The Next Big Thing is some of our favorite pieces for WNYC's winter fundraiser.

What's the Next Big Thing?
Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize-winning chemist and author of "Dancing Naked in the Mind Field" and fashion designer Alice Roi

Slurrrrrp
It's the fine art of cupping on 19th Street in Brooklyn. A conversation with Donald Schoenholt, owner of Gillies Coffee Co.

ET LA!
Regular contributor Jonathan Ames with dispatches from the fence.

Scottish Smothers Brothers
Johnny Cunningham on the fiddle, Phil Cunningham on accordion. More fun than a tartan beret.

Going to the Chapel
Katrina Brown and Rodney Ealey take the plunge on the second floor of the Municipal Building.

The Birds! The Birds!
Early riser Rebekah Creshkoff finds a few alive.

Room without a view
Comedy improv from Mark O'Donnell and Scott Prendergast.

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