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    Sunday Puzzle
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    Sunday Puzzle: You Got An A++

    Feb 28, 2021
    Tim Erskine plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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    Not My Job: We Quiz NASA's Swati Mohan On Planets Closer Than Mars

    Feb 27, 2021
    Swati Mohan was the Guidance and Controls Operations Lead on the NASA Mars 2020 Mission, which successfully landed the newest Mars Rover, Perseverance, on February 18.
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    Uptop: Reading Is Fundamental

    Feb 26, 2021
    Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton discuss fighting and succumbing to the need for reading glasses. Not related, but has anyone seen my reading glasses? I swear I just had them.
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    Power-Ups and Medical Medical Medical

    Feb 26, 2021
    Nico Santos and Zeke Smith reveal what actors in hospital dramas are really saying behind their masks, then play a game about superhero power-ups. Go go gadget, PUBLIC RADIO SHOW!
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    This That Or The Other: Bath & Body Works, Meal Kit, Still Life Painting

    Feb 26, 2021
    Nico Santos and Zeke Smithhave a carefree time guessing whether different items are Bath & Body Works scents, meal kits, or still life paintings until they are suddenly interrupted by a smoke alarm.
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    What's The Word?

    Feb 26, 2021
    Comics Samantha Ruddy and Luke Mones compete in this game about words that are spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
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    Gettin' Greasy

    Feb 26, 2021
    Comics Samantha Ruddy and Luke Mones are hopelessly devoted to hearing Jonathan Coulton remix classic Grease songs to be about, you guessed it, Greece!
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    Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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    Jesse Tyler Ferguson

    Feb 26, 2021
    Jesse Tyler Ferguson discusses his time on Modern Family and his new cookbook, Food Between Friends. Then, he plays a game about his home state of New Mexico.
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    Reading The Game
    <em></em>In <em>The Last of Us Part II</em>, no one's hands are clean.
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    Reading The Game: 'The Last Of Us Part 2'

    Feb 26, 2021
    Our occasional series on storytelling in video games returns with a look at The Last of Us Part II, which pulls a perspective switch on players that forces them to confront their role in the game.
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    Sunday Puzzle: Homophones

    Feb 21, 2021
    Listener Seth Copans of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays the puzzle with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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    Check-In: How's It Working Out?

    Feb 19, 2021
    Ophira and Jonathan discuss attempting to workout at home but the obstacles to doing so effectively aren't exactly what you might expect.
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    Real Or Fake Hallmark Movie

    Feb 19, 2021
    Late Night with Seth Meyers writers Jeff Wright and Ben Warheit navigate the plots of cheesy Hallmark Original movies to determine if they're real, fake, or inevitable.
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    Raining Hamiltons

    Feb 19, 2021
    Jeff Wright and Ben Warheit from Late Night with Seth Meyers compete in a music game where lyrics from the musical Hamilton are changed to be about things you might find depicted on American currency.
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    Viral Moments

    Feb 19, 2021
    Believe it or not, there have been some things on the internet that AREN'T terrible. Sunita Mani and John Reynolds (Save Yourselves!) compete in a game about delightful "viral" internet moments.
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    You Made This

    Feb 19, 2021
    From the film Save Yourselves! actors Sunita Mani and John Reynolds play a game about commonly-known things that are named after less commonly-known people.
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    Kyra Sedgwick
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    Kyra Sedgwick

    Feb 19, 2021
    Actor Kyra Sedgwick discusses her nearly four decade spanning career and her new comedy series, Call Your Mother. Then, she is challenged to a game about great goats.
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    Join The Game
    <em>Super Mario 3D World</em> allows online multiplayer in a beautifully designed environment.
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    Nintendo's 'Super Mario 3D World' Gets Another Chance On The Switch

    Feb 18, 2021
    The original Super Mario 3D World was one of the many good Wii U games that never got a chance, because no one bought the console. Now, it's getting a new lease on life as a Switch re-release.
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    Sunday Puzzle: Of The Anagrams

    Feb 14, 2021
    Shawn Fritz plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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    Reading The Game: Kentucky Route Zero

    Feb 11, 2021
    Our occasional series on storytelling in video games returns with a look at the eerie indie hit Kentucky Route Zero, which is ostensibly about a guy making a delivery — but there's so much more.
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    Sunday Puzzle: All About Me

    Feb 07, 2021
    Marc Colello plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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    Not My Job: Actor Owen Wilson Plays A Game Called 'Wilson, Meet Will's Son'

    Feb 06, 2021
    We have three questions for Wilson about Jaden Smith — actor, musician, fashion icon, and son of Will Smith.
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    Keegan-Michael Key
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    Keegan-Michael Key

    Feb 05, 2021
    Coming up, actor Keegan-Michael Key discusses the comedy of chimpanzees and geeks out about Shakespeare.
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    Uptop: Co-Operation

    Feb 05, 2021
    Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Couton discuss one workaround to playing games with a kid who hates to lose: playing cooperative board games where everybody wins.
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    Best of Breed

    Feb 05, 2021
    From the Netflix series Bonding, actors Brendan Scannell and Matt Wilkas hear fictional animals introduced as if they were being presented at the Westminster Dog Show.
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    Move To The Music

    Feb 05, 2021
    Brendan Scannell and Matt Wilkas (Bonding) play a music parody game where lyrics from songs about moving are changed to be about moving into a new home.
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