Tell Us About Yourself

Christian Carrion's Tell Us About Yourself stands apart from other game show podcasts because of its partnership with the National Archives of Game Show History at the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. That institutional backing gives the show access to contestants and personalities you would not hear on a typical fan podcast. The format is interview-based: Carrion sits down with people who have appeared on game shows across decades, from classic-era contestants to modern competitors, and lets them tell their stories in full. Jeopardy! contestants make regular appearances -- Kristin Sausville, who is one half of Jeopardy!'s winningest married couple and one of the few contestants to ever play Final Jeopardy solo, is a notable guest. But the scope extends to contestants from every major game show in American television history. With 130 episodes and a 4.5-star Apple rating from 12 reviews, the archive is substantial. Each conversation tends to reveal something about the human side of competition that you miss watching from your couch -- the anxiety, the preparation, the weird logistical details of being on a TV set. Carrion comes from BuzzerBlog, one of the longest-running game show fan sites, so his knowledge base runs deep and his questions reflect years of following the genre.