Show full transcript 0:41 Peter Segel needed the week off because his sexy will short Halloween costume isn't going 0:55 to make itself. 0:58 Later on, the incredibly talented country music Fina Margo Price will join us to play 1:02 our games, but first, it's your turn. 1:05 The number is 1-888-WAIT-WAIT, that's 1-888-924-8924. 1:09 for now let's welcome our first listener contestant. 1:13 Hi, you're on, Weiwei, don't tell me. 1:15 It's Paula calling from Washington, DC. 1:18 Hi Paula, what do you do in Washington? 1:22 I'm a radiation oncology nurse. 1:25 I have a surprising number of fans 1:31 of the radiation oncology nurse profession. 1:35 That's actually the biggest clap I've ever seen 1:37 for a single profession in the history of this show. 1:41 Well, Paula, are you ready to play? 1:45 I'm ready. 1:45 Well, first, I'm going to introduce you to our panel. 1:48 First up, we have the Emmy Award-winning host of the podcast Casuals and the daily live 1:52 Colin Radio Show fan service on SiriusXM. 1:55 It's Katie Nolan. 1:57 Hi, Paula. 1:58 Hi. 1:59 Hi. 2:01 Next, he's a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning. 2:04 It's Mo Raca. 2:06 Hi, Paula. 2:08 Hi, Mal. 2:09 And a comedian whose album is Yell Joy, her specialist love joy, it's Joy Yell Nicole Johnson. 2:16 La Folla. 2:20 So welcome to the show, Paul. 2:21 You're going to play Who's Alzo This Time? 2:24 Alzo Slade is going to read three quotes from this week's news, and if you know two of 2:28 them, you'll win our prize, which is the voice of anyone on our show on your voicemail. 2:32 Are you ready? 2:34 I'm ready. 2:34 Let's do it. 2:35 All right. 2:36 Here's your first quote. 2:37 Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That's a very small price to pay. 2:44 That was Donald Trump in a stump speech this week saying who could have LA and San Diego if they want. 2:51 Iran. 2:52 That's right, Iran. This week President and 25th Amendment case study Donald Trump said Iran could take out LA and San Diego. 3:05 to be clear he didn't say it like they could take out LA it was like you can 3:11 take out LA like be my guest like honestly I get it 3:16 California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was appalled by the president's 3:20 comments because if you're gonna lose a city in California it's Sacramento 3:24 everybody knows that so the idea that the Iranians could take out LA how 3:31 How would they even make it up to 405? 3:35 No, look, he's supposed to be this great dealmaker, right? 3:40 And he's gonna start by offering Los Angeles. 3:43 Like, dude, start with Hartford, Connecticut, 3:46 and then work your way up. 3:49 But on the bright side, if we do lose LA, 3:53 everyone else raises one number in hotness, right? 3:57 All the sevens become eights. 4:01 Who's clapping, sevens and eights, or fives and sixes? 4:06 All right, here's your next quote from the Boston Globe. 4:11 Zero out of four stars, the worst movie of his career. 4:15 That was one of many, many movie critics saying the new movie Digger is the biggest flop of who's career. 4:23 Tom Cruise. 4:24 That's right, Tom Cruise. 4:27 is the worst movie of Tom Cruise's career set to lose $250 million at the box office. 4:34 When people say Americans don't go to the movies anymore, they're specifically talking 4:39 about digger. 4:40 Yeah. 4:42 I just think that, okay, like I judge books by their covers and on behalf of me and Alzo 4:48 and the other two black people that are here, we don't like the title. 4:56 I don't like that hard R. All right. I don't want no diggers. I don't want I don't even want to dig up 5:05 I concur I concur and and when you say the name of the movie, please pronounce the D very strong 5:16 Should we just say the D word just the D word? I like how vague they made the trailer enough 5:21 people were like, is this a musical? This feels spiritually like a musical, and they 5:28 had to come out and say, no it's not it, please come see our movie, it's definitely not a 5:32 musical. And part of the problem is that Tom Cruise 5:35 is in fat old man makeup in the movie, and that's not the like hot Tom Cruise that 5:40 we want to see, but weirdly it is exactly what Tom Cruise would look like if Scientology 5:45 he had let him age. 5:53 When I first moved to LA as a young pursuer of entertainment, I did go to the Scientology 5:59 Center. 6:01 Yeah, and they sat me down and they told me about the Tatans, and I sat there and I was 6:08 like, can I have a snack? 6:09 And they said no, so I left. 6:12 I thought you were going to say, and they got me, and I'm actually 82 years old and 6:17 I look this good. 6:19 Snacks is the easiest way to get somebody in the door. 6:21 How do you not have snacks on them? 6:23 I don't have snacks. 6:23 No popcorn, no cookies. 6:24 Come on, man. 6:25 I've got to work. 6:25 I'm absurd. 6:26 I'm absurd. 6:26 How am I going to dedicate myself to this God? 6:30 A God with no snacks is wacky. 