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  Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! The...

  NPR

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  Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR’s weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio listeners test their knowledge against a panel of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world: Adam Felber; Roy Blount, Jr.; Paula Poundstone; Mo Rocca; Roxanne Roberts; Charlie Pierce; and others. This two-disk set features highlights from the popular “Not My Job” segment of the show, during which celebrity guest contestants answer questions on topics unrelated to their particular area of expertise and compete for the ultimate prize: NPR veteran announcer Carl Kasell’s voice on a lucky listener’s answering machine.

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  A Walk In The Dark

  Luke Skyscraper James

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  Think Laurel and Hardy do the apocalypse. Two buffoons, Ed and Harry, are trapped in their tower block apartments following an apocalypse neither of them remembers, knowing only that daylight is deadly and that they must at all times wear totally immersion, body seal suits, and masks, Ed, doesn’t care why there is always food in the fridge. He is quite happy to remain in his apartment and immerse himself in history books. On the other hand, Harry is bored stupid and is determined to trick Ed into leaving their building and trekking across the rubble in search of answers.Thrust into a world neither of them can explain or understand they journey the rubble and ruins of civilization in search of answers. Where did everyone go?What reduced the world to an ocean of rubble, and why can't they remember it? Why is there always food in the fridge?Who is the Bounty Hunter, who sent him, and why? Has God really been flushed down the toilet? Is Satan's favorite whore really a whore, or is Satan's favorite whore really Satan? All will be revealed as Ed and Harry risk life, limb, and sanity to go outside and take … …A WALK IN THE DARK

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  Charles II - George II - Tea...

  Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett

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  Charles Featherstone gleefully narrates the uproarious finale of A’Beckett’s Comic History, skewering Britain’s glorious descent into chaos after Queen Anne. Witness thick-accented German kings fumbling through English, ministers auctioning the nation’s dignity, and England drowning in get-rich-quick scams – all while crinolines expanded and sense evaporated. 
  meet George I, shuffling mistresses in and out of palace cupboards while dodging Jacobite assassins; his son George II, shrieking battlefield commands in mangled English (and reportedly dropping his trousers for "luck" mid-cavalry charge); and Britain’s "first" Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, who perfected bribery as statecraft with the immortal quip: "Every man has his price... and mine is remarkably low!" 
  Witness the South Sea Bubble—a frenzy of greed that saw nobles and cobblers alike betting fortunes on "vapor and paperwork" until the economy imploded (though London’s wig-makers somehow thrived). Hold your breath as Bonnie Prince Charlie’s tartan-clad Jacobite rebels storm south in the ’45 Rising, only to collapse into farce when the prince reportedly fled a dessert fork "quivering in his pudding." And marvel at Britain’s global gambles: empires built on naval mutinies over rancid limes, colonial cash-grabs, and taxes on everything from windows to gin—all while Germanic kings gazed wistfully toward Saxony. 
  Perfect for fans of Blackadder the Third and The Perfect for fans of Blackadder the Third and the screwball intrigue of The Favourite, this riotous finale proves Britain’s "Enlightenment" was really enlightened self-interest—a stumble toward greatness paved with blunders, bribes, and enough powdered wigs to choke a horse.

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  The Unindexed Mind A Masochist's...

  Tory Handcock

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  The Unindexed Mind: A Masochist's Reflection isn't a self-help book, a memoir, or a manifesto—it's a philosophical junk drawer spilled across the floor. In it, Tory Handcock questions everything from belief systems and artificial meaning to morality, chaos, authority, and the illusion of progress. The voice is raw, self-aware, often sarcastic, and deeply introspective. 
  Part poetic rant, part philosophical street fight, this book isn't here to sell clarity. It's here to wrestle with it, mock it, and maybe find a strange kind of peace in the mess. From pondering why chaos came before all things to building metaphysical Lego castles out of existential puke, the writing embraces contradiction, humor, and brutal honesty. 
  If you've ever stared into the void and laughed—or wanted to—this is your invitation to join in. Just don't expect straight lines. That's not how this mind works.

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  Oddball Thoughts

  Donald Silverman

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  A collection of random thoughts and observations written between 2019-2024, written by former newspaper delivery boy, boardwalk barker, encyclopedia salesman, street art festival promoter, university executive, and filmmaker Donald Silverman.

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  Notes After Terawih

  Ziks

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  ‘Tarawih’ (Arabic) comes from the root word that means to take a rest, and take rest I did.Notes After Terawih is a series of word sketches I drew based on my distracted observation during night prayers, or terawih prayers, done in a single mosque during Ramadhan. Thousands of us here in Singapore engage in terawih for thirty nights in a row – that’s a huge multitude of experiences. Yet, all these experiences are tucked within the walls of the mosque and ultimately remain in Ramadhan... As a new kid in this terawih thing, I decided to take some notes. None of these were written on the spot. Instead, they were recalled and typed on my phone as I headed home for the night.

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