We become friends and neighbors with Olivia Munn

Summary

Podcast Summary: Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!

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
(Timestamps: MM:SS format)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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).

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

Transcript

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[Bill Curtis]

From npr and wbez chicago. This is wait, wait, don't tell me, the npr news quiz. Hey, easter bunny, fill those giant ears with my voice. I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Nagin Farsad.

[Negeen Farsad]

Thank you, Bill. And thanks, everyone. I'm filling in for Peter Sagal, who's on spring break, where instead of a wet T shirt, he's doing a damp turtleneck contest. But don't worry, we have a great show for you today. We're gonna be joined by Olivia Munn, who you can catch on the Apple TV series yous Friends and Neighbors, a show that makes the suburbs way sexier than they actually are. But first, it's you. Your turn to make some friends. Give us a call to play our games. The number is 1-888-WAIT, WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. Now let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi. You're on. Wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, Nikki. My name's Hannah. I'm calling from New York City. Hi, Hannah. What do you do in New York? I am a marine geophysicist. I mean, me, too. Well, that's great. Two of us. So what does a marine geop for fun? On the weekends, I like to go out and play Irish fiddle. I do some quilting. Oh, my God. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Same, same, same, same. Well, Hannah, let's introduce you to our panel. First up, she's a comedian and host of the TikTok series Boy Room. It's Rachel Koster. Hi, Hannah.

[Rachel Koster]

You sound like the perfect girl.

[Negeen Farsad]

Next up, she's a comedian who runs the bimonthly standup show Frankenstein's Baby at Union hall, it's Joelle Nicole Johnson.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Hey, Hannah, come on down to our show at Union hall, baby.

[Negeen Farsad]

And finally, an actor and writer. You can see with John Lutz in the improv show Two Square at the UCB Theater in New York City on April 15th. It's Peter Gross.

[Bill Curtis]

Hello, Hannah.

[Negeen Farsad]

Hi, Peter. All right, Hannah. We're excited to have you here. You're gonna play who's Bill this time? Now, Bill Curtis is gonna read you three quotes from this week's news. If you can identify two of them, you'll win our prize, which is any v your voicemail. Are you ready? Sure. Okay. All right. Your first quote is a headline from Astronomy magazine.

[Bill Curtis]

Artemis 2 Crew Fix's toilet can now pee in it.

[Negeen Farsad]

So that toilet will come in handy for the crew who took off for where on Wednesday night? The moon. That's right, the moon. Yeah. So this week, Artemis 2 took off on its first mission to the moon in decades. That's right. Little known fact, this whole time, we haven't been going to the moon. The launch was actually delayed because the lines at Cape Canaveral TSA were so long. Oh, my God.

[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?

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Y' all think they really went.

[Negeen Farsad]

Kim Kardashian over?

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

I love a good conspiracy theory. It's one of my favorites. That we didn't go to the moon.

[Negeen Farsad]

Well, so this is actually true. So every single previous moon mission, they just left their poop in bags on the lunar surface. It turns out the moon operates by dog owner. Everybody hates rules.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah, that sounds like my block. Like, when the snow melts and you're like, oh, come on. You can't poop in the snow and be like, oh, I bet it won't be. Be there when the snow melts.

[Rachel Koster]

We have to be grateful that the poop on the ground is on the ground. I mean, we can talk our smack about it, but at least it's where it belongs.

[Peter Gross]

That's true. Why do we want to live on the moon when dog poop would be,

[Negeen Farsad]

like, hitting us in the face all the time? Well, not with this special toilet. And actually, this mission that they're on is a test run before NASA establishes a base there to mine resources from the moon. But honestly, we can't change the moon. It'll completely mess up my period. All right, well, here's your next quote from someone visiting the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

[Bill Curtis]

Dumb judges and justices who sat in

[Negeen Farsad]

on Supreme Court arguments. This week, The President. That's right. Get it out of your system.

[Peter Gross]

Technically, you're booing Hannah for getting the question right, so you're allowed to clap for her.

[Negeen Farsad]

Well, you're right. This week, 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 at the Supreme Court.

[Peter Gross]

He was just like, I love the Socratic method. I want to hear a lot of people asking questions and peppering somebody with intellectual queries.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

He called them dumb justices. Didn't he nominate most of them?

[Rachel Koster]

I do that with my friends, too. I chose them, and I think they're idiots.

[Peter Gross]

But you said that, like, at your birthday party, like, look at all these. I think he went probably to intimidate them, like, oh, they won't be able to talk smack about me and my dumb ideas if I'm actually sitting in the courtroom. And then all the people that he nominated were like, this idea is really stupid.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah. And he probably thought Brett Kavanaugh would go, uh, oh, Trump is here. Or better be more conservative today.

[Peter Gross]

You know, Kavanaugh was like, the president's here. Hide your beers, guys. We're not allowed to drink in the Supreme Court if the president's here.

[Negeen Farsad]

Honestly, I think he should have done this, like, underco boss style, where he's just, like, wearing a mustache, mopping in the corner, like, don't mind me. Do you like working here? All right, your last quote is a zookeeper at the National Zoo observing some animal behavior.

