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Summer Trivia Slam

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 24 May 2013 6:51 AM

Summer is approaching quickly (you hear that, rain clouds) and that can only mean one thing: days filled with ice cream, swimming and trivia! On Wednesday, July 24th I’m heading back to the Bell House to host TrivWorks Ultimate Summer Trivia Slam. And I hope you join me.

What if “In the Papers” Became “In the Women’s Magazines?”

Written by Pats Papers | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 8:27 PM

On our media tour for CNBC “Crowd Rules” I stopped in to chat with Ali Wentworth at Yahoo’s “Daily Shot.” Not content for a simple question and answer session, Ali asked me to do a NY1-style summary of some headlines from Cosmo and Self magazines.

Crowd Rules $50,000 Challenge

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 17 May 2013 7:39 AM

If you saw the debut of my new CNBC show on Tuesday and are thinking, hey, I could use $50,000 for my business, you’re in luck. From now until June 3rd, you can enter your business in the “Crowd Rules $50,000 Challenge.”

VIDEO: ‘Crowd Rules’ Debuts on ‘Today’

Written by Pat's Papers | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 8:49 AM

My “Crowd Rules” co-host Kendra Scott and I stopped by the “Today” show to talk about our new show yesterday.

VIDEO: Commander Hadfield to Ground Control

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 13 May 2013 6:42 AM

Many people have covered David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” but none of have done it quite like Commander Chris Hadfield. VIDEO

‘Crowd Rules a ‘Crowd Pleaser’

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 6 May 2013 8:37 AM

The New York Daily News gave my new show on CNBC a shout out in this morning’s paper.

VIDEO: Cast of ‘Downton Abbey’ Does One Direction

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 2 May 2013 8:36 AM

This may be the coolest mashup video I’ve ever seen. It’s the cast of the ‘Downton Abbey’ “doing” One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful.” But instead of singing like the boy band idols do, this is a spoken word version. Someone time-consumingly (seriously—this must’ve taken forever) spliced episodes together to get all the words in. Result: amazing.

VIDEO: The History of Hockey in 2.5 Minutes

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 2 May 2013 8:28 AM

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation spares little expense when covering the Stanley Cup playoffs. Think Super Bowl hype in the US. Need some evidence? Check out this video montage the CBC prepared to open the game one broadcast this year. Somehow they compressed the excitement of the game and some of the greatest moments of the sport into two and a half minutes.

The Second the Bomb Went Off

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 26 April 2013 6:57 AM

The clock read 4: 09: 43 when the first bomb went off in Boston nearly two weeks ago. The New York Times managed to pull a screen shot from NBC’s footage of the race and it’s an eerie contrast of normalcy and impending chaos.

‘Crowd Rules’ Debuts May 14

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 18 April 2013 8:33 AM

So I finally got my hands on a more substantial preview from the new show I’m co-hosting. Hopefully this will get you pumped up for the premiere, which is now set for Tuesday, May 14th at 9:00 p.m. ET on CNBC.

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