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Actor Mozhan Marnò talks to host Ophira Eisenberg and plays a game on Ask Me Another.

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Mozhan Marnò: Diaries, Screenplays, And Blacklists

11:12am November 17, 2017

Mozhan Marnò shares the research behind shaping her character, FBI and Mossad operative Samar Navabi, on 'The Blacklist.' Inspired by her voiceover work, we play a game about celebrity audiobooks.

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Letters Witch

11:12am November 17, 2017

In this word game, contestants must identify a common two-word phrase, then move the first letter of the second word to the end of the first word to form a completely new phrase.

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Sounds Like Teen Spirit

11:12am November 17, 2017

Finally, a game that combines the glitz of bromocriptine with the glamour of phosphocreatine! We rewrote Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to be about other things that end with "teen."

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Mystery Guest

11:12am November 17, 2017

We spoke to Chloe Swantner, who practices an unusual craft. Can you solve the mystery before Ophira and Jonathan figure it out?

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The In Crowd

11:12am November 17, 2017

We challenged our contestants to a final round in which every answer is a three-word phrase with the middle word "in."

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Wendy Troxel: Does High School Start Too Early?

9:29am November 17, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Sleep expert Wendy Troxel says teens are sleep-deprived because of early school start times that cater to adults. She says high schools should start classes at least an hour later.

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Mileha Soneji: Can Simple Innovations Improve The Lives of Parkinson's Patients?

9:29am November 17, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

When designer Mileha Soneji's uncle got Parkinson's, his quality of life deteriorated rapidly. Mileha couldn't cure her uncle's disease, so she designed simple ways to improve his everyday life.

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Tippi Hedren, with her daughter Melanie Griffith and granddaughter Dakota Johnson at a 2015 event.

3 Generations Of Actresses Reflect On Hollywood, Harassment — And Hitchcock

9:00am November 17, 2017

Actress Tippi Hedren talks with her daughter, actress Melanie Griffith, and her granddaughter, actress Dakota Johnson, about how being a woman in Hollywood has — and hasn't — changed over the years.

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Artist's Literary Pilgrimage Brings '100 Novels Project' To The Triad

5:19am November 17, 2017

by David Ford

For the past four years, artist Tim Youd has traveled to cities throughout the world carrying famous novels, and the typewriters used to create them.

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Later, at the Hall of Just-Us: The Flash (Ezra Miller), Batman (Ben Affleck), and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) stand prepared in Justice League.

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'Justice League' Is Just Okay

5:45pm November 16, 2017

by Chris Klimek

Various heroes meet for the first time to face down a generic, CGI-generated villain who wants to collect ancient boxes. Think Antiques Roadshow, but loud and evil. (... More evil.)