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Free Comic Book Day: A Guide To The Heroes, Musicians And Mutants

12:39pm May 01, 2015

by Glen Weldon

Glen Weldon reviews the 50 comics available at participating comics shops for 2015's Free Comic Book Day, coming May 2 — what to pick up free, skip, and buy while you're in the shop.

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A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Free Comic Book Day And Rabbit Holes

12:08pm May 01, 2015

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we talk about lots and lots of comics in preparation for Free Comic Book Day, and we go down a few pop culture rabbit holes.

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Veterinarian Vint Virga says that animals in zoos, like this lion, need to have a bit of control over their environment.

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Cat PDA Vs. Human PDA, And Other Animal Behavior Explained

10:43am May 01, 2015

Veterinarian Vint Virga works with pets and zoo animals on behavior disorders. He talks about how house cats are more fulfilled when they forage for food, and how to show animals affection.

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Robert Earl Keen performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on May 4, 2014.

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Not My Job: Singer Robert Earl Keen Gets Quizzed On Cats

10:43am May 01, 2015

The last time Keen was on the show he told a story about how he woke up one day to find his wife standing in the doorway, shooting at cats with a deer rifle.

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What's Mittens Thinking? Make 'Sense' Of Your Cat's Behavior

10:42am May 01, 2015

Kitties don't play — they hunt. And their aloof appearance has evolutionary roots. A new book explains cats' mysterious nature and how their relationship with humans has changed over the years.

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When It Comes To Furry Muses, Cats Are For Brevity And Dogs Are For Books

10:42am May 01, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

The Internet is the undisputed territory of cats, and dog books are more popular than their feline counterparts. Francesco Marciuliano plays to both animals' strengths in his best-selling collections.

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Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).

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Bigger And Louder Than Ever, Can The Avengers Still Satisfy?

7:13pm April 30, 2015

by Andrew Lapin

Avengers: Age Of Ultron continues the march of the Marvel Cinematic Universe toward more and more and more of everything. But that's not the same thing as making the movies better.

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300 Spartans Can't Be Wrong

5:58pm April 30, 2015

Inspired by the film 300, all answers rhyme with King Leonidas' notorious line, "This is Sparta!" and should be delivered in your best Spartan yell.

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Something Borrowed

5:58pm April 30, 2015

Karaoke. Guru. Opera. This game features "loanwords," English words that have been "borrowed" from other languages. Can you guess the loanword from its language of origin and the English translation?

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Heroic Tunes

5:58pm April 30, 2015

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's house musician Jonathan Coulton, performing Five For Fighting's soft-rock classic "Superman (It's Not Easy)" with rewritten lyrics about famous comic book heroes!

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