Dara Ó Briain, playing for Simon Communities of Ireland, and Johnny Frohlichstein, playing for The American Cancer Society, kick off this special early-release episode of Meddling Adults Season 5 with some Encyclopedia Brown mysteries! Can the Taskmaster become the mystery master? Find out on this week's Meddling Adults! Cases: The Case of the Explorer’s map, The Case of the Book Burner, The Case of the Lazy Lion, The Case of the Red Roses Clues & Evidence: Famous Five, Enid Blyton, Hong Kong Phooey, Mad Men, scratch & sniff destructing books, Goodfellas, Sweeney Todd, massages, Wheelbarrows of Meat, 8 Mile, Lola the trapeze artist, The Patriot Act, lamp chains SEE DARA LIVE: https://daraobriain.com/#tour-dates — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Meddling Adults Season 4 finale is here! Meghan Fitzmartin, playing for the Organization for Autism Research, and Felix Trench, playing for Dementia UK, tackle some wacky problems from the American Girl Mini Mysteries series! Will Felix be at a disadvantage because he is British? Listen to find out!   Cases: The Cat’s Away, Cousin Sam, Lost in the Library, The Butler Did It Clues & Evidence: DNA tests, VeggieTales, 90s kids, puberty, Roger That, crap pillows, idiot dads, science chefs, Flubber, Scweppe’s, Panta Claus, Phyllis, Poirot’s “Where Are My Keys?”, French Camp, meringue, dry paint, PlayStation Network — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: PATREON: patroen.com/meddlingadults ONE-TIME DONATIONS: paypal.me/meddlingadults WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben & J Carlin, both playing for Feeding Southwest Virginia in a bragging rights battle, tackle some Scooby Doo Mysteries with loads of plausible culprits! Will their sleuthing skills match their trivia skills? Will their deep diving history allow them to dive deep into the truth of the crime? Find out in this episode of Meddling Adults!   Cases: The Fast and the Wormious, A Scooby Doo Halloween, Wrestlemaniacs,   Clues & Evidence: Bedtime stories, bragging rights, Benoit Blanc, nursing churros, Enduroslam 5000, Mad Max: Scooby Doo, Alaskan Bull Worm, worm guys, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, Mario Kart, benching 220, Y2K Energy, Petty Daphne, ruh-search, KISS, seat-fillers, scabs, red & white spiral cans, Vince McMahon,   Fred 220 compilation vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PkbuKI7lyg — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a musical battle! Gabe Baker, playing for The Center for Refugee Services, and Bettina Campomanes AKA Valiant Vermin, playing for For Our Farmers, take on some complex conundrums from the world of Encyclopedia Brown! Will their sleuthing skills match their melodic mastery? Listen and find out! Cases: The Case of Nemo’s Tuba, The Case of the Toy Locomotive, The Case of the Black Horse, The Case of the Ring in the Reef Clues & Evidence: gossip, Wiz Khalifa, adults problems, Agent Cody Banks 2, Mystery Time & Architecture Corner, carousels, scuba-deep divable, tides concerns, too norma Stream Bettina's song I played: https://open.spotify.com/track/3xGk6qslEIF9MGEr7eaGje?si=ac58fa6d75bb419b Stream Gabe's song I played: https://open.spotify.com/track/1er7D7srRJ0u52uCtZambU?si=ac76afaeb98e427b — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: PATREON: patroen.com/meddlingadults ONE-TIME DONATIONS: paypal.me/meddlingadults  WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS  Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a Wooden Overcoats battle! David K. Barnes, playing for Action Aid, and Beth Eyre, playing for Rainbow Migration, use their British, Sherlock-style sleuthing to some American Scooby Doo mysteries!  Cases: Gold Paw, E-Scream, A Terrifying Round with a Menacing Clown Clues & Evidence: Columbo, Fort Knox, Johnny Bravo, inverted commas, Gremlins, types of nerds, Todd Howard, zombie teenagers, Parker from Thunderbirds, the purity of gaming, Nice Rapids, John O’Hurley, Cougar Forrest, SpongeBob Squarepants, golf popcorn, arc welding, Vincent Van Ghoul, All the Beth you could ever want   Meddling Adults merch: www.meddlingadults.com/merch    — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: PATREON: patroen.com/meddlingadults ONE-TIME DONATIONS: paypal.me/meddlingadults  WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS  Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ross Bryant, playing for The Union Solidarity Coalition, and Amir Blumenfeld, playing for The National MS Society, kick off the second half of Meddling Adults Season 4 by solving crimes from Florida’s most infamous fictional