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The Pen is Mightier Than the Swordfish

Actors Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding (Rutherford Falls) face off in a game of This, That, or the Other where the categories are: fountain pen companies, sword parts, and fish.

May 14, 2021
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GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

A Brand By Any Other Name

From the indie rock band Real Estate, bandmates Alex Bleeker and Martin Courntney put their time on the road to good use in a game about brands with different regional names around the United States.

May 14, 2021
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Sean Hayes.

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  • Arts & Life

Sean Hayes: HypocondriActor

Will & Grace actor Sean Hayes talks about his pandemic puppy and his new medical podcast HypocondriActor. Then, he plays two games inspired by his obsession with medical stories.

May 14, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Check-In: Double Vaxxed!

Host Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton reflect on their journey to their fully vaxxed status. Bring on the huggin' and kissin' parties!

May 14, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Other 90s

Real Estate bandmates Martin Courtney and Alex Bleeker compete in a 90s themed music parody game about things from the 1890s, 1790s, 1690s... you get it.

May 14, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, pictured in 2019, just became the newest national chess master in the U.S. at age 10.

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Meet America's Newest Chess Master, 10-Year-Old Tanitoluwa Adewumi

At 10 years old, Tanitoluwa Adewumi just became one of the youngest chess masters in the United States — and he's not done yet. He says he hopes to become the world's youngest grandmaster.

May 12, 2021
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  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Karen Zamora,
  • and 1 more

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  • Arts & Life

Not My Job: We Quiz 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Winner Symone On Fixing Sinks

Symone is brilliant in the art of lip synch, so we've invited her to play a game called "Lip synch meet fix sink." Three questions about plumbers.

May 08, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Games & Humor

Not My Job: We Quiz Black Thought, Co-Founder Of The Roots, On Suits

We've invited Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought, to play a game called "It's great, just great! But we have a few notes." Three questions about "suits" — network executives who oversee movies and TV.

May 01, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
In the <em>Pokémon Snap</em> games, you're not capturing mons and forcing them to fight — you're taking pictures of them in their natural habitats.

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Channel Your Inner Wildlife Photographer And Chill Out With 'New Pokémon Snap'

After years of begging by fans online, Nintendo has released a sequel to the classic N64 game Pokémon Snap — it's a peaceful playthrough that has you taking pictures of monsters, not capturing them.

April 30, 2021
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  • Kaity Kline
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Good Tries

Actor Mary Holland and director Maureen Bharoocha (Golden Arm) guess if the failed products described are real or fake.

April 30, 2021
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GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Has This Been To Space?

The hilarious Maria Bamford and Richard Kind (Everything's Gonna Be Okay) guess if various objects have been to space. But they're all silly objects, because "Soyuz capsule" is kind of a gimmie.

April 30, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

The Chortle Instruments

Actor Mary Holland and director Maureen Bharoocha (Golden Arm) listen to clips of unusual musical instruments. The title of this game is a gratuitous pun of a series of young adult fantasy novels.

April 30, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Check-In: Sweet Sixteen

Jonathan Coulton's daughter just turned 16. He and Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg discuss the bittersweet passage of time.

April 30, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Sierra Teller Ornelas

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  • Arts & Life

Sierra Teller Ornelas: Rutherford Falls

Rutherford Falls' co-creator Sierra Teller Ornelas talks about Native American representation in her new sitcom, and explains what "bank plants" are.

April 30, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

My 'Kind' Of Music

Maria Bamford and Richard Kind (Everything's Gonna Be Okay) play a word game celebrating Kind's musical theater performances, even the performances he doesn't remember very well.

April 30, 2021
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