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allergies, I'm the voice so fine even my sneezes sound like music. I built Curtis and here is your host at the Student Maker Theater at the Fine Arts Bill League and should talk about an eye. Tom Papa. Thank you Bill and thanks everybody on Tom Papa filling in for Peter Sago who tricked me into a house swap. My house for his dirty office. We have a great show for you today. We'll be talking

to New York Times best-selling author, Father James Martin. But first this week we celebrate the

10th anniversary of the time and NPR employee brought their kid for bringing your child to work day. And this is true that child hit a button and caused a full minute of dead air during morning edition. Each year we honor the day by giving you an hour of radio you wish was dead air. So give us a call to play our games the numbers one eight eight eight wait wait that's one eight eight nine two four eight nine two four. It's time to welcome our first listener contestant.

Hi you're on wait wait don't tell me. Hi. Hi. This is Lanka and my summer tears next to me. But we're calling for the same poll we just said.

“Ah, same poll Minnesota. Love same poll. What do you do for fun and same poll?”

Uh, I just sit around in the basement with a few games. [laughter] Living the dream kid living the dream. Now, Blanca let us introduce you to our

panel. First up she's a writer and a comedian who most recently wrote for clean slate

available now on crime it's Shantira Jackson. Next the comedian who will be performing at the Blue Ridge Comedy Club in Bristol, Tennessee, May 29th and 30th it's Josh Gundelman. Hello. And making her debut on our panel she's a celebrity jeopardy finalist and the Emmy award winning host of the podcast casuals it's Katie Nolan. Welcome to the show, Blanca. You're going to play who's bill this time. Bill Curtis is going to read you three quotes from this week's news.

If you can correctly identify or explain two of them you'll win our prize. Any voice from our show you choose on your voicemail. You ready? Yes. All right. Good luck. Here's your first quote. He's known to drink to access at Neds in DC and at the poodle room in Las Vegas. That's from a report in the Atlantic alleging that the nation's top law enforcement officer's drinking compromise several high stakes investigations. Who is it?

He likes to pay cash. That's right. Cash Patel the FBI director is facing calls to resign after a report in the Atlantic found he was "conspicuously inebriated" and frequently missed work because of his drinking. The report was based on testimony from multiple FBI agents and on just watching cash Patel do anything. That does kind of explain why in every picture he looks

surprised his picture is taken. Like his parents just busted him sneaking in after curfew.

But that's always his face. I feel like if I worked for this administration I would need to drink as well.

“Do you have to? Is that a girl? He doesn't want to remember anything.”

The FBI at one point reportedly had to use breaching equipment to get into his apartment because they couldn't wake him up. Okay look I've been drunk before but I've never been battering ram drunk. Who wanted him awake? Everyone who works for him is like boss. What do we do?

I wonder if it was more like my boss isn't here. We get to wake him up with a battering room.

“Patel is suing the Atlantic for $250 million for defamation and flying that Patel wants”

actually thought he was famous. Where do you get that number from? It's the $250 million.

It's a number you come up with when you're pretty hammered. Two hundred million dollars. All right your next quote is from Scientific American describing the winner of a half marathon last weekend. Long legs like elite runners and a liquid circulation system adapted from smartphones. That runner beat all the competition and broke the half marathon world record making it the first ever what to do that? Robot. Yes good job.

This year a humanoid robot beat all the humans at Bijeng's e-town half marathon.

Many people run half marathons for the feeling of joy and accomplishment. So of course some scientists were like, but what if you could do it without that and faster? I'm not impressed. We already have so many robots that are faster than people. We just don't make them racist. I flew here in an airplane. That would win a half marathon. I just went off the robot also piece and poops down its way. Do you think the robot can't stop telling other robots that it just ran out?

My nipples are bleeding. Well for the past several years Bijeng has been hosting the humanoid robot half marathon. Last year the winning time was two hours and 40 minutes. This year it was 50 minutes. Oh my god. Yeah that next year it will murder all the humans at the starting point. Who are the humans that are signing up to get smoked by these robots? It's embarrassing.