city, Idaville aka the home of Encyclopedia Brown! Will they meet his expansive knowledge, or will they look like buffoons? Find out by listening! Cases: The Case of the Gym bag, The Case of the Headless Ghost, The Case of the Vanished Sculpture, The Case of the Home Run Hitter Clues & Evidence: Basketball tips, backpage peekers, construction workers, Wayne Brady, The Simpsons, The Westing Game, PBS, baldsmen, Fight the Frizz, philatelist, Peanuts, Hershey tipping, *NSYNC, The Simpsons, memorabilia, cool nicknames, Nominative Determinism, Sean McVay — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: PATREON: patreon.com/meddlingadults ONE-TIME DONATIONS: paypal.me/meddlingadults WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Season 4B Trailer is here to inform you that SEASON 4B KICKS OFF IN ONE WEEK ON OCTOBER 17, 2023! Head on over to www.patreon.com/meddlingadults support our charitable efforts this season and get access to early, ad-free episodes! SEE YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FIRST OF FIVE BRAND NEW EPISODES! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a duel of the Tipping Pitches co-hosts, Bobby Wagner (playing for Pocket Change Pools) and Alex Bazeley (playing for Vocal New York) battle it out in a contest of solving Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries!    Cases: The Case of the Runaway Judge, The Case of the Umpire’s Error, The Case of the Jumping Frogs, The Case of the Lawnmower Races   Clues & Evidence: Abigail Disney, mystery sausage, English garden maze experts, fellas, Burnin’ Up, old nicknames, butts, figures of authority, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Cybertrucks, Marxism, Mad Max, The Prestige, wrenches   — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS  Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex McDaniel, playing for the American Cancer Society, and Kyle Bandujo, playing for Blessing in a Backpack Boerne, tackle some intense Scooby Doo mysteries! The theme is origins, as we cover S1E1 of What's New Scooby Doo, as well as a mystery that covers the origin story of the Mystery Machine! Cases: There’s No Creature like Snow Creature; Riva Was Ragas; It’s Mean, It’s Green, It’s the Mystery Machine Clues & Evidence: Chris Klug, Kevin Michael Richardson, James Cameron’s Avatar, ski resort first aid, one-thousand-million, Lucite, Newark, The Voice, Lindsay Pagano, Egyptian themes, hydraulics, Engelbert Humperdinck, turtleneck, Transformers, froyo, Mach 5, lead — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is Pod and Prejudice co-host duel, with Molly playing for NY Bully Crew and Becca playing for the Against Malaria Foundation, as they set out to solve American Girl Mini Mysteries! It’s the first time we’ve ever covered this series on the podcast and it’s absolutely delightful. Cases - The Original Boston Brooke, Play With Your Feud, Witch lady, Light Housekeeping Clues & Evidence - bullying politicians, hot stances, the Boxcar Children lore, the America Girl Store, IKEA, NYC moving, baseball ghosts, Hawaiian poke, Jane Austen, dragon bannisters, the Steph Curry of Podcasting WARM Domestic Violence Rescue: https://www.weallreallymatter.org/ — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caroline Moss, playing for the Online Abortion Resource Squad, and Sally Tamarkin, playing for the Trans Justice Funding Project, go head-to-head to fight for labor rights and take down Big Carnival! Oh, they also solve some What’s New Scooby Doo mysteries along the way. Cases - Roller Ghoster Ride, Toy Scary Boo Clues & Evidence - Parasailing coasters, MA colleges, gender-neutral names, Class Action Park, labor, Steeplechase, Big Carnival, safety heads, the WAP, intercepting fate, wire-cutters, foofaraw, fire ants, Law & Order SVUniversity — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Producer: Mike Schubert Editor: Brandon Grugle Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SEASON 4 IS FINALLY HERE! We kick things off with a hilarious episode featuring two of Mike's former improv teammates from college hunting for answers to Encyclopedia Brown mysteries. Adrian plays for Hearts and Bones, and Adrien plays for New Alternatives. It's a hoot and a half and it's the perfect way to begin this long-awaited season. Cases: The Case of the Peace Offering, The Case of the Masked Man, The Case of the Racing Reptiles, The Case of the Fake Soup Can Clues & Evidence: Clothing pandering, Goosebumps, Australian carousels, Florida laws, circuit breakers, Cam Jansen, the smoking bread, Texas, international schools, $2 bills, Dutch philosophers, racing lizards, Pixar, Joy Chestnut, improv warmups, apple pie order, Family Feud — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the charity pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults PATREON: patreon.