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June 21, 1938: Literary Laughs and Brain Teasers with Clifton Fadiman

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June 14, 1938: Quiz Night with Clifton Fadiman and Marc Connelly

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June 7, 1938: Quick Wit and Trivia with Clifton Fadiman and Guests

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December 25, 1944: Christmas at St. Albans with Fred Allen and Judge James Wallace

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February 5, 1945: Clifton Webb and Moss Hart Join the Panel

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October 23, 1944: Musical Monarchies and Judicial Jesters with Artur Rubinstein and Lewis Browne

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September 11, 1944: Musical Titles and Political Tales with Jan Struther and Alexander Knox

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March 20, 1944: Senators, Sonnets, and Campaign Songs with Alben Barkley and Theodore Green

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February 28, 1944: Leap Year Proposals and Literary Meals with Franchot Tone

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January 24, 1944: Love Triangles and Musical Tactics with Elizabeth Janeway and Deems Taylor

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June 21, 1943: Combined Operations and British Wit with Hilary St. George Saunders

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February 12, 1945: Ghosts, Games, and Gags with Faith Baldwin and Fred Allen

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February 19, 1945: Masquerades and Mare’s Milk with Gregory Ratoff and John Gunther

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December 24, 1945: Tides, Skulls, and Stage Murders with Boris Karloff

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March 27, 1942: Musical Muses and Presidential Firsts with Wallace R. Deuel

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January 30, 1948: Operatic Antics and Vocal Virtuosity with Lauritz Melchior and Helen Traubel

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July 23, 1940: Laughter and Lore with Fred Allen and Howard Lindsay

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June 20, 1939: Political Insight and Comic Chaos with Gracie Allen and John Gunther

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January 10, 1944: Latin Lessons and Literary Allusions with John M. Coffey and Christopher Morley

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January 3rd, 1944: Literary Matchmaking and Animal Attacks with Louis Bromfield

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December 27, 1943: Word Origins and Political Rivalries with Leon Henderson and Jan Struther

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December 20, 1943: Kentucky Wit and Literary Toolsheds with Jesse Stuart

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December 13, 1943: Exiles, Clocks, and Conferences with Quincy Howe & T. F. Tsiang

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December 6, 1943: Poets, Phrases, and Panel Sparks with Lewis Browne and Sinclair Lewis

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May 17, 1938: Stumping the Experts with Clifton Fadiman and Panel

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November 29, 1943: Pianistic Paraphrases and Poetic Duels with Arthur Rubinstein

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November 22, 1943: Broadway Wit and Wartime Trivia with Russell Crouse & Moss Hart

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October 18, 1943: Pittsburgh Pride and Literary Artists with Marcia Davenport

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June 7, 1943: Operatic Adventures and Epic Rides with Marcia Davenport and Deems Taylor

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May 10, 1943: Military Tunes and Myths with George Denny Jr.

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November 15, 1943: Rivers, Furs, and Literary Lovers with Gregory Ratoff

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November 8, 1943: Senators and Symbolism with Joseph H. Ball and Lister Hill

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November 1, 1943: From Brooklyn to Beanstalks with Betty Smith

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October 25, 1943: Drama Critics Go Naval with John Mason Brown and Richard Lockridge

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October 11, 1943: Nature and Knowledge with Donald Culross Peattie and William Beebe

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October 4, 1943: World Series and Wordplay with Red Barber and Bill Stern

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September 27, 1943: The Common Man and World Peace with James Fulbright and Henry Wallace

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September 20, 1943: War Bonds and Wordplay with Clare Boothe Luce

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September 13, 1943: Marcia Davenport and Deems Taylor

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July 12, 1943: Colorful Quotations and Musical Cues with Jan Struther

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June 28, 1943: War Bonds and Literary Trivia with Walter Yust

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June 21, 1943: Diplomatic Debates and Poetic Comparisons with Christopher Morley and C. Mildred Thompson

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June 14, 1943: Combined Operations and Literary Laughs with Hilary St. George Saunders

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May 31, 1943: Musical Mischief and Literary Journeys with Sir Thomas Beecham

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May 24, 1943: Stage and Shadows with Ethel Barrymore and Richard Maney

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May 17, 1943: Monsters and Myths with Boris Karloff and Jan Struther

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April 26, 1943: Presidential Math and Peacock Alley with Leon Henderson

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April 19, 1943: Ballparks and Battlefields with Ford Frick and Grantland Rice

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April 12, 1943: Global Insights and American Wit with Wendell Willkie

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April 5, 1943: Courtships and Corsets with Cornelia Otis Skinner and Jan Struther

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March 29, 1943: Philippine Valor and Literary Detectives with Carlos P. Romulo

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March 15, 1943: Knots, Legends, and Literary Feats with Jan Struther

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March 8, 1943: Russian Rivers and Literary Feuds with Gregory Ratoff

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March 1, 1943: Frog Feasts and Fictional Voyages with Will Rogers Jr.