6:34 All right. 6:35 Here's your last quote. 6:37 It's from someone who just installed a new special door in their house. 6:41 The toilet paper, the paper towels, the detergent, it's easy to push it all right 6:46 through. 6:47 According to the Washington Post, homeowners are putting in a new door for all the bulk 6:52 purchases they bring home from where? 6:55 Costco? 6:56 That's right, Costco. 6:58 Folks, it's called a Costco door, and it lets you take all your purchases from your garage 7:05 and shove them right into your pantry. 7:08 The fact that we're renovating our homes to accommodate the stuff we're buying 7:12 from Costco really makes you say, you know what? 7:15 And why stop at Los Angeles and San Diego? 7:21 So I don't understand the door, but what if your pantry is nowhere near your garage? 7:26 Move it. 7:27 You have to, yeah. 7:28 You need to like prioritize your Costco bulk items. 7:32 I have a question as a millennial, what's a homeowner? 7:40 Your next question is also what is a Costco membership? 7:44 Absolutely. 7:44 Absolutely. 7:45 I represent two demographics that have no idea what's going on, a New Yorker and a childless 7:50 person. 7:51 Well, one builder installing Costco doors told the Washington Post, quote, when you tell 7:57 someone it's roughly $1,000 to put one in, they're like, yeah, that's a no-brainer. 8:02 Dude, if you have $1,000 to spend on a door, why are you saving $0.08 by buying 8:08 a hundred rolls of toilet paper at a time? 8:11 I think on its face it makes me go, ew, how foolish, but then it's like, it is kind of 8:17 convenient to just open the mouth of your kitchen and shove the food into it. 8:23 It's easier than I assume getting your kids to come out and help you bring the groceries 8:27 in this way. 8:28 You can just... 8:29 Yeah, I mean, speaking of which, it's funny, because I always thought Costco door was 8:32 what I called my mouth when I was shoving in all the free samples at Costco. 8:37 But, I mean, honestly, I say forget about the Costco door, I have an IKEA window where 8:42 I toss out pieces that don't seem to fit anywhere. 8:46 Just the extra leg that you're like, this doesn't, what is it? 8:50 I'm done, though. 8:50 What's this? 8:52 All right, Alzo, how did Paula do? 8:55 Paula did great. 8:55 Perfect score, three out of three. 9:03 Thank you. 9:04 Thanks so much for joining us. 9:20 Right now, panel, time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. 9:23 Mo, it's been debated for years, but this week a doctor declared once and for all that 9:28 doing what is actually okay. 9:31 Ooh. 9:34 That could be so many different things. 9:35 So many things, yeah. 9:37 It's not going to be smoking. 9:39 Like doing what? 9:40 You got to give me a clue. 9:41 All right, here's a clue. 9:42 Go back for as much guacamole as you want. 9:45 Over-eating. 9:47 Oh, oh. 9:48 Like you're in a party setting, so you like keep going back for guacamole. 9:52 Oh, double dipping. 9:53 Double-dipping. 9:53 Double-dipping. 9:55 In an article that goes to great links to describe what double-dipping is, a doctor posits that 10:02 it's gross, but not actually that gross. 10:06 I don't love that the doctor then says, and you know what else? 10:09 I don't wash my hands before surgery. 10:11 Who has the time? 10:13 Is it supposed to build immunity or something? 10:15 Well, okay. 10:16 So the doctor says, like, we get caught up worrying about mouth bacteria when it's 10:21 not any grosser than other bacteria. 10:24 So now that we're talking about mouth bacteria, 10:27 who's got a big hankering for guacamole? 10:29 Does anyone have that? 10:30 That's such a crazy argument. 10:32 I'm somebody who truly makes sure 10:35 to be the first person at a party 10:37 so that I can eat the food 10:38 before anyone else has exhaled on it. 10:41 I don't go to parties that don't have a sneeze gone. 10:44 Well, if you're still worried about it, 10:46 like just make sure that your chip is wearing an N95 mask 10:50 That's before it approaches the salsa. 10:52 So the only logic is everything's gross. 10:55 Oh. 10:55 That's their defense? 10:56 Is that everything's gross, so might as well lick somebody you're at a party with? 11:02 I don't like it. 11:03 That's science. 11:04 Yeah. 11:04 Katie, that's science. 11:05 Brutal. 11:06 You just go to a party, you just see somebody drinking out of the punch bowl, whip, whip, 11:12 I get it. 11:12 I get it. 11:13 Right in their Costco home. 11:15 Yeah, exactly. 11:16 but I think the thing that's like that no one really wants to say that we're all 11:20 too afraid to talk about is that chips are too big if you didn't make chips so 11:26 big you wouldn't need to double dip. Look at that! That's why I'm running for president. 