“Well I saw it. I know radio it's not a visual medium, but you should know he looked goofy.”

Yeah it's important to say. It's important to say that if you win and you look like that you are a loser.

But for the first time when they put that silver blanket on them it actually made sense.

Mommy, are you my mommy? All right here's your last quote. I saw the $20 white claw and I thought wow I'm really glad I pre-game. That was someone telling the Wall Street Journal that like many adults they're saving money by doing what at home. Cooking drinking. Did you see it? You said cooking? Yeah drinking you're right.

“Yeah that's what they're doing. They're now drinking at home before they go out. This is why I had”

drink home before I go out right because of the economy. Honey I'm being financially sound right now. I'm not doing shots because your friends are annoying. Pre-gaming as it's called a thing you already knew if you're cool. Is common among college students but now more and more actual adults are doing it. For example a single cocktail at a musical in New York can cost $36. Look just stay home. I'll tell you the

ending Hamilton die. For $36 you got to let me sing a little. We're doing karaoke now. If you're serious about saving money you pre-game at home and you only go to the bar to throw up in their bathroom. They started with $20 white claw. If you're telling me there's a $20 white claw offer that better be the claw of an endangered species. Well how did Monka do? Monka got him all right. She was perfect. All right. Good job, Monka. Thanks for playing and enjoy the video games.

Right now, panel. It's time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Katie and electric car company in China has secured a patent for a technology that will transform the

Do I go toilet or do I go bed?

A question catch for tell us something tells me they are one in the same room. Let's say bed, Tom. No. Do you want me to say toilet? Okay, toilet. Wow. Wow. Not only the touch of a button either, it's also voice activated. Just say the words start up toilet

“function, which is great because that's what I always say when I got it go. Excuse me fellas. Start”

up toilet function. Now this is the passenger seat. The passenger seat. So someone else is in the car

with you. I'm picturing the whole family. It's really advanced. The toilet is stored beneath the passenger seat and slides out on rails when you need it. Also, this is true an exhaust fan immediately deploys, which is rude but fair. Was it it's a wonderful life where the dance floor opened up and the pool was under it. Sorry grandma. Coming off, our panelists dust off the resumes in our bluffed the listener game. Call 1808 wait wait to play. We'll be back in a minute with more

of wait wait don't tell me from NPR. From NPR, NPR and WDB EZ Chicago. This is wait wait don't tell me. The NPR news quiz. I'm Bill Curtis. We are playing this week with Katie Nolan, Shantira Jackson and Josh Kundelman. And here again is your host at the Student Baker Theatre at Chicago with an eye filling in for Peter Sagle. Tom Papa. Thanks Bill. Right now it's time for the wait wait don't tell me bluff the listener game. Call 1808 wait wait to play our game on air.

Hi you're on wait wait don't tell me. Hi this is Eden. I'm calling from Philadelphia. Hi, I didn't welcome to the game. What do you do there in Philadelphia? So I do stain glass restoration and I also teach glass glowing and I'm an artist assistant. Wow wow. It's really cool.

“Do people often tell you you're a real, real, glass act?”

No I'm not. Doesn't hang up with enough cool dads. Eight in are you still there? Yep. Oh good. Okay. She's there that was just the sound of my joke bombing. All right it's nice to have you with us, Eden. You're going to play our game in which you must try to tell truth from fiction. What's the topic Bill? No hiring you. If you're looking for a new job stop right now because we have a doozy for you. This week we heard about a once in

a lifetime job opening. Our panelists are going to tell you about it. Pick the one who's telling

“the truth and you'll win our prize. The wait waiter of your choice on your voicemail. Ready to play?”

