Prom Songs Comedian Baron Vaughn and musician Open Mike Eagle compete in a music parody game about slow prom songs changed to be about things you learned in high school.
Fact Bag Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton dip into the Fact Bag and ponder which genre of music yields the most delicious cheese. Is it rock, ambient, classical, techno, or hip-hop? But it's all gouda.
This, That, Or The Other From Funny or Die's Call & Response Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle suss out if something is a defunct startup, a video game world, or an esteemed contemporary dance company.
Real Or Fake 1930s Inventions Actors Mayim Bialik and Cheyenne Jackson determine if there was such a thing as a "Radio Hat" in a game of real or fake inventions from nearly a century ago.
Behind Backyard Bar-B-Que's James Beard Award-Winning Barbacoa Barbacoa, the ancient method of cooking meat until it's tender, gained one establishment in South Texas the prestigious James Beard Award in 2020. John Burnett
Visual Arts Thrived In A Tumultuous 2020 NPR's Scott Simon speaks to arts reviewer Ben Luke about how visual arts flourished during the pandemic.
Pianist Claude Bolling, Creator Of Popular Jazz/Classical Suites, Has Died The French jazz pianist was best known for his 1975 collaboration with classical flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal. It stayed on the Billboard charts for more than ten years. Anastasia Tsioulcas
2020 Hugo House Fellows share works of ‘Luminosity’ for the new year Poets and essayists conjure post-holiday light Sonya Harris
In Memoriam 2020: The Musicians We Lost The sheer volume of loss felt by the music world in 2020 is almost overwhelming. Here is NPR's tribute to dozens of the musicians — founders and innovators across genres — who died this year. NPR Staff
4 Ways 2020 Changed Media: The Consumer Has Never Had More Power All the biggest media companies are chasing viewer tastes more intensely than ever, focusing on their streaming platforms as consumers create an increasingly personalized, fractured media diet. Eric Deggans