11:34 But but Nagin inversely if the chip is too small then my fingers and hand is 11:39 going to the dip. That is a great really good point. It's an engineering 11:44 challenge, but we've sent people to the moon. We can do this. At Nagin's party, she has crumb chips. 11:53 I only invite people with dainty fingers. 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Nicole Johnson, Katie Nolan, and Mo Raca. 13:42 And here again is your host at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, Nagin Farsad. 13:48 Wait, wait, don't tell me. Bluff the listener game. Call 1-888-WAIT-WAIT to play our game on air. 13:59 Hi, you're on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Hi, this is Alex from Boston, Michigan. 14:05 Hi, Alex. What are you doing, Michigan? I am a barista at a local coffee roaster called 14:12 Sabbath and I am a dad to two adorable little kids. Oh I love that. Wait so as a 14:19 barista how much like psychological counsel do you have to give customers on 14:23 a regular basis? That's actually like the first requirement for the job. The 14:29 coffee just kind of like keeps us going through the day. Well thanks so much for 14:34 joining us Alex. In this game our panelists will each share a story but 14:38 only one of them is true. You have to figure out which one. What's the topic, Alzo? 14:43 Bad billionaire. Bad, bad. 14:47 Now look, we all think of billionaires as people improving our society with good 14:54 works and charity, but, and I hope you're sitting down, sometimes they do bad 15:00 things. Our panelists are going to tell you about one such malfeasance this 15:05 week, pick the one who's telling the truth and you'll win the weight-weighter of your 15:09 choice on your voicemail. 15:11 Are you ready to play? 15:12 Oh boy, let's go. 15:14 All right. 15:15 First up, it's Joyelle Nicole Johnson. 15:17 Billionaires. 15:18 They're just like us. 15:19 They purchase daily necessities like groceries, gas, and elections. 15:26 They bust seams on their pants, moves on the dance floor, and unions. 15:30 And, of course, they crowd into elevators, situation rooms, and emersable submarines in 15:36 search of the Titanic. 15:39 Insert Amir Rahman, a Pakistani billionaire who has a new special interest. 15:44 His new obsession is spending some of his disposable income in search of the Titanic submersible. 15:50 That's right. 15:51 He's building the Titanic submersible submersible, which is a submersible built to look 15:57 for the Titanic submersible. 15:59 And while they're only in the testing phase, they have already sunk five submersible submersibles. 16:06 When asked for a comment, his wife said, he can go down there if he want to, but he ain't 16:10 taking his diamond wedding ring. 16:13 That's the woman who knows her husband's affairs are in order. 16:16 Sorry about the new Titanic submersible from Joy-El Nicole Johnson. 16:26 Your next story of billionaires behaving badly comes from Mo Raca. 16:30 When the Youngstown Ohio Museum of Art announced that it would be closing after 125 years, 16:37 Homeboy turned tech billionaire Jim Margolis came to the rescue with a $250 million bequest 16:43 on a single condition that each room of the museum contained at least one of his collection 16:49 of prized psychedelic black light posters displayed optimally, which means no light 16:56 sources other than the black UV light that shows off gems like his scenes of neon mushrooms. 17:02 As a result, all other works of art are virtually impossible to see now. 17:08 The newly renamed Youngstown Museum of Glow in the Dark Art has resorted to adding black 17:13 velvet flocking to its most prized pieces, a Rembrandt, two Pollux, and a Gilbert Stewart 17:19 portrait of George Washington, which to be fair looks pretty trippy now. 17:23 And all museum goers need to wear a black light vest in order to avoid running into each other 17:28 Museum goer Leslie Goldman says the museum is a great place to visit if you've always wondered what the weird stoner kid from your college would do with a bunch of money 17:43 That highlights black light art from Mo Raca your last story of bad billionaire behavior comes from Katie Nolan 17:50 The 94-year-old billionaire Barry Side is certainly not the first old man to enjoy feeding 17:56 the critters at his local park. 17:58 He may, however, be the first to use his fortune to fund an operation so extensive it's fueling 18:04 a rat infestation. 18:06 Chicago officials say Barry Side is paying a group of people to regularly scatter piles 18:13 of expensive imported nuts, macadamia, Brazil, etc. all over Lincoln Park in what 18:20 is the most impressive case of nut spreading since any man sat down on 18:25 public transportation. Things old billionaire men can do with their nuts 18:32 this certainly is not the worst but the rats it's attracting are causing 18:38 property damage that the city says may end up costing taxpayers while they 18:43 have fined side repeatedly, he always pays those fines in full and on time and then continues 18:49 to drop nuts. 18:51 In fact, the more they find him, the more nuts he drops. 