Topic: Jeopardy!

Rachel Maddow Unrecognizable to Jeopardy! Contestants

Maybe it's because she wasn't wearing her glasses? She's like MSNBC's Clark Kent. Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: cable news news ,rachel...
On last night's "Jeopardy!" a pair of TV news personalities were the the subjects in a category about Rhodes Scholars. One was ABC News anchor...

Double Jeopardy!

Alex Trebek has been hosting game shows since 1966, when, as the eager presenter on Reach for the Top, the Ontario native wooed Canada's...
The folks at MSNBC aren't going to be happy to hear this. During Thursday's televised game show Jeopardy, none of the contestants could identify...
Paul Solman interviews Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Richard Cordray Wednesday in Washington, D.C.. . In the spring of 1987, a law...

Tech Duds of the Past and Present

I don't know that a lot of people have noticed, but far too many technologies have stalled and are vulnerable to new inventions. Of course, many of...
Published in the February 2012 issue. . There is a movement afoot - there have been small meetings in New York and San Francisco and Portland...

Generation Robot

Sit down with some big technology thinkers and it won't be long before you hear them talk about "the Singularity," the allegedly imminent moment...
Why do they bother putting an expiration date on sour cream? In which direction does a Jewish dyslexic read? When a ventriloquist performs oral...

This Week in Travel - Episode 90

After weeks of bad internet and scheduling problems due to travel, I finally make an appearance back on the show! . . This week's guest is Emmy...