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Sunday

Sunday Puzzle

Heads or Tails

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Zack Howard from Cambridge, Massachusetts. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WBUR in Boston.

Heads or Tails

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Saturday

National

'Hell House' in Hollywood

For a decade, Christian fundamentalist groups have used a kit designed by a Colorado pastor to battle sin with performances of "Hell House." Now a Hollywood producer is using the script in a satirical show. Alex Cohen of member station KQED reports.

'Hell House' in Hollywood

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Friday

Tuesday

Opinion

From Our Listeners

Letters: Is Brian Unger Really from Ohio?

Day to Day slightly confused correspondent Brian Unger made a serious error regarding football in his latest Unger Report -- and that caused some listeners to question Unger's claim that he's an Ohio native. Day to Day senior producer Steve Proffitt joins NPR's Alex Chadwick to put this controversy to rest with a call to Unger's parents.

Letters: Is Brian Unger Really from Ohio?

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Sunday

Sunday Puzzle

Sight Rhymes in Five Letters

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Doug Denning from Manhattan, Kansas. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KHCC-KHCD in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Sight Rhymes in Five Letters

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Friday

Art & Design

Robert Mankoff, 'New Yorker' Cartoon Editor

Fresh Air

Robert Mankoff is cartoon editor of The New Yorker magazine, and runs its online component, The Cartoon Bank. A new 80th anniversary collection, The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker has just been published. Mankoff wrote The Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Creativity. It's a how-to of cartooning and a collection of New Yorker cartoons. This interview was first broadcast Nov. 27, 2002.

Robert Mankoff, 'New Yorker' Cartoon Editor

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Opinion

Diversions

The Capitol Steps Sing Satires of Bush and Kerry

Presidential campaigns mean a busy time for politicos and journalists — and also for satirists. The Washington, D.C.-based comedy troupe the Capitol Steps has been in the thick of it, writing songs and skits that bring out the silly side of the campaign trail.

The Capitol Steps Sing Satires of Bush and Kerry

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Sunday

The Ethicist

The Lure of an Inherited Mink

Is it ethical to wear an old fur coat? After all, you didn't harm any new animals. This week, Ethicist Randy Cohen of The New York Times Magazine offers advice to a listener who can't decide what to do with an old mink coat given to her by her mother.

The Lure of an Inherited Mink

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Saturday

All Things Considered

Meeting Up to Bowl Off Political Steam

With little more than three weeks before the presidential election, tensions are rising among political activists. But some are crossing party lines to blow off steam in a friendly bowling competition. Joshua Levs has an audio postcard.

Meeting Up to Bowl Off Political Steam

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Friday

Monday

The Unger Report Archives

The Unger Report: Surviving Flu Season

Day to Day slightly confused correspondent Brian Unger offers some tips for coping with the upcoming flu season, in light of the shortage of flu vaccine this year. His advice: stay home and avoid kissing.

The Unger Report: Surviving Flu Season

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Sunday

Analysis

Analysis

Borowitz: A Satirist's Take on Politics

NPR's Liane Hansen jokes around with online political satirist and Weekend Edition regular Andy Borowitz. Andy gives us the low-down on his new book, The Borowitz Report — The Big Book of Shockers.

Borowitz: A Satirist's Take on Politics

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Sunday Puzzle

VOTER Anagrams

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Renee-Noelle Felice from Staten Island, N.Y.. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WNYC in New York.

VOTER Anagrams

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