-- Most Popular Contests -- The Biggest Loser -- The Origins of the SI -- How to Please the Empress -- 70s Show Tunes Vs. Gangsta Rap -- Putting the Ass in Assonance and the Zoo in Zeugma -- The E's Succession Plan -- What Mike Liked

-- Most Popular Contests -- The Biggest Loser -- The Origins of the SI -- How to Please the Empress -- 70s Show Tunes Vs. Gangsta Rap -- Putting the Ass in Assonance and the Zoo in Zeugma -- The E's Succession Plan -- What Mike Liked

-- Most Popular Contests -- The Biggest Loser -- The Origins of the SI -- How to Please the Empress -- 70s Show Tunes Vs. Gangsta Rap -- Putting the Ass in Assonance and the Zoo in Zeugma -- The E's Succession Plan -- What Mike Liked&nbsp;

Episode 1: The Empress Tells All

A peek inside the sophisticated yet scatological, erudite yet airheaded Invitational of The Gene Pool (formerly the Style Invitational of the Washington Post). Interviews with royalty, winners, and contributors. How to "get ink." What Mike Liked- and the Guest Blessed-best entries of the week. The secret history. The unpublishable entries. Fanfaronade and fustian. Badinage and persiflage. And much more.

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A peek inside the sophisticated yet scatological, erudite yet airheaded Invitational of The Gene Pool (formerly the Style Invitational of the Washington Post). Interviews with royalty, winners, and contributors. How to "get ink." What Mike Liked- and the Guest Blessed-best entries of the week. The secret history. The unpublishable entries. Fanfaronade and fustian. Badinage and persiflage. And much more.

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Episode 1: The Empress Tells All

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