Show full transcript 1:06 That's 1-888-924-8924. 1:09 Now let's welcome our first listener contestant. 1:12 Hi, you're on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. 1:14 Hi. 1:17 Hi, this is Mark from Washington, D.C. 1:21 Hi. 1:25 What did you do for fun in D.C.? 1:27 Well, actually, we're getting ready for Halloween. 1:30 I have an 11-year-old daughter. 1:32 and my husband, we all do a theme every year. 1:37 This year was Bob's Burgers. 1:39 Oh! 1:39 Cute! 1:41 Yep, I'm Bob. 1:44 My husband is Teddy, and my daughter is God. 1:51 I'm forgetting it! 1:53 I can see you're a big fan of Bob's Burgers. 1:56 No, I'm just nervous. 1:58 Well, you're doing great. 1:59 Geez, Mark, you don't have to be nervous with us. 2:02 Yeah, we're basically garbage people, so don't worry about it. 2:06 Now, Mark, let me introduce you to our panel. 2:09 First, a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and co-host of the podcast, 2:13 You Could Make This Beautiful, it's Faith Saley. 2:16 Hey, Mark. 2:17 Faith? 2:20 Next, a comedian performing at the Moth at the New York City Comedy Festival 2:24 on November 14th at the Town Hall, it's Hari Kandabalu. 2:28 Hello, Mark. Hi. 2:32 And she'll be at the birch mirror in Alexandria, Virginia on November 6th and 7th her podcast is nobody listens to Paula Poundstone 2:39 It's Paula Poundstone 2:44 All right, well welcome to the show Mark 2:47 You're going to play who's Alzo this time Alzo Slade is going to read you three quotes from this week's news 2:53 If you know two of them you'll win our prize any voice from our show you choose on your voicemail 2:58 Are you ready? 2:59 sure your first quote is from former president Barack Obama he wasn't mad 3:07 about the Saddam Hussein comparison Obama was talking about how who didn't 3:12 seem to mind about being compared to Saddam Hussein that'd be President 3:17 Trump that's right in the final days before the midterm elections Obama went 3:26 full Barak the insult comic president on Donald Trump saying, quote, he has the White House 3:32 looking like Saddam Hussein opened a cheesecake factory. 3:36 Now the joke got a lot of airplay and the right wing media reacted with the fury that 3:40 could really doom Obama's election chances in 2028. 3:47 The response to this has been like tan suit level outrage. 3:52 And like Obama said, it was the cheesecake factory part that everybody was talking about, 3:57 which makes sense. 3:58 Like, I don't know if the Saddam Hussein thing is going to bother Donald Trump, a man who's 4:03 literally building himself a spider hole under his ballroom as we speak. 4:08 I'm still thinking about Saddam opening up a cheesecake factory. 4:13 I think he'd call it, she is cake factory. 4:18 Dude, I would go to Saddam's cheesecake factory. 4:22 She is cake factory. 4:24 She is cake factory. 4:26 Middle Eastern flavors, right? 4:28 Like a staff run with an iron fist as an Iranian, that sounds like home. 4:35 Didn't it turn out that Trump also has investments in the cheesecake factory? 4:41 Did anybody else? 4:43 And by investments, do you mean he likes eating their glam burgers and brownie crunched chocolate? 4:50 No, I believe he has some sort of investment in the cheesecake factory. 4:55 I read it online. 4:58 Well, then it must be true. 4:59 I think it was from ProPublica, but I don't see that well. 5:06 You know what? 5:08 I think that I'm right about that, but I can't swear to it. 5:11 That's why I'm going to have my own news channel. 5:13 I think that's right. 5:19 But in terms of these midterms, like Trump on the campaign trail just can't stop complimenting 5:25 all the dudes running for office on how hot they look. 5:30 He's basically like me in the bathroom at a bar if I've had two beers and I see any 5:36 other woman. 5:37 You know? 5:37 I'm like, oh my God, you're so beautiful, you're hot, like, obviously. 5:49 It is kind of nice and a weird way that he's so comfortable with his masculinity that he'll 5:54 comment on a man's butt. 5:57 Over and over and over and over and over again. 6:01 All right, Mark, your next quote is from the New York Times about a big expense many 6:06 people are facing this weekend. 