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Sunday Puzzle: Shuffle A Couple Letters For This Category Challenge

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Sunday Puzzle: Shuffle A Couple Letters For This Category Challenge

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game this week with KCFR listener Richard Bauman of Golden, Colo.

Sunday Puzzle: Shuffle A Couple Letters For This Category Challenge

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Saturday

Not My Job: We Quiz 'Book Of Mormon' Star Andrew Rannells On Ethel Merman
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Not My Job: We Quiz 'Book Of Mormon' Star Andrew Rannells On Ethel Merman

Rannells starred as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon ... but how much does he know about Ethel Merman? We'll give him three chances to prove himself in a game called The Book of ... Merman.

Not My Job: We Quiz 'Book Of Mormon' Star Andrew Rannells On Ethel Merman

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Sunday

Sunday Puzzle: Ch-ch-choose Your Words

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Sunday Puzzle: Ch-ch-choose Your Words

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KQED listener Nabil Tamer of Cupertino, Calif.

Sunday Puzzle: Ch-ch-choose Your Words

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Saturday

Not My Job: We Quiz Comedian Aidy Bryant On '80s Brians
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Not My Job: We Quiz Comedian Aidy Bryant On '80s Brians

Back in the 1980s, there were a lot of Brians, so we'll ask the SNL star three questions — about musician Brian Eno, director Brian De Palma, and Brian Johnson of AC/DC — and see how she does.

Not My Job: We Quiz Comedian Aidy Bryant On '80s Brians

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Sunday

Sunday Puzzle: Group T-H-I-N-K

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Sunday Puzzle: Group T-H-I-N-K

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle with WCVE listener Gene Wolski of Henrico, Va.

Sunday Puzzle: Group T-H-I-N-K

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Saturday

Not My Job: We Quiz Skateboarding Legend Tony Hawk On Fancy Birds
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Not My Job: We Quiz Skateboarding Legend Tony Hawk On Fancy Birds

We recorded the show in San Diego this week and invited Hawk — a San Diego native — to answer questions about the Queen's birds, swiftlets, and the largest member of the grouse family.

Not My Job: We Quiz Skateboarding Legend Tony Hawk On Fancy Birds

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Friday

Palindrome Thunderdome

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Palindrome Thunderdome

A trivia game that will make you say "ah, ha"! In this tricky final round, every answer is a two-word palindrome.

Palindrome Thunderdome

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Closing Time

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Closing Time

You make me feel like a Natural... Wonders? In this music parody game, contestants identify retail chains that went out of business.

Closing Time

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Fact Bag With Aparna Nancherla

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Fact Bag With Aparna Nancherla

Ophira, Jonathan, and comedian Aparna Nancherla team up to guess the answers to our brain-tickling facts, conveniently stored in a bag. Fact Bag!

Fact Bag With Aparna Nancherla

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Before Their Time

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Before Their Time

For everyone who liked it before it was cool: Contestants identify now-popular things based on the harsh criticism they originally received.

Before Their Time

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Sing The Phone Book

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Sing The Phone Book

Know the 4-1-1 on popular tunes? In this audio quiz, contestants listen to song lyrics containing a phone number and dial in with the original artist.

Sing The Phone Book

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Please Quit Your Day Job

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Please Quit Your Day Job

Contestants identify thinkers and leaders based on descriptions of their early careers, like when Christine Baranski worked at a mayonnaise plant. We're kidding! (Or are we?)

Please Quit Your Day Job

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Aparna Nancherla: Introvert Goes 'Corporate'

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Aparna Nancherla: Introvert Goes 'Corporate'

Comedian and actor Aparna Nancherla dishes about interning at NPR, transforming her struggles with mental health into comedy, and working at a soul-crushing office job.

Aparna Nancherla: Introvert Goes 'Corporate'

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Sunday

Sunday Puzzle: Solve This Case

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Sunday Puzzle: Solve This Case

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WDET listener Elliott Shevin of Oak Park, Mich.

Sunday Puzzle: Solve This Case

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Saturday

Not My Job: We Quiz 'Black Panther' Designer Ruth E. Carter On Garfield
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Not My Job: We Quiz 'Black Panther' Designer Ruth E. Carter On Garfield

Carter recently won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for her work on the movie Black Panther, so we've invited her to answer three questions about a grumpy, orange panther (of sorts).

Not My Job: We Quiz 'Black Panther' Designer Ruth E. Carter On Garfield

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