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Mike Schubert Producer/Editor: Sherry Guo Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FIND OUT BY LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE! A half-season debuts in 4 weeks! Want to help in the fundraising efforts? Join our patreon at www.patreon.com/meddlingadults! Want to learn more about what to expect from Season 4? Follow us on social media at one of the links below! Find Meddling Adults Online WEBSITE: www.meddlingadults.com TWITTER: www.twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/meddlingadults PATREON: www.patreon.com/meddlingadults Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT'S IN PRODUCTION, I PROMISE. HERE'S AN UPDATE.   Support the patreon to help us raise charitable funds: www.patreon.com/meddlingadults Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fellow sleuths! It has been too long! Just wanted to pop in to say hello, give you a breakdown of how much we donated this year to our winning charities, and provide an update about the upcoming season of Meddling Adults. Thanks for sticking around, and I'm excited to begin work on Season 4! Meddling Adults merch, including the high-quality video replay of our live show! https://store.dftba.com/collections/meddling-adults — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Producer/Editor: Mike Schubert Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Show created by Mike Schubert for Multitude Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, WE ARE DOING A MEDDLING ADULTS LIVE SHOW IN PERSON IN NYC (vax required) AND ALSO STREAMING EVERYWHERE (you should totally get a vax if you're able to). It's my wife vs. my best friend as they tackle 1 Encyclopedia Brown mystery, 1 Scooby Doo mystery, and 1 Shelby Woo mystery. GETTING SPICY! Tickets available at bit.ly/meddlingadultsnyc HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! — CREDITS Creator/Host/Producer/Editor: Mike Schubert Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Show created by Mike Schubert for Multitude Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike provides an update about how much money we were able to raise for the winning charities of Season 3, who won the Season 3 fundraiser, and what lies ahead for Season 4. Also, WE ARE DOING A LIVE SHOW BOTH IN-PERSON IN NYC AND ALSO STREAMED VIRTUALLY! It'll be on 9/22/21 and you can get tickets at bit.ly/meddlingadultsnyc — CREDITS Creator/Host/Producer/Editor: Mike Schubert Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Show created by Mike Schubert for Multitude Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got new Meddling Merch, and you could win a Meddling Adults shirt if you are the lucky winner of our Season 3 fundraiser! To enter, simply contribute to our charity fund at paypal.me/meddlingadults where each dollar donated is one raffle ticket entry. Good luck! GET THE NEW SHIRT HERE! (or at meddlingadults.com/merch) — CREDITS Creator/Host/Producer/Edtior: Mike Schubert Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Show created by Mike Schubert for Multitude Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Editor Brandon Grugle opens up the inbox with Schubes to answer listener questions about Season 3 of Meddling Adults! Naturally, we also talk about documentaries and give podcasting advice. Mike's Kickstarter: bit.ly/modernmuckraker — CREDITS Creator/Host/Producer/Editor: Mike Schubert Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Show created by Mike Schubert for Multitude Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan Gailey, playing for Fair Fight, and C.J. Toledano, playing for AAPI Women Lead, put their detective skills (and marriage?) to the test to crack some cases from The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo! This is our most elegant episode yet, as tea sandwiches and proper complimenting are discussed. Cases: Tag, Not It; Fool’s Gold; The Egg Mystery Clues and Evidence: Around the Horn, anti-snack people, stray baseballs, alligators on the runway, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, cucumber sandwiches, DeShaun Stevenson — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Producer: Mike Schubert Editor: Brandon Grugle Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert Show created by Mike Schubert for Multitude Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices