MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Not My Job: We Quiz 'Shape Of Water' Star Doug Jones On Frozen Sculptures
  Doug Jones starred as the sexy sea creature in The Shape of Water, so we've invited him to play a game called "Hey, check out the shape of this water!"
• Washington Irving's Headless Horseman Of Sleepy Hollow Turns 200
  NPR's Scott Simon talks to historian Elizabeth Bradley about the 200th anniversary of the publication of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
• Yes, There's Conflict — But No One's The Bad Guy In 'Memorial'
  Bryan Washington's debut novel brings together an eclectic cast of characters who redefine family. He says he wanted to write about people operating from a place of love, rather than disdain or hate.
• A New Picture Book Reminds Black Sons: You Are 'Every Good Thing'
  When Derrick Barnes began writing children's books 15 years ago, he didn't see Black kids — boys in particular — depicted in positive, affirming ways. His latest book is called I Am Every Good Thing.
• 'Snapped' Grounds A Sparky Romance In Real-World Experience
  Alexa Martin draws on her own life for the latest in her series of football-themed romances. Snapped deals with some of the problems that plague the sport, but never loses sight of the love story.
• Secrets And Betrayals Upend A Seemingly Perfect Life In 'The Undoing'
  Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant star as a married couple on the brink of unraveling in David E. Kelley's new HBO miniseries, based on Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel, You Should Have Known.
• 'Fresh Air' Reflects On The Psychedelic Movement
  We listen to a 1983 interview with psychologist Timothy Leary, a 1990 interview with spiritual leader Ram Dass and a 2018 interview with How to Change Your Mind author Michael Pollan.
• Heidi Schreck: Kids Read The Constitution
  Heidi Schreck is a playwright whose play, What the Constitution Means to Me, was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. She plays a game where kids read her quotes from the Constitution.
• Elvish Presley
  The Daily Show's Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta go on a quest in this music parody game where Jonathan Coulton performs Elvis songs re-written to be about characters from The Lord of the Rings.
• Press X To Save The Princess
  The Konami code won't save The Daily Show's Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta as they take on a true/false quiz about video games.