Arts & Life

"Yeah You Know Me": Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the subject of RBG, a documentary about her life and work.

Arts

Jurist, Prudent: Documentary 'RBG' Profiles Ginsburg On And Off The Bench

11:42am May 04, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Co-directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West's doc preaches to the choir, and does so most effectively when it focuses on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's career and not the memes that have accrued to her.

Art Chung, Jonathan Coulton, and Ophira Eisenberg appear on Ask Me Another.

Arts

Beauty And The Feast

10:54am May 04, 2018

In this game, contestants must replace one word in the title of a Disney song with a food that rhymes with that word — it's a roll new world!

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Contestants Jake Douglas and Megan Osimanti compete in a game on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Real Or Fake News?

10:54am May 04, 2018

NPR has an April Fools' Day tradition of airing a fake humorous news piece in one of its news shows. Can you tell the difference between the fake news stories and the merely bizarre ones?

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Contestants Jacob Berman and Michelle Szpilzinger compete on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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De-Nature Of De-Beast

10:54am May 04, 2018

Contestants must guess words that begin with the letters "D-E" based on some alternate definitions. For example, a word that means "to nullify one's ballot" could be "devote."

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House musician Jonathan Coulton leads a music parody game at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Literally Geographic

10:54am May 04, 2018

In this music parody, Jonathan Coulton sings about various geographic locations, to the tune of songs performed by bands named after those locations. It's a thing!

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Mystery Guest

10:54am May 04, 2018

This episode's mystery guest, Laurie Pressman, has a job in which she helps select the winner of a well-known annual award. Can you solve the mystery before Jonathan and Ophira do?

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Puzzle Guru Art Chung, leads the final round on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Dude, Where's My Car?

10:54am May 04, 2018

In this final round, all the answers contain the consecutive letters "C-A-R". Dude! Sweet!

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Emily Blunt as Evelyn Abbott and John Krasinski as Lee Abbott in A Quiet Place.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'A Quiet Place'

10:40am May 04, 2018

by Linda Holmes

The shush-iest film to become a hit in quite some time gets some overdue attention from the panel on this episode.

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A Workplace Potluck Filled With Filipino Food And Memories

8:00am May 04, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

After a homesick intern inspired a group of Filipino-American coworkers to start a weekly lunch club, they all began to realize how much they missed — and needed — a taste of their shared heritage.

Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez star in Overboard, a remake of the 1987 film with the same name.

Arts

'Overboard': A Gender-Flipped Remake Stays Afloat

7:00pm May 03, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Critic Scott Tobias says the updated Anna Faris/Eugenio Derbez take on the 1987 comedy is "not a particularly funny film, but it's big-hearted and sincere, with fine chemistry between the two leads."