[Bill Curtis]

They should just get down to business.

[Negeen Farsad]

That zookeeper. That zookeeper was noting that for the first time ever, 2 what's actually seem to want to mate. I have no idea.

[Peter Gross]

It's not zoo employees.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah. Although, yeah, I'm sure they also want to mate. But here, I'll give you a hint. It's all right there in black and white. Oh, is it the pandas? That's right, the pandas. Two of the National Zoo's pandas were spotted flirting this week. This is huge news because pandas are historically lazy and don't care about sex. They're essentially the opposite of dolphins, the absolute freaks of the animal kingdom.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

It was interesting because when you said two what's. Hannah was like, I don't want to get canceled.

[Peter Gross]

She's like, I got no answer for what?

[Rachel Koster]

Being an endangered species must be so hot.

[Peter Gross]

But it does feel like a lot of pressure, though. Pressure.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Yeah.

[Peter Gross]

You thrive under those circumstances.

[Rachel Koster]

Yeah, of course.

[Negeen Farsad]

I.

[Rachel Koster]

Sorry, sorry.

[Negeen Farsad]

I love that.

[Peter Gross]

That's when I do my best work, is when people are watching me and I have to propagate my species.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah, no, but I love that you're thinking of the pandas kinks. You know what I mean?

[Olivia Munn]

You have to.

[Negeen Farsad]

One of them might have the same kink as Brian Gnome. You know, we don't know that was. Was that, too.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Yeah.

[Olivia Munn]

Zookeeper.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

I love that.

[Negeen Farsad]

That ain't even famously. No.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Yeah, the zookeeper do sound like a bit of a creep, though. I'm just gonna put that out there.

[Negeen Farsad]

Well, I'm gonna give you a little bit of insight into how panda business is going on right now. 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.

[Peter Gross]

Wait, there is two different.

[Rachel Koster]

Love is blind.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah, I was gonna say there are two different glass enclosures. It sounds like love is blind.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah. So this is. This is actually true. The window connecting them is called a howdy window, and it. Honestly, it sounds like my personal nightma. Like, you're saying that my crush lives next door and can look at me at any time.

[Rachel Koster]

I like that. Then you can make sure that he's never talking to other girls.

[Peter Gross]

That's the one.

[Negeen Farsad]

That's no other girl in all of America for me to talk to.

[Peter Gross]

But he's like. I don't know. I feel like I'm. I just want to, like, shop around

[Bill Curtis]

a little bit, you know?

[Peter Gross]

I don't want to get, like, pinned down to one panda. Like, you got to go to China, then, dude.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Yeah. He also might be into koalas and brown bears, polar bears. That's all the bears. I know.

[Negeen Farsad]

It was, like, a really impressive list, Joyel.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Thank you.

[Negeen Farsad]

Well, the pandas actually won't be allowed to share an enclosure for a couple of years, at which point they will presumably pounce on each other and start going at it, ruining multiple field trips. All right, Bill, how did Hannah do?

[Bill Curtis]

She knows her pandas. Hannah got a perfect score, three and zero.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right, Hannah, great job. Thanks so much for playing the game. Thanks for having me. Bye now, panel, I have some questions for you about this week's news. Peter?

[Peter Gross]

Yes.

[Negeen Farsad]

TMZ is broadening its horizons by no longer just taking pictures of celebrities. Now they're sending paparazzi to capture photos. Of who?

[Peter Gross]

Lindsey Graham at Disney World.

[Negeen Farsad]

That's right.

[Peter Gross]

Politicians.

[Negeen Farsad]

Politicians. Members of TMZ is taking a break from saying a size 6 woman has let herself go by pivoting to politics. This week, TMZ published a bunch of photos calling out Senator Lindsey Graham for going to Disney World during the government shutdown. Even worse, in the photo, he's punching Moana.

[Peter Gross]

That's what I saw. I don't know.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Did he have on a princess dress?

[Negeen Farsad]

Also, I heard he was wearing a Blazer.

[Peter Gross]

He was. And also the thing is like, yes. So he's unmarried, so he doesn't have kids, but he was stone cold alone, which I wanna know, like, did you ask anybody to go with you? Like, was he like, hey, Mark Warner, Democrat from Virginia, wanna reach across the aisle and go to Disney World with me? Or did he ask some Republicans?

[Negeen Farsad]

And they were like, he could have been like, pam, Pam, Bonnie, I hear you have some time.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Yeah.

[Peter Gross]

And they would be like, yeah, playing Maleficent is sick. You want to just like jump in and be an evil person.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

I didn't realize there was something more concerning than a Disney adult is an alone Disney adult.

[Peter Gross]

A Disney senator is the worst thing.

[Negeen Farsad]

Coming up, our panelists get freaky Monday through Thursday in our bluff the listener game. Call 1-8 8- wait- wait to play. We'll be back in a minute with more of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me from npr.

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[Bill Curtis]

From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't TELL Me, the NPR News quiz. I'm Bill Curtis. We are playing this week with Peter Gross, Joy L, Nicole Johnson and Rachel Custer. And here we get as your host at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, Nagin Farsad.

