Dan Rather, An Unlikely Essayist, On 'What Unites Us'
Equally optimistic and concerned, the longtime television news anchor — now a Facebook phenomenon — has written a book that doesn't hide his love of country.
Arts
Stand At The Edge Of Geological Time
Transport yourself to Rocky Mountain National Park, with all its sights and sounds, in this immersive geology lesson.
'Lady Bird' Soars With An Intimate Portrait Of Mother-Daughter Angst
The title character of Greta Gerwig's new comedy is a Sacramento high school senior who's in a love-hate relationship with her mother. Critic David Edelstein says Lady Bird is "packed with insight."
Netflix Adaptation Of Margaret Atwood's 'Alias Grace' Is Uncannily Relevant
Alias Grace tells the true story of an Irish immigrant who worked as a household maid in Canada in the 1850s and was later convicted of murder.
Sunset Boulevard
Garlin and Cardellini put their dramatic acting chops to the test with a quiz based on the iconic Sunset Boulevard line, "All right, Mr. DeMille. I'm ready for my close-up."
Real Or Fake Kids' TV Show
We cashed in on some kids' show syndication money with this quiz, in which our celebri-testants must decide whether descriptions of children's TV shows are real or fake.
An LA World
We rewrote "A Whole New World" from the movie Aladdin to be about famous Los Angeles landmarks, locations, and businesses.
Guesstimators: Jesse Thorn
Jesse Thorn, host of the NPR program Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, challenged Jonathan Coulton to somewhere between zero and two guesstimation games.
In International Name Only
For their first trivia challenge, Reddick and Rust traveled all the way from Italy, Texas to Russia, Ohio with a quiz about foods that sound international but are actually from America.
I Scream, You Scream, We All Wilhelm Scream
We inserted the Wilhelm scream, a famous inside joke among sound editors, into the middle of iconic movie quotes.