Leslie Odom Jr.: Shake It Up
With the help of Leslie Odom Jr., Jonathan retools Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," to be about THINGS THAT YOU CAN SHAKE. Such as, your groove thing.
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Celebrity Cross-Breeds
In this game we imagine what would happen if two famous people became close friends... and did that thing that all close friends do: combine their names. We're looking at you, Paul Ryan Gosling.
This, That, Or The Other
This episode's categories are: the real names of famous rappers; delegates to the first 1774 Continental Congress; OR 1980s fictional teen villains. Can you tell the difference?
Don't Know Much About History
This game recalls descriptions of historical events from the perspective of someone who wasn't really paying attention in school.
It's Alive!
In this game, every answer sounds like the word "alive" said in the voice of Dr. Frankenstein. For example, "What actor delivered the line this game is based on?" You'd answer, "It's Colin Clive!"
Yes We Can
In this final round, every answer will contain the letters C-A-N, in that order, somewhere in the answer. As in, "Leave the gun, take the cannoli."
AMA Bonus: Leslie Odom Jr. Performs 'The Guilty Ones'
Leslie Odom Jr., the singer and actor performs a cover of Duncan Sheik's "The Guilty Ones" from Odom's self-titled debut album — with guitarist Robin Macatangay.
'British Bake Off' Winner Takes On The Toughest Judge Of All: The Queen
This year the task of coming up with a birthday cake fit for a queen fell to Nadiya Hussain, the winner of the most recent season of the wildly popular TV show The Great British Bake Off.
Cooking With The Bard: We Suss Out Shakespeare's Forgotten Foods
References to obscure foods abound in Shakespeare. Know your codlings from carbonadoes? Your umbles from jumbles? We crack open Renaissance cookbooks to figure out how to feast like the Bard.
'You Belong To The Universe' Explores Visionary Spirit Of Buckminster Fuller
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with author Jonathon Keats on his book, You Belong to the Universe, which looks at famed inventor Buckminster Fuller.