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Episode: "We become friends and neighbors with Olivia Munn"
Date: April 4, 2026
Host: Negin Farsad (filling in for Peter Sagal)
Panelists: Rachel Koster, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Peter Gross
Guest: Olivia Munn
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Episode Overview

This episode of NPR’s beloved news quiz brings the usual mix of quips, current events, and offbeat news, with guest Olivia Munn joining for career stories and game show fun. Negin Farsad sits in as host, wrangling panelists through stories about moon toilets, panda flirtations, and Bob Dylan’s Patreon—and exploring Olivia Munn’s journey from journalism to comedy, with plenty of humor about acting, art heists, and awkward social behavior.

Main Segments & Discussion Highlights

1. Opening & Introductions (00:32 – 02:44)

• Negin Farsad fills in, jokes about Peter Sagal on “damp turtleneck contest” spring break.
• Contestant Hannah, a marine geophysicist, plays “Who’s Bill This Time?” with panelist intros and friendly banter.
• Panelists introduce themselves—with a strong bent towards New York standup and improv.

2. Who's Bill This Time? – Week in Review Quiz (02:44 – 09:52)

A. Moon Mission & Toilet Talk (03:08)

• Bill Curtis quotes Astronomy Magazine: "Artemis 2 Crew Fix's toilet can now pee in it."
• Negin: "The launch was actually delayed because the lines at Cape Canaveral TSA were so long. Oh my God." (03:33)
• Peter Gross: "It's kind of a sign of how bad things are going on Earth that people are like, yeah, can we figure out what's going on on the moon? Is that, like, free?" (03:45)
• Discussion on moon missions, conspiracy theories, and NASA astronaut waste procedures—leads to jokes about poop bags and neighborhood dog rules.

B. Trump at the Supreme Court (05:03)

• Bill Curtis: "Dumb judges and justices who sat in..."
• Negin: "Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court, and we assume the first speaker president to fall asleep during oral arguments." (05:22)
• Jokes on Trump’s attendance and Justices he appointed.
• Peter Gross: "I think he went probably to intimidate them...then all the people that he nominated were like, this idea is really stupid." (05:51)

C. Pandas Get Frisky (06:49)

• Zookeeper on pandas mating: "They should just get down to business."
• Joyelle: "A lot of pressure, though. Pressure." (07:53)
• Negin on panda flirting through a “howdy window:” "Honestly, it sounds like my personal nightmare: my crush lives next door and can look at me at any time." (08:49)
• Olivia Munn joins briefly, riffing on the pandas’ “kinks.” (08:09)
• Hannah aces the quiz.

3. Panel News Questions & Banter (10:12 – 12:01)

• TMZ shifts to paparazzi-ing politicians; discussion of Lindsay Graham alone at Disney World.
  • Rachel: "I didn't realize there was something more concerning than a Disney adult is an alone Disney adult." (11:33)
• Jokes about political and celebrity culture, more crossover panel chemistry.

4. Bluff the Listener (13:41 – 19:51)

Panelists tell bizarre stories—all set over 4 days:

• Rachel: A woman at a silent Swiss retreat obsesses over her phone—just to discover a gossip-worthy text is about betta fish.
• Joyelle: A woman sleeps with identical twins, has a baby, and can’t sort paternity in court.
  • Dr. Nancy Siegel confirms: “While you don't know who the father is right now, you know for sure who the grandmother is.” (19:43)
• Peter: A grad’s job morphs from marketing firm to Taco Bell to AI weapons to, possibly, Chuck E. Cheese.
• Winner: The “twins” story is true.

5. Not My Job: Special Guest Olivia Munn (20:13 – 30:37)

A. Origin Story & Journalism Days (21:24)

• Olivia on her start as a news reporter in Oklahoma, her mother’s insistence she “use her degree for one year.”
  • Olivia: “I was the absolute worst person at that job...I'd be sitting there...and I hear nothing. And then you just hear a report over there—‘there's a school bus on fire on 83rd Street.’ And I was like, there is?” (22:06)

B. Acting, Aaron Sorkin, and Fast-talking

• Olivia: "Am I the only person in the history of Sorkin to be told to slow down Sorkin lines?” (24:36)
• Behind-the-scenes on The Newsroom and Friends and Neighbors.

