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Check-In: Five-Year-Old Cheats

Ophira Eisenberg asks house musician Jonathan Coulton for advice on how to play board games with a child who can't stand to lose. Coulton suggests modeling the behavior of a "gracious loser."

December 11, 2020
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Actor Nnamdi Asomugha.

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Nnamdi Asomugha: From The Silver & Black To The Silver Screen

After 11 seasons playing professional football, Nnamdi Asomugha retired and took up acting. He talks about his new film Sylvie's Love, and plays a game about holiday movies.

December 11, 2020
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Brains!!!

Chelsea Devantez and Ashley Nicole Black answer trivia questions about brains. So really, you're one brain listening to two brains talk to another two brains about themselves.

December 11, 2020
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  • Arts & Life

Sounds Of App-roval

Ashley Nicole Black (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and Chelsea Devantez (Celebrity Book Club) are given a series of sounds, and they have to say what type of app they come from.

December 11, 2020
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  • Games & Humor

Not My Job: We Quiz Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn On Vincent Van Gogh

Since Vonn is probably used to hearing people yell, "Go, Vonn! Go!" We've invited her to answer three questions about Van Gogh, the Dutch impressionist.

December 05, 2020
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More, More, Moray

What has more eyes, a starfish or a scallop? Big Mouth's Ayo Edebiri and her fellow "Iconography" podcast host Olivia Craighead compare animals and guess which has more of a thing.

December 04, 2020
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Bad To The Future II

Comedians and actors Fortune Feimster and Jillian Bell guess what people in the past thought the future would be like.

December 04, 2020
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Yeahs In History

In this audio quiz, Big Mouth's Ayo Edebiri and her fellow "Iconography" podcast host Olivia Craighead identify songs with the word "yeah" in them. Ohhhhh yeahhhhhhh.

December 04, 2020
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Check-In: Milestone Birthdays

Jonathan Coulton talks about celebrating a milestone birthday during the pandemic.

December 04, 2020
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Rosie Perez

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Rosie Perez: The Flight Attendant

Rosie Perez talks about recording safety messages for the New York City subway, her new show The Flight Attendant, and plays a game where she finishes Muhammad Ali's sentences.

December 04, 2020
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Musical Food Pyramid

Jonathan Coulton plays songs by bands named after food rewritten to be about those foods. Fortune Feimster (Chick Fight) and Jillian Bell (Brittany Runs A Marathon) absolutely crush it.

December 04, 2020
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<strong>G.I. Woe:</strong> Mattel's Flushin' Frenzy sends a brown plastic poop flying into the air. It's pictured above at Toy Fair in New York in February 2018.

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Who Cares About The No. 1 Toy When You Could Have No. 2?

The market remains flush with toys that poop: Gotta Go Flamingo, Poopsie Slime Surprise, Doggie Doo, Fishin' For Floaters. "It's a very light taboo," says Mary Higbe of Goliath Games.

November 29, 2020
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  • Neda Ulaby
<em>Genshin Impact</em> has a huge world to explore, and a surprising amount of content for a free-to-play game.

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'Genshin Impact' Is Free-To-Play Fun — If You Can Resist Opening Your Wallet

The exploration and combat game Genshin Impact has earned some favorable comparisons to Nintendo's Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but like many free-to-play games, it's good at getting you to spend money.

November 26, 2020
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  • Kaity Kline

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  • Games & Humor

Not My Job: We Quiz Sarah Paulson Of 'American Horror' On Canadian Horror

Paulson starred in both American Horror Story and American Crime Story. We're going to ask her three questions about terrible things that have happened in Canada.

November 21, 2020
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GPB News NPR

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Check-In: Video Games

Jonathan Coulton's been playing The Last Of Us Part II, which puts players in a post-apocalyptic world of isolation and disease. It must be nice to be able to escape reality like that.

November 20, 2020
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