Fact Bag Fact Bag makes its triumphant return as Ophira and Jonathan ponder questions about Germany, Bob Ross and an early Corn Flakes marketing gimmick. Fact Bag!
Cheesy Songs This music parody is not for the lactose intolerant, as contestants guess which cheese musician Jonathan Coulton is singing about.
What happens when an arts reporter heads to the Washington State Fair in Puyallup? People have been “doin’ the Puyallup”—the Washington State Fair—for more than a century. What started as a showcase for livestock and agricultural products is now a three-week festival featuring live entertainment, carnival rides, and deep fried fast foods. Marcie Sillman
Edward Snowden Tells NPR: 'I Have Been Criticizing The Russian Government' In an interview with NPR about his memoir, Permanent Record, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden denies any cooperation with Russian intelligence and says he would return if guaranteed a fair trial. Meghan Collins Sullivan
PHOTOS: Comedy Wildlife Finalists Offer Ode To Silly Serendipity The 2019 finalists for the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards demonstrate the joys of the happy accident — from a deadpan Japanese macaque to a squirrel wishing on a dandelion. Colin Dwyer
Why do Seattleites complain so much? Over the summer, the SoundQs team has gotten some questions that double as complaints about the Seattle region. It got us thinki Caroline Chamberlain Gomez
Clarence Acox, giant of Northwest jazz, leaves the stage Angela King talks with longtime Garfield High School Jazz Band director Clarence Acox. Angela King
'The Only Plane In The Sky' Offers A Powerful, Graphic Narrative Of 9/11 When today's children someday ask "What was 9/11 really like?," Garrett Graff's book will be the answer: He vividly recounts the most upsetting and totemic moments — and critical, little-told others. Scott Detrow
Her Own Toy Story: How A 6-Year-Old Girl's Letter Launched 'Plastic Army Women' A handwritten letter to BMC Toys sent by a 6-year-old girl from Arkansas wondering where the female toy solders are prompted soul-searching and eventually a new contingent of Plastic Army Women. Bobby Allyn
Influential Documentary Photographer Robert Frank Dies At 94 In The Americans, a book of photos taken while road-tripping across the country in the 1950s, his portrait of the United States was dark, grainy and free from nostalgia. He died on Monday night. Andrew Limbong