[Negeen Farsad]

Thanks, Bill. Now it's time for the Wait, Wait, Don't Tell me Bluff the listener game. Call 1-888-wait-WAIT to play our game on air or check out the pinned post on our instagram page @waitwaitnpro hi, you're on. Wait, wait, don't tell me.

[Bill Curtis]

Hi, this is Eli from Houghton, Michigan.

[Negeen Farsad]

Hi, Eli. What do you do in Michigan?

[Bill Curtis]

I am studying human factors at Michigan Tech.

[Negeen Farsad]

Human factors, Human factors, what does that mean?

[Peter Gross]

Yeah, it's kind of how to understand how people think and then how you

[Bill Curtis]

can design make systems easier for people to use.

[Negeen Farsad]

Oh, okay. So are you gonna be the reason, like I don't lose my mind scrolling on something that I need to log into?

[Bill Curtis]

Yeah, exactly, just like that.

[Negeen Farsad]

Thank you in advance. So it's so nice to have you with us, Eli. You're gonna play the game where you tell truth from fiction. What's the topic, Bill?

[Bill Curtis]

I had a weird four days.

[Negeen Farsad]

A whole lot can happen in just four days. This week we came across an incredible story that unfolded over the course of 4/7 of a week. Our panelists are going to tell you about it. Pick the one who's telling the truth and you'll win. The wait waiter of your choice on your voicemail. Are you ready to play? Yes, I am. Okay, first up, it's Rachel Koster.

[Rachel Koster]

When Kimberly Whitney arrived at her four day silent meditation retreat in the Swiss Alps, she looked forward to the time away from her phone until right before check in, she received an incredibly salacious text from her friend Kathy. The text read, Girl, you will not believe what happened last night. Voice note incoming. But before the voice note came, her phone was taken. Kimberly tried to clear her mind, but it was impossible. She snuck out to get her phone and listened to the voice note. It went as, hey Queen, I know you're like in Russia or something, but I ran into Martha who told me I can't tell anyone, but like anyway, she found out Justin secretly has 10. Just when Kimberly was about to find out what Justin asked, 10 of a beautiful and scary staffer found her. What have we here? She said, like Dracula or something. Kimberly's phone was taken again. Instead of enjoying the four day retreat she paid $5,000 for, she spent every second trying to find her phone. When reflecting on her time to cnn, Kimberly said, God forbid a woman loves gossip. And for those wondering, Justin secretly has 10 Betta fish. Not worth it.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right. A woman on a four day long retreat who can't stop looking for her phone. From Rachel Koster. Your next story of 96 hours to remember comes from Joyell Nicole Johnson.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

You can do a lot in four days. You can go to Lollapalooza, enjoy a cruise, or have sex with identical twin brothers. That's what one woman who shall remain anonymous did in a miraculous feat that I would describe as the MVP of hoe phases. Nameless McNameless, McNameless, slept with identical twin brothers in four days and the kicker? A child came from this union. Not much is known about these four days and how they went down, but boy, did they. All we know is that she likes one twin more than the other. And now this iconic queen of sexual expression is in court suing to change which twin is listed as the father on the child's birth certificate. However, Lord Justice Ms. Stuart Smith ruled this week that the paternity is not possible to determine because she slept with the brothers in such quick succession. Lord Farquhar added, it would be for a lower court to determine which twins should now be granted parental responsibility. And to that I say, yas Queen yolo. Enjoy every twin family gathering going forward. Who knows, they might have a hot cousin.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right, so a woman who spent four days getting on with twins and can't tell who the baby daddy is. From Joyell Nicole Johnson, your last story of a quartet of crazy days comes from Peter Gross.

[Peter Gross]

22 year old Lila Robin was excited on Monday this week when she got her first job out of college at a marketing firm called B Squared. On Tuesday, Lila's second day, she walked into work and found people changing the name on the front door to Harman Marketing after that company had bought out B Squared. That very morning, Lila was a little thrown, but determined to make the best out of her first work experience. On Wednesday, her third day, however, Lila showed up to discover the Harman Marketing building had been converted to a combination Pizza Hut Taco Bell. But Lila pivoted, put on her best face and attended the training session on how to make crunchwrap Supremes. On Thursday, the fourth day, things really changed when Lila arrived at a workplace transformed into a Lockheed Martin factory that made AI weapons systems. It's been a little confusing, said Lila. Especially since I went to school for marketing and not manufacturing AI weapons systems. But honestly, I'm just glad to have a job. On her way out of work Thursday night, she saw a truck unloading video games, bad pizza and giant mouse costumes. No word if she will be working at Chuck E. Cheese tomorrow.

[Negeen Farsad]

Okay, okay Eli, so here are your choices. From Rachel Koster, a woman on a four day long silent meditation who's unable to spend a single second not looking for her phone when they hit it on her. From Peter Gross, a new graduate goes from working in marketing to pizza to weapons, all in four days. And from Joyell Nicole Johnson A woman who spent four days getting freaky with twins is unable to tell who's the father of her child, which one is real?

[Bill Curtis]

I think it's the twins.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

All right.

[Negeen Farsad]

And to find out which story is true, we spoke with someone who had some insight into the real story.

