{"id":184083,"date":"2025-11-27T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/?p=184083"},"modified":"2025-11-23T10:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:46:31","slug":"pgs-playhouse-e31-kiki-bouba-adal-rifai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2025\/11\/27\/pgs-playhouse-e31-kiki-bouba-adal-rifai\/","title":{"rendered":"PG&#8217;s Playhouse E31: Kiki and Bouba (ft. Adal Rifai)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;\u200aApparently Kiki and Bouba is one of the few things that can pull us all together.&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n<p><iframe title=\"31: Kiki &#038; Bouba  (ft. 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In today&#8217;s episode, we explore the linguistic phenomenon of &#8220;Kiki and Bouba.&#8221; Almost universally, across many different cultures and languages, most people will associate these sounds to visual shapes the same way. Joining us today is seasoned improver and podcaster Adal Rifai, known for his podcasts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heyriddleriddle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Hey Riddle Riddle<\/em>\u00a0<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gumshoesanddragons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Gumshoes &amp; Dragons<\/em><\/a> that&#8217;s a bit like an investigative murder mystery in a D&amp;D fantasy setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s game is called Common Grounds, where players are given 4 phrases and must find the common word that connects them all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time Stamps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>02:07 Game: Common Grounds <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14:01 About Adal Rifai &amp; Improv<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21:52 Topic: Kiki &amp; Bouba <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>27:58 Credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guest: Adal Rifai<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"184442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/headshot-adal-rifai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/headshot-Adal-Rifai.webp\" data-orig-size=\"267,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"headshot &amp;#8211; Adal Rifai\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/headshot-Adal-Rifai.webp\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/headshot-Adal-Rifai.webp\" alt=\"man with thick dark beard, wearing black baseball cap and wool shirt, smiling.\" class=\"wp-image-184442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/headshot-Adal-Rifai.webp 267w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/headshot-Adal-Rifai-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/headshot-Adal-Rifai-100x150.webp 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gumshoesanddragons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gumshoes &amp; Dragons Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adalrifai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@adalrifai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>X:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adalrifai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@adalrifai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adal Rifai is an improviser, podcaster, producer, and writer in Chicago. Adal teaches improv at University of Illinois at Chicago, is the creator and co-host of the podcast&nbsp;<em>Hey Riddle Riddle<\/em>, co-hosts the podcast&nbsp;<em>Hello From the Magic Tavern<\/em>&nbsp;as Chunt the shapeshifter and is the host of the Jackbox game&nbsp;<em>Guesspionage<\/em>. You can find him on social media @adalrifai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Podcasts from Peih-Gee &amp; David<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoy PG&#8217;s Playhouse, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/reality-escape-pod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reality Escape Pod<\/a> (REPOD), where your hosts David Spira &amp; Peih-Gee Law explore immersive gaming from all angles, alongside guests with incredible experience in this realm.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe title=\"Reality Escape Pod\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=4ubjy-a54570-pbblog-playlist&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Tahoma&amp;skin=2&amp;order=episodic&amp;limit=10&amp;filter=all&amp;ss=a713390a017602015775e868a2cf26b0&amp;btn-skin=4&amp;size=315\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And by supporting Room Escape Artist on Patreon, you&#8217;ll get access to the REPOD Bonus After Show ($5 per month and up) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/spoilers-club-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spoilers Club<\/a> ($15 per month and up) where we chat in depth with creators about iconic escape rooms&#8230; spoilers and all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/roomescapeartist\" style=\"background-color:#009dd2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support us on Patreon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Production Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hosted by Peih-Gee Law &amp; David Spira<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Puzzles by Peih-Gee Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Produced by Theresa Piazza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supported by Lisa Spira<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edited by Peih-Gee Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music by Matt Farthing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logo by Theresa Wagner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently Kiki and Bouba is one of the few things that can pull us all together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":185940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[586398581],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pgs-playhouse"],"acf":[],"is_reblog":null,"post_id":null,"blog_id":null,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"586398581","yoast-structured-data-blocks-images-cache":null,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"puzzle podcast","_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"39","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"90","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"We learn about the linguistic phenomenon of \"Kiki and Bouba\" with Adal Rifai of Hey Riddle Riddle. 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