Step 1: Start getting disappointed. NPR hide caption itoggle caption NPR The Salt Sandwich (Replacement) Monday: Soylent October 27, 2014 For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try Soylent, a meal-replacement substance. It's the thing to eat if you hate eating.
Sunday Puzzle NPR hide caption itoggle caption NPR Sunday Puzzle Take This Job And Puzzle It October 26, 2014 A series of sentences will be given; each one contains a blank. Put the name of an occupation in the blank to complete the sentence in a punny way. Listen Loading… 6:13 Download Playlist
Katy Winn/AP Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Not My Job: Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson Gets Quizzed On Weird Science October 25, 2014 For decades, Florence Henderson, who presided over the Brady Bunch, was America's perfect Mom. We'll ask Henderson three questions about the Ig Nobels — awarded for real, if ridiculous, research. Listen Loading… 11:33 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another Accentuate The Positive October 23, 2014 What do Beyoncé, André the Giant, and a soufflé have in common? Why, the accents in their names, bien sûr! The answers in this final round will be words, names, or phrases containing an accent. Listen Loading… 6:06 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another It's A Snap October 23, 2014 This game has attitude — each answer is a word or phrase containing the word "snap." But extra coordination is required: substitute an actual *snap* of your fingers where it appears in the answer. Listen Loading… 5:44 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another Very Confused TV Guide October 23, 2014 Have you ever been perplexed by the on-screen guide descriptions of your favorite TV shows? Us too. We serve up descriptions of shows, whose titles have been taken perhaps a bit too literally. Listen Loading… 4:44 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another IQ Test October 23, 2014 These words, names, and phrases contain the letters "IQ" consecutively somewhere inside of them. Does this somewhat oblique game pique your interest? Listen Loading… 8:06 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another Presidential Keywords October 23, 2014 U.S. Presidents spend years in office, but their tenure is often remembered in the mind of the public by a singular moment or trait. Given a keyword, you tell us which President it describes. Listen Loading… 4:17 Download Playlist
Lake Street Dive members Bridget Kearney, Mike "McDuck" Olson, Mike Calabrese and Rachael Price (from left to right) battle it out in a '90s music-themed challenge. Josh Rogosin/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Josh Rogosin/NPR Ask Me Another Lake Street Dive: I Love The '90s October 23, 2014 As children of the '90s, the band's members best a "Name That Tune" round of the era's radio hits by correcting Jonathan Coulton's slightly wrecked lyrics. Plus: a performance of "Bad Self Portraits." Listen Loading… 7:44 Download Playlist
They sing pretty, but can they make music out of party balloons? Josh Rogosin/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Josh Rogosin/NPR Ask Me Another Lake Street Dive: My Beautiful Balloon October 23, 2014 The soul-pop quartet behind Bad Self Portraits reveals its extraordinary talent of covering pop songs using, yes, party balloons. Can you guess the titles of these squeaky melodies? Listen Loading… 6:49 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another Celebrity Wedding Announcements October 23, 2014 How do you make a celebrity marriage work? We think it's all in the name. Imagine nuptials between two celebs whose paired surnames create a phrase: Keith Urban plus John Legend = Urban-Legend! Listen Loading… 6:46 Download Playlist
St. Martin's Press You Definitely Need This Condo Pony, And Other Products From 'SkyMaul' October 21, 2014 "The Hot Dog Clock" and "The Forever Diaper" are also must-haves. A San Francisco comedy group is once again poking fun at the in-flight catalog SkyMall. Listen Loading… 4:07 Download Playlist
It's smiling at you. I guess it doesn't know what's about to happen. NPR hide caption itoggle caption NPR The Salt Sandwich Monday: The Primanti Bros. Pitts-burger October 20, 2014 For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a sandwich from the famous Primanti Bros. of Pittsburgh.
Sunday Puzzle NPR hide caption itoggle caption NPR Sunday Puzzle Time To Flex Those Math Muscles October 19, 2014 Get ready to crunch some numbers from the works of the late Martin Gardner, longtime "Mathematical Games" columnist for Scientific American. Listen Loading… 6:15 Download Playlist
Sean Gallup/Getty Images Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Not My Job: Actor Jeff Goldblum Plays A Game Called 'Your Fly Is Open' October 18, 2014 Goldblum starred in a 1986 movie called The Fly so we've invited him to answer three questions about zippers. Listen Loading… 10:23 Download Playlist
NPR Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Wait Wait ... Don't Show Me! Behind The Scenes Of The NPR News Quiz October 14, 2014 Thanks to the magic of radio, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! listeners aren't usually privy to what goes on behind the scenes at the NPR News Quiz. Watch at your own risk. It's not pretty.
Sunday Puzzle NPR hide caption itoggle caption NPR Sunday Puzzle Coming To TV This Fall: Anagrams! October 12, 2014 Every answer is the name of a popular prime-time TV series from this century, on either broadcast or cable. Identify the shows from their anagrams. Listen Loading… 5:59 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another Battle of The Silver Screen Sexes October 9, 2014 This final round game is all about movies with either "man" or "woman" in the title, like "Rain Man" and "Scent of a Woman." Who will be the last man or woman standing? Listen Loading… 4:32 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another Retro Is The New Retro October 9, 2014 Here's a linguistic oddity for you: Retronyms are names for things that have to be altered after newer versions appear. What retronym was needed after the electric guitar arrived? Acoustic guitar. Listen Loading… 6:23 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another Disconsolate Consonants October 9, 2014 Why are these consonants so gloomy? Because they're all alone. Each answer is a word with just one consonant. For example, the letter D is surrounded by vowels in a French word meaning goodbye: adieu. Listen Loading… 5:10 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another Instrument Man October 9, 2014 Sing us a song you're the... Glockenspiel Man? House musician Jonathan Coulton sings Billy Joel's Piano Man with the lyrics rewritten to be about a musical dude jamming out on other instruments. Listen Loading… 7:07 Download Playlist
Ask Me Another It's All Swedish To Me October 9, 2014 In this game we honor the best cook in television history: The Swedish Chef from The Muppets. All the answers must be repeated three times in his signature accent and will rhyme with "bork-bork-bork!" Listen Loading… 6:07 Download Playlist
Gail Simmons says being a food expert is both a blessing and a curse. To this day, no one invites her over for dinner. Melanie Dunea hide caption itoggle caption Melanie Dunea Ask Me Another Random Questions With: Gail Simmons October 9, 2014 The Top Chef judge knows a thing or two about food. But where does she stand on breakfast for dinner vs. leftovers for breakfast? In this game, competing foods battle it out for Simmons' approval. Listen Loading… 11:23 Download Playlist
Gail Simmons can't always resist a little truffle oil... even if it's artificial. Courtesy of Gail Simmons hide caption itoggle caption Courtesy of Gail Simmons Ask Me Another Gail Simmons: A Top Chef's Duel October 9, 2014 Given Simmons' Top Chef judging cred, we ask her to turn her discerning palate toward taking down some trendy foods that have overstayed their welcome. She's still waiting for a good cake pop. Listen Loading… 8:37 Download Playlist
More convenient than a PB&J, unless you're eating them on an incline. NPR hide caption itoggle caption NPR The Salt Sandwich Monday: PB&J Balls October 6, 2014 For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a new take on a brown-bag lunch classic. Welch's has re-engineered the PB&J in ball form.