Trivia Mafia co-founders Chuck and Sean have lived and breathed trivia for 18+ years as the leaders of one of the biggest trivia companies in the country. Join them as they hang out with amazing writers/players and personalities from the Trivia Mafia universe and play trivia, ask random questions and generally bring a little bit of the trivia night into your earbuds.
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Chuck Terhark And Sean McPherson Podcasts
One of the elite hosts of the Trivia Mafia family joins Chuck and Sean on the pod today. First, Chuck gets the trivia started with a round that puts Sean in a “State of Confusion” (03:04). Then Ida-Ellen Dabruzzi swings by to flex her knowledge of famous cemeteries for “Grave Concerns” (12:37), and Sean brings a classic Sean round about classic mov…
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Improv comedy legend Lauren Anderson pays a visit to play a little trivia and talk a lot about elephants. Lauren has starred in more consecutive shows at the Brave New Workshop than any other actor, she hosts a YouTube children's show called "Noodle Pie Island," and she is a wildly dedicated trampoline evangelist. Chuck kicks the trivia off with a …
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This week the crew asked Cory Cove, of Initials Game and KFAN fame, to join the podcast and testify his love of chicken tenders, the band 311, “The Office,” and little else. Chuck gets things started with a round of trivia combining Shakespeare and ornithology (02:55). Cory schools us all on The Initials Game and runs the crew through a round of "C…
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This week the crew welcomes music booker, cooking enthusiast, and former Trivia Mafia host Cecilia Johnson into the studio to discuss serial-killer-worthy breakfast, penicillin you can drink, and her illustrious career as a QuizBang champion. First they play a quick round of which-is-older: the fictional animals edition (01:52). Then Chuck blows of…
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This week the crew is joined by artist, musician, writer, and actor Toussaint Morrison to discuss which gas station items he can’t travel without, why comic book villains always have the best stories, and where his love of Michael Douglas movies comes from. Chuck sets the trivia table with a serving of wordplay questions called “Word Sandwiches” (0…
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This week, the No Brains, No Lightbulbs crew brings in Trivia Mafia's Davis Steen to learn about fall league baseball, witchcraft, and cryptids. Chuck gets things started with a round called “Final ‘E’ Made It” (02:19). We usher in spooky season with “Trivia Golf: The Witch Edition” (13:43). Sean tests Davis's knowledge of cryptid identification (a…
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This week, the No Brains, No Lightbulbs hosts formally recognize Beth for once, those jerks. Then the crew invites radio icon Henry Lake into the studio to discuss Atlanta restaurants and colleges, Kansas City barbecue, and the 1997 cinematic classic "Love Jones." Sean labors through some baby-name trivia (2:55), Chuck explores the history of so-ca…
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Nobody Cares The Right Amount About "The Goonies"
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44:10This week, the No Brains, No Lightbulbs team invites Trivia Mafia editor (and our first heckler) Ruby onto the show to stump the chumps, flex her New England accent, and destroy some movie and etymology trivia. Chuck kicks off the trivia with a brainy round called "Yes Brains" (3:32), and then checks in with a fill-in-the-blank round called "Blank …
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This week the No Brains, No Lightbulbs team invites Trivia Mafia alum Colin Buell to rate things, answer things, and dole out some presidential facts. Chuck starts us off with a trivia round called "-illa Communication" (3:40). Colin packs his bags and goes to movie trivia camp (13:58) and then share some Dai-queries with Sean (19:40). Chuck wraps …
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This week the No Brains, No Lightbulbs team invites Trivia Mafia writer, editor and host Megan Olson in to demonstrate her absurd real-names-of-celebrities knowledge and her even absurder love of the '90s band Jellyfish. Chuck cashes in some questions on world currencies (03:48). Sean and Megan get Hamburgled (18:33) and Megan demonstrates her supe…
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This week the No Brains, No Lightbulbs crew embarks on a largely accidental Trivia Mafia road trip. Chuck gets us rolling with a round about the geography of art museums (02:32). Steve McPherson—writer, musician and brother of Sean—rides shotgun and answers some deep musical questions (5:56), handles some brotherly trivia (16:04) and crushes Sean's…
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Chuck gets the trivia started with a round about the origins of sports team names (01:40).Then Trivia Mafia Executive Vice-President Brenna Proczko joins the pod to rate some things on Chuck & Sean’s favorite scale: 1 through 10 no 7s (06:09), while calling out Sean's love of viscous fluids. Chuck combines trees and tears for a trivia round called …
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Poet extraordinaire Claire Wahmanholm joins the No Brains, No Lightbulbs crew to discuss crabs, vegetable orchestras, cocaine, citrus fruits, berets... pretty much everything except poetry. Sean celebrates the joys of watching cable TV (01:53). Chuck serves up a recent general knowledge round from Trivia Mafia (07:38) and then gives everybody crabs…
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It’s the debut episode! What a treat. Chuck and Sean introduce us to this new thing of theirs, and Chuck grills Sean on some barbecue trivia (04:02). Then they invite Trivia Mafia writer, editor, and social media manager (and Jeopardy alum!) Mia McGill to play a round of “trivia golf,” whatever that is (15:39), followed by a round of movie before-a…
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Chuck and Sean, the founders of Trivia Mafia, started a podcast. It's called No Brains, No Lightbulbs. Each week you can play a few rounds of trivia with Chuck and Sean plus a guest. In addition to trivia, the crew will field the sort of goofy questions your trivia team might ask you while you're waiting for your host to score your sheet. It's your…
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