'Land Of Mine': Explosively Understated
Denmark's Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is Land of Mine, a movie about German boys disarming landmines left behind after World War II.
Arts & Life
Remembering Grant Tinker, 'Mary Tyler Moore' Producer And NBC Chair
David Bianculli offers an appreciation of Tinker, who died last month. Also, we listen to a Fresh Air interview with Tinker from 1994, and an interview with Tinker's wife, Mary Tyler Moore, from 1995.
Fantastically Stylized 'La La Land' Is A Musical Tour-De-Force
A jazz keyboardist and an aspiring actress fall in love in Damien Chazelle's new romantic musical. Critic David Edelstein says La La Land features thrilling chemistry and magical music numbers.
The 10 Best Books Of 2016 Faced Tough Topics Head On
Book critic Maureen Corrigan says that if there's one word that characterizes her list this year, it's "serious." These books certainly aren't grim or dull, but they take on big, difficult subjects.
Stump Jonathan Coulton
In this round of Stump Jonathan Coulton, it's the year 1004 and a relatively new hand-held object has just been derided by clergy as being "sinfully decadent."
Tilt The Title
In this game, contestants rearrange the titles of famous books to make entirely new books.
Dog, Park, Or Monster?
This, That, or the Other returns! Our clues fit into one of three categories: is it a dog breed, a national park, or a Japanese kaiju monster?
Mystery Guest
This episode's Mystery Guest, Leslie Scott, calls in all the way from England. Leslie created something you can do with friends.
Allads
If Jonathan Coulton sang the Cyndi Lauper song "Time After Time," but the lyrics were about the show Project Runway after Tim Gunn retires, the answer would be "Time After Tim."