In the Season Finale of Past Perfect, Simone speaks to the connoisseurs of Catfishing; Nev Schulman & Kamie Crawford. They peel back the curtain on some of history’s most salacious scams as they go head to head in the trivia arena…no cheating!

Episode #11: "It’s The Kind Of Insane Sh*t That Actors Do."

Dec 15th, 2023 30m 9s

This week, Simone is in the time machine with a pair of longtime friends and collaborators in the movie biz, Sam Neave and James Lavino. They take the great American road trip through movie history and examine life’s big questions—about prosthe

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Introducing The Kim Gravel Show

Dec 8th, 2023 52m 45s

Simone introduces Past Perfect listeners to The Kim Gravel Show!The Kim Gravel Show is a weekly podcast for women where you stop doubting and start believing in yourself. On each episode Kim tackles the topics that women care about in a way tha

Episode #10: "So What If My Book Has a Martini Glass on the Cover?"

Dec 1st, 2023 35m 15s

Simone is joined by authors Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris in this week’s trivia smackdown all about Chick Lit. They revisit their favorite books about women, by women and talk about how sometimes the best stories come inside bright pink, gli

Episode #9: “THC Lasagna”

Nov 23rd, 2023 30m 15s

THC Lasagna is just one thing being served on this week’s Thanksgiving episode. Simone is joined by TV expert Ashley Ray as they dig into some turkey day trivia and talk about makes the TV Holiday Special so… well, special!

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Simone on "TV, I Say with Ashley Ray"

Nov 17th, 2023 43m 8s

‘Past Perfect’s’ Simone Polenan joins Ashley Ray to break down the 00’s shows they loved (and also can’t believe existed) in high school. From the insanity of ‘The Swan’ to ‘A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila’, they discuss their favorite reality

Episode #8: "The Most Flesh-Colored Bra Possible"

Nov 10th, 2023 24m 56s

Simone welcomes fashion savant Avery Trufelman into the time machine for a little below-the-belt trivia. That’s right, this week’s episode is all about underwear, the foundational garment with a cheeky history.

Episode #7: "The Lady Gaga of the Puzzle Podcast Space"

Nov 3rd, 2023 26m 23s

In this game-inspired episode of time-traveling trivia, Simone takes on AJ Jacobs, “the Lady Gaga of the podcast puzzle space,” to see if she can beat him at his own game…

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Not Past It: Houdini was the OG Ghostbuster

Oct 27th, 2023 39m 32s

This week we are sharing an episode from our previous show NOT PAST IT.Harry Houdini escaped from handcuffs, sea monsters and torture cells, but his last great illusion defied even the spirits. On October 31, 1936, the famous escape artist was

Episode #6: "Don’t Ghost Me."

Oct 20th, 2023 32m 10s

In this special Halloween-inspired episode of Past Perfect, we’re exploring all things ghoulish and ghastly. Guests Lindsey Weber & Bobby Finger ride on their broomsticks through our graveyard of spooky trivia questions to be crowned the Scream

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Introducing Breaking Down with Ali Kolbert

Oct 13th, 2023 54m 22s

We are back next week but wanted to introduce you to a new show! Ali Kolbert is “a post-therapy Howard Stern, in the body of a 5'2," 30-year-old lesbian.” Each week, she’ll bring her frank, lively style and particular, unapologetic perspective

Episode #5: “I Worked Really Hard To Know Senseless Sh*t”

Oct 6th, 2023 35m 37s

Description: Emergency! Emergency! The time capsule has lost control and we’ve spiraled into a time fracture! In EPISODE #5 - the championship round - we’re playing Trivia of the Century with returning guests Alise Morales & Milly Tamarez who a

Episode #4: "Now I ~ Definitely ~ Believe in Myself"

Sep 29th, 2023 36m 49s

In Episode Four of the time-travelling trivia tournament, Simone travels to the 2010s and reveals a dramatic twist that could truly change the game for contestants Saidu Tejan-Thomas and Alise Morales.

Episode #3: “Immediately Disqualified from Half the Dating Pool”

Sep 22nd, 2023 35m 30s

In Episode 3 of the time-traveling trivia tournament, Milly Tamarez and Emmanuel Dzotsi return to the dawn of the new millennium. They’ll fight it out to see who knows the history of the flip-phone era best.

Episode #2: "So No One's Getting High on the Pitch?"

Sep 15th, 2023 32m

Simone travels to the 1990s, where comedians Milly Tamarez and Alise Morales fight it out in the time traveling trivia arena. Fill out our listener survey! https://bit.ly/pastperfectpodcast

Episode #1: "You Used Every Synapse in Your Brain to be Wrong"

Sep 15th, 2023 37m 41s

In the very first episode of Past Perfect, Simone travels to the 1980s, where podcast superstars Emmanuel Dzotsi and Saidu Tejan-Thomas will fight it out in the time traveling trivia arena.