Games & Humor

Anna Konkle attends the 2020 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony on Feb. 1, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Arts

Not My Job: We Quiz 'PEN15' Co-Creator Anna Konkle On Junior Highs

8:13am June 19, 2021

Konkle, who also co-stars in PEN15, is an expert on junior high, so she'll answer three questions about junior highs — specifically, the vague sense of agitation you get from drinking Red Bull.

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Check-In: Dog Sitting

7:39am June 18, 2021

Host Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton discuss the ups and downs of short-term dog ownership, known to many as "dog sitting."

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Commerical VOs

7:39am June 18, 2021

In this audio quiz, Hacks creators Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs are subjected to that very thing as they guess celebrity voiceovers from TV ads.

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Quirky Capitals

7:39am June 18, 2021

In this game, U.S. capital cities are ruined-- or, improved?-- by changing the first letter of their names.

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In this music parody Bethany Van Delft (Parentalogic) and Donwill (Tanya Morgan) take on popular songs from the 2000s that are rewritten to make them about things from the "aughts" of other centuries.

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Is It Broccoli?

7:39am June 18, 2021

In this game, comedian Bethany Van Delft (Parentalogic and "The Ten News,") and Tanya Morgan rapper Donwill try to weed out which cunning crops are secretly broccoli.

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Better Call Saul & The Mandalorian's Giancarlo Esposito

7:39am June 18, 2021

Giancarlo Esposito talks about returning to play Gus Fring in Better Call Saul, and meeting Baby Yoda in The Madalorian. Then, he plays an audio quiz identifying celebrity cameos from Sesame Street.

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Sunday Puzzle: 7 Famous Letters

8:23pm June 13, 2021

by Will Shortz

Listener Debbi Samuels of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Scott Detrow.

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Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat plays in the 2011 NBA Finals in Miami.

Sports

Not My Job: We Quiz Basketball Star Chris Bosh On Pringles Potato Chips

11:28am June 12, 2021

The NBA all-star won two championships with the Miami Heat, an Olympic gold medal and membership in the Basketball Hall of Fame. He's written a new book called Letters to a Young Athlete.

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'So Long, Broke People Of Earth!': Comedian Imagines Space Travel With The Bezos Bros

4:29pm June 11, 2021

Vinny Thomas, comedian and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me guest writer, imagines traveling in space with the Bezos brothers.