Mystery Ghost
The bell tolls thrice! Will a visit from a Mystery Guest— or should we say, a Mystery Ghost of Quiz-mas Yet To Come— melt the heart of Puzzle Guru Ebenezer Scrooge?
Arts
Future Future
We peek into the future with a music parody game where songs with sci-fi themes are rewritten to be about TV shows that are— at least partially— set in the future.
Gift Exchange
We move into the present for this game about presents. Contestants identify the famous pop culture duo based on a description of the gifts they might give each other.
Anthony Ramos: A Quiz-mas Carol
Actor Anthony Ramos talks about dying on stage sixteen times a week in the Broadway musical Hamilton, his love for New York City, and his super cool Spice Girls sticker collection.
Meet The Expert: Holiday Word Origins
Our guest expert is the author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries. Stamper leads a game about the strange origins of holiday words.
Victorian Inventions
Charles Dickens is one of the best novelists of the Victorian Era, but he's not the only good thing to come out of that time. Contestants ring in to identify things invented in the 1800s.
'The Post': Pentagon Papers Put The Press Under Pressure
Steven Spielberg's account of the publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971 is melodrama, but Bob Mondello says it's urgent — and effective.
Siddhartha Mukherjee: Can We Reimagine Our Approach To Treating Disease?
When it comes to medicine, one rule of thinking has generally prevailed: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Siddhartha Mukherjee says treatment should take a broader approach.
Atul Gawande: Medicine Has Become A Team Sport — So How Do We Treat It Like One?
Surgeon Atul Gawande says doctors used to know and do everything themselves — like craftsmen, or cowboys. But those days are over. He argues for creating systems where clinicians all work together.
Joseph Ravenell: Could Barbershops Become The New Doctor's Office?
Many black men trust their barber more than their primary care doctor, if they even have one. Physician Joseph Ravenell wants to turn barbershops into a place where men can access basic health care.