18:56 I guess it's true you can't put a price on chasing your dream, even if that dream is 19:00 to become some sort of reverse pied piper who sucks. 19:10 Okay. 19:12 Alex, you've got a Titanic's Immersible tour from Joie L. Nicole Johnson, a billionaire 19:17 blacklight fan from Mo Raca and from Katie Nolan a billionaire feeding the 19:21 hungry rats which one is real I don't know I wouldn't doubt any of them but the 19:29 one that sounds like it's actively doing the most harm is the rat problem so 19:33 I'm gonna say that's probably the most likely one all right well to find out 19:39 the correct answer we spoke to a reporter covering the real story when 19:43 neighbors and park staffers have asked the nut spreaders why they're doing it. 19:47 They've gotten cursed out. 19:57 Xeo Chicago reporter Monica Aang talking about the billionaire rat infestation and using 20:02 the term nut spreader in a journalistic capacity. 20:07 Congratulations Alex, you got it right. 20:10 Turn a point for Katie, but you've won our prize, the voice of your choice on your 20:18 voicemail. 20:19 Thanks so much for calling us today. 20:21 Thanks. 20:21 And now, the game where big names do something for which they're utterly unprepared. 20:30 It's not my job. 20:32 Margot Price has built an impressive career in country music, putting out six albums 20:36 and performing all over the world. 20:38 On the side, she does duets with Willie Nelson and Joan Baez, is on the board of Farm-Aid 20:43 and even wrote an autobiography. 20:45 She's in town performing in the 80 years of John Prine celebration, and we somehow 20:50 managed to convince her to lower her standards and come hang out with us. 20:54 My bro Price, welcome to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. 20:57 Hello. 20:58 So excited to talk to you, and especially, can you tell us why you're here in Chicago? 21:07 Yes, we are celebrating 80 years of John Prine and his wonderful music. 21:14 And, um, yeah, right? 21:17 A lot of people don't know that John grew up in Maywood, Illinois, so it's good to be here 21:23 and celebrate. 21:25 So did you ever get to work with him or meet him? 21:29 Yes, I met him actually on his 70th birthday 21:33 and we forged a great friendship. 21:35 I got to sing with him on stage, tour with him. 21:38 We even did a duet of his song, Unwed Fathers, 21:41 and donated the proceeds to the ACLU. 21:47 Like a favorite memory of John Prine? 21:51 Let's see, one time we got really drunk together. 21:55 And I almost missed my flight because he was partying harder than we were. 22:00 It was like a 6 a.m. flight, but we hung out with John and tell about four in the morning. 22:04 It was good time. 22:04 Wow. 22:05 Like the second I turned like 35, I could stay up past eight, so I'm very impressed. 22:12 So you had a specific moment in your life when you realized that you should be a musician. 22:19 Can you walk us through that? 22:22 Let's see, are you talking about a mushroom trip today? 22:24 Okay, yeah. 22:25 Yeah. 22:26 I ate a lot of mushrooms and I was about 19 years old and during this psychedelic experience 22:34 I was just realizing that I did not want to major in communications and that I decided 22:42 I was going to move to Nashville and pursue my dream of writing songs. 22:48 It was quite intense, I will say. 22:49 I thought maybe I was never coming back from it because they said you have to eat like I don't know 22:56 You know a lot of them, but I ate too much. Can I can it was it was it was it an all you can eat? 23:05 I'm a clean team, so I've actually never done mushrooms. Do you 23:09 How do you prepare them? 23:11 You know that they'd taste a lot better if you did that they really taste like garbage 23:19 And I just usually eat some of them and then choke down some peanut butter 23:25 No 23:27 Some people put them on pizza. I put mine at applesauce. I like that. Okay, perfect. We'll get along 23:33 We'll get along right these are tips that npr audiences will never use 23:39 I don't know. I think you'd be surprised. I think so 23:42 I mean they they regrow your brain and they connect new neural pathways. So I don't know 23:47 No, I'm all about that over big alcohol. 23:49 And then it's all things considered. 23:54 Yes. 23:55 Yes. 24:00 Well, I mean, there's a couple of interesting things about that, your first album. 24:03 And one of them is that, I mean, I don't know, I heard that if this is true, that you pond 24:08 your wedding ring to finance your first album. 24:11 Is that true? 24:12 Yes, that's true. 24:13 And what did your husband think of that? 24:16 He was way down with it. 24:18 He actually sold our car. 24:19 So he was more in than me. 24:21 He was like, you got to make this record. 24:23 And so, yeah, he pawned. 