Hari Kondabolu

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1,565 appearances 71 recordings 13 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 19 Jan

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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · WWDTM: Kali Reis · 17 Jan 2026 podcast

And the bidets that he is, in fact, having installed there are just confirming for his many enemies that he is one of those effete European types.

Real Americans don't even wash their hands.

I've never heard that metaphor before, and I think I can tell you why.

I ask both for myself and for the new mayor of New York, if you were to throw a party or a gathering in which the purpose was to have people use the bidets that you're so proud of, what do you serve?

I understand.

What's interesting, this is, and I don't think this has ever been as true in the history of New York politics, it's such an upgrade for the Mamdani's, right?

11,000 square feet is a tremendous amount of space to fill when you only own two Ikea tables and a futon.

Prior mayors, right?

Very different.

Mayor Bloomberg, this is true, never moved into Gracie Mansion because it would have been a downgrade from his own home.

That's true.

Now, Rudy Giuliani, on the other hand, keeps texting Mondani, asking him if it's cool if he comes back and couch surfs for a couple of weeks.

He gets everything sorted.

Yeah.

All right, Benjamin, your last quote is from a NASA astronaut talking about their next mission.

We are ready.

We are going.

Turns out that very soon we will be going back where?

Would that be the moon?

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