No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast

The Chicken Alfredo Ceiling: Trivia with a Rollercoaster Lawyer

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Bill Childs has worn down the hosts of "No Brains, No Lightbulbs" long enough, and they've finally let him on the podcast. But first: Chuck celebrates Easter with a trivia take on a classic egg hunt (03:22). Then we welcome Bill, a renowned lawyer/radio host/father to doom metal bass clarinetist, for a risky round of Risk-themed trivia (15:34). Sean tests Bill's knowledge of kids music (24:12), and end things with a round called, appropriately enough, "Ends in 'S'" (36:22).

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A Human Being with A Type of Bread in His Name: Trivia with a Sports Writer

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Do you care about baseball? Don't answer that. Just listen. Trivia host, baseball writer and enchilada master Patrick Donnelly joins us in the outfield for some trivia innings. Chuck kicks things off with a round of starch madness (01:51). Sean and Patrick get pitched a couple innings of trivia baseball (13:53). Sean brings us a round called "Canadask You a Few Questions" (26:12). And we finish up out in the field with a round all about pitchers (35:43).

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An Uncomfortable Amount of Fish Knowledge: Trivia with the Toilet Paper Lady

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Do you rate toilet paper professionally? Of course you don't. Do you want to listen to a TP expert play trivia? Heck yeah! This week's guest Amber is the Toilet Paper Lady and she's pretty incredible. Chuck starts off with "Some Things Fishy" (01:26), then he gets us "On a Roll" (14:04). Sean brings us some Madlibs about 2010s celebrities (20:38), and then he wipes up with a "TP" initials round (33:30).

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2 Forest 2 Gump: Trivia with a Jeopardy Contestant

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0500

The Jeopardy contestant returneth! Our first return guest is Trivia Mafia's own Mia McGill. Chuck starts off with a Pi/e friendly round (01:15). After that Mia joins to provide One Answer After Another (08:55) and a round where everything ends in -mia (21:25). And Chuck dirties things up by saying several four letter words (30:41).

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Hot Albanian Sausage Party: Trivia with a World Traveler

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0500

An extra piece of bread rips! Albanian men are uniquely foxy! Plan your next vacation in Georgia (the country)! These are just some of the gems shared by world traveler, double-decker sandwich connoisseur, and trivia team "glue guy" Casey Peterson. Chuck kicks things off with a cereal round (01:55). After that we call on Casey with a round about the history of famous phone calls (13:25) and then we explore "country" music (20:23). To close things off, Chuck enters the 100 year zone (32:05).

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Get Bizzy: Trivia with a Sales Rep

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0500

This week we’re bringing in one of Trivia Mafia's not-so-secret weapons: our Sales and Account Director, Sam Wilczyk! First Chuck brings in some dam trivia and Sean floods the reservoir with bad answers (02:37). We then move into some hockey-adjacent trivia (16:03) and we let Sean's neighbor Donny take us to the movies (19:42). Because of Sam's love for the Initials Game, Chuck pulls out an “SW” round (27:20), and Sean closes things out with round about the "key" to good trivia (40:28).

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Special Ed: Trivia in the Year of The Horse

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0500

A radio legend is in the building! Ryder is the producer of Gorman in the Morning on KQRS and she rocks. Chuck runs some trivia and Sean draws a blank (02:37). Then Chuck celebrates the Lunar New Year with a complicated game of H-O-R-S-E (16:51). Sean brings out some alliterative sitcoms and somehow forgets about Bosom Buddies (22:15). And Sean finishes us off celebrating the great day of February 21 (33:42).

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The One Thing I Want Is a Wheel of Brie: Olympic Valentine Trivia with Beth

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Welcome back to our producer Beth Gibbs! Great to have her back producing and joining us as a guest. We start off by getting to the Olympics (02:08). Then Chuck gets poetic over romcoms (12:30) and Sean brings in some famous couples (16:30). Finally, Sean makes Chuck get Sirius (29:40) and then gets heartfelt (32:50).

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The Burgers of Music: Trivia with a Music Writer

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Do you know everything about music? Our guest this week, Keith Harris from Racket does! Chuck starts us off with a round celebrating Superb Owls (01:39). After that Keith and Chuck jump into Oscar history with a round title Who's the BOS (19:29) and Sean chimes in with a round all about two-band wonders (28:28). Sean brings it home with a series of Brief Statements (39:42).

