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Nerd Out With Mardis Gras' Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus

8:16am February 01, 2020

by Melissa Block

In New Orleans, the most fanciful pre-Mardi Gras parade is by the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus, home to "revelrous Star Wars Trekkies." We check in as they gear up for tonight's parade.

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'Giri/Haji' Is A Story Of Cultural Cross Pollination Unlike Anything Else On TV

1:35pm January 31, 2020

by John Powers

A Tokyo police detective heads to London to bring back his gangster brother in this BBC series, which is playing on Netflix. Giri/Haji is a thriller that bursts with compelling scenes.

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How A Heart Attack Brought Antonio Banderas Closer To 'Pain And Glory'

1:34pm January 31, 2020

by Terry Gross

The Spanish actor has been nominated for an Oscar for his role as a screenwriter and director who has stopped working because of physical and emotional pain. Originally broadcast Sept. 30, 2019.

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Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi, Ted Danson as Michael and D'Arcy Carden as Janet.

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A Goodbye To 'The Good Place'

1:19pm January 31, 2020

by Linda Holmes

The NBC afterlife comedy ended Thursday after four seasons, and it did so in a rich, emotionally satisfying, provocative fashion.

These three nonalcoholic cocktail recipes will have your guests asking for another round.

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The Modern Mocktail: 3 Distinctive Nonalcoholic Drink Recipes

12:07pm January 31, 2020

by Becky Harlan

How to make three nonalcoholic cocktails that will have your guests asking for another round. Also, learn some basic tenets of what makes a delicious mixed drink (with or without alcohol).

Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg interviews John Cameron Mitchell at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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John Cameron Mitchell: Getting Shrill

11:15am January 31, 2020

John Cameron Mitchell talks about Hedwig and the Angry Inch's enduring legacy and co-starring in the Hulu comedy series, Shrill.

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Ophira Eisenberg performs on stage alongside Jonathan Coulton on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Rhyme Signature

10:56am January 31, 2020

Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton conduct and instruct the contestants to answer with a musical term and a rhyming word.

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Contestants Leah Scrivner and Hannah Corrigan face-off in a game on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Literature After Dark

10:56am January 31, 2020

Esmerelda, u up? In this game, literary romances are rewritten as flirty late-night texts.

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Contestants Dan Predoehl and Diana Hirota play games on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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This, That, Or The Other: Archaic British Insults Edition

10:56am January 31, 2020

Contestants try not to be total shabbaroons as they guess whether a word is a music festival, a children's television show, or a 19th-century British insult.

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Jonathan Coulton leads a music parody game alongside Ophira Eisenberg on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Purple Prince

10:56am January 31, 2020

This is what it sounds like when the contestants play a music parody game based around Prince's discography and the artist's favorite color.

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