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Thursday, October 25, 2012
All Tech Considered
Spookier Living Through Technology: Zombify Your Kids
October 25, 2012 Oh, the horror! Frightful apps like iMut8r — which transforms the people in digital portraits into zombies, vampires, witches or demons — can liven up the Halloween season. Other apps let you stream classic horror films or prank your friends with scary sounds when they least expect it.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Pop Culture
From 'Groovy' To 'Slacks,' The Words That Date You
October 22, 2012 When Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich used the word "slacks" in a recent column, a reader commented: "Slacks? How old are you?" It got Schmich thinking about the words we choose and how much those choices can reveal about our age. Tell us: What are the words you use that date you?
All Tech Considered
6 New Video Games That Will Get You Hooked
October 22, 2012 Video game makers are rolling out their new titles — with a wide range of creativity and style — just in time for the holiday shopping season. Jamin Warren, founder of Kill Screen magazine, shares his top picks.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Sunday Puzzle
'Poked' And 'Tummy' Become 'Poker' And 'Rummy'
October 21, 2012 You will be given two words. Change one letter in each of them to make two new words that name things that are in the same category. (Hint: In each pair, the letter that you change to — that is, the new letter — is the same in each pair.)
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Plays Not My Job
October 20, 2012 In January 2007, Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi became the first woman to be sworn in as speaker of the House of Representatives. We've invited her to answer three questions about men who've broken gender barriers.
Monday, October 15, 2012
'Another Thing': Test Your Clever Skills
'Another Thing' Wraps With Songs Of Housework Woe
October 15, 2012 All Things Considered and author/blogger Lenore Skenazy conclude their weekly on-air puzzle that tests your cleverness skills. The "Another Thing" contest takes a trend in the news and challenges you to help us satirize it with a song title, a movie name or something else wacky.
The Salt
Sandwich Monday: The Candwich
October 15, 2012 For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try the Candwich, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a can. The makers say it has an extended shelf life over conventional sandwiches, staying fresh for years. This is good, because it may take decades to get up the nerve to eat it.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Sunday Puzzle
Where, 'O' Where Shall I Put You?
October 14, 2012 Every answer is a two-word phrase in which the letter "O" is added at the end of the first word to make the second word. For example, given the clue "pack animal owned by Thomas Jefferson's first vice president," the answer would be "Burr burro."
Thursday, October 11, 2012
It's All Politics
B-I-D-E-N Or R-Y-A-N? It's Debate Bingo
October 11, 2012 If you're looking for something else to do while watching or listening to tonight's 90-minute vice presidential debate, there's always debate bingo.
The Salt
The Secret To Genius? It Might Be More Chocolate
October 11, 2012 A cardiologist has some fun plotting how a country's chocolate consumption may predict Nobel prizes. The outlier, he notes, is that Sweden, the home of the Nobel, seems to get more than its share of the prizes.
Monday, October 08, 2012
'Another Thing': Test Your Clever Skills
'Another Thing': Singing The Housework Blues
October 8, 2012 All Things Considered and author/blogger Lenore Skenazy offer a weekly on-air contest to test your cleverness skills. The "Another Thing" contest takes a trend in the news and challenges you to help us satirize it with a song title, a movie name or something else wacky.
Around the Nation
In Pumpkin Regatta, It's Toothy Grins All Around
October 8, 2012 MPBNThe typical jack-o'-lanterns that don front stoops this time of year pale in comparison to their multihundred-pound brethren: the giant pumpkin. Every year in Damariscotta, Maine, people hollow them out, climb inside and race them.
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Three-Minute Fiction: 'No Down Time'
October 7, 2012 The president laughed and stuck the pea in his nose again. The first time he had done it, he had gotten such a big laugh that he simply had to do it again. After all, it was Christmas Eve! No war, no unemployment. Just a little dinnertime fun for the leader of the free world and his family.
Sunday Puzzle
Frog Stuck In Your C-R-O-A-T?
October 7, 2012 You'll be given a category, and you name something in the category starting with each of the letters in the word "Croat." For example, if the category were "boy's names," you might say Chris, Roger, Otto, Adam and Terry.
