Extra Nuggets: Trivia Answers, Explored

Dan Rubenstein and Adam Amin take a sideways approach to Jeopardy! fandom that works surprisingly well. Instead of recapping current episodes, they dig into the show's decades-long archive, pull out old categories, and quiz each other on the five clues. But the real hook is what comes after each correct answer: they riff on the trivia itself, offering context, stories, and tangents that turn a simple quiz into a genuinely entertaining conversation. It is the kind of show where you learn something new about a topic you thought you already knew. Rubenstein brings a sports media background and Amin is a professional broadcaster, so the pacing is sharp and the banter feels polished without being stiff. The show earned a 4.9-star rating on Apple from 81 reviews, which is remarkable for a podcast with only 25 episodes. That small episode count means the series ran from 2022 to 2023 and is now complete, making it an ideal binge listen. Each episode is self-contained since the categories change every time. Longtime Jeopardy! viewers will appreciate the nostalgia of revisiting categories from different eras of the show, and the additional context the hosts provide often sticks with you longer than the trivia answers themselves.