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Poop-prietary Questions: Trivia from Omaha

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Omaha is like San Antonio but slightly more boring. Our guest this week is Greg Harries and guess what, he's not boring at all. Greg is the Private Events Manager for Trivia Mafia as well as trivia host. Chuck starts us off a rotten round of trivia (01:48). After we jump backforwards into a a round play word (14:48). After that Greg does a pop music vocab check with Sean(20:55). Greg brought us a poopy round first written for a microbiome company (24:25). And things get peninsular for the last round (36:36).

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Tropical Storm Belvedere: Trivia with a Super Bowl Savant

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500

This week on the podcast we welcome the legend Manny Hill. Manny is a wildly talented broadcaster and a deep sports trivia savant. Chuck kicks things off with a year-in-review round called "Search Party" (02:03). Then we pivot to sports with Manny, with a round about Super Bowl records called "Superlative Bowl" the he absolutely crushes (16:19), and a Sean round about great third-places in sports history called "Go for the Bronze" (25:36). Then we run out the clock with a round about (very) obscure apple cultivars (39:07).

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Carrying on Like a Pork Chop: Trivia Down Under

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Welcome to season two! This week we are joined by the quite famous John O'Sullivan. John is a professional tour guide and the driving force behind One Minute Tours. He’s also a former Trivia Mafia host! Chuck kicks things off with an emergency call to the Intensive Karaoke Unit (02:50). We go down under for some Australian trivia and crikey, it was awesome (16:34). After that it's off to Washington, D.C. for a round about the West Wing (28:12). And we wrap things up with a round where Chuck has to look a "LIVE" (39:12).

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Get Keanu Reeves Away from this White Woman: Trivia with a Podcaster

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the podcast, Sarah Lemanczyk! Sarah is an award-winning broadcaster and the "old lady" emeritus of Radio K. She doesn't like Japanese food and you should hold that against her. We also welcome our interim producer, Davis Steen, to fill in for Chuck as host. Davis starts us off with a round that's "Apro-BRO of Nothing" (01:50). Then Sarah joins the fun with some trivia that combines Shakespeare with world geography (16:02). Appropriately enough, the results are both comedic and tragic. We finish things off by crossing the Rubicon and entering the tricky world of river trivia (36:12). Well, tricky for Davis, anyway.

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The Ship of Theseus for Soups and Stews: Trivia with a PhD

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the podcast, Dr. Katie Sisneros! Today Chuck and Sean welcome a dear old friend, former trivia host and writer and all around great human being into the studio!

Chuck drives us around for a little geography trivia by way of car makes (02:12). After that, Chuck bets his bottom dollar that you'll know about some good things that are only a day away from some really bad events (15:36). Sean brings Katie a round that celebrates the heyday of Nickelodeon (20:40). We finish things off with a round about celebrities who are part of the "26 Club" (34:00).

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Pre-Dessert: We Play Trivia with A Legend

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0500

What kind of idiot would marry Sean McPherson? Today you'll meet said idiot! Her name is Rachel Levitt and in what she calls "her largest act of public service," she married Sean in 2013. Chuck takes some movie titles around the globe to check their translations (01:20) and then we celebrate Hanukkah with 8 Crazy Questions (15:48). Rachel flexes her People magazine "knowledge" by talking about the Sexiest Man Alive (22:31). Rachel dominates a rerun of "X Marks the Stop" (30:41) and Sean finishes things off with a round called "Capital Effort" (42:02).

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Bready Mercury: We Play Trivia with an Adult Named Eyeball

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0500

Do you know Eyeball? If you play trivia in the Twin Cities you might? Eyeball is a trivia nerd and trivia host and a co-protectorate of two sourdough starters. This week we kick it off with a round inspired by the film Clue! Chuck pulled out a round called "Anatomy of a Moniker" (14:33) and Sean brought a Simpsons Before and After (19:51). To close the show Sean gets Chuck lost in translation with some German and Spanish words (33:15).

No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by Trivia Mafia in the great state of Minnesota. Click the link to find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!

Bum Pop Era: We Play Trivia with Photographer Mike Madison

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0500

We've got one of the most celebrated photographers in the Twin Cities with us in the No Brains No Lightbulbs studio today. Mike Madison aka Bump Opera aka Mad Son aka Bum Pop Era. First Sean flexes his taxonomy ignorance in a round called "Tax-On-A-You" (01:46). Then we hit Mike with some trivia about two of his favorite things: '80s hair metal (24:41) and food (29:45). To close the show, Sean hits Chuck's achilles heel: actual trivia questions (41:12).

