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170 Episodes. Infinite Ways to Think Differently.

Weekly interviews with inventors, entrepreneurs, and puzzle minds who crack problems the rest of us cannot even see.

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New conversations every single week

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Truly original Jewish creative voice

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The Show

Every Guest is
a Puzzle to Solve.

The Impossible Puzzles Show is not your typical interview program. Host Mike Merkur — a religious Jewish STEM toy inventor with a passion for puzzles and wild ideas — sits down with the world's most creative minds each week.

Together they pull apart how inventions are born, how businesses are built from nothing, and how puzzle thinking unlocks problems everyone else ignores.

Over 170 episodes. Fifteen conversations per week. One show that sits at the intersection of Jewish creativity, puzzle culture, and entrepreneurial invention.

"There are no boring people. Every guest is carrying an impossible puzzle — you just have to know which questions unlock them."

— Mike Merkur, Host
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Rachel Chen, startup founder and game theorist
Ep. 169 Puzzle Thinking

Rachel Chen

Startup Founder & Game Theorist

The Puzzle Mind Behind a $40M Exit

A founder who sold her startup by thinking in game theory

StartupsGame TheoryExits
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Prof. Moshe Adler, scholar and entrepreneur
Ep. 168 Jewish Creativity

Prof. Moshe Adler

Scholar & Entrepreneur

Why Jewish Curiosity Changes Everything

A scholar-entrepreneur bridging Talmud and Silicon Valley

Jewish ValuesCreativityCulture
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Alex Romero, STEM educator and designer
Ep. 167 STEM & Education

Alex Romero

STEM Educator & Designer

STEM Toys That Teach Kids to Think Backwards

An educator who designs puzzles for impossible thinkers

STEM ToysEducationKids
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Dr. Priya Nair, research scientist and inventor
Ep. 166 Invention

Dr. Priya Nair

Research Scientist & Inventor

The Inventor Who Quit Google to Build Impossible Things

A former tech engineer who went full-time on invention

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Marcus Webb, serial entrepreneur
Ep. 165 Entrepreneurship

Marcus Webb

Serial Entrepreneur

Cracking the Entrepreneur Code at 60

A late bloomer who launched three companies after retirement

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