You excitement is profound. First up it's Josh Gondelman. Are you a veterinary technician or

Somalia with heavy gambling debts and very little dignity? Well spot and tango a dog food company has just the job for you. To test their new line of breathments for dogs the corporation is looking for an animal lover with a keen sense of smell to serve as a dog breath sniffer. As dog breath sniffer you'll get up close to canines canines in dog parks across New York City. You simply ask a stranger if you can smell the inside of their dogs mouth and then once you

wipe the pepper spray out of your eyes you get to work. Sure it doesn't sound like a great gig but at least it's a job that AI won't replace. Not to mention the compensation is listed as up to 1,000 dollars an hour. In this economy that might be enough cash to get someone to sniff both ends of a dog bark. That's dog breath sniffer from Josh Gondelman. Your next job post

making a bold move to help. Plenty of fish has announced they are currently hiring for a unique

“position dating co-pilot. According to their website this hourly worker would be available to help”

singles looking for love in a number of ways. Perhaps you're a young woman who's watch too much

true crime your co-pilot will arrive at your date first and make sure this guy isn't a serial killer

and then seamlessly hand the date off to you. Surely he'll understand. The most expensive option co-pilot premium attends your entire date in cognito all the while discreetly monitoring the situation for any issues. Have a huge piece of lettuce stuck in your teeth? Your co-pilot will stand just out of your dates line of sight, just stimulating wildly towards their own teeth while waving a piece of lettuce. Crisis averted. Plenty of fish says they've already begun piloting the program

at popular date night spots around town like the Cheesecake Factory on Temple Street downtown

as well as the Cheesecake Factory near University Plaza. That's dating co-pilot from Katie Nolan

and your last employment opportunity comes from Chintira Jackson. In Nashville, Tennessee, spring and summer wedding season is underway and many brides and grooms are adding something special to their special day. Besides picking the venue and sending out invitations, people are worried that even if everything is planned perfectly, somebody might ruin the vibe. Enter fun guy insurance. A business that will send one person to your wedding to make sure none of your guests ruin your

big day. Did your maid of honor deliver a speech that was mostly about her? Don't worry, your fun guy will deliver a speech that blends humor and heart fixing everything. They will also be the first person on a dance floor and will teach your grandmas how to cha cha slide. You can add extras to your fun guy insurance including but not limited to stopping your weird uncle from drinking too much. Making sure the DJ doesn't play any art Kelly even though your art keeps on asking them to do that.

Most importantly, being able to do the warm at any moment. And if you're on your second wedding,

don't worry, they will never send the same guy twice. Okay, Aiden. So you have dog breath sniffer

from Josh Gonderman. You've got a dating copilot from Katie Nolan and a person to keep the vibes

“good at your wedding from Chantira Jackson. Which of these is the real story we found in the week's news?”

So I really want to say the dating out, but I think it's probably the wedding fun guy. Wedding fun guy. Okay. To find out the correct answer, we talked to someone who knows all about the real story. What we're trying to do is create a role that's almost a Somalia but for a dog breath. This was the first time that I've ever been on the show and was given the real story and was like "There's no way!" No, that was a hard one, Aiden, but thank you so much for playing with us today. We'll see you next time.

And now the game we call "Not My Job." Father James Martin was many things before becoming a Jesuit priest, including a bus boy, a dishwasher, and a bank teller. And he's become many things since, including a New York Times bestselling author and the editor at Large of America Magazine. By the end of this, we'll see if he can add public radio game show winner to his resume. Father James Martin, welcome to Wait Wait Don't Tell me.

Thank you. So nice to have you. I watch you all the time. I've seen you on Colbert, and on Instagram, and it's really nice to meet you and talk about your new book. It's called "Work in Progress." Confessions of a bus boy, dishwasher, caddy, usher, factory worker,

“bank teller, corporate tool, and priest. What haven't you done?”

I have not been a dog breath somewhere yet. So your book is all about your past summer job starting off when you are a child,

Exactly. John, I was the world's worst caddy at a golf course outside of Philadelphia,

“and I was stuck in the middle of a lightning storm. And my cat, my golfer told me to stay there”

with the bag of clubs under a tree. And I realized that I was standing under a tree in the middle of an electrical storm holding a bag of lightning rods. But you have a real nice way of giving perspective when looking back, these weren't really just dumb jobs. You did learn something along the way.

Yeah, I learned a lot about hard work, first of all, but also being kind to people,

because when you're humiliated as a bus boy or dishwasher or caddy, you learn how not to humiliate people. It was as effective as a year's worth of homilies on being kind. Yeah, I was a bus boy, and they are mean to you when you were a bus boy. I was probably 15 years

“old, and a guy was really mean to me, and I wasn't really as poised as you were, and when he”

demanded that I give him roles, I may have licked one or two. I wouldn't do that now, Father, but back then, see you are confessing. I absolve you 40 years later. Thank you. Now, you made a playlist to accompany your book, and it has everything from afternoon to light to rock lobster on it. Do you actually make the playlist yourself, and more importantly, what do you consider an afternoon to light?

As I say in my book, it was a mark of some distinction, if at age 15, in the summer of 1976, you knew what an afternoon to light was. So we consider ourselves very cool. That playlist actually is from the book, and in each chapter, I mentioned a song or two that was popular during the summer. And I tell people, this is not the playlist that I would look back and say, these are the songs that I like now from that time period. These are the songs that I actually

listen to. So, including afternoon to light, but my taste, I would say, develop a little bit more as I get older. I'm Catholic, and I travel around the country as a comedian all the time, and I go into all these churches when I'm on tour. I've tried to fit it on on Saturday before the show or before I fly back on a Sunday, and I really have noticed in the last couple of years, these churches all around the country are filling up. There's a lot more activity that seems

like, from the early days to now, it seems like there are a lot more people going to church.

“Do you find that true? Do you think having an American Pope has anything to do with that?”

I'd say a little of it. People have been thinking about this. People who entered the church, for maybe a longer time than he's been Pope, but he's certainly given people a real shot in the arm. And it is really something to listen to the vicar of Christ's speak in Flawless Chicago English. Did you know Pope Leo before he became Pope? I did a little bit. I was at a meeting called the Senate, the Senate of Bishops, and I happened to be, we were at the same table, and he's wonderful.

He really is wonderful. I mean, I don't have to tell a Chicago audience that he's kind and smart and one reserved and prayerful. I'll tell you a funny story. I was helping out ABC News during the

Conclave, and I was so excited, because I knew him. It's amazing to see someone you know,

dressed up like the Pope, coming on in that balcony. And, uh, dressed up. I might go home. That's right. That is Halloween, and she might go home. I went back to the Jesuit community. I was staying in the Jesuit headquarters, and I was so excited. And I said, I can't believe that he was at my table, and they said, "No, Jim, you were at his house." So, do you get the Pope's phone number? No comment. Wow! It's so beautiful the way you speak

of him, and such a good recommendation. Part of me was hoping you're like, "That guy?" It's a real piece of garbage. One of my favorite lines was among the Italians, you know,

he was, it was not exactly a huge surprise, but he was kind of on the second tier of guys who were

being considered one of the Italians said that he was the least American of the Americas, which was a compliment. You know. Well, Father James, we've asked you here to play a game we're calling don't take confession. Take these concession. That's right. We're going to ask you three

stadium concessions. The HD stands for hot dog. It's all the food that you can get at sporting events. If you answer two out of three correctly and you'll win our prize for one of our listeners,

“the weight waiter of their choice on their voicemail, Bill, who is Father James Martin playing for?”

Lauren Joyce of Chicago, Illinois. All right. All right. Here's your first question.

There's no concession, more classic than Cracker Jack. But in 2012, a new product called Cracker Jack PowerBytes was not well received. Parents didn't like that the product contained what? A twice as many peanuts. B. As much caffeine as a cup of coffee. C. Venison. I'm going to say the parents were upset because it was B. B. You're right. They were loaded with caffeine. You know, for when you're like, man, I feel sluggish today. I need a bag of Cracker Jacks. All right. Here's your next question.

Many attention-grabbing concessions are only sold at one particular concession stand,

which is why a reporter overherred a woman at Yankees Stadium telling her friend, what? A. Start on the upper deck, don't come back without pokey. B. Somewhere here, there's Tiramisu and little hats we have to find. Or C. Keep checking Insta until they post the nacho drop. I'm going to say B just because I can hear someone in New York saying that. You're right. B. You know, today I walk into a store with my fillies had on. I'm from Philadelphia.

And someone said, hey, you'll expect me to serve you with that on. You feel like you're in a movie

“sometimes. Yeah. And then you show him the collar and he's like, I'm sorry. What do you want?”

All right. And I want it for freedom. All right. Here's your last question. The most unbelievable concession we found is sold at Mercedes-Benz Stadium home of the Atlanta Falcons, where you can get what? A. Actual Falcon Wings with Buffalo or BBQ sauce. B. A. Regulation size football helmet containing one scoop of ice cream for each of the 32 NFL team. C. A beer that's only five dollars.

I'm going to say A is probably illegal. Probably as B is repulsive. So I'll say C. That's right. C.

“Yeah. And a $2 hot dog. Bill, how do father James do under quiz? Is there any other answer?”

But perfect. Nice. Congratulations, father. Father James Martin is a New York Times best-selling author and Jesuit priest. His new book work in progress is available now. Father James Martin, thank you so much for joining us on Weight Weight Town Tell me. In just a minute, Bill has a delicious warning for anyone buying legos. Find out what it is in our listener-limric challenge called 188 Weight Weight to join us on air. We'll be back in a minute

with more of Weight Weight Don't Tell Me from NPR. From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Weight Weight Don't Tell Maybe NPR News Quiz. I'm Bill Curtis. We are playing this week with Josh Gondolman, K. He Nolan, and Shin Tira Jackson, and here again is your host at the Studivaker Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, Philly, and for Peter's Seigle, Tom Pappa.

Thanks Bill. In just a minute, Bill is going to cut the umbilical cord on our brand new

That's 188, 924, 8924. But right now, panel, some more questions for you from this week's news.

Josh, Amazon drone delivery has started in some parts of the country and some people are surprised by the fact that the drone drops off the package how, like with a thud,

“kind of, can I have a hint, please? The first thing you should order is an airbag to put in your”

yard. Oh, it just drops them out of the sky? Yes, from a height of 10 feet. 10 feet? Yes. Apparently, Amazon is very concerned with their drones bumping into people so they stay clear remaining 10 feet up in the air as they release your package above your cement driveway. Customers can enjoy

the spectacle, as they think. I really shouldn't have asked for one hour delivery on those

martini glass. 10 feet is also, like, more than enough. I feel like you could get a little bit closer unless you're exclusively delivering the basketball players. Yeah, it's more than enough, but somehow it seems less than what my real Amazon driver is doing with my past. When I catch him on my ring camera, just hauling it from the van. Just going paperboy style. Shantira, this week, a court upheld the conviction of a man who had illegally accessed and leaked

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's medical records. He said he was innocent that he accessed the records by accident and he blamed who Barack Obama. Oh, can I have a little clue? Sure, I'll give you a hint. More like Ruth Bader Ginsburg's per... Oh, a cat. That's right. He says he accessed RBG's records accidentally when his cat walked across his keyboard. He was a contractor who had access to the hospital system where RBG was being treated. An investigation found he had illegally searched for

her records and downloaded them, but he says no. While he was in the system, his cat walked across his keyboard and randomly typed Ginsburg. Wow, just a week after it walked across his keyboard and accidentally Googled free milk video. The thing is, if you would have told me a dog didn't,

“I wouldn't believe him. But I can't. I believe it. They've got more of an agenda. They're clever.”

They are the internet. Cats and Beyonce. That's it. This excuse is so bold, but it's the kind of excuse you can try. When the head of the FBI is probably drugs. You have a good shot. Josh, on Monday two cruise ships finally ended their beautiful scenic trip through where? Was it the straight of our moves? Yes, you're right. The straight of our moves. Wow. Two enormous German cruise ships got routed through the straight of our moves during the war

in Iran. Just goes to show you. When someone says, I got us a great deal on a cruise.

Ask some follow-up question. How embarrassing when someone asks how you died and the answer is,

he got hit by a missile while going down a water slide. That actually sounds amazing. That is how I would like to die. You know, it's a dinner in the show. This doesn't sound to me any worse than like your typical cruise ship experience. It's either straight of our moves or like Nora virus. Coming up, it's lightning fill in the blank. But first, it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If you'd like to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-8-8, wait, wait.

