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Luke Burbank

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111 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

Like, Alfred Molina is not that much older than I am.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

And yet, he's playing a senior citizen.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

Yes, this is their idea of letting, you know, I wasn't ready to be part of that population so quickly, but I guess I'm here.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

Yes.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

Yeah.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

But that was at the Western Oklahoma School of Rib-Eyes.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

No, that's abusive.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

That's not a good relationship with Oppenheimer.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

Yeah.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

When I walk into the bathroom, I say, I have become deaf.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

According to a story this week in The Hill, about six months ago, Ben Forstag was at his desk as regional director of the FBA, the Farmington Bratwurst Association, a Michigan-based lobbying group representing the cased meats industry, when he got an email from Kash Patel...

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

ordering him to look into a series of bank robberies in the area.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

Why, though, would the FBI director reach out to him?

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

Well, thanks to a typo on his LinkedIn page, his name came up when Director Patel googled Michigan Regional Director of the FBI.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

Patel was actually emailing a guy whose real expertise was, how spicy is too spicy when we're talking kielbasa?

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

LAUGHTER

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

The even more amazing part, Forstag nabbed the suspect.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

With no legal authorization, he staked out the one bank in town that hadn't been robbed yet.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

And sure enough, he caught the bandit when he showed up.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis!

Something he said he saw in a Matt Damon movie.