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'This Old Man' Is A Wry, Nimble Take On Life, Aging And Baseball

2:33pm November 12, 2015

by Maureen Corrigan

At 95, New Yorker editor Roger Angell has written decades' worth of books and articles. Maureen Corrigan says it's a great pleasure to spend time in the company of his latest book, This Old Man.

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'Hotels Of North America' Gets 4 Stars

11:53am November 12, 2015

by Jason Sheehan

Rick Moody's new novel takes the form of online travel reviews written by the lonely but oddly eloquent Reginald Morse. Critic Jason Sheehan says it's Moody at his most inventive, playful and biting.

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Edit, Please

11:28am November 12, 2015

The Benevolent Female Spouse? Edit, please! How about, The Good Wife? Contestants guess the simpler, actual TV show titles based on an over-written, way too literal version.

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Mythconception

11:28am November 12, 2015

Don't be a lemming and run off the side of a cliff! In this game we dissect common misconceptions and myths.

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Based on a True Story

11:28am November 12, 2015

Inspired by VIP Peter Sarsgaard's new film Experimenter, this quiz is about movies based on a true story.

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Preppy

11:28am November 12, 2015

Guest house musician Julian Velard parodies Pharrell Williams' Happy to be about people, places and things associated with the preppy lifestyle.

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A Day in the Life of Peter Sarsgaard

11:28am November 12, 2015

For our VIP game, we narrate a slightly fictitious day in the life of Peter Sarsgaard.

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Letter Rip

11:28am November 12, 2015

Guest puzzle guru Cecil Baldwin leads our final round, "Letter Rip." All of the answers contain the sound of an alphabet letter. It's a B-dazzling good time!

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Meet The Expert: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

11:25am November 12, 2015

Meet the Expert is Ask Me Another's new segment! Executive producer of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Amy Kule, joins us onstage to lead a game based on this iconic holiday event.

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A Rambling Love Letter To The Silver Screen In 'How To Watch'

10:03am November 12, 2015

by Genevieve Valentine

Veteran film critic David Thomson's new book will get you thinking about the magic of film — but his personal, meandering arguments are sometimes too personal and too disjointed to land solidly.