That's 1-8-8-8-9-2-4-8-9-2-4. You can see us most weeks here at the Stutabaker theater in downtown Chicago and catch us on the road. We'll be in Austin, Texas at the Bass Concert Hall on June 4th. For tickets and more information for all our live events, go to nprpresents.org. Hi, you're on wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, this is Maeve from Cleveland, Ohio. Hi, Maeve. How's Cleveland these days? I love Cleveland. I do, too.

“Really? I feel very neutral about it. And I think that's what I'm talking about.”

That rules. That rules the whole town and buildings. I guess it's a lot more fun when you

you three news-related lyrics with the last word or phrase missing from each.

“If you can fill in that last word or phrase correctly on two lyrics, you are a winner.”

You ready? Yep. All right, here you go. When you socially wish to advance, if things smell, don't just widen your stance. They won't shrink as you're told. Fading is better than mold. It is time to start washing your

knees. Don't tell me the answer is pants. You're right. You're right. You're right.

Wow. Pants. The Washington Post did a deep dive on pant cleanliness and despite popular belief, you actually do need to wash pants. Who are the people treating pants like a cast iron soap? No, man. If you wash them, you'll lose the harder and seasonings of subway seat and crotch.

“I was going to say unfortunately, it is my fiance who does not want, who thinks you're not supposed”

to wash your pants. I learned that when he first laid them on the bench at the end of our bed. And I was like, "Why don't you just fold them up and put them?" And he said, "Because I keep them

loaded." He keeps his wallet and his chaps deck and his belt on it. And then he just put some

on the next day. So I said, "Yes, I got that re-figured little bit." Sounds like a dream. Well, here's your next limmer. Swimming upstream is hard to explain. We find happy dust helps with this strain. We hyped Swedish salmon. Can really start salmon. We swim really fast on okay. Okay. Yeah. Research shows cocaine will make salmon swim a lot more. According to a group of scientists, who I assume were caught with a big pile of blow in their lab

and said, "This? No, this is salmon's cocaine."

“We're just storing it here. I think if you give anything cocaine, it will swim very fast.”

Yeah. You did not have to waste research dollars to find that out. And just like, we're going to fight that bear. Today we're going to fight back again. Come on, come down here. All right. Here's your last limmer. With my Lego scam, I'm banking udels. I replace pricey toys with cheap foothills. I sell back my phony, uncooked macaroni, because Legos sound just like dried noodles. Yeah, right in a row. Nice job. How do we do?

Three in a row. A man in Irvine, California, was arrested for a scam where he bought Lego sets from Target, removed the pieces, filled the boxes with dried pasta and returned them, then he sold the Lego pieces online. The man netted $35,000 in the scheme, but police eventually tracked him down and arrested him at his house in California where he was found surrounded by stolen Legos. And he would have gotten away, too, if the cops had only been barefoot.

Cameron, Cameron flushed the Lego with an obstacle in the flesh. Oh, my God. Flush him, Cameron. Bill, how did Maeve do? Maeve, you can. Thank the father. He got three right, too. Perfect. Great job. Thank you, Maeve. Thank you for playing. We'll see you in Cleveland. See you there. Now on to our final game, Lightning Fill in the blank. Each of our players will have 60 seconds

in which to answer as many fill in the blank questions as they can. Each correct answer is worth two points. Bill, can you give us the scores? Everybody has two. Everybody's tied. All right. So I'm going to pick Josh to go first. Okay. The clock will start when I begin your first question. Fill in the blank. On Wednesday, the White House said it has no timeline for ending the war with Frank Iran. Right. This week, the administration announced

plans for a $500 million bailout of blank airlons. Spirit airlons. Right. On Wednesday,

blank. Cold cuts. Tap water. This week, police in Ohio are pretty sure they found the man behind an arson because when he showed up to his police interview, he had blank. He had a lot of

matches. Singeed eyebrows. On Thursday, the 2026 NFL blank started in Pittsburgh. Finally,

away. Draft. Yes, the NFL draft. After filing an insurance claim saying a bear tore their luxury cars to shreds, two men in California were denied any money because blank. They were going wild off that salmon. Because the bear was very clearly one of the guys wearing a bear costume. The duo recorded themselves fake molling a Rolls Royce and two Mercedes Benz's in a bear suit. They definitely got off the clearance rack at spirit Halloween. Their scam was quickly uncovered

and they were charged with insurance fraud and sentenced to 180 days in jail, a $50,000 fine,

“and they have to wrestle a real bear. Bill, how did Josh do?”

