Hey, it's me, Peter Sagole from Weight Weight, although I guess you'd know that because

you're listening to a Weight Weight podcast, which you wouldn't do if you didn't already

like Weight Weight, unless you had thought this was going to be something else like the

Ted Radio Hour, in which case I apologize for not being Guy Ross.

But the point is, I feel like I know you.

You like public radio, you like stories about goofy news, and so do I.

Obviously, the thing to do given our deep friendship is to spot me some change, you know, just

like real friends do.

So why not give to your local station, which then uses that money to support your friends

at Weight Weight?

Please give to your local station at donate.npr.org slash weight.

Thank you, everybody.

Thank you so much.

We have a great show for you today to warm you up this December.

Later on, we're going to be talking to Mike D and Ad Rock of the classic hip hop group,

The Beastie Boys, the band that was making hip hop safe for white people decades before

Hamilton.

Consider this your license to call.

The number is one, triple eight, wait, wait, that's one, eight, eight, eight, nine, two,

four, eight, nine, two, four.

Now, let's welcome our first listener contestant.

Hi, you were on Weight Weight, don't tell me.

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