anagrams
  • palindromes
  • listener-submitted puzzles
  • medical advice

Keywords

  • puzzles
  • medical advice
  • anagrams
  • palindromes
  • listener-submitted

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Organizations: Neuhaus Ideas

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