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Says You! - A Quiz Show for Lovers of Words, Culture, and History

Says You! is public radio’s quintessential quiz show, aired weekly from coast to coast. Undeniably the warmest, wittiest cocktail party you’ll ever enjoy, whether there’s bubbly in your glass or in your personality. It’s spirited and civil, brainy and boisterous, with bon mots and badinage aplenty, peppered with musical interludes. If you could play badminton with words, it would sound much like Says You!. Fast paced and playful, it’s the most fun you can have with language without getting your mouth washed out with soap.


Take one word, add two teams, create three definitions and throw in a live audience. And, that’s Says You!, the last word in radio quiz shows since 1996. Curious listeners know our motto: It’s not important to know the answers…it’s important to like the answers.

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Original Syntax

Oct 12, 2018

From the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven, it's Says You! Our original panel - Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons, Tony Kahn, Francine Achbar, and Barry Nolan play a retrospective game. Dave Zobel guest hosts this episode with music from Zoe and Jon Zeeman. 

You might have noticed the show is a few minutes longer than usual. Beginning this season we're letting the band noodle a little longer and including the full musical pieces where we usually cut for the NPR news break. This special feature will ONLY be on the podcast. Let us know what you think at saysyouradio@gmail.com!

Host: Dave Zobel

Stereo Left: Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons

Stereo Right: Tony Kahn, Francine Achbar, Barry Nolan

Musical Guest: Zoe & Jon Zeeman

Round One: Common Thread

Round Two - Bluff: mossbunker

Round Three: Says Who?

Round Four - Bluff: huarizo

Spotlight Round: Theatrical Idioms and Derivations

Round Five: What's the Difference?

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