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Fake the Nation

371. Mueller, She Wrote (w/ Christian Finnegan & Lizz Winstead)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, News, Panel, Comedy, Politics

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week, Benari Poulten steps in as guest host while Negin is guest-hosting Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Benari is joined by past panelists, Christian Finnegan & Lizz Winstead, to break down the Georgia Indictments, Indiana's bans on abortions, and we ask the question: "are we oversharing on Venmo?"

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——Host - Negin Farsad

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——Theme Music - Gaby Alter

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a headgun podcast.

0:05.9

Fake the nation, Episode 371 Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of Fake the

0:12.5

Nation.

0:13.5

I am, of course, not Negaine Farsad.

0:16.1

She is on assignment, and if you want to hear her this week, you can tune in to Wait,

0:20.2

Wait, Don't Tell Me on NPR wherever all your favorite NPR things are listened to.

0:27.2

I am, Benari Bolton, your lovable guest host for this episode, and I have been assembled

0:33.1

on all-star team because, you know, we owe it to you, the listeners, to really put together

0:39.8

a top-notch show.

0:41.3

So first up, I'm going to try and live up to Negaine's outstanding intros.

0:46.6

She is world-renowned for how she intros people.

0:49.5

So let me just say, our first guest I'm going to introduce, legendary comedian, co-creator

0:56.2

of the Daily Show.

0:58.4

She is an author.

1:00.8

She is a phenomenal human being, and she is going to tell you about all her activism

1:08.6

and everywhere that she tours around the country because this is the legendary Liz Winston!

1:14.0

Oh my God, that is a lot of buildup.

1:17.4

That was impressive.

1:19.2

I like the end, too, the crescendo, you know, kind of into like FM radio puke-er guy.

1:25.1

That's right.

1:26.1

So it's a fine line between like podcasting and morning FM radio guy.

1:30.6

Yeah.

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