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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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From NPR and WBEC 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 Theatre at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Nagin Farsad.
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 going to be joined by Olivia Munn, who you can catch on the Apple TV series Your Friends and Neighbors, a show that makes the suburbs way sexier than they actually are.
But first, it's 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 geophysicist do for fun?
For fun. On the weekends, I like to go out and play Irish fiddle. I do some quilting.
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Chapter 2: How did Olivia Munn transition from news reporting to acting?
We're not allowed to drink in the Supreme Court if the president's here.
Honestly, I think he should have done this like undercover 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.
They should just get down to business.
That zookeeper was noting that for the first time ever, two wuts actually seem to want to mate. I have no idea.
It's not zoo employees.
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. Yes. Two of the National Zoo's pandas were spotted flirting this week.
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Chapter 3: What challenges did Olivia face while working with Aaron Sorkin?
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.
It was interesting because when you said two what's, Hannah was like, I don't want to get canceled. I got no answer for that. Two what's.
Being an endangered species must be so hot.
But it does feel like a lot of pressure, though.
Chapter 4: What insights does Olivia share about her role in 'Your Friends and Neighbors'?
Do you feel like pressure?
Yes. You thrive under those circumstances.
I like it. Sorry, sorry.
That's when I do my best work, is when people are watching me and I have to propagate my species.
No, but I love that you're thinking of the panda's kinks. You know what I mean? You have to. One of them might have the same kink as Brian Gnome. You know what I mean? We don't know. That was, was that true? Yeah. I don't know. I love that that ain't even his thing. Famously know how to, yeah.
The zookeeper do sound like a bit of a creep, though. I'm just going to put that out there.
Well, I'm going to 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. Just like love is blind.
Yeah, I was going to say, they're in two different glass enclosures. It sounds like love is blind.
Yeah, so this is actually true. The window connecting them is called a howdy window. And it honestly, it sounds like my personal nightmare. Like you're saying that my crush lives next door and can look at me at any time. I like that. Then you can make sure that he's never talking to other girls. That's the one nice part. There's actually no other girl in all of America for him to talk to.
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Chapter 5: What humorous events unfolded during the Supreme Court discussion?
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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. Thank you.
So like we said, unlike a lot of actors, you got your start as a local news anchor. How did that happen?
You've made my life. That sounds a lot cooler than what I did you.
This is your chance to say that that's what happened. We don't know.
Rewrite the Wikipedia page in real time. 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 doctoral lawyer.
And, um, 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 like the people on the news. She's like, oh, okay. Okay. That's okay. And so I go there and then she made me a deal. She's like, you know, 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 with complaints or nice things, just everything. But there's also all of these police scanners, which is 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. They're this close to me. I'm sitting at the desk and I hear nothing. And then you just hear a reporter over there being like, there's a school bus on fire on 83rd street.
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Chapter 6: How did the panelists react to current news stories?
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Hi there. This is Ivan from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Hey, Ivan. What do you do in Cherry Hill?
Well, I'm a retired lawyer, and now I'm a full-time musician.
Oh, nice. Oh, all right. I didn't see that coming. What's your instrument?
Clarinet and saxophone, depending on the group I'm playing in.
Oh, were you in the marching band, Ivan?
I was in the marching band.
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Chapter 7: What unique games do the panelists play during the episode?
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.
Ooh, um, March Madness, NCAA somebody, sports ball. Right.
This week, a group of thieves in Europe who stole 12 tons of Kit Kats were publicly praised by blank.
Donald Trump?
No, by Kit Kat, who said the thieves had excellent taste.
Nice.
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. Ooh, get out of the handcuffs? She was able to wiggle out of the half-open car window and escape without any of the cops noticing.
My girl.
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 because this is embarrassing.
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