Glenn McDonald

Glenn McDonald writes about popular culture from his home in lovely Chapel Hill, NC. His humor essays have been described as "grammatically consistent" and "remarkably frequent". He is editor of the Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me daily news quiz at NPR.org, and a film critic at the Raleigh News & Observer. He lives virtually at www.glenn-mcdonald.com.
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Better Baseball Through Technology

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 / 7 July 2013
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The Pleasures and Perils of Showbinging

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 / 1 May 2013
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Steven Wright on the Craft of Comedy

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 / 25 February 2013
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Halloween Movie Night: Do You Want to Be Mildly Freaked Out or Seriously Traumatized?

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 / 25 October 2012
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Who, What, Where, When and Wi-Fi

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 / 26 August 2012
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Twitter and the Borscht Belt Connection

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 / 26 June 2012
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The Enduring Legacy of ’21 Jump Street’

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 / 16 April 2012
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Return of the Movie Blurb Game

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 / 4 January 2012
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Comedy, Technology and DVD Extras: In Defense of a Dying Format

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 / 18 August 2011
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What Harm Can ‘Ice Road Truckers’ Do to Tender Young Minds?

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 / 26 June 2011
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How Sherlock Holmes and Isaac Asimov Can Help Purge Your Social Media Addiction

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 / 11 May 2011
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‘I Am Number Four’: Vampires, Aliens and the Art of Movie Recycling

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 / 13 March 2011