The New York Review Of Children's Books
Contestants guess the piece of classic children's literature based on imagined hoity-toity reviews.
Games & Humor
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Part Zwei
The German language has a lot of long, crazily specific words. We give contestants words and their definitions, and they have to figure out: are these real German words, or words we made up?
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
We took the Tears for Fears hit "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and rewrote it to be about power-hungry fictional characters and organizations.
Garance Doré: New York Or Paris?
For Doré's special challenge, we read quotes from famous people, and she must guess if they're about Paris, or New York City.
The Long And The Short Of It
In this game, contestants insert the letter 'E' into a common phrase to turn it into a completely different phrase.
Ira Sachs And Jennifer Ehle: Stage And Screen Collide
To celebrate Ehle's two Tony wins and Sachs' cinephilia, we curated a challenge in which the worlds of stage and screen collide.
Heating Up The Competition
Every answer contains an object that can be found in a kitchen. For example, to "Star of Legally Blonde who won an Academy Award for her role in Walk the Line," you'd say, "Reese WitherSPOON."
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Steven Universe' And The Games We Play
Kat Chow and Gene Demby join the show for thoughts on a groundbreaking Cartoon Network series and various card and board games. And, as always, we close with What's Making Us Happy this week.
In Defense Of Bronze: The True Mettle Of The Metal Of The 3rd-Place Medal
In the Olympics, and in many other areas of life, from comic-book eras to health care plans, "bronze" has come to signify the least of three things. It shouldn't.
Not My Job: Keegan-Michael Key Of 'Key & Peele' Gets Quizzed On Peels
The actor and comedian performed with the improv troupe Second City before he gained fame on MAD TV and partnered with Jordan Peele for Key & Peele. He's now starring in the film Don't Think Twice.