Month: November 2025

Big Ma dashes off commands, pots clang, aunts and uncles shoot the breeze, little ones beg to lick the bowl, ham and candied yam. Family Feast! is about food, family and love.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WVXU listener Dennis Pattinson of Cincinnati, Ohio and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.



This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guests Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper, and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Zach Zimmerman, and Faith Salie



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NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Charlie Shackleton, whose newest documentary, “Zodiac Killer Project,” dissects the tropes of true-crime documentaries.

The Washington Spirit takes on Gotham FC on Saturday in San Jose, Calif.

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NPR’s Mia Venkat explains what the internet was obsessed with this week.

Senate Democrats say the new Kennedy Center leadership has led to “millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies.” The performing arts center denies the allegations.

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This year’s Miss Universe competition, held in Bangkok, was marred by a series of dramatic incidents, from a contestant’s livestreamed walkout to a now former judge’s allegations of rigging.

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A new film, adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, posits that the death of Shakespeare’s 11-year-old son may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written.

Leigh shares stories about Psycho, including the infamous shower scene. Also, screenwriter Evan Hunter talks about working with the Hitchcock on his next film, The Birds. Originally broadcast in 1999.