24:24 Did you think of like 50 other things you could pawn 24:27 before the wedding ring? 24:29 Or were you like, yes? 24:30 I don't know. 24:31 Well, we sold guitars. 24:32 We sold microphones. 24:33 So it was like everything must go, all of our eggs, 24:36 in one basket. 24:37 To make the album. 24:38 To make the album. 24:39 So basically, you're in the studio, but naked. 24:41 Recording album. 24:43 Yeah. 24:44 Yeah. 24:45 We went to Memphis and recorded it at Sun Studios, and yeah. 24:51 Is there a song on the album about you punning your ring to make the album? 24:56 Yeah, there is. 24:57 The last song is called World's Greatest Loser, and it's talking about how we lose 25:02 all the things, you know, except for our love for each other. 25:06 Oh, wait, that's so sweet. 25:08 That's really lovely. 25:09 Twenty-three years later. 25:10 Well, you know, the other interesting thing about that album is that it was released by 25:16 Jack White's Third Man Records, but you only got that deal after 30 rejections. 25:24 Now when that album blew up and you were nominated for Grammys, did you go on a revenge tour 25:30 of those 30 rejections? 25:33 Actually I was accepting an award at the Ryman for the Americana Music Association 25:37 And I saw a lot of people who had passed on my record, and so I thanked all the people 25:42 who told me now. 25:42 Yes! 25:43 You got to thank your haters. 25:45 Yes! 25:47 There you go. 25:47 That's right. 25:49 Margot, can I ask who your country top five is? 25:54 Yes. 25:54 Ooh, I like that. 25:56 Okay, well, I'm going to go with John Prine who's going to be in there. 26:01 Yeah. 26:03 Give a shout out to Dolly Parton. 26:09 Speaking of Dolly Parton, she famously only followed 67 people on social media, and you 26:16 were one of them. 26:17 Did you guys ever DM, and what was that about? 26:21 She was very supportive. 26:22 I got to sing at her 50th anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry. 26:27 We took a photo together. 26:29 It was kind of like meeting the Queen of England or something, and we got there, and 26:33 And our dresses got stuck together, like my sequins got stuck on her rhinestones. 26:39 I got all googly eyed and I was like, I don't know, I might have to just stay here with 26:43 you. 26:44 Oh, wait. 26:45 So, hold on. 26:45 How long did it take to pry away sequins from rhinestones? 26:49 It really took quite a minute because she had on this extravagant outfit with lots 26:54 of chains and gold rhinestones and things on it, so, yeah, we were stuck there 26:59 for a minute. 26:59 And please tell me that has turned into a country song. 27:02 That sounds like a jumpy-ass song. 27:05 It's a little bit of a grindstone. 27:07 Well, Margo, it's been so great talking to you, 27:10 but we've asked you here to play a game we're calling 27:12 From Days of Unrest to Nights of Unrest. 27:16 Your new album is called Days of Unrest, 27:19 so we decided to ask you about Nights of Unrest 27:21 or Sleepwalking. 27:23 Answer two out of three questions correctly 27:25 and you'll win our prize for one of our listeners. 27:28 Alza, who's Margo playing for? 27:29 Janelle Thomas of Cleveland, Ohio. 27:31 All right, thanks. 27:34 Here's your first question. 27:36 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brock Burke is a, quote, lifetime sleepwalker. 27:41 So it wasn't great for his roommates back in the minors when he did what? 27:45 Was it A, stand up, yell grenade, make an explosion sound, and get right back into 27:50 bed? 27:51 Or B, sit full upright, say, I am a robot, and then make beeping noises for half an 27:58 hour? 27:59 Or was it C, lean over his roommate's bed and start loudly arguing ball-and-strike calls? 28:09 That's tough, but I think I'm going to go with C. 28:13 Would you really go with C? 28:15 Should I? 28:16 I mean, I'm just saying, like, if you had another choice, what would that other choice be? 28:21 I think you should think of a very explosive choice. 28:24 Okay, yeah. 28:25 A. Oh, A. 28:28 Wow. 28:29 You're so good at this. 28:34 So smart. 28:35 Awesome. 28:35 Thanks. 28:36 You know everything. 28:37 I was really nervous about this today. 28:40 That's right. 28:40 He yelled, grenade. 28:41 Here is your next question. 28:43 Another famous sleepwalker is Keith Richards, who says he was sleepwalking when he did 28:48 what? 28:49 Was it A, wrote and recorded the main guitar riff for satisfaction? 28:53 Was it B, bought two kilograms of cocaine? 28:57 Or was it C, called his manager and agreed to do a solo album? 29:04 I'm going to say B. 29:06 I read Life by Bia. 29:09 Bia's cool, but it's not satisfying. 29:11 Oh. 29:16 All right. 29:19 A. 29:20 Satisfaction. 29:21 Yes. 29:22 Wow. 29:23 He was sleeping when he recorded the riff, and when he played the tape back in the 29:30 morning, it was just that iconic song and then like 40 minutes of snoring. 29:35 All right, Marco, here's your last question. 29:39 Sleep talking can be just as weird. 29:41 One woman reported on Reddit that her husband stayed in bed but did spend an entire night 29:46 repeatedly doing what? 29:48 Was it A, playing the main guitar riff from Satisfaction? 29:53 Was it B, celebrating his recent election as the mayor of Pumpkin Town? 29:58 Or was it C? Complaining that his pillow was quote being a little stinker. 30:05 B. B. That's right. I was gonna guess B anyway. 30:09 He said, we shall call it Pumpkin Town. And gave his wife his watch like it was the key 30:19 to the city. And then murmured, I'm the mayor of Pumpkin Town. 30:23 Throughout the rest of the night. And that's how that went down. 30:27 Alzo, how did Margot do on our quiz? 30:29 She did a great job. All on her own. She got three out of three. 30:32 So good. So good. 30:34 Thank you. Thank you. 30:36 Oh my God. 30:37 It's all about collaborating. 30:38 That's right. 30:39 So impressive. 30:41 Margot Price is a singer-songwriter who's part of the 80 years of John Pryon tribute concert in Chicago. 30:47 Her new album Days of Unrest is out now. 30:50 Margot Price, thank you so much for joining us on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. 31:00 Next up, we sidle up to the salad bar in our Listener Limerick Challenge game called 31:04 1-88-WAIT-WAIT to join us on air. 31:07 Stay tuned for more. 31:08 Don't tell me from NPR. 31:17 Stay tuned for the following announcements and messages from our sponsors. 31:21 This message comes from Progressive Insurance, the mighty dollar. 31:25 Once upon a time, it had a whole menu named after it. 31:29 Now, no more. 31:30 But $1 a day lets you add Progressive Renters Insurance to your auto insurance. 31:34 insurance. Definitely something your younger self would roll their eyes at. But your current 31:38 adulting self appreciates. 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Try it now on Carvana.com. 32:36 Tell me. 32:37 The NPR News Quiz. 32:38 I'm Malzo Slade. 32:40 We're playing this week with Mo Raca, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Katie Nolan. 32:44 And here again is your host at the Studebreaker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, Nagin Farsad. 32:50 Just a minute, one of America's top 10 unfinished limerick-based games. 32:58 It's the Listener Limerick Challenge. 33:00 If you'd like to play, give us a call at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. 33:03 That's 1-888-924-8924. 33:06 But first, we have some more questions for the panel. 33:09 Joyelle, the new electric Mazda has an external speaker that sends preset warning messages 33:16 to pedestrians who are about to cross the street. 33:19 But drivers have found that you can also use the speaker to tell pedestrians what. 33:25 Oh Lord. 33:29 Back up off me. 33:30 You know what? 33:31 I'm going to give that to you to basically to F right off because the new Mazda just 33:39 Launched in Australia plays preset messages like look up from your phone or please proceed first 33:45 But you can type in anything for it to say 33:49 Right the cars were telling pedestrians look up from your effing phone and walk faster dirt bag 33:58 Those are funny, but it could be more effective like can you imagine walking in front of a car? 34:03 Right as it says Lord forgive me for what I'm about to do 34:10 That's crazy. 34:11 Why would you let your car talk? 34:13 Anything I type it's going to say? 34:15 Did you ever watch Night Riders? 34:17 I know. 34:17 I've always wanted to talk in car. 34:19 Well, I get Night Riders talking to you. 34:21 This is just to pedestrians. 34:23 To other people. 34:24 I love it. 34:25 Wait, what would you have your car say? 34:28 I don't like your outfit. 34:33 You know that like the first pedestrian to experience this thing is going to be absolutely 34:37 like, um, did that hatchback just call me a bitch? 34:44 Katie, there's a new Halloween trend this year. 34:47 Instead of giving out candy to trick-or-treaters, 34:50 some houses are giving out what? 34:52 Oh, boy. 34:52 Yeah. 34:53 Um, is it finally the drugs they've been telling us 34:55 they sneak into their candy? 34:58 Um, let's say dental floss? 35:01 Let me give you a hint. 35:02 Perfect. 35:03 So not close. 35:05 They're calling it, and this is true. 35:07 to trigger reading. Books? Books. That's right. 35:13 All right. What do you like it? 35:16 Giving out books instead of candy is a great way to both spread the joy of reading 35:20 and make absolutely sure your little free library gets vandalized later that night. 35:26 Like, what do you even say? Here you go, kid. Take this copy of Infinite Jest. 35:30 It's fun size. 35:33 This is where kids are like, hmm, candy corn ain't so bad at all. 35:38 Behavior, I'm giving you the power broker, probably. 35:42 I don't think it's the best way to convince kids to read books by taking away their expected 35:47 candy and replacing it with a book. 35:51 I don't think they're going to go, yes! 35:54 It's new levels of life. 35:55 I love this! 35:56 I was going to say I was that nerd though. 35:58 Like if you had gave me the babysitter's club, oh, I'd have been sitting outside your house like a straight cat 36:05 It's also so hard to read when your mask keeps slipping down 36:09 Like there's a lot of costumes that it would not be easy to read a book in yeah. Oh, that's why the KKK don't read I 36:20 Was a ghost 36:24 Let it go to you 36:28 Coming up it's lightning fill in the blank 36:37 but first it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If you want to play on air, you can 36:41 call or leave a message at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. You can see us most weeks 36:48 right here at the Studebaker Theater in downtown Chicago, and join us on the road. We'll be in 36:52 Kalamazoo, Michigan, coming up on October 22nd and in normal Illinois on November 12th. For 36:58 tickets and information to all our live events, go to nprpresents.org. Hi, you're on. 37:04 Wait, wait, don't tell me. 37:05 Hi, this is Parker Webster calling from Minneapolis, Minnesota. 37:09 Hi, Parker. 37:12 What do you do in Minneapolis? 37:15 Spend time at the river and take my dogs to the dog park. 37:20 This sounds like a good regular dude. 37:23 Yeah, it sounds like pretty zen over there in Minneapolis. 37:29 Exactly, yeah. 37:30 Well, welcome to the show, Parker. 37:32 Also, Slade is going to read three news-related limericks 37:36 with the last word or phrase missing from each. 37:38 If you can fill in that last word or phrase correctly 37:41 on two limericks, you win. 37:43 Here's your first limerick. 37:45 The insidious makers say needle 37:48 will make puffy treats with extrajito. 37:51 Purveyors of horror turn snack food explorers 37:54 with the scary, spiced, hot flaming cheeto. 37:59 That's right, cheeto. 38:02 Though they're mostly known for incredibly popular horror movies and TV shows, Blumhouse 38:07 Studios announced a new collaboration just in time for Halloween, The Flavor of Fear Spicy 38:14 Cheetos. 38:15 And the scariest part, when you eat them in the dark, you won't need to lick your fingers 38:19 because you'll feel someone else licking them for you. 38:24 The flavor of your Cheetos are coated with a sweet phantom heat that'll quote, tingle 38:31 and fizz before leaving your mouth numb. 38:33 And that proves the name is dead on because nothing in this world would scare me more 38:38 than putting a Cheeto in my mouth and having it fizz. 38:44 I just settled for Pop Rocks. 38:46 Remember those? 38:47 Yes. 38:48 Not Cheetos. 38:48 Just Pop Rocks. 38:49 Yeah. 38:50 Yeah, Pop Rocks. 38:51 Would you guys eat any scary snacks? 38:54 Are you putting a Cheeto fizz up in that mouth? 38:57 Well, when you say it like that. 39:01 All right, here's your next limerick. 39:04 To drinking odd shots, I'm confessing. 39:07 But I do get a full vegan blessing. 39:10 With cilantro and chives, I feel fully alive. 39:14 I am knocking back green goddess. 39:16 Trust him. 39:18 That's right. 39:18 Right. 39:20 A cookbook author on a book tour handed out samples of vegan green goddess salad dressing 39:26 and noticed people were knocking them back like shots. 39:29 So she decided to add vodka and now they're calling it the Swampy Mary, which is like 39:36 a great way to ruin vodka while also ruining your salad dressing. 39:43 I would drink it. 39:44 it. 39:45 The salad dressing or the swampy Mary? 39:49 Both. 39:50 I often eat a taste of dressing and I go, I wish it was socially acceptable to take a 39:55 sip of this. 39:56 And now, with vodka in it, it is. 40:00 So you're at home by yourself just knocking down balsamic vinaigrette? 40:05 Uh-huh. 40:05 Yeah. 40:06 Usually like a, or sometimes you get a nice ranch that's watery in the right way. 40:10 And you're like, I could really swirl that, take a shot of that. 40:13 Yeah, you see, like, Katie in her apartment, like, you know, passed out with, like, Paul Newman's bottles all over her body. 40:22 It sounds delicious. 40:24 All right, here's your last limerick. 40:28 These chirps are completely absurd. They're so loud that my vision is blurred. 40:34 Big beaks that are wide will get under my hide. I am finding the world's loudest bird. 40:41 That's right! 40:42 Scientists announced they're getting closer to figuring out what is the loudest bird, finally. 40:52 One of the contenders is the red-legged Sarayama of South America, an obvious choice. 40:58 But the North American loudest bird might be the Canadian goose, and I don't know about 41:04 the loudest, but despite being from Canada, it definitely is the biggest jerk. 41:10 You guys have any contenders for a loudest bird out there? 41:13 Yeah, Megan Kelly. 41:21 Okay, so give me a couple of those swampy Marys, I'll be the world's loudest bird. 41:26 Alzo, how did Parker do? 41:28 3 out of 3, perfect score, congratulations. 