Check out Mike’s incredible photography work at his website and on Instagram!

No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by Trivia Mafia in the great state of Minnesota. Click the link to find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!

Jackin' for Burgs: Food Trivia with Em Cassel

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0500

This week’s episode is all about food! Racket editor/owner and City Cast Twin Cities contributor Em Cassel joins NBNL to flex her love of fast food, raw pork, and great oldies. First Chuck sweetens the deal with a round of assorted chocolate trivia (02:11). Then we serve up some fast food questions for Em (13:48), and Chuck dishes out some movie/restaurant trivia with "Second Yelpings" (24:18). Finally, Chuck bites off a little more than he can swallow when he samples a round about alphabetical cooking techniques (37:46).

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A Limp Ding: Beatles and "Simpsons" Trivia with Holly Roberts

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0500

Celebrated radio personality and Trivia Mafia host Holly Roberts joins the NBNL team for some awesome rounds of trivia about a few of her favorite things: The Beatles and "The Simpsons." First Chuck deals us a round of questions about playing cards (02:33). Then we drag a few Beatles song titles through the thesaurus for "Thesaurus Abuse: The Beatles Edition" (17:14). Sean sets Holly up to flex her knowledge about all things "Simpsons" (19:52). Sean closes up the episode with some questions from Camelot (29:32).

No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by Trivia Mafia in the great state of Minnesota. Click the link to find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!

Puck Off

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0500

Good luck to all of the competitors and staff at Trivia Mafia's Tournament of Champions! On the podcast we welcome the people's champ, Mike Davis, into the No Brains, No Lightbulbs studio. First Chuck puts us into a pickle of a round (01:15) before shuffling the deck with Mike (20:31). Sean puts hip-hop on the map (26:38) and wraps up the show with a quick trip to the grocery store (38:15).

No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by Trivia Mafia in the great state of Minnesota. Click the link to find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!

What About Soups With Chicken?

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0500

No guest today! Just Chuck and Sean and a pinch of Davis, bringing you plenty of great trivia and a little banter. Chuck gets the trivia work started with "-Men at Work" (02:10). Sean exposes Chuck's weak spots in "European Geography" (15:33), and Chuck finds one of Sean's Achilles heels: Trivia about books! (19:47). Sean finishes up with a great round about Latin names flora and fauna called "Binomial Means Necessary" (29:57).

No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by Trivia Mafia in the great state of Minnesota. Click the link to find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!

Our Spookiest Episode Yet

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0500

Boo! We're coming to you early this week with a special Halloween edition of No Brains, No Lightbulbs! Trivia Mafia editor and writer Ira Brooker joins the No Brains, No Lightbulbs crew to talk up his idyllic/haunting upbringing and flex his tremendous cinematic knowledge. Chuck celebrates some of the dignified individuals who perished on All Hallow's Eve (02:56). Then he quizzes Ira on some classic movie monsters (15:38), and Sean keeps it simple with a round called "Scary Ass Movies" (19:01). Chuck turns things around with a round about watching scary movies in reverse (21:04). And Sean lives to tell the tell with a round called "Accidentally Scary" (35:19).

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I Hope Your Mother Listens To This

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 05:30:00 -0500

Esteemed awesome person Amy Woo joins the No Brains, No Lightbulbs crew to dish on Tinder dates and flex her knowledge of the stage and screen. Chuck starts us off with a cool wordplay round called "X Marks the Stop" (02:04). Then we head to Broadway for some musicals trivia (16:40), and Chuck and Amy speedrace a round about fast-talking TV shows (23:00). Sean wraps things up with a recital of trivia about children's songs (34:50).

No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by Trivia Mafia in the great state of Minnesota. Click the link to find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!

And more info about Amy’s cheese witch can be found here.

How to Fart in Public

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 05:30:00 -0500

St. Paul singer-songwriter, former trivia host, and Sean's best friend Martin Devaney stops by the pod to talk sandwiches, great album covers, books, and baseball. Chuck branches out with a wordplay round called "The Trees Are Changing" (4:35). Then we crack open a few "Banned Books" (16:42) before Sean grabs the ball and pitches a tough round of baseball trivia called "Know a Team" (23:20). We finish up with a trivia trip to the great north with "Alaska" (34:21).

No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by Trivia Mafia in the great state of Minnesota. Click the link to find a Trivia Mafia trivia night near you!