6:08 No one wants to be the raisin house. 6:11 That was one woman commenting on the rising price of what? 6:17 Candy. 6:19 That's right, Halloween candy. 6:25 The price of Halloween candy has gone up 71% since 2021. 6:32 And a lot of families say they're having to cut back on what they can offer 6:36 trigger-treaters this year, but there is some good news. 6:39 razor blade prices. 6:40 It's not true at all. 6:44 They have remained steady. 6:48 This is because for years we've been relying on the straight of Hormuz for our 6:54 Twix shitness, right? 6:56 This is a maritime chocolate choke point. 6:59 You know there's an ayatole over there being like, 7:03 snap me off a piece of that KitKat bar. 7:06 I knew it was bad when I had to go put my candy corn on their way. 7:12 Oh, you're paying for it with Klarna? 7:15 By Christmas, I'll get it back. 7:18 I used to have my kids go out early enough that I could take their candy and give it out. 7:26 That's so smart. 7:27 Yeah, you might want to try that. 7:29 One woman is addressing the issue by, and this is true, 7:32 by handing out bowls of her husband's homemade beef 7:35 and bean chili. 7:37 Where did you hear that? 7:38 No, literally. 7:39 That's gonna be a my news program. 7:41 That's ridiculous. 7:42 No, but it's true. 7:43 And also, like, am I right that there's nothing better 7:45 that when your kids go to bed on Halloween 7:47 and you get to eat all of their chili? 7:50 Yes. 7:52 All right, Mark, here's your last quote. 7:56 It's not natural. 7:57 Men are not like that. 7:59 That's a line from the big new movie, 8:01 Wicker, starring Alexander Skarsgard, as a man who is made out of what? 8:07 That I have no idea. 8:10 Wicker? 8:12 Yes! 8:14 Yes, Mark! 8:17 You know what the ladies want. 8:20 Okay, Wicker, the number one Wicker-based sex movie in America right now, is about 8:27 a fishmonger spinster who asks a basket weaver to make her a husband to everyone 8:33 who said Hollywood was out of ideas this is your fault have you seen what 8:41 wicker man looks like he's so hot he's so hot I didn't I mean I would do that 8:47 basket if you know yeah you would he's worth a few splinters in the you know 8:52 Hey! 8:54 Is Wicker anything like Ratan? 8:56 Are they this one and the same? 8:58 They're in the wood furniture family. 9:01 Okay. 9:02 Along with Kane and Bamboo, I believe. 9:04 So there can be sequels. 9:06 Yes. 9:07 Yes, Paul. 9:13 I mean, this whole movie makes me want to go to Etsy to look for my dream. 9:19 Yeah. 9:20 So so the wicker character does he does like chores and stuff? Yeah, that's does he have to be asked or can he recognize it needs done himself 9:33 That's going that extra 9:36 That's what makes them so hot. Yeah, I don't know when I get home. I'm having the bamboo shade taken off the window 9:48 Just not comfortable with it staring at me 9:52 Not after this conversation. Not at all. 9:55 All right, Alzo, how did Mark do? Mark did great. Perfect score three out of three. There you go, Mark. 10:01 What's your plan again? Oh, my pleasure. Thank you. Thank you. Bye, Mark. 10:14 Now it's time for the panel to answer some questions about this week's news. 10:18 Paula, this week, Airbnb made a major change to their rules worldwide. 10:22 Hosts will no longer be able to make guests do what? 10:26 Clean up after themselves. That's right! 10:34 According to the company's new global rules, Airbnb hosts can no longer make their guests 10:39 do any chores involving, quote, significant effort. 10:43 And honestly, thank God, I'm not stripping some stranger's bed when I only strip my own 10:49 bed like once a year. 10:52 I always hated that, just having to take the garbage out and change it. 10:57 And roll up the... 10:58 Fold the used towels. 11:00 Yeah, fold the... 11:01 What's that about? 11:02 Yeah, or put them into the bathtub, as opposed to just throwing them around willy-nilly the 11:09 way I like to do. 11:09 Like you're at home. 11:10 Yeah. 11:11 Wait, these things are a significant effort for y'all? 11:14 Yeah. 11:15 So if you're paying for it. 11:16 When I hear significant effort, I'm thinking clean out their garage or re-roof their 11:20 house or something. 11:22 Wow, what Airbnb's are you staying at? 11:26 I'm not. 11:27 I've never stayed in an Airbnb. 11:29 be, I've stayed in people's homes when they didn't want me. 11:36 It's a very similar vibe, and they paid you to leave, right? 11:41 If you do it right, it's profitable. 11:50 You've got a friend in our bluff, the listener game, call 1-88-WAIT-WAIT-TO-PLAY. 11:55 We'll be back in a minute with more of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me from NPR. 12:06 Stay tuned for the following announcements and messages from our sponsors. 12:10 This message comes from REI Co-op. 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Parents are supportive of the app as well with one mom saying I guess 16:08 it's better than video games? It's inspiring the grads for their future 16:12 also with many of them looking into working at Petco. All right new graduates 16:18 are going back to school sort of from Faith Saley your next story of all the 16:23 How lonely people comes from Hari Kandabalu? 16:25 Are you single and lonely, allergic to dogs, want a baby but not the responsibility and 16:31 huge amounts of poop that come with it? 16:34 Well, folks in China have come up with a solution, bricks. 16:39 People are raising bricks. 16:42 How hard is it to raise a brick baby? 16:45 Not at all, actually. 16:47 Just spray your brick with water a few times a day and moss spores already present 16:52 in the atmosphere, attach themselves to the brick and begin to grow. No hearing, 16:57 dad I want to grow a rose instead of moss. No, your brick with moss will not challenge you. 17:06 It will not require you to pay for a liberal arts degree. And it will absolutely not waste all 17:12 that money by becoming a stand-up comedian. If you forget to water them, the moss goes 17:19 dormant. If you remember to water them again, the greenery returns. Psychologists call Bricks 17:25 zero-energy emotional companionship. Quote, it fulfills your need for company without 17:31 demanding any obligation to give love in return. If you can get past the fact that is one 17:38 of the saddest things ever said in the history of the world, Bricks really do sound like 17:44 the future. 17:45 Agent China from Hari Kandabalu, your last solution to solitude comes from Paula Poundstone. 17:58 When 82-year-old Susan Swammu of Hadley, Massachusetts, distributed flyers asking for help searching 18:05 the wooded area behind her house for her 86-year-old husband, about 20 neighbors responded. 18:12 There were no police involved and no one knew much about searching, so they talked 18:16 and looked for clues of Susan's missing husband while they walked in a line shoulder 18:20 shoulder-to-shoulder like they'd seen on law and order. 18:24 At one point, a line dance broke out. 18:28 It seemed unusual that Susan provided music, snacks, 18:32 and punch, said neighbor and searcher Bob Ross. 18:35 She didn't seem distraught, said neighbor Janet Pillion, 18:38 just insistent that we try the devil to eggs. 18:42 After about an hour, they realized 18:44 no one had ever seen Susan with a husband. 18:49 When they asked her about it, she said she sent out invitations to a block party two years 18:54 ago and didn't get so much as one response. 18:57 But this was lovely, and she'd love for them to look for her husband again soon. 19:03 Might be at the bowling alley. 19:08 Hey, Allie, you've got unemployed grads going to fish school from Faith Saley, young 19:15 raising moss covered brick babies from Hari Kandabalu and a fake search and 19:20 rescue set up to find friends from Paula Poundstone, which one is real? 19:26 Oh, as a grad student, finding companionship with fish does sound like something that we do, but I think I'm going to go with the brick babies. 19:36 Alright, and to find out the correct answer, we spoke to an expert. 19:40 Having two children of my own, a brick child would be much easier to manage and parents. 19:51 Who has been up in an expert in bricks and moss at Christie Weber landscape 19:56 talking about all the brick mommies out there? 19:59 Ellie, you got it right. 20:01 Yeah! 20:06 Earned a point for Hari and you've won our prize, the voice of your choice on your voicemail. 20:13 Thank you so much for playing with us today. 20:15 Okay. 20:15 Thank you so much, guys. 20:17 Goodbye. 20:18 Have a good time. 20:18 Bye, Ellie. 20:19 Bye. 20:31 Now the game where big names are asked to be experts on something they know nothing about. 20:36 Oh, no. 20:38 No, no. 20:40 No, no. 20:41 No, no. 20:42 We'll chat with you first, but we will get to that. 20:45 It's not my job. 20:47 John Turturro is an Emmy Award-winning actor you've seen in everything from Spike Lee 20:51 movies, to Coen Brothers movies, to TV shows like The Night of and Severance. 20:56 He's also the living embodiment of New York City, and he's particularly delightful in 21:01 his new film, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. 21:04 John Turturro, welcome to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. 21:07 I want to talk to you about your new movie, but before we get to that, I have to start 21:18 with Severance. 21:20 It's one of those mystery box shows where people are just desperate to understand 21:25 why this is all happening. 21:26 Do people constantly ask you for spoilers? 21:31 Sometimes they do, sometimes. 21:33 But I think people like the mystery. 21:36 I think they want to know, but they like not knowing 21:40 or trying to figure out what's happening. 21:43 Do you ever read scripts and be like, 21:45 I still don't understand what's happening. 21:48 All the time, all the time. 21:50 When I've worked with Christopher Walken on the show, 21:53 sometimes he will say to me like I don't really understand what we're talking 22:02 about here you know and I just tell him listen we're into me and I'm into you 22:06 just say the lines and somehow they'll make sense because there's a criminal 22:11 message going on between our between us and our bodies and then does he know 22:16 you do a perfect impression of him yeah what is what has he said what is he 22:21 No, I don't do that to Chris, no. 22:23 We talk about food. 22:25 Well, my wife makes banana bread. 22:30 You know, I always bring it in to have Chris taste it 22:33 because he's quite a good cook. 22:34 And what does he say about the banana bread? 22:37 Oh, he likes it, yeah. 22:38 Like in what, and how does he say that? 22:40 How does he express it? 22:43 Yeah. 22:45 Chris is a very, he's a great storyteller 22:47 because he's lived through, you know, all, 22:50 his whole life he's been in show business. 22:52 He was a child actor. 22:55 There's kinescopes of him on television shows 22:57 as a young little dancer. 23:01 He was a dancer. 23:02 He was a dancer. 23:04 Mimi Van Doren changed his name to Chris. 23:08 His real name was Ronnie, 23:10 but she said that he wasn't a Ronnie 23:12 and that he should change his name to Chris. 23:15 And Chris has told me, 23:17 I, you know, I don't really like that name, Chris. 23:20 I should have been Nick. 23:24 I told him, one of the movies I directed him, 23:26 that I could introduce him as Nick Walken. 23:30 Did you do it? 23:32 I think it's still possible to do that. 23:34 Introducing Nick Walken. 23:36 Yeah, like a late in life name change. 23:38 I'm into it. 23:39 So as a lifelong New Yorker, 23:42 are there any like New York stereotypes 23:44 that apply to you? 23:46 Stereotypes in New York? You can tell that there are people who are tourists because they 23:55 just stop and they look up at the sky and they've got the flow of movement. 24:01 That's right. 24:02 So being irritated at tourists is a stereotype that you embrace. 24:09 Sometimes I am. 24:09 Sometimes I am. 24:09 Sometimes I am. 24:09 Sometimes I am. 24:10 Sometimes I am. 24:11 Sometimes I am. 24:12 Yeah. So if people are walking and they stop, New Yorkers don't like that? 24:17 Oh. 24:18 Oh. 24:18 Are you joking? 24:19 No. 24:19 It's the worst. 24:21 That's ridiculous. 24:23 You know, when you're trying to navigate a street, they just stand there and they're 24:27 looking up and they're like... 24:28 When you have 8 million people who need to move and you stop in the middle of the 24:32 street, that's a no-go. That's ridiculous. That's absurd. 24:36 God forbid. 24:37 It sounds so good, it's very easy to pickpocket them too, I mean, they're looking up, their 24:43 pockets are wide open, you can just go right in and... 24:46 Well, this brings us right to the movie, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. 24:52 I got to see this movie, it's so lovely, funny, and also stressful, you're so fantastic 25:01 in it. 25:02 Can you talk to me about how you prepared 25:06 for the role of being a pickpocket? 25:08 Well, I mean, he wasn't only a pickpocket. 25:11 He's a person, takes care of people too. 25:14 But I read a lot of books and I read a profile 25:18 of Apollo Robbins in The New Yorker, 25:20 who's a magician pickpocket. 25:22 And he agreed to help me first on Zoom 25:27 and then in person. 25:28 and he comes from a family of thieves. 25:34 And he can, you know, like he would take my watch off 25:37 every time he met me. 25:38 And he would hit me with one hand, 25:41 and I would never feel it. 25:43 He gave me all these different exercises 25:45 and then he told me to practice. 25:47 And I did go on the subway. 25:49 I didn't steal from people. 25:51 I put my hands in people's bags. 25:55 Okay, and you think people are asses for stopping? 25:59 Yeah, they are. 26:02 Think about this. 26:04 John, do you sing? 26:05 Oh, no, I'm not going to sing. What do you want me to sing? 26:08 I want you to be Fagan in Oliver on Broadway. 26:11 Oh, I actually directed Fagan in a church production of my mom's church. 26:17 Wait, when you were a famous movie star, you did this? 26:22 And I was like 21 years old 26:24 It wasn't crazy. He was you know, it was all these people from like ages 90 to like five 26:31 I thought you were about to go up 26:38 Alright John Turturro, we've asked you here to play a game. We're calling 26:45 Okay, now I'm nervous. Oh 26:46 The game is called pickpocket meat hot pocket 26:53 Pickpockets need hot pockets? 26:55 Yeah. 26:56 So your new movie is the only living pickpocket in New York. 26:59 So of course, we're going to ask you about hot pockets. 27:02 Get two out of three right, and you'll 27:04 win our prize for one of our listeners. 27:06 Alza, who's John playing for? 27:08 Carol Kahn's of Castle Rock, Colorado. 27:11 All right. 27:12 It's a lot of alliteration. 27:15 All right. 27:16 Here's your first question. 27:18 Hot pockets is a beloved brand, 27:20 but things could have gone differently 27:21 if they had gone with their original name? What was it? A, cold pockets? B, nuclear meaty 27:28 cheese puffs? Or C, chunk stuffers? 27:33 You know what? I gotta go for C. I like chunk stuffers. 27:38 Yes! 27:48 Thankfully the name was changed early on so we never had to hear kids say, 27:52 Mom, can we have chunk stuffers for dinner tonight? 27:55 I think that would be pretty good. 27:57 Chunk stuff. 27:58 I like it. 27:59 All right. 28:00 Here's your next question. 28:01 Oh, God. 28:01 People will go to great lengths to make sure their hot pockets are properly cooked, like 28:06 a man in San Diego who did what? 28:08 Was it, A, got arrested for breaking into a bank to use their microwave to heat up 28:13 his hot pocket? 28:14 Was it, B, convinced a Michelin chef to add them to his menu? 28:19 Or was it, C, accidentally burnt down a city block trying to cook his hot pocket 28:23 over an open flame. 28:26 I don't know. 28:27 I'm kind of drawing to see. 28:31 Then there's also A. 28:37 A was gone. 28:39 What was that again? 28:40 A was got arrested for breaking into a bank to use their microwave to heat up his hot 28:45 pocket. 28:47 Is it A? 28:49 It's A. 28:50 Yay. 28:50 There you go. 28:52 How did you go? 28:53 There you go. 28:53 I wore you down. 28:56 When asked if eating a hot pocket was worth being arrested, the man said, and this is 29:01 totally true, hell yeah, it was worth it. 29:07 All right, here's your last question. 29:10 Many Hot Pockets fans know the pain of biting into a too hot hot pocket, but that's not 29:17 the only danger. 29:18 Which of these happened? 29:20 Was it A, a 12-car pileup was caused when a driver dropped his hot pocket? 29:25 B, after a c- 29:29 Where did he drop it? 29:30 That's what I wanted to know. 29:33 That's what I'm interested in. 29:35 Was it B, after a Kentucky man ate his roommate's last hot pocket, the roommate shot him in the butt? 29:43 Or was it C, a manufacturing error caused a hot pocket to be full of peanut butter 29:48 instead of pepperoni I mean be I'm attracted to the mise en 29:55 song shot him in the but the guy was he shot 30:15 his roommate in the but he's okay 30:17 Hey, by the way, the hot pocket made him invincible. 30:21 Wow. 30:22 I mean, that's a pretty good story. 30:26 Alzo, can we get the score? 30:28 Of course. 30:29 He got three out of three perfect score. 30:39 Oh, my God. 30:39 Thanks so much for joining us. 30:41 John Trichuro is an award-winning actor who can now be seen in the only living pick 30:44 pocket in New York in theaters everywhere. 30:46 John Trichuro, thank you so much for joining us on Way Way Don't Tell Me. 30:50 Thank you for having me. 30:51 Thank you. 30:51 A lot of fun. 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A game Peter Segel will certainly be playing 33:15 along with at home this week. It's the Listener Limerick Challenge. If you'd like 33:19 to play give us a call at 1-888-wait-wait that's 1-888-924-8924 but 33:25 right now panel some more questions for you from this week's news. 33:28 Hari, the website ReelSimple ran a useful how-to article for people who 33:34 bought a dessert at the store, but want to do what with it? 33:38 Pretend they made it. 33:39 Yes, that's right. 33:41 Pretend that they made it. 33:43 Do you want to serve up some cupcakes 33:45 from the Kroger's while getting credit 33:47 for making them yourself? 33:49 First of all, why? 33:51 But real simple, has your back, providing 33:53 tricks like dusting store-bought brownies 33:56 with powdered sugar, adding extra frosting to cookies, 34:00 or heating cinnamon rolls in the oven while yelling, 34:02 Wow, I used so many eggs while I artfully made these. 34:07 You know what I would do? 34:09 I'd just take one of my hairs and put it. 34:12 Ooh, that's good faith. 34:14 That's good. 34:15 Or you take a little eggshell and you just shove it in there. 34:18 No, no, no. 34:20 That is disgusting. 34:22 But it happens. 34:24 Here's actually the first tip that they have in their piece. 34:28 quote, remove store-bought treats from the packaging. 34:32 Hey guys, like if you have to say that, it's too late. 34:37 Like, you're a lost cause. 34:40 All right, Faith, a man went viral this week when he proposed to his girlfriend with a 34:45 gold ring he got how? 34:49 Huh, did it involve a former marriage? 34:53 No. 34:54 Oh, okay. 34:55 Then this isn't that bad. 34:56 May I please have a hint? 34:57 He's actually like a full-time old-timey prospector. 35:02 He found that he dug it up for gold? 35:05 He found it? 35:06 Yeah! 35:07 Gold! 35:07 He'd pan for himself. 35:10 Oh! 35:11 That's so 1880s. 35:13 Yeah. 35:14 A man spent months panning in multiple rivers in Colorado till he had enough gold to make 35:19 his girlfriend an engagement ring. 35:21 Oh. 35:22 That's sweet. 35:22 But he blew it if the proposal didn't start with will you make me the dad gone happy 35:32 What so he he got the it was the engagement ring the gold to make the engagement. Yeah, what about the stone? 35:39 Yeah, is he gonna go mining is he? 35:42 Yeah, he set up his own child labor 35:45 I was about to say. 35:47 Yeah. 35:48 Faith, an Alabama man is being celebrated 35:52 for saving 14 people from a burning building, 35:55 and he only ended up at the scene of the fire. 35:58 Why? 36:01 Clearly by accident. 36:03 Here, let me give you a hint. 36:04 In 400 feet, turn left at the building in Galften Flames. 36:10 His Uber, his directions, his map, told him? 36:13 That's right, his GPS error took him there. 36:17 Casey Sparks was driving his son back from a softball tournament. 36:20 His last name's Sparks. 36:27 Sparks was driving his son back from a softball tournament 36:30 when GPS kept trying to lead him down an unusual route. 36:35 When he followed it, he discovered the burning house 36:38 and ran inside to help rescue. 36:39 No, first he told his son, Ash, you wait here. 36:48 Okay, so Spark and Ash discovered the burning house and ran inside to help rescue 14 people. 37:00 Meanwhile, when Google Maps gives me a weird row, I'm just like, I'll switch to Waze. 37:06 God bless that man, right? 37:09 Like the really heroic thing is that he stopped even though the GPS showed him if he didn't 37:14 rescue all those people, he could save nine minutes on his chair. 37:20 He stopped, and he ran in, and he could still hear from the flames, recalculate it. 37:34 It's lightning fill in the blank, but first, the only game show segment in America that 37:38 relies on poetry. 37:40 It's the Listener Limerick Challenge. 37:42 If you'd like to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. 37:46 That's 1-888-924-8924. 37:49 You can see us most weeks here at the Studebaker Theater 37:52 in Chicago and catch us on the road. 37:55 We'll be in Normal, Illinois on November 12th 37:58 and in Providence, Rhode Island on December 10th. 38:01 For tickets and information to all of our live events, 38:03 go to nprpresents.org. 38:06 Hi, you're on way, wait, don't tell me. 38:09 Hi again, this is Joanna from Boston. 38:11 Hey, Joanna, what are you doing, Boston? 38:14 Hi. I work for the largest workforce development agency in New England. We help people get 38:20 jobs and build their careers. Oh, are there still jobs with AI out there? 38:26 You know, there are. There's a couple out there. We'll help you get one. 38:30 Awesome. Well, welcome to the show, Joanna. Alzo Slade is going to read you three news-related 38:36 with the last word or phrase missing from each. 38:40 If you can fill in that last word or phrase 38:42 on two lyrics, you're a winner. 38:44 Here's your first limerick. 38:46 As the brewers and rays play their sport, 38:49 a cliche, the two rosters both thwart. 38:52 To win in the fall, you don't need to be tall 38:55 because all of the players are short. 39:00 That's right. 39:01 For a World Series, not only was it the most boring, 39:12 It was also played by the shortest teams in decades. 39:19 It's so impressive. 39:20 Do you know how hard it is to hit a home run when you can't even see over the pitchers 39:25 mound? 39:27 And everyone loves how short the teams are. 39:30 With the Brewer's General Manager saying, and this is true, quote, it's the cutest 39:38 I mean I love these little shorties. They are to quote Arthur Miller, all my sons. 39:45 I didn't even know the world series was going on. Is it over? 39:50 Yeah, it ended two days ago. 39:51 Did it? 39:56 All right, Joanna, here's your next limerick. 40:00 To the sneeze guard, I strolled with a tray. You all know I can pack it away. 40:05 all you can eat is a challenge I meet I'm a fan of the reborn oh gosh I think I 40:13 might need a clue we want to hear it again yeah to the sneeze guard I 40:19 stroll with a tray you all know I can pack it away all you can eat is a 40:26 challenge I meet. I'm a fan of the reborn buffet. Rising food prices and economic 40:38 uncertainty have led to a big comeback for the all-you-can-eat buffet. The 40:43 restaurant that some people see as a bargain and some see as a challenge. 40:48 Yelp reported a 252 percent increase in searches for all-you-can-eat 40:54 buffets over the last year as folks look for places where they can maximize both 40:59 value and the chance to eat food that someone else picked up changed their 41:03 mind isn't isn't gluttony one of this the seven deadly seven deadly sins yeah 41:13 I mean if it's a really good deal I'm just saying that all those people are 41:19 going to hell that's all that's all I'm saying all right here's your last 41:28 limerick as a topping for cracker or chip I chopped cheese meat and olives then 41:35 whip because guests stay too late picking bits off a plate I am making 41:41 charcuterie dip yes that's right the latest thing in charcuterie is to take 41:48 everything off the charcuterie board and blend it into a single dip, which is 41:54 great news for those of us too lazy to throw cheese salami and two figs on a 42:00 piece of wood. Isn't that called pate? Well actually, okay so here's the deal 42:08 like you can make it a couple of ways. The most popular method is quote chopping 42:12 the typical elements of a charcuterie board, tossing them together in a light 42:17 dressing, then serving the dip with a vessel for scooping, it may not sound appetizing, 42:23 but think of it less of a dip and more like a slurry. 