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News Articles: Games & Humor

Kacey Musgraves performs in Las Vegas on Dec. 6, 2019.

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for June 4, 2022: A Farewell to Zoom

After 85 remote shows, Peter, Bill and the panel are finally saying farewell to sweatpants and hello to live audiences. We celebrate our new theater by looking back over the Zoom shows of our past.

June 04, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Science

Kasha Patel: Why we should use comedy to explain science

Can humor help us learn about the world? Science writer and comedian Kasha Patel thinks so. She applies the scientific method to stand-up comedy, and uses humor to teach science.

June 03, 2022
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  • Fiona Geiran,
  • Manoush Zomorodi,
  • and 1 more

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  • Science

Kasha Patel: Why we should use comedy to explain science

Can humor help us learn about the world? Science writer and comedian Kasha Patel thinks so. She applies the scientific method to stand-up comedy, and uses humor to teach science.

June 03, 2022
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By:
  • Fiona Geiran,
  • Manoush Zomorodi,
  • and 1 more
The video game is the latest iteration of the cult classic Evil Dead franchise.

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  • Pop Culture

'Evil Dead: The Game' gets the band back together for a modern horror makeover

The team behind the new video game talks about adapting the sounds and music for this cult-classic horror film for a new audience.

May 31, 2022
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  • Vincent Acovino
The video game is the latest iteration of the cult classic Evil Dead franchise.

Tagged as: 

  • Pop Culture

'Evil Dead: The Game' gets the band back together for a modern horror makeover

The team behind the new video game talks about adapting the sounds and music for this cult-classic horror film for a new audience.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Vincent Acovino
One of Xbox's headlining Asian characters, Morgan Yu from <em>Prey</em>, playable as either a man or a woman.

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  • Arts & Life

Xbox promotes Asian characters and creators amid calls for greater diversity in games

Microsoft has touted Asian representation on their services throughout AAPI month as they aggressively acquire more games and studios for Xbox.

May 27, 2022
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  • George Yang
Mandy Moore at the Emmys in Los Angeles.

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for May 21, 2022: With Not My Job guest Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore was a platinum-selling singer by 15, and then transitioned into acting. She's now the star of NBC's This is Us, so we've invited her on to play a game called This is Utz.

May 21, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Leysha, a vampire with psychic powers, is on the case.

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  • Arts & Life

Supernatural sleuthing, bloody frustrations in 'Vampire: The Masquerade — Swansong'

A new video game features three vampire investigators sniffing out a conspiracy in modern Boston. But it's not the gothic epic that franchise fans keep waiting for.

May 18, 2022
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  • Brittany Vincent
It is still partially a mystery how Nala, a lost dog, was able to get into the house of Julie and Jimmy Johnson and climb her way into their bed overnight.

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  • Animals

This dog broke into a Tennessee couple's house and snuggled her way into their bed

Julie and Jimmy Johnson woke up to quite the surprise after a night of thunderstorms earlier this month. While they have three dogs of their own, the dog sandwiched between them was a total stranger.

May 16, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Sunday Puzzle

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  • Games & Humor

Sunday Puzzle: Sandwich the letters

Mark Englehart plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

May 15, 2022
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  • Will Shortz

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  • Arts & Life

How a father's gift brought sense to an uncertain life, from 'Zelda' to 'Elden Ring'

Contributor Alexander Tuerk revisits departed family and the virtual worlds that sustained him in uncertain times.

May 14, 2022
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  • Alexander Tuerk

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for May 7, 2022: With Not My Job guest Adam Scott

Adam Scott stars in the brilliant new dark comedy Severance, so we've invited him on to answer three questions about unions: specifically weddings, engagements and proposals.

May 07, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Myles Stubblefield on stage in Buffalo, N.Y.

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for April 30, 2022: Live from Buffalo!

It's our first-ever show in Buffalo, so we invited royalty. Myles Stubblefield is a vermiculturist known as the Worm King of Buffalo, but what does he know about musical earworms?

April 30, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Jon Stewart accepts the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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  • Arts & Life

Jon Stewart says the 'fragility of leaders' is the real threat to humor

Jon Stewart is honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center. The former host of The Daily Show was praised for revitalizing political satire and for his activism.

April 25, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for April 23, 2022: With Not My Job guest Stephen Merchant

Stephen Merchant is the co-creator of some of the most influential comedies of all time, from The Office to Extras, but what does he know about unscrupulous businesses, aka Thievin' Merchants?

April 23, 2022
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