C. Who Would You Rob? The Art Heist Question (24:38)

• Olivia muses about robbing Steve Martin’s house for art:
  • “Steve Martin has, like, the best art that you can imagine...the stuff is like, right there. And I have that thing where I'm just like...when I used to go to church, I really wanted to just get up and be like, ah.” (25:24, 26:09)

D. Not My Job Quiz: Friends & Neighbors Theme (27:06)

• Olivia nails all three questions on Friends and Neighbours trivia.
  • Reason Gunther stayed on Friends: "He was the only one who knew how to use the espresso machine." (28:44)

6. Oddball News & Limerick Challenge (32:53 – 42:37)

News Items

• Cornell scientists using sound waves to wash fruit. (33:25)
• Bob Dylan launches a Patreon—offering an AI read of a “70-minute essay about Aaron Burr.”
• Lively debate on mayonnaise as a musical instrument.

Limerick Challenge

• Ivan from New Jersey (clarinet/sax-playing, retired lawyer) guesses limerick endings on:
  • “Tech neck” wrinkles from phone use.
  • Electric muscle shock suits.
  • A Toyota Camry upholstered with simulated human skin (for sunburn awareness).

7. Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank (43:32 – 48:55)

• All three panelists—Rachel, Peter, Joyelle—end in a rare three-way tie.
  • Rapid-fire on topics: Trump’s address on Iran, airport TSA, Trump’s Attorney General, NCAA Final Four, Bob Marley’s dreadlock auction, and... mayonnaise as a musical instrument.
• Notable quip: “Oh, you guys are just equally mediocre.” – Negin Farsad (49:00)

8. Panelist Predictions (49:58 – 50:26)

Where will Trump show up next?

• Joyelle: A gold-plated, diamond-encrusted prison cell.
• Rachel: “In his children’s lives.”
• Peter: Driving a car made of human skin down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Notable Quotes & Moments

• On pandas mating:

  • Negin: “The pandas are actually in separate enclosures with a window connecting them. They actually flirt the exact same way humans do. She ignores him while he rubs his giant panda ass on the window.” (08:26)
  • Peter: “That's when I do my best work, is when people are watching me and I have to propagate my species.” (08:00)

• Olivia on art theft and Steve Martin:

  • Olivia: “When I go around in his place, I'm, like, looking, he's explaining stuff, and I'm like...‘Oh, I love the use of negative space.’...I don't know what that means. I heard somebody say it once.” (25:24, 25:44)

• Panel on Bob Dylan’s AI Patreon:

  • Negeen: “Can the Nobel committee take away someone's prize? Just ask, did he write it?” (36:19)

Humor and Tone

The episode is chock full of playful banter, running gags (“poop on the moon” to “human skin car”), and self-deprecating humor among the comics and host. Olivia Munn matches the panelists' energy with career anecdotes and quick wit. The tone remains light, irreverent, and tightly focused on making both news and personal stories funny for listeners.

Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:44] Who’s Bill This Time? Begins
• [08:09] Olivia Munn joins the panda chat
• [19:43] "Twins" story confirmation (Dr. Nancy Siegel clip; Olivia responds)
• [21:24] Olivia’s journalism origin
• [24:36] Sorkin walk-and-talk anecdote
• [27:06] Friends & Neighbors trivia starts
• [33:25] Washing fruit with sound waves
• [35:34] Bob Dylan’s Patreon
• [38:47] Limerick Challenge
• [43:32] Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank
• [49:58] Panelist Predictions

For Listeners in a Hurry

• Olivia Munn shares comedic stories—her accidental journey from journalism to acting, Sorkin’s speech-speed dilemma, and art envy in Steve Martin’s house.
• News quiz fun covers moon toilets, panda flirting, alone-Disney-adult senators, Dylan’s AI bot, and human-skin car interiors.
• Lively panel banter, clever games, and jokes about current events keep the pace quick and the laughs coming.

TL;DR:
A hilarious, engaging episode featuring Olivia Munn’s comedic chops alongside news oddities, celebrity gossip, and witty panel camaraderie. The show’s signature games and gags—plus Munn’s reflections on media, acting, and which friend’s house she’d rob for art—make for classic, irreverent NPR listening.