[Olivia Munn]

While you don't know who the father is right now, you know for sure who the grandmother is.

[Peter Gross]

Who the grandmother is.

[Negeen Farsad]

That's funny. That was Dr. Nancy Siegel, a psychologist and the director of the Twin Studies center at California State University, Fullerton. Congratulations, Eli. You got it right. You earned a point for Joyell and you've won our prize, the voice of your choice on your voicemail.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Thank you so much.

[Negeen Farsad]

Thank you so much for playing with us, Eli. Now, we know your inbox is full of receipts and promotional emails you need to unsubscribe to, so we have a crazy idea. Let's put something good in there. The Pod Club newsletter is a handpicked guide to NPR podcasts. It shows up once a week. And my might just make you want to open your inbox for a change. Join the club and [e-mail] podclub and now the game where we ask people who've done a lot of things to do one more thing. We call it not my job. I'm always curious about an actor's origin story. And today's guest, Olivia Munn started as a local news reporter in Oklahoma, went on to host a nerdy gaming show, then became a Daily show correspondent, and can now be seen in your Friends and Neighbors on Apple tv. Olivia Munn, welcome to. Wait, wait, don't tell me. So, like we said, unlike a lot of actors, you got your start as a local news anchor. How did that happen?

[Olivia Munn]

You've made my life. That sounds a lot cooler than what I did to you.

[Peter Gross]

This is your chance to say that that's what happened.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Yeah.

[Peter Gross]

We don't know.

[Negeen Farsad]

Rewrite the Wikipedia page in real time.

[Olivia Munn]

I say that I'm fluent in 18 languages. So I graduated college. I majored in journalism, and I always wanted to get to la, and I wanted to be an actor, but my mother's an immigrant, and so when I told her I wanted to be an actor, it was like, that's insane. We're not doing that. You're going to be a doctor or a lawyer. But then I was like, I just love storytelling. So I was like, what about a journalist? And she's like, well, what exactly is that? So I pointed to the, like, the people on the news. She's like, oh, okay, okay. That's okay. So I go there, and then she made me a deal. She's like, I'll support you if you want to go to la, only if you use your degree for one year. So I worked at this NBC affiliate in Tulsa, and I did the assignment desk, and people who have done journalism or been in the newsroom. The assignment desk is where you get all the calls. You get people calling in, like, with complaints or nice things, just everything. But there's also all these police scanners, which is, like, the most important thing for you to do. There's police and fire department, paramedics, and you're supposed to listen to all of them at once and be able to call it out. And I was the absolute worst person at that job. I'd be sitting there. This close to me. I'm sitting at the desk, and I hear nothing. And then you just hear a report over there being like, there's a school bus on Fire on 83rd Street. And I was like, there is. Here's somebody else going. Like, the truck tipped over off the highway on 49th. And I'm like, really? Where? And then a year to the day, I went in, and I was like, I'm leaving. I'm not gonna be staying here anymore. And they go, great.

[Peter Gross]

And they're like, woman who's bad at the assignment desk leaves town. Really?

[Bill Curtis]

Where'd you hear that?

[Peter Gross]

Oh, my gosh. She sounds great.

[Negeen Farsad]

So you. You are famously in the show. Newsroom. What was it like to do that kind of, like, Aaron Sorkin dialogue?

[Peter Gross]

Can you say it while walking?

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah. Was there a lot of, like, answer while walking, please.

[Olivia Munn]

I could. One second. My first scene that you see me, it's a big, long walk and talk. I remember my first take. And I speak fast normally. You make me nervous. And I'm, like, really, really fast talking. And then they cut, and the AD came over and was like, director just wants you to just talk a little slower. And then I was like, oh, okay. And then Sorgen pops up, and he was like, no, no, no, no, no, no. He's like, talk faster. Talk faster. This is great.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Like, too slow for a.

[Olivia Munn]

And I was like. And he was like, no. He's like. It means, like, I can get her to say more things. This is great. Like, he didn't realize at that moment that I could talk really fast. And then I was like, am I the only person in the history of Sorkin to be told to slow down Sorkin? And he was like, yes.

[Negeen Farsad]

Well, you're now on Friends and Neighbors, and Jon Hand's character takes to robbing his friends on that show, which made me question, which of your friends or neighbors would you like to rob?

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Yes.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah.

[Olivia Munn]

So such a good question. You know, when I'm in New York, there are so many more, like, cool, rich, artsy people around. And, I mean, he's not. He's my friend through my husband, so I just have to say that when I say. But, like, don't be like, oh, she's name dropping, because he's not my friend. But I've been to his house and, like, Steve Martin has, like,

[Negeen Farsad]

the best

[Olivia Munn]

art that you can imagine. And, like, when I go around in his place, I'm, like, looking, he's explaining stuff, and I'm like, I only know, like, a few phrases to sound smart or with art. And I go like, oh, I love the use of negative space. There's only one other thing I say.

[Rachel Koster]

Go.

[Olivia Munn]

It's really interesting how they collapse three dimensions into two. I don't know what that means. I heard somebody say it once.

