Mystery Guest
This episode's Mystery Guest, Autumn Stanford, just started an interesting late-night business. Can you figure out what it is before Ophira and Jonathan?
Arts
Zero G
In this final round, every answer is a two-word phrase where the first word ends in "I-N-G" and the second word sounds like the first word, with the last G removed.
The Foxfire Book Series That Preserved Appalachian Foodways
Foxfire started as a class project at a Georgia high school in the '60s, but soon became a magazine, then a book, and even a way of teaching about the region's simple, self-sustaining way of life.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Memes, Fads And A Chat With Neil Gaiman
This week, we bring you two segments with comedian Guy Branum from our fall tour, and our friend Petra Mayer chats with author Neil Gaiman about Norse mythology.
'Out Of Wonder' Aims To Inspire A New Generation Of Poets
Kwame Alexander's new book is a collection of original poems written in the style of 20 famous poets. The aim is to introduce kids to great poetry — and encourage them to write poems of their own.
The Oxford Comma: Great For Listing, Pontificating, And Winning Court Cases
An appeals court dispute between a Maine dairy company and its delivery drivers came down to a single punctuation mark — or rather, the lack of it. Count it a win for the controversial comma.
Trump's Budget Plan Cuts Funding For Arts, Humanities And Public Media
The proposed spending cuts released on Thursday would affect local arts groups as well as public radio and TV stations nationwide.
Tale As Old As Time — And It Shows: 'Beauty And The Beast'
The live-action, CGI-besotted remake of Disney's 1991 animated musical never manages to justify its existence, says critic Andrew Lapin, because it sets out "not to conjure wonder, but nostalgia."
'T2 Trainspotting': Indulgent Film Reunites Indulgent Characters, 20 Years Later
The sequel to Danny Boyle's blisteringly original 1997 movie lacks that film's structure and insight, but the cast can still generate fitful flashes of energy and charm.
A Family Struggles To Connect In The Rueful, Richly Detailed 'After The Storm'
Hirokazu Kore-eda's drama about a stalled writer's attempts to make peace with his extended family is a quiet and meticulously wrought character study.