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Friday

Not My Job: Pianist Emanuel Ax Takes A Quiz On Axe Body Spray
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Not My Job: Pianist Emanuel Ax Takes A Quiz On Axe Body Spray

The classical pianist has won seven Grammy awards and recorded with the world's greatest orchestras. We've invited him to play a game called "You make men irresistible to women!"

Not My Job: Pianist Emanuel Ax Takes A Quiz On Axe Body Spray

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Ask Me Another

Really Hard Edition: Part 3

Hear chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley play a game about the quirks of fellow chess players, plus an interview with NPR puzzlemaster Will Shortz and a diabolical anagram of Shortz' own devising.

Really Hard Edition: Part 3

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Ask Me Another

Really Hard Edition: Part 1

Hear "The Philosopher's Comedy Club," which imagines that Nietzsche and Kierkegaard were actually hacky comedians, and "Presidential Middle Names," a mash-up round that may melt your brain.

Really Hard Edition: Part 1

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Ask Me Another

Really Hard Edition: Part 2

Play along with notorious stumpers like spelling game "Top Row," mix pop music with mental math in "Algebraic Music," and make puns of world leaders' names in "Imperial Pets."

Really Hard Edition: Part 2

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Monday

Sunday

Quitting Your Job For Fantasy Football

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Quitting Your Job For Fantasy Football

Drew Dinkmeyer was an investment analyst. Pretty steady job, right? He left that job - in this economic climate - to become a full-time fantasy sports player.

Quitting Your Job For Fantasy Football

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Saturday

'Bummers, Blisters And Boondoggles': A Jokester Joins The Army

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'Bummers, Blisters And Boondoggles': A Jokester Joins The Army

Humorist and late-night radio voice Jean Shepherd spent time in the U.S. Army during World War II. He never made it overseas, but the stories he mined from that experience have now been collected in a new volume, Shep's Army.

'Bummers, Blisters And Boondoggles': A Jokester Joins The Army

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Friday

Not My Job: Tony Danza Plays Our Version Of 'Who's The Boss?'
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Not My Job: Tony Danza Plays Our Version Of 'Who's The Boss?'

It's simple: We'll tell him about three companies and three people who might be the head of those companies. He'll have to guess who's the boss.

Not My Job: Tony Danza Plays Our Version Of 'Who's The Boss?'

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Julie Klausner: The Pop Culture Maven

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Julie Klausner: The Pop Culture Maven

Hear the media ambassador for Vulture.com talk about what we can learn from The Real Housewives reality show series and her podcast, "How Was Your Week." Plus, in an Ask Me Another challenge, the comedian takes on a quiz about the beloved band The Monkees.

Julie Klausner: The Pop Culture Maven

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Monday

Sunday

An Adventurer Returns To The Dungeon In 'Dice And Men'
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Author Interviews

An Adventurer Returns To The Dungeon In 'Dice And Men'

Author David Ewalt loved roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons as a kid. In his new book, Of Dice and Men, Ewalt returns to his childhood pastime — once the province of nerds in the basement, it's now become an enormously influential worldwide phenomenon.

An Adventurer Returns To The Dungeon In 'Dice And Men'

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Sunday Puzzle

A Matter Of Succession

You're given two words starting with the letter S. For each pair, select a third word — also starting with S — that can follow the first one and precede the second one, in each case to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase.

A Matter Of Succession

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Monday