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At age 16, Shortz began regularly contributing crossword puzzles to Dell Publishing. [6] He eventually graduated from Indiana University in 1974, [7] and is the only person known to hold a college degree in enigmatology, [8] the study of puzzles. Shortz wrote his thesis about the history of American word puzzles. [9]
Ask Me Another is an hour-long radio puzzle game show that was produced by WNYC and National Public Radio.It was hosted by Canadian American comedian Ophira Eisenberg and featured independent rock musician Jonathan Coulton as its "in-house musician" or "one-man house band".
Will Shortz, the longtime crossword puzzle editor of the New York Times and NPR’s “puzzlemaster” for more than three decades, had a stroke last month and has spent the last several weeks in ...
Ayesha Rascoe – Host, Weekend Edition Sunday, Co-Host NPR Sunday Puzzle; Ari Shapiro – Co-Host, All Things Considered; Robert Siegel – Former Host, All Things Considered; retired January 2018; Scott Simon – Host, Weekend Edition Saturday; Juana Summers – Co-Host, All Things Considered; Scott Tong – Co-Host, Here and Now
Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951) [1] is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. Since joining NPR in 1975, Gross has interviewed thousands of guests. [2] [3]
(The program began in the mid-1970s and became a daily NPR show in 1987)," WHYY spokesman Brian Rossiter writes in an email. ... The show isn't the only public-radio hit that brings in more money ...
The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in The New York Times Magazine, is an icon in American culture; it is typically intended to be a "Wednesday or Thursday" in difficulty. [7] The standard daily crossword is 15 by 15 squares, while the Sunday crossword measures 21 by 21 squares.
During her six-season run on SNL from 1996 to 2002, Gasteyer’s Margaret Jo McCullen, co-host of the fictional NPR show “Delicious Dish” along with Molly Shannon’s Teri Rialto, became one ...