Arts

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Rita Dove: Set Phasers To Poem

10:46am August 25, 2017

Ask Me Another goes to the Virginia Arts Festival with former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. We quiz the Star Trek: The Next Generation fan on famous poems rewritten about characters from the series.

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TV Decor

10:46am August 25, 2017

Ophira and Jonathan read an imaginary real estate listing for a room and contestants guess what TV show it's featured in.

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Which Witch Is Witch?

10:46am August 25, 2017

Jonathan Coulton takes songs with the word "magic" in the title and parodies them to be about famous fictional witches. It's like a witch hunt, but fun!

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Mystery Guest

10:46am August 25, 2017

Our mystery guest and her husband own an unusual business in a 6,000 square foot facility. Ophira and Jonathan ask yes or no questions to figure out what it could be.

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Mo Questions, Mo Problems

10:46am August 25, 2017

In this final round, every answer begins with the letters "M-O."

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We're all a confusing mixture of an array of impulses...our nature is to be context dependent on our behavior. - Robert Sapolsky

Robert Sapolsky: How Much Agency Do We Have Over Our Behavior?

9:13am August 25, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky says nearly all aspects of human behavior are explained by biology: from developments millions of years in the past to microscopic reactions happening in the present.

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Nadine Burke Harris: How Does Trauma Affect A Child's DNA?

9:13am August 25, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris found an unsettling trend when examining patients at her clinic: trauma. She found that adversity can change a child's biology and result in severe health outcomes.

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Brian Little: Are Human Personalities Hardwired?

9:13am August 25, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Are you introverted or extroverted? It depends. When it comes to personality, psychologist Brian Little says we can actually act against our biology — especially if we pursue a "core life project."

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Moshe Szyf: How Do Our Experiences Rewire Our Brains And Bodies?

9:13am August 25, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Many think genetic makeup is fixed from the moment we're born. But Moshe Szyf says this understanding is incomplete because our experiences and environment have the power to change our basic biology.

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Detail of Roberto Chavez's mural The Path to Knowledge and the False University at East Los Angeles College. The mural was whitewashed in 1979.

'¡Murales Rebeldes!': These Disappearing LA Murals Mirror Their Community

6:56pm August 24, 2017

For years, Chicano muralists in Los Angeles weren't let into museums, so they made art where they could. "I wanted people to look at the mural and ... see themselves in it," says muralist Wayne Healy.

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