[Negeen Farsad]

No, but you're an actor, so I really bought it. I mean. Yeah. I also love how, like, you immediately had an answer because you have scoped out that joint. Steve Martin better look out. You are right.

[Olivia Munn]

Cause we were over there for the New Year's Eve party. I was, like, said to my husband, like, let's go into the office. I was like, he's got really cool stuff.

[Peter Gross]

I'm trying to.

[Olivia Munn]

And he was like, okay, we go in there. But, you know, it's just like. It's like, the coolest stuff. Like, it's really. He's just, like, as cool as you think he would be. Like, everything's cool and curated in this. And. And, like, the stuff is, like, right there. And I'm like, I can just. I have that thing where I'm just like. Like, when I used to go to church when I was a kid, I really wanted to just get up and be like, ah.

[Negeen Farsad]

And so, like, hope close.

[Olivia Munn]

I'm, like, eating a kebab, like, right next to, like, some, like, ridiculously expensive painting. And I just want to go like that.

[Negeen Farsad]

You want to touch it with your kebab?

[Olivia Munn]

I want to feel what it feels like.

[Rachel Koster]

Like that.

[Olivia Munn]

Something else. It's something. You know what?

[Negeen Farsad]

I should go.

[Olivia Munn]

You asked me about that, and I'm just literally.

[Negeen Farsad]

Well, well, Olivia mine, we've asked you here to play a game.

[Bill Curtis]

We're calling our friends and neighbors.

[Negeen Farsad]

You star in the show your friends and neighbors. But what do you know about the NBC sitcom Friends and the Australian soap opera Neighbors? Answer two out of three questions correctly and you'll win our prize for one of our listeners, the voice of their choice on their voicemail. Bill, who is Olivia playing for?

[Bill Curtis]

Alyssa Hosey of Greensboro, North Carolina.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right, all right. Well, we'll start with Friends. Here's your first question. The barista at Central Perk where the Friends hung out was Gunther, played by James Michael Tyler. Gunther was only supposed to appear in a single episode, but the producers kept him around. Why was it A? Because Tyler was a huge Knicks fan, so the writers would ask him how to make Joey sounds like a real Knicks spam. Is it B, a network executive thought the way Tyler answered the phone was the funniest thing in the show. Or was it C? Tyler was the only one who knew how to use the espresso machine.

[Olivia Munn]

Just so you guys know, B and C sound a lot alike. They're saying E and you should say banana or cat.

[Negeen Farsad]

Just so you know. I believe. I do believe they said cat.

[Olivia Munn]

Banana and cat sound a lot.

[Negeen Farsad]

They sound very similar.

[Peter Gross]

Keep going.

[Negeen Farsad]

They were saying C. Yeah, I feel like that's what they were saying. That's right. The answer is C. I don't know why he wasn't miming using the espresso machine. But anyway, there it was. He actually knew how to use the espresso machine. Alright, let's jump over to Neighbors. Here's your next question. In a 2013 episode of Neighbors, bad boy Kyle Channing became temporarily blind after staring directly at an eclipse. What circumstance led him to look straight at the sun? Was it A, his kidnappers held his eyes open and pointed them at the the sun? Was it B, a dog stole his eclipse glasses and ran away with them? Or was it C? He was trying to win $10,000 in an Eclipse staring contest.

[Olivia Munn]

Okay, so Neighbors is a soap opera, right?

[Rachel Koster]

Yeah.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah.

[Olivia Munn]

I'm gonna guess it's B.

[Negeen Farsad]

That's right, it's B. How did you know? The dog stole his glasses and he just looked anyway.

[Bill Curtis]

So.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right, back to Friends. Lisa Kudrow won an Emmy for playing Phoebe on Friends. But she always had a backup plan ready. In the same year that the show premiered, Kudrow also did what was it A? Published a study in a neurological journal testing if left handed people are more likely to get migraines. Was it B? Completed an internship at the three Michelin star restaurant, the French Laundry? Or was it C? Received a patent for a leash that lets you walk five dogs at once.

[Olivia Munn]

It's A for that one. It's a.

[Negeen Farsad]

That's right. It was a. Um, Bill, how did Olivia do on our quiz?

[Bill Curtis]

Olivia was perfect. Three, right.

[Negeen Farsad]

Olivia Munn is an actor who you can see on Apple tv. Plus, as your Friends and Neighbors Season two premiered this week. Olivia Munn, thanks so much for joining us. In just a minute, bill tricks out his new car in the grossest way possible. It's the listener limerick challenge. Call 1-888-wait-wait-wait to join us on air. We'll be back in a minute with more of wait wait, don't tell me from npr.

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[Bill Curtis]

From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is Wait, wait, Don't tell me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Bill Curtis. We are playing this week with Rachel Custer, Peter Gross and Joy L. Nicole Johnson. And here again is your host at the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, Nagid Farsad.

[Negeen Farsad]

Thanks, Bill. In just a minute, we're going to absolutely blow your mind with a huge curve ball, our Listener Limerick challenge. If you'd like to play, give us a call at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-92. But now, panel, I have more questions from this week's news. Rachel. Researchers at Cornell have announced that by manipulating low frequency sound waves, they have found a revolutionary way to do what

[Rachel Koster]

by getting. Yeah, can I have a hint, please?

