We tackle the SOTU and Olympian Lilly King talks trash
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From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm the man with the voice so smooth you could go curling on that. Bill Curtis. And here's your host at the Indiana University Auditorium in Bloomington, Indiana, Peter Stegall.
Thank you, Bill. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. It is great to be here at Indiana University, IU, which, thanks to their incredible football team, just... They just learned a little known secret. When you win the National College Football Championship, the coach gets a new record-setting high salary, and the rest of you get us. So later on, speaking of athletics, we're going to be talking to a proud Hoosier alum and multiple Olympic medalist swimmer, Lilly King. But first, it's your turn to compete. Give us a call at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. Let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi, you're on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Hi, I'm Bradley Petrick. I'm from Chicago, Illinois. Hey, how are things back in Chicago?
Still very cold. Very cold. I'm kind of glad to hear that because we're not there. What do you do in our hometown? So for my day job, I'm an enterprise consultant, but for my second gig, I run a local cat rescue here. Really? Yes. When you say here, do you mean your house? No, no, no. I mean at our adoption center. Okay, all right, all right. Well, that's very good work. I'm glad you do it. Welcome to the show, Bradley. Let me introduce you to our panel. First, a stand-up comedian performing at the Commonwealth Comedy Club outside Cincinnati on April 10th and 11th, and at the DC Improv on the 12th. It's Josh Gondelman. Hello. Hello. Thank you for rescuing all those cats. Thank you. Next, she's a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning.
It's Faith Saling.
Hi, Bradley.
Hello. And a comedian who'll be at the Laugh Factory in Las Vegas' Horseshoe Casino March 19th through the 15th and at Hilarity's Comedy Club in Cleveland March 20th and 21st. It's Alonzo Bowden. Hello, Bradley. Hey, Alonzo. Welcome to the show, Bradley. You're going to play Who's Bill This Time. That, of course, is the game where Bill Curtis reads you three quotations from the week's news. If you can correctly identify or explain just two of them, two out of three, you'll win our prize. Any voice from our show, you might choose for your voicemail. Are you ready to go? Let's do it. Let's do it. Your first quote is from the President of the United States. We are the hottest country. That was just some of the good news the President shared during what big speech this week?
That would be the State of the Union. It would be, yes, the State of the Union. Tuesday's speech was the longest State of the Union in history, in part because he kept bringing out these special guests. For example, Trump invited the U.S. men's hockey team into the House chamber, which was nice. A lot of them hadn't been there since January 6th.
That's true. I will agree. When he said we are the hottest country in the world, he was just referring to the fact that we've stopped doing anything to protect the climate. So we are getting there.
I honestly didn't watch. There is no reason for me to watch an old man rambling for like two hours just making it up as he goes.
On the other hand... On the other hand, I mean, think about it. You know, in the world we live in now, there's so few things worth watching live, right? Other than sports, of course. Because everything else, everything that happens has been pre-planned. Not with him. He could have done anything, right?
That's true. And he doesn't even... When he talks, he's not even connected to reality, right? He's just describing a fantasy that's going on in his head. He might as well have given a State of Narnia address.
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One of the things he did is he handed out prizes, medals to his various guys.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:20
2
How does Lilly King reflect on her Olympic journey?
5:20–6:56
3
What insights does Lilly King share about competitiveness in sports?
6:56–11:15
4
How do the panelists react to the latest State of the Union address?
11:15–14:03
5
What humorous anecdotes emerge from the discussion of the State of the Union?
14:03–33:11
6
What travel hacks are discussed during the episode?
33:11–42:38
7
How does the panel engage in light-hearted banter about toys?
42:38–48:06