Jeopardy! Champion Amy Schneider Wins By Being Herself

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

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4.4 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Amy Schneider is the most successful woman to ever compete on “Jeopardy!” The former engineering manager held a 40-game winning streak from November 2021 to January 2022, the second-longest in the show's history. Her winnings totalled $1.3 million, making her the fifth-highest earner of any contestant on the show. In advance of competing in the “Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions,” Schneider joins guest host Talia Schlanger to discuss how she prepared to compete, how being the most authentic version of herself led to success, and how her life has changed since her historic “Jeopardy!” run. (Update: She won!)

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0:32.2	This is Taliya Schlanger and you're listening to Here's the Thing from I Heart Radio.
0:37.6	There are some people you just can't help but fall in love with when you see them on TV.
0:41.9	Amy Schneider is one of those people. She won a lot of hearts and a lot of money.
0:47.5	When she took jeopardy by storm earlier this year and became the most successful woman in the show's
0:53.3	history. Schneider held a 40-game winning streak, which is the second longest ever,
0:59.2	and racked up an incredible $1.3 million in winnings.
1:03.7	But it was Amy Schneider's warmth and charm behind the podium that quickly endeared her to
1:08.6	jeopardy audiences around the world.
1:11.6	Schneider is back now competing in the jeopardy tournament of champions this month.
1:15.8	But before we get to that, I wanted to know what it was like for her the first time,
1:19.6	the phone rang and a voice on the other end said, you're going to be on jeopardy.
1:24.6	It was the fall of 2020 and it was something I'd been trying for a long time.
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