From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is, wait, wait, don't tell me the NPR news quiz.

Got COVID?

Don't worry.

You're about to get a hot bill injection.

I'm Bill Curtis and here is your host, the man who was actually banned from the Chase

Bank Auditorium for reasons having nothing to do with coronavirus.

Peter, say go.

Thank you, Bill, and thanks to the recording of people from a distant, happier time.

Thanks to our producer Mike, as always, for those comforting sounds.

This is the third month of our new life, and we thought we'd celebrate by talking to famed American figure skater Adam Ripon, a metalist at the 2018 Olympics, and now a commentator on the sport.

You might say, it's spring.

This year's Olympics have been canceled.

This makes no sense to which we might say what does.

But first, we want to see your short program.

Call us up. The number is one triple eight.

Wait, wait, that's one, eight, eight, nine, two, four, eight, nine, two, four.

Now let's welcome our first listener contest and how you run.

Wait, wait, don't tell me.

Well, hello. My name is Thomas Darden. I'm from Dallas, Texas.

You are from Dallas, Texas, and you have the accent to prove it, which I just love.

Are you, are you from there?

Yes, sir.

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