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It's NPR's Hour of Puzzles, Word Games, and Trivia. Ask Me Another.

I'm Jonathan Colton.

Now here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg.

Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody.

Welcome, everybody. Look at this. This is great.

Welcome to Ask Me Another, the show that is bar trivia for people cleaning their bathroom.

This is exciting. We have a great show for you. We have four brilliant contestants.

They're backstage right now,

worrying about something they said to a co-worker three weeks ago.

But soon they'll be up here to play some nerdy games with us,

and one of them will become our big winner.

And we have an amazing special guest.

Comedian Aparna Nanchurla is going to be here.

Aparna actually came up in the Washington, D.C. improv scene, which I believe is the only place in

Washington, D.C. where you'll hear the words yes and. I'm going to be talking to her about her career and her comedy.

One of the things I love about her comedy is, I mean, it's smart and it's Rye,

but also she talks openly about her depression and anxiety in a very thoughtful and hilarious way.

Anxiety and impression are interesting topics to talk about on stage.

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