God, Joe, you're on the lead. Thank you. Right. Six more points. Total of eight. Congratulations. Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Bill. Katie, you're next. Bill in the blank. On Wednesday, Senate Republicans approved a budget that would fund blank without democratic support. Ice? Yes. This week, the CDC blocked the publication of research showing the efficacy of the blank vaccine. Killed it? Right. On Wednesday, a federal appeals court ruled that Texas

could require schools to display the blank in classrooms. Flag? The 10 Commandments. No! In what some New Yorkers are calling a curse, the Met's went on a 12 games losing streak after blank. After losing 12 games. Oh, after Mom Donnie met Mr. and Mrs. Met. That's right. On Monday, the onion reached a new deal to take over Alex Jones's blank. It in for worse. Right. On Thursday, images of the new blankable iPhone leaked. Bendable. Right. This week, a man in

Singapore who was arrested for selling a fake Rolex for $90,000 was shocked to discover blank. That it was real. That's right. The law. Wow. The watch wasn't fake. It was real and worth $120,000. Even though the fake watch turned out to be real, the man was still arrested because he was intending to commit a crime. So to be clear, if you're ever in Singapore, don't say, "Man, I could kill for a drink right now." Or you'll be looking at 15 to life

for attempted murders. Bill, how do Katie do? Katie got six right. 12 more points. Her 14

“gives her the lead. Congratulations. Nice Katie. So, Bill, how many does Chantira need to win?”

Six to tie. Seven to win. All right, everybody, let's just have fun. Okay, this is the

fourth game. According to several new surveys, blanks approval rating is less than 35 percent.

Trump? That's right. After over a decade as CEO, Tim Cook announced he was leaving blank. Right. This week, the Department of Homeland Security warned that it would soon run out of money to pay airport blanking agents. TSA? Yes. On Thursday, shareholders approved one of brothers merger with blank. Paramount? Right. On Thursday, the White House announced it was reclassifying medical blank. Marijuana? Right. This week, police in Ohio, who rushed to a 91-year-old

woman's house after she failed to respond to a wellness check, found her blanking. Playing, game theft auto. Playing, video game. Yeah, yeah. After she failed to respond to the police department's automated welfare check, police knocked on the woman's door and when she didn't answer they went into the house where they found her playing games on her phone. The police officer can be heard sign while telling dispatch, she's okay, she's in a room playing video games.

“Honestly, not sure how I would feel if someone's side because they learned I was still alive.”

Bill, did Chantira do well enough to win? She did very well six, right? 12 more points and 14 means she's a co-champion with Katie. Great job. Coming up, our panelists predict

what will a robot beat us at next? But first, let me tell you that weight weight don't tell me

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“Our fairy godmother is Peter Gwynn, our vibe curator is Emma Choi, technical direction,”

Lorna White. Our CFO is Colin Miller, our production manager is Robert, new house.

Our senior producer is Ian Chillag, the executive producer of weight weight don't tell me

“is Mike Danforth. Now, panel, what will robots do next?”

Chantira Jackson. Run and do the job that don't actually need to be done. CEOs. Katie Nolan. I think robots are next unfortunately going to beat us at war. Josh Garnellman. A robot will dance the robot with such precision and arts that people will paradoxically think it is a human. Well, if any of that happens panel, we'll ask you about it on weight weight don't tell me. Thank you Bill Curtis. Thanks also to Josh Garnellman,

Chantira Jackson and Katie Nolan and thanks to all of you for listening. I'm Tom Papa and we'll see you next week. This is NPR.