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Rita Wilson On Life After 50: 'Get Ready, It's A Blast'

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Rita Wilson On Life After 50: 'Get Ready, It's A Blast'

Rita Wilson talked to Tell Me More on Friday about editing a section of The Huffington Post.

Rita Wilson On Life After 50: 'Get Ready, It's A Blast'

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Sex Overseas: 'What Soldiers Do' Complicates WWII History

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Sex Overseas: 'What Soldiers Do' Complicates WWII History

Historian Mary Louise Roberts' new book explores the interactions between soldiers and French women after the U.S. liberated France. She found that American soldiers horrified some towns by having sex with prostitutes in public places, and 1944 saw a wave of rape accusations against GIs.

Sex Overseas: 'What Soldiers Do' Complicates WWII History

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Rediscover Your Inner Anarchist In The Anti-Corporate 'East'

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Rediscover Your Inner Anarchist In The Anti-Corporate 'East'

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The East is a romantic activist outlaw fantasy in which Brit Marling plays an agent who poses as a radical activist to catch an eco-terrorist group. It's one of those melodramas in which someone on the morally wrong side has a spasm of conscience and maybe crosses over. Maybe.

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Board To Death

This game pays homage to the board game Clue, and its hilarious film adaptation, by adopting its standard phrasing for a solved murder mystery: "Professor Plum, in the billiard room, with the candlestick!" Host Ophira Eisenberg doles out Clue-style descriptions of murder plots in famous films.

Board To Death

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Y.M.C.A.

Can you name all the members of the Village People? In this game, house musician Jonathan Coulton pays tribute to the group's perennial dance classic, "Y.M.C.A.," with the song's lyrics rewritten test your knowledge of other four-letter abbreviations. You'll be singing along A.S.A.P.!

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Lesser-Known Knights

We all know King Arthur's famous Knights of the Round Table, like Sir Lancelot, the Knight of the Lake. But do you know the Knight of Scales, Fangs and Coils: Sir Pent? In this game, host Ophira Eisenberg offers more descriptions of a word or phrase whose first syllable sounds like "Sir."

Lesser-Known Knights

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Presidential Middle Names

Can you guess the Simpsons character whose first name is a Presidential middle name? In this game, Jonathan Coulton spices up the names of U.S. Presidents by "expanding" their middle names to include other famous people or characters.

Presidential Middle Names

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Delightful Spoonerisms, Despiteful Lunarisms

A "spoonerism" is a play on words in which the initial sounds of two words are reversed. Play a game in which puzzle guru John Chaneski asks contestants to make spoonerisms out of movie and song titles.

Delightful Spoonerisms, Despiteful Lunarisms

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All-American Words

In honor of V.I.P. Dan Kennedy and his new novel American Spirit, puzzle guru John Chaneski cooks up a patriotic final round in which all the answers are phrases or titles that contain the word "America" or "American." America's got talent" — and yes, we mean you, brainy listeners.

All-American Words

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Dan Kennedy: Fishing For A Tale

"I was just having an out-of-body experience, where I was like, 'You're on a game show, and Hootie and the Blowfish is the answer.' How did this happen?" — Dan Kennedy, author and host of The Moth podcast. Lam Thuy Vo/NPR hide caption

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Dan Kennedy: Fishing For A Tale

The author and host of The Moth Podcast explains why his interests run the gamut from wildfire-suppression techniques, to the dietary habits of trout, to blurring the lines between fact and fiction in his new novel American Spirit.

Dan Kennedy: Fishing For A Tale

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Rita Wilson Says Fifty Is Fabulous

Some people say your 20s and 30s are the prime of your life. But actress and producer Rita Wilson says 50 is a great age. She's the editor-at-large of the Huff/Post50 website. She joins host Michel Martin to talk about how she's been able to follow her dreams after 50, and help others do the same.

Rita Wilson Says Fifty Is Fabulous

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Whitey Bulger Bio Profiles Boston's Most Notorious Gangster
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Whitey Bulger Bio Profiles Boston's Most Notorious Gangster

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Reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy, who covered Bulger for years for The Boston Globe, have a book out about the career criminal. Bulger was wanted for 19 murders when he was captured by the FBI in 2011. Jury selection for his trial begins June 6.

Whitey Bulger Bio Profiles Boston's Most Notorious Gangster

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Binge Viewing And A Summer TV Quiz
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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Binge Viewing And A Summer TV Quiz

On this week's show, we welcome some special guests to chat about Arrested Development, gobbling up television, crazy summer shows, and what's making us happy this week.

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