Not My Job: Katie Couric Gets Quizzed On Bad Interns PETER SAGAL, HOST: And now the game where people who've come a long way get to glimpse for a minute what they thought they had left behind. It's called Not My Job. So Katie Couric has held every jo...
At A New Jersey Mosque, People Of Different Faiths Welcome Syrians SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're going to hear now about Americans offering to help resettle Syrian refugees. The U.S. has increased the number of refugees coming here. Some, especially in th...
In Rio's Favelas, Hoped-For Benefits From Olympics Have Yet To Materialize AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Brazil's favelas or shantytowns were celebrated during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games as the birthplace of a lot of Brazil's culture. Well, t...
It's Electric: Novel Re-Creates Charged Rivalry Between Edison And Westinghouse SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Graham Moore's new novel opens with a jolt. A Western Union man is electrocuted in the sky above Broadway. He was trying to repair a live wire. Blue fl...
Borderland Trump Supporters Welcome A Wall In Their Own Backyard STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: From the earliest days of his campaign, Donald Trump has had one consistent crowd pleaser - his pledge to build a wall across the southern border. (SOUNDBITE OF ARC...
Where Lead Lurks And Why Even Small Amounts Matter RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Here's the latest on the lead in Flint, Michigan's water. It no longer rises to what the Environmental Protection Agency calls the action level. New water tests do show progress...
The Long And The Short Of It OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Let's meet our next two contestants. Amanda Chapin, you - what? - collect VHS tapes. AMANDA CHAPIN: Yeah. EISENBERG: What's going on there? CHAPIN: Well, all the best - and by best I mean, like, wo...
Ira Sachs And Jennifer Ehle: Stage And Screen Collide OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: This is NPR's ASK ME ANOTHER. I'm your host Ophira Eisenberg, and it's time to bring out our next two guests. She's an actor who starred in Zero Dark Thirty, Contagion, as...
Heating Up The Competition OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Now we're going to crown this week's big winner. Let's bring back Mike, Nick, Brendan and Kevin to play our final round. (APPLAUSE) EISENBERG: Puzzle guru Art Chung, take it away. ART CHUNG: Thanks,...
The New York Review Of Children's Books JONATHAN COULTON: From NPR and WNYC, coming to you from the Bell House in beautiful Brooklyn, N.Y., it's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia, ASK ME ANOTHER. I'm Jonathan Coulton. Now here's your host,...
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Part Zwei OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Let's meet our next two contestants. Nick Pappas, you are a content manager for a comedy website. NICK PAPPAS: That's right. EISENBERG: Nice. What do you think we need to laugh more at? What do...
Everybody Wants To Rule The World OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: This is ASK ME ANOTHER, NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia. I'm your host Ophira Eisenberg here with puzzle guru Art Chung and house musician Jonathan Coulton. (APPLAUSE) EISENBERG:...
Garance Dor: New York Or Paris? OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Our first guest is a fashion photographer, a blogger and the author of The New York Times best-seller Love Style Life. Please welcome Garance Dore, everybody. (APPLAUSE) EISENBERG: Now, Garance,...
TV Networks Unveil Fall Lineup At Summer Press Tour AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This is the part of the summer when NPR TV critic Eric Deggans and pop culture correspondent Linda Holmes pack their bags, head to LA and watch a lot of video teasers of new TV...
In South Texas, Fair Wages Elude Farmworkers, 50 Years After Historic Strike DAVID GREENE, HOST: Fifty years ago this summer, farmworkers in South Texas walked off the fields to protest poor wages and appalling working conditions. They marched 400 mi...