[Negeen Farsad]

Yes. Banana peels really, really respond to the sound of Al Green.

[Rachel Koster]

Sexy music makes plants grow

[Negeen Farsad]

plants.

[Rachel Koster]

Just answer it.

[Negeen Farsad]

Actually. Okay, I'll just tell you the Sound waves can wash fruit. So we've all been praying for a new way to wash fruit. Obviously a complicated process that can take up to 10 seconds. These researchers found that if you drunk the fruit in water, inject bubbles in the water, and then add sound, the fruit gets 90% cleaner than just rinsing it and 100% cleaner than just rubbing it on your shirt. Honestly, who are we all kidding with that? You know, I feel like it's probably

[Rachel Koster]

good to get all the minerals from the outside of fruits.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Mineral.

[Rachel Koster]

It's good for your immune system to just be ingesting stuff all the time, even if it's not, like, necessarily what you meant to. I'm con.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

You wear your shoes on the bed.

[Rachel Koster]

No, no, no, no.

[Bill Curtis]

You wear your shoes on the bed,

[Rachel Koster]

but they're okay on the couch. Right?

[Peter Gross]

Right.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

How do you inject the bubbles? Like, with a soda stream?

[Negeen Farsad]

No, what I'm picturing is that if you want to get yourself extra clean in a, you know, you run a nice bubble bath and then you dunk your head underwater and you just start screaming and then you're just so clean.

[Rachel Koster]

I understand why, like, the left and the right don't get along. The right is probably like the left is putting music in the water.

[Peter Gross]

And apparently we are.

[Rachel Koster]

Yeah.

[Negeen Farsad]

Of course. Peter. Patreon is an online platform where you can support struggling artists by paying a monthly subscription for exclusive content. So it makes sense that. Who started a Patreon this week?

[Peter Gross]

I would assume, like, the government or Donald Trump.

[Negeen Farsad]

Here's a hint. Don't think twice about this answer.

[Peter Gross]

Wait, is that a reference? Bob Dylan. Don't think twice. It's all right.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yes. Bob Dylan.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Good job.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah.

[Peter Gross]

This week, struggling for cat.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah. Struggling artist Bob Dylan posted a mysterious message on Instagram promoting his new Patreon page. Fans were shocked when they heard the news. Taking to message boards to be like, wait, Bob Dylan knows how to use Instagram. So for just $5 a month, Dylan is offering fans the exclusive content that the legendary songwriter knows they want from him. This is true. A 70 minute essay about Aaron Burr read by an AI voice.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

I'm sorry, what?

[Negeen Farsad]

I mean, right? I mean, just checking here, but can the Nobel committee take away someone's prize? Just ask, did he write it?

[Rachel Koster]

And then AI's reading it out loud.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah, for 70 minutes.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Lin Manuel Miranda's right there. He would read that.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah, exactly.

[Rachel Koster]

It's better than Bob doing it. He'd just be coughing and wheezing up a word. Take two hours.

[Peter Gross]

No, but he's always been like that.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yeah, I feel like, like he's always been like the. I started out as a coughing man.

[Peter Gross]

All right, I'll try to make this quick. I saw Bob Dylan with some friends July 4th, 1989, at Tanglewood. And it was four. No, I was. We went, we were at camp. We went to go see him, like on a day off when we were at counselors, we were writing down the list of songs he was playing, and we were kind of far away, but not that far away. And we didn't know the name of one of the songs. And based on what he was saying, we wrote down Chubba Chubba Saw Saw as the name of the song. So he's not the clearest singer. I would like to back up Rachel.

[Negeen Farsad]

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 want to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. You can see us most weeks here at the Studebaker Theatre in downtown Chicago and catch us on the road. We'll be in Austin, Texas, Texas, on June 4th. And let me tell you about something we have cooking up our Comedy Grab Bag Stand up show at the Bell House in Brooklyn on April 24th. It's stand up and games. Our panelist, Josh Gondelman is hosting and he'll be joined by our very own Peter Gross and other special guests. I've been there. It's so fun. For tickets and info to all of our live events, go to nprpresents.org hi, you're on. Wait, wait, don't tell me.

[Peter Gross]

Hi, there.

[Negeen Farsad]

This is Ivan from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Hey, Ivan, what are you doing Cherry Hill?

[Peter Gross]

Well, I'm a retired lawyer and now I'm a full time musician.

[Bill Curtis]

Whoa.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right. I didn't see that coming. What's your instrument?

[Peter Gross]

Clarinet and saxophone, depending on the group I'm playing in.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Oh, were you in the marching band, Ivan?

[Peter Gross]

I was in the marching band.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Me, too, baby.

[Bill Curtis]

Yeah.

[Peter Gross]

Clarinet, marching band.

[Negeen Farsad]

Nice. Well, I love that. Welcome to the show, Ivan. Bill Curtis is gonna read you three news related limericks with the last word or phrase missing from each. If you can fill in that last word or phrase correctly on two limericks, you're a winner. Okay, let's go. All right, here's your first limerick.