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February 15, 1943: Short Snorters and Feisty Pugs with Fred Allen

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February 5, 1943: Literary Suns and Unkept Royals with Jan Struther

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January 29, 1943: Fashion Flashbacks and Poetic Quips with Emily Kimbrough and Cornelia Otis Skinner

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January 22, 1943: Spy Rings and Culinary Quips with Alfred Hitchcock

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January 15, 1943: Shakespearean Serenades and Musical Requests with Charles Coburn and Deems Taylor

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January 8, 1943: Parachute Calls and Musical Mysteries with Will Rogers Jr.

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January 1, 1943: Matrimonial Mishaps and Musical Masterpieces with Gregory Ratoff

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December 25, 1942: Christmas Quips and Courtroom Tales with Leon Henderson and Judge James Wallace

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December 18, 1942: Literary Lumps and Regal Romances with Ilka Chase

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December 11, 1942: Rivers of Words and Fictional Detectives with William L. Shirer and Christopher Morley

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December 4, 1942: Patriotic Poetry and Boston Brains with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

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November 27, 1942: Ration Recipes and Subversive Songs with Leon Henderson and Wilma Lord Perkins

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November 20, 1942: Literary Marches and Nocturnal Variations with Louis Bromfield

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November 6, 1942: Wartime Wit and Naval Quips with Hanson W. Baldwin

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October 30, 1942: Poetic Reds and Literary Beards with Carl Sandburg and Christopher Morley

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October 9, 1942: Russian Humor and Ragamuffin Royals with Gregory Ratoff

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October 2, 1942: Historical Quizzes and Musical Fawns with Robert St. John and Deems Taylor

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September 25, 1942: Wartime Quips and Musical Trivia with Leon Henderson

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September 18, 1942: Shakespearean Sorcery and Fictional Detectives with Christopher Morley and Orson Welles

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September 11, 1942: Literary Quips and Musical Birds with Alva Johnston

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September 4, 1942: Naval Feats and Poetic Puns with C.S. Forester and Jan Struther

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August 28, 1942: Literary Bites and Global Conflicts with Quincy Howe

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August 21, 1942: Economic Wit and Wartime Tunes with Raymond Clapper and Leon Henderson

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August 14, 1942: Naval Waves and Gloomy Tunes with Mildred H. McAfee

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August 7, 1942: Theater Talk and Gloomy Quips with Russell Crouse and Ned Sparks

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July 24, 1942: Legal Minds and Musical Missteps with Paul Gallico and Arthur Garfield Hayes

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July 17, 1942: Tanks, Tunes, and Tactical Triumphs with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

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July 10, 1942: Musical Teeth and Mischievous Poetry with H.I. Phillips and Deems Taylor

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June 19, 1942: Poetic Coats and Nurse Nostalgia with Christopher Morley and Cornelia Otis Skinner

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May 22, 1942: Musical Violets and Mischievous Poetry with Deems Taylor and Roland Young

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May 8, 1942: Shakespearean Wit and Literary Gems with Margaret Webster and Richard Maney

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April 17, 1942: Sports Legends and Poetic Rivers with Grantland Rice

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March 20, 1942: Musical Metal and Literary Wit with Sir Thomas Beecham and John Carradine

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March 6, 1942: Mrs. Miniver and Mimsy Borogoves with Jan Struther and Julian Huxley

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February 27, 1942: Emil Ludwig on History, Presidents, and the Four Freedoms

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February 20, 1942: Villainous Wit with John Carradine and Boris Karloff

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February 6, 1942: Poetic She’s, Heavenly Songs, and Ruth Hussey’s Hat Tips

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January 23, 1942: Timeless Dinners and Poetic Riddles with Deems Taylor and Alexander Woollcott

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January 16, 1942: Ruined Marriages and Musical Strolls with Russell Crouse and Paul Gallico

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December 26, 1941: Literary Heroines and Poetic Rhymes with John Gunther

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December 19, 1941: Political Debates and Literary Lanterns with Joseph E. Davies and Jan Struther

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December 12, 1941: Literary Animals and Contradictory Questions with Dr. George N. Shuster

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December 5, 1941: Literary Heroes and Culinary Creations with Edna Ferber and Deems Taylor

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November 28, 1941: Literary Siblings and Musical Tributes with Drew Pearson and Robert Allen

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November 21, 1941: Historical Women and Poetic Lines with Cornelia Otis Skinner

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November 7, 1941: Political Warnings and Musical Bouquets with Douglas Miller