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No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast

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No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast
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  • No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast

    I Thought There Would Be More Boos: Halloween Trivia with a Horror Lover

    10/31/2026 | 54 mins.
    Happy Halloween. This episode has ghouls, ghosts, candy, and John Burgess. Burgess runs Purgatorio Video: YouTube's hottest (and only) short-form Horror Host show set in a video rental store in the afterlife. He also left handwritten notes inside the tape cases of a video store's entire horror collection. He's a hoot at parties and he makes a mean soup.
    Trivia rounds:
    A Halloween Trivia Playlist
    Trivia Night Massacre!
    A Man Synced
    Hollow Wee
    ➡️ Answer the Homework Question! ⬅️
    😱 🔪 Check out Purgatorio Video on YouTube!
    👉 No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by the world’s greatest trivia company, Trivia Mafia, in the great state of Minnesota.
    📍 Find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!
    📥 Sign up for “The Morning Rounds,” Trivia Mafia’s amazing daily Trivia trivia newsletter!
    🫶 Join our Patreon for exclusive member perks and other goodies!
  • No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast

    Insufficient No More: Trivia with a Cottage Cheese-Eating King

    10/24/2026 | 54 mins.
    Peter Goldberg bikes way too much, but he did give a technologically enhanced 3x diaper to his wife as a birthday gift. He's won multiple cottage cheese eating contests and he knows his elements. He's a listener who had the misfortune of earning a dubious nickname at our live show last summer, so we invited him on to clear his name. And boy, did he!
    Trivia rounds:
    (02:18): Blues Clues
    (20:20): Build a Bike Workshop
    (27:50): The Period Table
    (45:10): Alphabet Snakes (Music Edition)
    ➡️ Answer the Homework Question! ⬅️
    👉 No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by the world’s greatest trivia company, Trivia Mafia, in the great state of Minnesota.
    📍 Find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!
    📥 Sign up for “The Morning Rounds,” Trivia Mafia’s amazing daily Trivia trivia newsletter!
    🫶 Join our Patreon for exclusive member perks and other goodies!
  • No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast

    In with the Arctic Foxes: Trivia with Sean's Dad

    10/17/2026 | 1h 4 mins.
    Michael McPherson is a nationally known economist and a locally known father of Steve and Sean McPherson. He knows an uncomfortable amount about higher education and Sean McPherson. He's written more books than his kids ever will.

    Trivia rounds:
    (02:56): Battle of the Sexes
    (19:57): Like Father, Unlike Son
    (26:24): Difficult Questions About the History of Higher Education
    (36:20): State a State
    (48:35): The World Series
    ➡️ Answer the Homework Question! ⬅️
    👉 No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by the world’s greatest trivia company, Trivia Mafia, in the great state of Minnesota.
    📍 Find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!
    📥 Sign up for “The Morning Rounds,” Trivia Mafia’s amazing daily Trivia trivia newsletter!
    🫶 Join our Patreon for exclusive member perks and other goodies!
  • No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast

    Whip it Well: Trivia with a Friendly Grammar Nerd

    10/10/2026 | 52 mins.
    Mary O'Regan wants to be friends. And she wants you to walk around the lake with your neighbors. But don't worry, she's got advice that'll help you. And she's very well at grammar.
    👬 Follow Mary on Insta and improve your friendships!
    Trivia rounds:
    (00:52): It Happened 30 Years Ago, KQ Edition
    (03:18): If They Played in the NFL
    (18:02): Copyedit the World
    (24:35): Classic Rock Friends
    (39:24): Misplaced Foods
    ➡️ Answer the Homework Question! ⬅️
    👉 No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by the world’s greatest trivia company, Trivia Mafia, in the great state of Minnesota.
    📍 Find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!
    📥 Sign up for “The Morning Rounds,” Trivia Mafia’s amazing daily Trivia trivia newsletter!
    🫶 Join our Patreon for exclusive member perks and other goodies!
  • No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast

    Britpop Blind Spot: Trivia with a Radio Whisperer

    10/03/2026 | 1h
    Steve Nelson probably made your favorite radio station or podcast better. He's been a COO at Lemonada Media, and a programming executive at National Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio. He can juggle.
    Trivia rounds:
    (03:24): Who You Gonna Call?
    (18:02): Get to 2000
    (31:31): Call Letters
    (47:01): Let Us Get Serious About October 3
    ➡️ Answer the Homework Question! ⬅️
    👉 No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by the world’s greatest trivia company, Trivia Mafia, in the great state of Minnesota.
    📍 Find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!
    📥 Sign up for “The Morning Rounds,” Trivia Mafia’s amazing daily Trivia trivia newsletter!
    🫶 Join our Patreon for exclusive member perks and other goodies!
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About No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast
Trivia Mafia co-founders Chuck Terhark and Sean McPherson have lived and breathed trivia for 19+ 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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