AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Many of us look forward to flipping through the Williams-Sonoma holiday catalog and the unbearably festive kitchen delights it offers. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Then there are those of us who look forward to scrolling through Drew Magar...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Iraqi forces in Mosul have captured ISIS fighters and also locals accused of supporting them. Many of those alleged supporters end up in a makeshift courthouse in a town just north of Mosul. NPR's Peter Kenyon watched one of those...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When the new season of the reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice premieres January 2 on NBC, a familiar name will be in the credits. Donald Trump will be listed as executive producer. It's another conflict of interest for the presid...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's a different property dispute in Austria over what to do with the house where Adolf Hitler was born. The question has plagued his home country for decades. It has pitted the government in Vienna that wants the birth house go...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Maybe you know comedian and rapper Donald Glover from his roles on TV shows like Community and 30 Rock. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, COMMUNITY) DONALD GLOVER: (As Troy Barnes) Cookie Crisp mascot wasn't a wizard when I was a kid. It wa...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: People in Kenya see this kind of commercial a lot. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED CHOIR: (Singing in foreign language). SHAPIRO: They're singing, things are now modern. The jingle is for a new type of banking servic...
OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Next, our contestants will have to deal with the world's worst GPS, but first let's check in with them. Kirsten Lenthe, you are trying to visit all 50 states. So where in the process are you? KIRSTEN LENTHE: I believe, at last...
OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Now it's time to crown our big winner. Let's bring back our finalists, Mary, who was an intern at America's Test Kitchen and ate a lot of beef tenderloin and Owen, a park ranger who saved a possum. Puzzle guru Art Chung, take...
JONATHAN COULTON: From NPR and WNYC, coming to you from a studio in a skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, it's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia, ASK ME ANOTHER. I'm Jonathan Coulton. Now, here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg. OPHIRA EISENBERG,...
OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: It's time to welcome our first two contestant callers to the show. First up, David Pickett. You're a software engineer calling from Salem, N.H. Welcome. DAVID PICKETT: Hello, Ophira. It's good to be here. EISENBERG: Your oppon...
JONATHAN COULTON: This is NPR's ASK ME ANOTHER. I'm Jonathan Coulton here with puzzle guru Art Chung. Now here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg. OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Thanks, Jonathan. Today we're broadcasting from NPR's studios in New York, and we're...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This is a historic day in South Korea. Just hours ago, lawmakers there voted to impeach their president, Park Geun-hye. She's been mired in a corruption scandal that has sent millions of people into the streets to protest. Now, t...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: You know, movie lines have a way of rattling around in your head. Movies like Caddyshack or Airplane! Stop Calling Me Shirley... RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Shirley (laughter). Sorry. INSKEEP: From the Frank Capra film It's A Wonderful...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some world leaders have multiple titles. Britain's Queen Elizabeth, for example, is Elizabeth II but also Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith. Donald Trump, too, will have multiple titles. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: He w...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Thirty years ago, a new face debuted on daytime television. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) OPRAH WINFREY: Hi there. My name is Oprah Winfrey. SHAPIRO: That's from an audition tape that Oprah submitted for her first talk show cal...