[Bill Curtis]

My smartphone, I frequently check. So from chin to my chest, I'm a wreck. Crags and deep wrinkles Are scattered, not sprinkled. All my tech use is aging my neck.

[Negeen Farsad]

Yes, that's right.

[Bill Curtis]

Neck it is.

[Negeen Farsad]

There's a new part of your body to feel weird about your neck. According to beauty experts, the more you look at your phone, the worse your neck looks. And, oh, for the love of God, just let me live.

[Peter Gross]

Where are you supposed to find out how to fix your neck if not looking down at your phone?

[Negeen Farsad]

Have you guys ever tried, like, reading? Like, laying down and reading, like, with your hand held up? That's supposedly one of the positions you're supposed to do.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

That's how you lose a tooth.

[Bill Curtis]

Good point.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right, here's your next limb.

[Bill Curtis]

Because I'm not a natural jock, I give muscles a jolt till I squawk. To lift weights, I'm unable, so I strap on some cables. My muscles will get a quick shock.

[Negeen Farsad]

Shock indeed. That's right. The latest fitness trend is a workout where you do bodyweight exercises while electricity quotes zaps your major muscle group simultaneously for 20 minutes. Ooh, I wonder if when you look in the mirror, you can see your skeleton, like in a cartoon, but also, for the love of God, just let me live. The shocks are delivered via a quote, damp suit covered in electrodes. And by the way, you had me at dance.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah, what if we already wear a damp suit to the gym? Can we just strap some of our own homemade electrodes to it? That's terrible.

[Negeen Farsad]

Well, and if you don't want to go to the gym, you can get the same workout at home by doing one squat thrust and putting a fork in the socket.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah,

[Negeen Farsad]

here's your last limerick.

[Bill Curtis]

This car's creepy. Don't make me get in the seats. Have a sunburn built in. I really abhor the hair and the pores. I am sitting on fake human skin skin.

[Negeen Farsad]

That's right. In order to raise awareness about the importance of wearing sunscreen while driving, an Australian company reupholstered the seats of a Toyota Camry with simulated human skin that gave get sunburn. And also, for some reason, has hair. So, yeah, this simulated skin burns when exposed to too much sun, which is a good reminder to take care of yourself, I guess. But it doesn't matter how great your skin is. Nobody's talking to you when you drive a human skin car.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah, or if they are, they're not people that you want to talk back to.

[Bill Curtis]

Hey, I got a car like that.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah, made it myself.

[Bill Curtis]

Nice.

[Peter Gross]

It's nice to see another person with a skin car driving around.

[Rachel Koster]

It was a cover up. A guy who like, already had a skin car was like, oh, it's for science. Like, I had a plan for this.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Actually simulated.

[Olivia Munn]

Yeah, yeah. It's fake stuff.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

It's all fake.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah. No, no, it's for. It's to warn people about skin cancer. Yeah, skin cancer.

[Negeen Farsad]

Right, right.

[Peter Gross]

Definitely. Why I made it in a town

[Rachel Koster]

without mail men anymore. Sorry.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right, Bill, how did Ivan do?

[Bill Curtis]

Ivan got them. All right. Congratulations. Good job, Ivan.

[Negeen Farsad]

Thank you, Ivan. Thanks much. Bye, Ivan.

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Apply now. On to our final game, Lightning. Fill in the blank. Each player will have 60 seconds 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?

[Bill Curtis]

Do you know we have a three way tie? Ooh, three ways. And we'll have to fight it up to the end.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right, I'm going to randomly select Joyell to go first. So Joyell, the clock will start when I begin your first question. Fill in the blank. On Wednesday, President Trump gave a primetime address to talk about the war in blank.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Iran.

[Negeen Farsad]

Right. On Monday, airport wait times dropped significantly as many blank workers received their first paycheck in over a month.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Tsa.

[Negeen Farsad]

Right. On Thursday, Trump fired his attorney general, blank Pamela Bondi. Right. This week, Connecticut was the only school whose men and women's teams both made it to the final four of the blank.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Oh. March Madness. Ncaa. Somebody. Sportsball.

[Negeen Farsad]

Right. This week, a group of thieves in Europe who stole 12 tons of kit Kats were publicly praised by. Blank.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Donald Trump.

[Negeen Farsad]

No, by Kit Kat, who said the thieves had excellent taste.

[Peter Gross]

Nice.

[Negeen Farsad]

This week, police in Michigan are facing criticism after a woman they arrested, handcuffed and placed in the back of a cruiser was able to blank.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Oh, get out of the handcuffs.

[Negeen Farsad]

She was able to wiggle out of the half open car window and escape without any of the cops noticing.

[Peter Gross]

My girl.

[Negeen Farsad]

The woman who was being arrested for a parole violation was caught on camera squeezing herself through the cruiser's half open window, wiggling her way to the ground and making a run for it as four cops stood nearby. And not a single one of them noticed. It's just one of those rare cases where I'm like, yeah, you guys should definitely delete the body cam footage. Cause this is embarrassing.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Yeah, Fun fact about me, y'.

[Bill Curtis]

All.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

I got the only thing dainty about me is my wrists and I could get out of handcuffs.