Liberate the Testes

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 05:30:00 -0500

One of the elite hosts of the Trivia Mafia family joins Chuck and Sean on the pod today. First, Chuck gets the trivia started with a round that puts Sean in a “State of Confusion” (03:04). Then Ida-Ellen Dabruzzi swings by to flex her knowledge of famous cemeteries for “Grave Concerns” (12:37), and Sean brings a classic Sean round about classic movies (19:00). We finish the episode with a nod to Libra seasons by seeing how Chuck measures up in a trivia round about scales (31:41).

We Do Personal Rebounding

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 05:30:00 -0500

Improv comedy legend Lauren Anderson pays a visit to play a little trivia and talk a lot about elephants. Lauren has starred in more consecutive shows at the Brave New Workshop than any other actor, she hosts a YouTube children's show called "Noodle Pie Island," and she is a wildly dedicated trampoline evangelist. Chuck kicks the trivia off with a trip to "Title Town" (01:54). Then we pose a panoply of pachyderm problems with a trivia round called "Let's Address the Elephant" (18:28). Sean sweetens the pot with a round about candy names (24:30), and then closes the episode with the return of "Alpha-Bets" (34:51).

The 311 Video That Changed My Life

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 05:30:00 -0500

This week the crew asked Cory Cove, of Initials Game and KFAN fame, to join the podcast and testify his love of chicken tenders, the band 311, “The Office,” and little else. Chuck gets things started with a round of trivia combining Shakespeare and ornithology (02:55). Cory schools us all on The Initials Game and runs the crew through a round of "CS" (15:30). Sean serves up a movie-themed “Before and After" round (22:35), and Chuck tests Cory’s knowledge of “The Office” with a round called “That’s What She Said” (26:51). Sean wraps things up with an initials game of his own called “Alpha-Bets” (39:21).

Nooks v Crannies

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:30:00 -0500

This week the crew welcomes music booker, cooking enthusiast, and former Trivia Mafia host Cecilia Johnson into the studio to discuss serial-killer-worthy breakfast, penicillin you can drink, and her illustrious career as a QuizBang champion. First they play a quick round of which-is-older: the fictional animals edition (01:52). Then Chuck blows off some steam with a round about train-related idioms (18:01). Sean gets behind the bar to serve up "Lady Drinks" (22:07), and then caps the episode with a rapid-fire round about the Cannes Film Festival.

Batman Is Police Propaganda

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 05:30:00 -0500

This week the crew is joined by artist, musician, writer, and actor Toussaint Morrison to discuss which gas station items he can’t travel without, why comic book villains always have the best stories, and where his love of Michael Douglas movies comes from. Chuck sets the trivia table with a serving of wordplay questions called “Word Sandwiches” (02:39). Toussaint tackles a round about Marvel villains called “We’re Not All Bad” (16:38), and then dives deep into one of his favorite actors for “The Many Faces of Michael Douglas” (23:36). Sean rounds out the episode with the return of “Stick to the Subject” (35:23).

Does Your Mom Know Your Wife Is a Witch?

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 05:30:00 -0500

This week, the No Brains, No Lightbulbs crew brings in Trivia Mafia's Davis Steen to learn about fall league baseball, witchcraft, and cryptids. Chuck gets things started with a round called “Final ‘E’ Made It” (02:19). We usher in spooky season with “Trivia Golf: The Witch Edition” (13:43). Sean tests Davis's knowledge of cryptid identification (and Chuck questions Sean's definition of "cryptid") with “Cryptid ID” (22:24). Sean closes it out with a rapid-fire round of wordplay trivia called "Ball Sports" (35:10).

Liam Is a Bully's Name

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 05:30:00 -0500

This week, the No Brains, No Lightbulbs hosts formally recognize Beth for once, those jerks. Then the crew invites radio icon Henry Lake into the studio to discuss Atlanta restaurants and colleges, Kansas City barbecue, and the 1997 cinematic classic "Love Jones." Sean labors through some baby-name trivia (2:55), Chuck explores the history of so-called "national teams" (18:22), and Sean tests Henry Lake's "Love Jones" knowledge with our grossest round title yet (24:11). Finally, Sean rallies the proletariat for Labor Day with some semi-rapid fire union trivia to close the show (37:22).

