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Two bonus lateral thinking puzzles solved with Laura and Paul.

Puzzle 1 by Lindy from TX
Puzzle 2 from Outside-the-Box Lateral Thinking Puzzles by Paul Sloane and Des Machale

In which we're not sure if kids are smarter than adults, but at least they know where the ender dragon is.

---Puzzle 1: String Theory (Math) (11:00)
---Puzzle 2: The Little Things in Life (Word/Logic) (17:55)
---Puzzle 3: Game Pieces (Lateral Thinking) (24:35)

National Geographic's Brain Games Bus Puzzle
8809 = 6 Puzzle

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Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which I interview Scrabble expert Stephen Sneed while playing a game against him.  I also get a little boasty while frontiering some brand new words. 

---Puzzle 1: UNCAST_D (Word) (10:36)
---Puzzle 2: It's Worth the Hypo (Word) (19:11)
---Puzzle 3: I Have No Words (Lateral Thinking) (30:25)

Thanks to Stephen Sneed for letting me share a four-year-old interview.  

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Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which you get five bonus follow-up puzzles for the price of two, or also for the price of five, or of a thousand, because it's free anyway.  Plus, solutions to last week's puzzles.

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Lateral thinking puzzlers: Laura and Paul

In which we get literally literary as we listen to Tolstoy's War and Peace in its entirety.

---Puzzle 1: My Fair Ladybug (Logic / Math) (2:50)
---Puzzle 2: Brevity is the Soul of Literature (Word) (7:50)
---Puzzle 3: Letter of the Law (Lateral Thinking) (9:00)

Thanks to my kids for all their roles in this one.

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Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

In which we end on a good note.  Plus, solutions for the puzzles from the previous episode.

Send an email with your comments, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

Lateral thinking puzzlers: Laura, Rachel, and Jordan

Music:

Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com
"It's a Mystery", "Curiousity", and "Night Caves" by Lee Rosevere https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
“Just As Soon" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
Many thanks to Jeff Moore, who wrote much of the rest of the music on the episode.

Sounds: 

• “Strange Angels” by martysonic from freesound.org
• “Simple Hi Tech Logo” by DDmyzik from freesound.org
• “APPLAUSE MONO 24bit 48kHz” by Alterr from freesound.org
• “Wind Chimes, A” by InspectorJ from freesound.org
• "Askeleet vedessä / Footsteps, wading, walking in the water, puddle, slush" by YleArkisto from freesound.org
• "freewilly" by mjudo12 from freesound.org
• "Dolphins" by acclivity from freesound.org
• "47Harp" by fschaeffer from freesound.org
• "ChimeBar_B5_ND" by acclivity from freesound.org

In which nothing says Halloween like November.  But you shouldn’t complain, because you’re getting four puzzles for the price of five.  Spooky!

---Puzzle 1: Eclairvoyance (Logic) (0:51)
---Puzzle 2: Breaking the Spell (Word) (2:53)
---Puzzle 3: The Magic of Three (Word/Lateral Thinking) (5:14)
---Puzzle 4: Does It Make A Sound? (Lateral Thinking) (9:04)
---Puzzle 5???? (10:39)

Thanks to my wife, who has supported me in many ways, including talking in six different voices in this one episode.

Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles.
Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

Music:

Intro theme: "Boku Mo" by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com
"It's a Mystery", "Curiousity", and "Night Caves" by Lee Rosevere https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
“Just As Soon" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
Many thanks to Jeff Moore, who wrote much of the rest of the music on the episode.

Sounds: 

“Strange Angels” by martysonic from freesound.org
“APPLAUSE MONO 24bit 48kHz” by Alterr from freesound.org
"low piano note" by sonsdebarcelona from freesound.org
"Interesting Tech 3" by spoonsandlessspoons from freesound.org
"Crystal Sound Sample" by tyops from freesound.org

In which we teamed up to play an "audio escape adventure" by Trapped Puzzle Rooms.  We came, we heard, we conquered.  If you've never tried time-warp gardening, I'd recommend it.

Thanks to Trapped Puzzle Rooms for the adventure!  You can check out more of their audio escape adventures at audioescapeadventures.com.

You can access the images for this escape adventure here.

Escapers: Brian, Laura, Jordan, and Rachel.

Music:

Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com
Outro theme by Jeff Moore

Solutions to the bonus puzzle and a quick update.

Music:

Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com
Outro theme by Jeff Moore

In which I give a lengthy, logical lecture to a pint-sized, preschool pirate.  Plus, answers to the previous episode's puzzles and one bonus puzzle.

Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

Special thanks to all the pint-sized pirates for tagging along on my puzzle adventures.

Lateral thinking puzzler: Emily...I mean, Frida.

Music:

Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com
Outro theme by Jeff Moore

Sounds: 

• “Strange Angels” by martysonic from freesound.org
• “Simple Hi Tech Logo” by DDmyzik from freesound.org
• “APPLAUSE MONO 24bit 48kHz” by Alterr from freesound.org
• “Wind Chimes, A” by InspectorJ from freesound.org
• "Wood_Creak_02" by dheming from freesound.org
• "Splash, Jumping, D" by InspectorJ from freesound.org