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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WCAI listener Dianne Harrison.
This week, Wait Wait is live in Normal, Illinois with host Peter Sagal, special guest Brendan Hunt and panelists Adam Burke, Shane O'Neill, and Paula Poundstone
M. John Harrison has become the first science fiction author to win the prestigious Booker Prize, for "The End of Everything," in a milestone for the genre.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hayley Atwell, who stars as Beatrice in a new production of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" on Broadway.
A wealthy documentarian visits a community devastated by job loss in Korean director Lee Chang-dong's latest feature.
Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes Submit a question Molly Oldfield hosts Everything Under the Sun , a podcast answering children’s questions. Do check out her books, E
Lucy, 40, a general manager, meets Leon, 45, an operations manager at a food charity What were you hoping for? I’m a regular reader and have always wanted to be in the column, so mostly here for the vibes. Bumping into the love of my life would be nice, though … Continue reading.
I’m so tired of this illness, I wonder if an acting-led approach to faking wellness might help me recover It is late morning on a Wednesday, and I’m sitting at the kitchen table collapsing in on myself, because I am ill. I feel dizzy, and feverish, and achy, and I have done
Pedro Almodovar's Bitter Christmas and Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky are dramas that depict filmmakers creating films. Though different in style, they have much in common.
In this film-within-a-film, Almodóvar explores how the closest pals can suddenly become bitterly estranged — and all the ways that art imitates life (and vice versa).
Route 66 is celebrating 100 years of being the country's most famous highway. This icon of American culture passes through eight states — and has shown up for decades in movies, books, music and art.
The night was filled with music and surprises. Rosalía opened the show with medley of tracks and elaborate dancing, and Milo J appeared with a colorful Uruguayan theatrical ensemble.
Was the Justice Department ever really above politics? Rachel Maddow digs into its surprising past to explain why she believes its future is at stake.
You may have noticed that a lot of people on social media are getting really hot and bothered over the newly-elected Democratic men. It says a lot about how Democrats have responded to the Trump era.
Children vary just like the rest of us, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith . You don’t know you’re bad with this baby yet, because you don’t know them yet Read more Leading questions My best friend is having her first child. I am so happy for her and I know she’s going
Maddie drives Nadia mad with her disjointed conversations, but doesn’t think she should have to make an appointment to phone her sister. Who’s in the wrong? You make the call • Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a juror Maddie rings at the worst moments. It’s us
Zillennial couples say they want ‘radical transparency’ around their finances, bucking the idea that prenuptial agreements are rooted in division Kai Amos does not know adult life without her fiance, Garret. They are high school sweethearts who met as teens in Idaho and moved acr
Almost two-thirds of bedfellows disagree about the perfect room temperature – and the issue can affect office workers and housemates too. It oftens lead to subterfuge and skulduggery. So is there any way to reach a truce? Recently I read an item on Threads that made me laugh out
Like many graduates, he has been forced to return to the nest. How will he cope with my pigeon chat and dodgy dregs for dinner? My graduate son has been back home for five months now. In this economy, he might be stuck here a while longer, meaning we’ve shifted from the extended
Is it ever OK to leave your family – including small children – to live in the wilderness or walk around the world? The latest season of Alone – the US TV competition in which cocky survivalists are dropped into a remote, inhospitable wilderness only to be rapidly humbled by squi
Jude and Tess grew up in an ultra-strict Christian sect, and when they broke away they had to redefine their relationship • How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously By the time we got married, we had done everything but kiss and have penetrative sex Continu
You haven’t formed strong friendships since relocating, but that takes time and returning home will have its own costs – not all of them financial My husband and I are in a dilemma about where to live. We are in our early 30 s and have an 18-month-old daughter. We are from the Ea
I wanted to be a beacon of black feminist love; my friends and family teased me for being a sellout We had been together 20 years, had two children and had a customary marriage with our village sub-county two years ago without any real plans for a church wedding. So we called our