[Bill Curtis]

Whoa.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Yeah.

[Negeen Farsad]

Nice bill of. How did our favorite little criminal do?

[Bill Curtis]

4. Right? 8 more points total to 10. And Joyel is leading.

[Negeen Farsad]

All right, so that means Rachel, you're up next. Yes. Fill in the blank. On Tuesday, a federal judge halted construction on Trump's proposed addition to the Blank Ballroom. Right. White House. This week, average blank prices in the US rose above $4 a gallon. Right. On Wednesday, Russia said it would continue trying to provide blank with oil despite the US Blockade.

[Rachel Koster]

I'm not sure.

[Negeen Farsad]

Cuba. Cuba. Thanks to a hacker. People who called the White House this week noticed that it came up as blank on their caller id.

[Rachel Koster]

Papa John's.

[Negeen Farsad]

Epstein's Island. Following years of health setbacks, beloved Canadian diva Blanc announced her return to the stage.

[Rachel Koster]

Celine Dion.

[Negeen Farsad]

Right. This week, a town in Missouri complained of a, quote, unforgettable odor after a truck spilled 40,000 pounds of blank. Nearby fish 40,000 pounds of tofu. The spilled tofu sat for three weeks before cleanup began blanking the town with an unforgettable and unavoidable stink. According to the local fire chief. Quote, it was probably one of the worst smells I've ever smelled in my life. And I've smelled some nasty stuff. Okay, brag Bill. How did Rachel do?

[Bill Curtis]

We're stuck in the loop. Rachel got exactly the same score as Royale.

[Rachel Koster]

Really?

[Bill Curtis]

Yeah. Both of them have 10.

[Negeen Farsad]

So that leaves you, Peter. Fill in the blank. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that Colorado's ban on blank therapy likely violates the First Amendment.

[Peter Gross]

Conversion therapy.

[Negeen Farsad]

Right. On Wednesday, sources reported that private space company Blank had filed papers to go public.

[Peter Gross]

Yes. SpaceX.

[Negeen Farsad]

Right. On Tuesday, the FDA approved the second blank pill for weight loss.

[Peter Gross]

Like Ozempic or something.

[Negeen Farsad]

The glp.

[Peter Gross]

Glp. That category? Yeah.

[Negeen Farsad]

Okay. This week, auctioneers estimated that one of Bob Marley's blanks would sell for over $30,000.

[Peter Gross]

Old Joy,

[Negeen Farsad]

one of his dreadlocks following a rollover crash. Golf legend Blank pled not guilty to driving under the influence.

[Peter Gross]

Tiger Woods.

[Negeen Farsad]

Right. This week, a new study proved that blank could be classified as a musical instrument.

[Peter Gross]

The recorder. Sorry.

[Rachel Koster]

It's already real. It's already really real.

[Negeen Farsad]

So close.

[Peter Gross]

I don't know.

[Negeen Farsad]

Mayonnaise. Mayonnaise is a musical instrument. According to a study by Northumbria University, mayonnaise fits the official definition of a musical instrument. Something that can produce or modify sound in a controlled and intentional way. This is revolutionary news for musicians and marks the first time that you can get sick from listening to music that's been left out too long in the sun. All right, Bill, how did Peter do?

[Bill Curtis]

Well, in my 12 years here, we have never had a three way tie.

[Negeen Farsad]

Oh, you guys are just equally mediocre.

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Equally.

[Rachel Koster]

Yo, it's really hard.

[Negeen Farsad]

Coming up, our panelists predict after his visit to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court this week, what'll be the next surprising place Donald Trump will show up? But first, let me tell you that. Wait, wait, don't tell me. It's a production of NPR and WBEZ Chicago in association with Urgent Haircut Productions. Doug Benevolent overlord Philip Gaudiga writes our limericks. Our public address announcer is Paul Friedman. Thanks to the staff and crew at the Studebaker Theater. BJ Lederman composed our theme. Our program is produced by Jennifer Mine, Miles Doornbos and Lillian King. Special thanks to Blythe Roberson, Monica Hickey and Travis Hagan. It's been one week since Peter Gwynn looked at me. Emma Choi is our vibe curator. Technical direction, Lorna White, our CFO is Colin Miller. Our production manager is Robert Newhouse. Our senior producer is Ian Chillag. The executive producer of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me is Mike Danforth. Now, panel, where will Trump show up next?

[Joelle Nicole Johnson]

Next, Joyel, a gold plated, platinum lined, diamond encrusted prison cell.

[Negeen Farsad]

Rachel in his children's lives, And Peter

[Peter Gross]

Gross driving down Pennsylvania Avenue in a car made of human skin.

[Bill Curtis]

All right, if any of those show up, you're gonna hear about them on Wait, Wait, don't tell me.

[Negeen Farsad]

Thank you, Bill Curtis. By the way, you can see me doing stand up at the Lost Church in San Francisco on April 29. And the Muslims are coming with equally threatening friends. Hope to see you there. In the meantime, thanks to Joyelle, Nicole Johnson, Peter Gross and Rachel Koster. I'm Negeen Farsad and we'll see you next week. This is npr.

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