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How A Medically Induced Coma Led To Love, Marriage And The Oscar-Nominated 'Big Sick'

3:00pm February 16, 2018

Comic Kumail Nanjiani didn't think of marrying then-girlfriend Emily V. Gordon until he saw her in a coma. The couple co-wrote a romantic comedy based on the story. Originally broadcast July 12, 2017.

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Historic Instrument Revived By Winston-Salem Eighth Grade Students

1:38pm February 16, 2018

by David Ford

Back in the 1930s, the Reynolds family kept a calliope in their hog pens near what is today the Scales Fine Arts Center on the Wake Forest University campus.

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Contestants Shaylyn Berlew and Rae Walker-Stewart play a game on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Late Starts

12:55pm February 16, 2018

We lopped off the first letter from a TV show's title, and imagined what the new plot would be. Based on that hypothetical summary, can you guess the title?

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Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg on stage at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Other Pet Sounds

12:55pm February 16, 2018

Can you tell the difference between an alligator and a chipmunk? In this audio quiz, contestants must guess what animal is responsible for the sound in each clip.

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Lola Kirke appears on the Ask Me Another stage at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Lola Kirke: Mozart In The Puzzle

12:55pm February 16, 2018

Lola Kirke talks about "fake playing" the oboe on 'Mozart in the Jungle,' and portraying one of the only woman conductors on television. Then we challenge her to a game about real and fake operas.

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Jonathan Coulton leads the music game during Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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It's Party Time

12:55pm February 16, 2018

Identify the occasion that Jonathan Coulton is singing about and, for a bonus point, name the original song or artist he's parodying.

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House musician Jonathan Coulton is put to the test by Ophira Eisenberg on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Wisdom Of The Crowd

12:55pm February 16, 2018

We polled audiences at The Bell House on a variety of questions and averaged their responses. That collective wisdom goes up against one-man house band Jonathan Coulton. Whose estimate is closer?

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Contestants Michael Serafino and Ciera Velarde play a game on the Ask Me Another stage at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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The Mandela Effect

11:53am February 16, 2018

We ask questions about popular instances of the Mandela Effect, and contestants dive into their memories in order to sort fact from fiction.

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Puzzle Guru Art Chung leads the final round on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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It's Element-ary

11:53am February 16, 2018

Time to brush up on your chemistry: the answer to each final round question contains an element from the periodic table. Isn't it iron-ic, don't you think?

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Chopin's Prelude In E Minor

10:23am February 16, 2018

Peter explains the powerful simplicity behind Frederick Chopin's Prelude in E minor, one of the twenty-four preludes Chopin composed in homage to his musical hero J.S. Bach.

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