A.J. Jacobs

I've written several books where I try to take on a weird, admittedly an odd lifestyle for a year and then write about the lessons I've learned.

So I spent a year trying to live by all the rules of the Bible.

So that included the Ten Commandments, but also growing a huge beard and

So people would cross the street to avoid me.

I tried to be the healthiest person alive.

I wrote a book about gratitude where I thanked a thousand people who had anything to do with my morning cup of coffee, which is very relevant to this show, and try to become as grateful as I could.

So those are the types of books and articles I write.

And now you're doing a podcast about puzzles.

So I would love to hear about this.

Why puzzles?

Yes, I do.

I love it.

I do a podcast called Hello Puzzlers, available everywhere.

And we give fun little word puzzles to our guests and to each other.

I have a co-host.

And that came about because I wrote a book about puzzles, mostly during COVID, which seemed like a good time to write about puzzles.

But I am a huge fan of all types of puzzles.

Crossword puzzles...

word find, jigsaws.

I love jigsaws.