Loan Words
Comedians Jordan Klepper and Jenny Hagel become amateur etymologists in a game about English words borrowed from other languages.
Arts & Life
I Should Buy A Boat
Finally, cats and the internet come together. Nico Santos and Zeke Smith play a music parody game where songs about felines are rewritten to be about the most-Googled search terms of 2019.
Hong Chau
Actor Hong Chau talks about researching tech billionaires for her role in Watchmen and reprising the role of Audrey Temple in the new season of Homecoming.
Ask Me Another Hotline
Listeners call in to talk about things they're learned while practicing distance learning with their kids, because nobody expected the pythagorean theorem to come back into their lives.
With 'Trip To Greece,' Coogan And Brydon's Odyssey Reaches A Poignant End
After journeying through England, Italy and Spain, comic duo Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon take one final trip, playing fictionalized versions of themselves as they retrace Odysseus' famed voyage.
Oliver Jeffers: An Ode To Living On Earth
If you had to explain to a newborn what it means to live on Earth, at this time of crisis — what would you say? Writer, illustrator, and artist Oliver Jeffers gives his answer in a letter to his son.
A Daughter Bakes A New Connection With Family During Ramadan
At home in Ohio during the pandemic, photographer Eslah Attar is using newfound family time to learn from her mother and sister how to bake traditional desserts ahead of Eid al-Fitr.
Janelle Monae Gets Series Lead Debut In Season 2 Of Amazon Prime's 'Homecoming'
Janelle Monae has her first TV series lead role in Season 2 of Amazon Prime's psychological thriller Homecoming as a vet who wakes up in a rowboat with no memory of who or where she is.
Taika Waititi Leads Star-Studded Virtual Reading Of 'James And The Giant Peach'
Filmmaker Taika Waititi leads a read-along of Roald Dahl's novel James and the Giant Peach to raise money for Partners in Health. He is joined by the Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep and others.
Pandemic Makes Evident 'Grotesque' Gender Inequality In Household Work
With more people staying home due to COVID-19, journalist Brigid Schulte says it's impossible to ignore "the fact that women bear so much more of the burden of child care and housework."