42:29 And the next time I see a kid use a finger for something, I'll just say, oh, that's 42:34 a vessel for dipping. 42:35 Yes, that's right. 42:38 It's also what happens when you're in the hospital and you're like, well, I still 42:41 You'll be able to have charcuterie after the surgery. 42:48 Alzo, how did Joanna do? 42:49 Joanna killed it. 42:50 She got three out of three. 42:51 Perfect score. 42:52 Oh, my gosh. 42:56 Thank you so much. 42:57 Thanks for calling in. 42:59 Thank you. 43:06 Stay tuned for the following announcements and messages from our sponsors. 43:11 This message comes from REI Co-op. 43:13 At REI, they don't just sell outdoor gifts. 43:16 They use them, test them, trust them. 43:17 REI knows what to give this season from joy rides, campfire cheers, or peak views. 43:23 REI knows what to give the people you love who love to get out there, because they're out there too. 43:29 Just stop in and ask a green vest. 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Each of our players 44:32 will have 60 seconds in which to answer as many fill-in-the-blank questions as 44:36 they can. Each correct answer is worth two points. Alzo, can you give us the 44:40 scores. Of course. Paula has two and Faith or Hari are tied up at three. Okay. Wait a minute. 44:48 All right Paula you're in third place so you're up first. 44:53 The clock will start when I begin your first question. Fill in the blank. After voting on 44:59 Tuesday neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor his opponent are expected to win an outright majority in 45:03 blank. Is real. Right. This week the governor of blank opened an investigation into Mary Peltola's 45:09 Senate campaign. 45:10 Alaska. 45:11 Right. 45:11 On Wednesday, the Vatican opened an exhibition of all the past blank mobiles. 45:16 Pope mobiles. 45:17 Right. 45:18 In the 30 days since it was installed, officials in Tacoma, Washington reported that their 45:22 new traffic camera caught blank people speeding. 45:25 Zero. 45:27 400,000. 45:28 Wow. 45:30 In response to buyer complaints, Etsy said it would restrict blank-generated content. 45:36 AI. 45:37 Right. 45:38 This week an Arizona man attacked his neighbors with pepper spray saying it was offensive to his culture when his neighbors refused to blank 45:46 to 45:48 Bow he said it was offensive to his culture that the neighbors refused to do cocaine with him 45:55 Oh, yeah 45:56 In addition to the pepper spray the man also took his shirt off brandished a hammer and fired off a gun 46:02 Which from my experience feels more like meth culture than cocaine culture 46:08 Also, my neighbors never offer me anything. 46:12 Yeah, I'm lucky if I get a wave while I take the trash out. 46:17 Alzo, how did Paula do? 46:19 Paula got four right for eight more points. 46:21 Total of 10, puts her in the lead, four now. 46:26 Okay, okay, Hari, you're up next. 46:31 Fill in the blank. 46:32 After his defeat in the election in Brazil, 46:34 Flavio Bolsonaro fled to blank. 46:36 Miami, US. 46:38 That's right. 46:38 On Tuesday, software giant Blank offered 60,000 employees voluntary buyouts. 46:44 Microsoft. 46:45 Right. 46:46 This week, the Federal Reserve voted to hold Blank rate steady. 46:50 Interest. 46:50 Right. 46:51 This week, an Army officer was suspended after he was caught leaving his post 64 separate 46:56 times, so he could Blank. 46:58 Has some charcuterie. 47:01 So he could feed his pet lizard. 47:04 On Wednesday, it was reported that FIFA made over $15 billion from the 2026 blank. 47:10 World Cup. 47:10 Right. 47:11 Best known for his roles in Star Trek and X-Men, actor Blank passed away at the age of 86. 47:16 Patrick Stewart. 47:17 Right. 47:18 This week, a woman in Florida went viral after she discovered a car crash and called the
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