Nobody Cares The Right Amount About "The Goonies"

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 05:30:00 -0500

This week, the No Brains, No Lightbulbs team invites Trivia Mafia editor (and our first heckler) Ruby onto the show to stump the chumps, flex her New England accent, and destroy some movie and etymology trivia. Chuck kicks off the trivia with a brainy round called "Yes Brains" (3:32), and then checks in with a fill-in-the-blank round called "Blank Check" (15:23). Sean brings Ruby a word-origins round called "After-and-Before" (19:37), and then he sticks the landing with a round of biopic trivia called "Stick to the Subject" (35:01).

Is Your Dinger Broken?

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 05:30:00 -0500

This week the No Brains, No Lightbulbs team invites Trivia Mafia alum Colin Buell to rate things, answer things, and dole out some presidential facts. Chuck starts us off with a trivia round called "-illa Communication" (3:40). Colin packs his bags and goes to movie trivia camp (13:58) and then share some Dai-queries with Sean (19:40). Chuck wraps things up with a visit to "Alliteration Nation" (33:16).

Is Pet Sounds About Pets?

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 05:30:00 -0500

This week the No Brains, No Lightbulbs team invites Trivia Mafia writer, editor and host Megan Olson in to demonstrate her absurd real-names-of-celebrities knowledge and her even absurder love of the '90s band Jellyfish. Chuck cashes in some questions on world currencies (03:48). Sean and Megan get Hamburgled (18:33) and Megan demonstrates her superior knowledge of the real names of famous people (22:08). And to close, Chuck knocks it out of the park in a round called Hometown Derby (32:58).

A Trivia Family Road Trip

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 05:30:00 -0500

This week the No Brains, No Lightbulbs crew embarks on a largely accidental Trivia Mafia road trip. Chuck gets us rolling with a round about the geography of art museums (02:32). Steve McPherson—writer, musician and brother of Sean—rides shotgun and answers some deep musical questions (5:56), handles some brotherly trivia (16:04) and crushes Sean's musical genre trivia (21:40). Then Chuck and Sean take the wheel to discuss the many cons and the one single pro of prescription drug television ads (27:00). And Sean steers Chuck through a trivial tour across America to wrap up the trip (31:30).

Ketchup Reputation

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 05:30:00 -0500

Chuck gets the trivia started with a round about the origins of sports team names (01:40).Then Trivia Mafia Executive Vice-President Brenna Proczko joins the pod to rate some things on Chuck & Sean’s favorite scale: 1 through 10 no 7s (06:09), while calling out Sean's love of viscous fluids. Chuck combines trees and tears for a trivia round called “Arboretum and Weep” (11:07). Then Sean goes on the record with a round about vinyl (17:14). Chuck and Sean tackle the topic of locker room wang etiquette (22:37) and Sean elects to hit Chuck with some rapid-fire presidential trivia (25:00).

It Was a Little Schvitzy Outside

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 05:30:00 -0500

Poet extraordinaire Claire Wahmanholm joins the No Brains, No Lightbulbs crew to discuss crabs, vegetable orchestras, cocaine, citrus fruits, berets... pretty much everything except poetry. Sean celebrates the joys of watching cable TV (01:53). Chuck serves up a recent general knowledge round from Trivia Mafia (07:38) and then gives everybody crabs (mostly false crabs) in a round called "Crabfest Is Back!" (22:38). Sean cooks up some wordplay foodie trivia (31:40), Claire peels off some facts about vegetable orchestras (36:38), and then Chuck just barely survives a rapid-fire round of "Dead or Alive" (39:53).

Jeopardy Loser

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 05:30:00 -0500

It’s the debut episode! What a treat. Chuck and Sean introduce us to this new thing of theirs, and Chuck grills Sean on some barbecue trivia (04:02). Then they invite Trivia Mafia writer, editor, and social media manager (and Jeopardy alum!) Mia McGill to play a round of “trivia golf,” whatever that is (15:39), followed by a round of movie before-and-afters (23:22). Finally, Sean makes Chuck answer a bunch of questions while he juggles four balls (33:37). (Chuck made sure we mentioned it was four balls so people wouldn’t think it was only three 🙄)

Trailer

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Chuck and Sean, the founders of Trivia Mafia, started a podcast. It's called No Brains, No Lightbulbs. Each week you can play a few rounds of trivia with Chuck and Sean plus a guest. In addition to trivia, the crew will field the sort of goofy questions your trivia team might ask you while you're waiting for your host to score your sheet. It's your trivia night, except now it’s a podcast.