41:30 Thank you. 41:32 Thank you. 41:36 Goodbye. 41:43 Stay tuned for the following announcements and messages from our sponsors. 41:47 Support for this podcast and the following message come from Carvana. 41:50 We're selling your car takes minutes not weekends get a real offer online in minutes 41:55 They'll even pick it up from your driveway sell your car today at Carvana comm pickup fees may apply 42:02 This message comes from Bombas whether you're outdoors or just lounging around the house cool weather calls for cozy or footwear 42:09 Bombas makes the perfect slippers and shoes built with smooth premium suede plush sherpa and warm sheepskin 42:17 Shirling, all with layers of cloud-like cushioning. 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So, Joyelle and Moe, because you're tied, I'm going to randomly choose 43:16 The clock will start when I begin your first question. 43:19 Fill in the blank. 43:20 On Wednesday, the CDC said it was monitoring people traveling to the U.S. from Siberia after 43:25 a lab worker there died from the blank. 43:28 Oh, the blank. 43:29 Right. 43:30 This week, Tropical Storm Isaiah intensified into the first blank of the Atlantic storm season. 43:35 Hurricane. 43:37 Right. 43:37 According to a new report, donations to the Kennedy Center fell by approximately 43:41 recently, blank percent after Trump's name was added. 43:44 Oh, a lot of percent. 43:46 Yeah, that's correct. 43:47 That's right. 43:48 100 percent. 43:50 This weekend man in Ohio was jailed for sending blank to a state senator. 43:56 Oh, his dirty panties. 43:58 Close. 43:59 A picture of a shark's penis. 44:03 On Wednesday, the CDC confirmed that Pennsylvania had suppressed 1,000 blank cases. 44:08 Measles, because people are stupid and not vaccinating their kids. 44:11 Right. 44:13 On Thursday, poet Ann Carson won the blank prize in literature. 44:17 Nobel? 44:18 Right. 44:20 This week, a teacher in Iowa was fired after her school discovered she was offering extra 44:24 credit to any student who blanked. 44:31 To, um, I did really good on a test. 44:36 Any student who gave her money for her vacation fund. 44:42 The teacher was fired after administrators discovered she was offering extra credit to any student who gave her cash for her trip to Ecuador. 44:51 Staff at the school argued that it was unfair to her students, but ask any kid if they'd rather write a 10-page paper to give five bucks to their teacher. 44:59 And you'll see there was no crime here. 45:03 That's crazy. 45:04 That's important. 45:04 Also, how did Joyelle do? 45:06 She got five right for 10 more points. 45:08 Total of 12. 45:09 Good job, Joyelle. 45:10 I did it. 45:12 Good job. 45:15 All right. 45:16 Mo, you're up next. 45:18 Fill in the blank. 45:19 According to new data by 2030, Kabul could become the first major city to run out 45:23 of blank. 45:24 Water. 45:24 Right. 45:25 This week, election officials warned that the Postal Service may delay mail-in blanks. 45:30 Ballots. 45:31 Right. 45:31 As a Senate race between Ken Paxson and James Talerico, 45:35 Titans trump held a campaign rally in Blank. 45:38 Texas. 45:38 Right. 45:39 This week, the state of California assay 45:41 start up to please stop staging fights 45:43 between Blanks and Blanks. 45:45 Between sharks and jets. 45:47 No, that's New York. 45:48 Bloods and crypts. 45:49 Between robots and YouTubers. 45:53 On Wednesday, the WHO released the first global guidelines 45:56 for measuring childhood Blank. 45:58 Obesity. 45:59 Right. 45:59 On Monday, Blank announced they were again raising ticket prices for their theme parks. 46:05 Oh, Disney. 46:06 Right. 46:07 This week, fishing boats off the Florida Keys say they keep reeling in what they call square 46:11 grouper, which is their name for Blank. 46:16 Oh, which is the one that has square patties? 46:20 Is that Wendy's? 46:22 This is a rapid fill in the blank. 46:26 Oh, take your time, Mo, take your time, keep it going. 46:30 Discarded Wendy's patties. 46:32 Nice. 46:33 So close. 46:34 Bricks of cocaine. 46:38 According to fishermen reeling out plastic-wrapped bricks of drugs floating off the Florida 46:43 Keys is actually pretty common. 46:46 Authorities are reminding fishers to always practice catch and release, gently returning 46:51 turning the brick back to the water to help maintain a healthy cocaine population. 46:58 Also, how did Mo do? 47:00 Five right, 10 more points, total of 12 still tied with Joy-El. 47:04 Good job, Mo. 47:05 Hey, Katie needs to win. 47:10 She needs five to win. 47:12 All right. 47:13 Katie, this is for the game. 47:16 On Monday, Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at lowering blank prices. 47:21 Gas? 47:21 Right. 47:22 On Tuesday Paramount finalized their merger with blank Warner Brothers, right this week the White House told blank agents to increase their daily arrests
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