Andrew Bird: Mandatory Fun Office Holiday Party

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4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Musician Andrew Bird shares how composer Vince Guaraldi's soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas inspired his new holiday album Hark! Oscar Award-winning composers Robert and Kristen Anderson Lopez try to spot fake holiday album titles. The NPR Christmas Carols (NPR employees named Carol) make their debut in a music parody game. Plus, Jonathan Coulton's actual kids help their dad and Ophira Eisenberg translate and navigate the latest teen slang.

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0:00.0	Happy Holidays, everybody.
0:03.2	This is Ophira Eisenberg, and I'm joined with John at the Colton.
0:06.5	Hello, everybody.
0:07.8	And it is the holiday season.
0:09.3	That's true.
0:10.3	It is the season of gift giving.
0:12.0	We are here to tell you that this is a way that you can give a gift to someone that gives
0:18.8	a gift to us and then also gives a gift to you.
0:23.6	This is what they call a multiplier matching opportunity.
0:27.6	A turduckin of gifting.
0:29.4	That's right.
0:32.1	And we love doing the show and we've been so grateful for your feedback and support
0:35.7	over this year.
0:36.7	But we also need your support in a different way.
0:39.5	That's right.
0:40.5	If you love the show and you love all MPR shows, this is your chance.
0:45.1	Lister support of public radio stations is what makes our show and so many shows possible.
0:50.4	Yes.
0:51.4	So when you support your local public radio station, you are supporting us, you're supporting
0:56.1	all these other shows and you're supporting yourself because you're bringing great entertainment
1:00.4	to yourself via your gift to their gift to our gift to you.
1:04.9	That's right.
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