Best Of: Seth Meyers / A Tour Of The Human Body

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🗓️ 19 March 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

As the host of NBC's Late Night, it's Seth Meyers' job to be funny, even when the news is catastrophic. He's satirized issues in the news, including in times of tragedy and war ever since he became an anchor on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update in 2006. His first SNL episode was the episode following 9/11. Seth Meyers has a new children's book called I'm Not Scared, YOU'RE Scared.

Also, we'll talk about the hidden world inside our bodies — from the remarkable design of our organs, to the messages contained in our body fluids, with Dr. Jonathan Reisman, author of The Unseen Body. He's a pediatrician, internist and ER physician who's worked in different cultures and in extreme climates.

Justin Chang reviews the new Pixar movie, Turning Red.

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0:00.0	From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.
0:05.9	Today, Seth Myers, as the host of NBC's Late Night, it's his job to be funny even when
0:11.6	the news is catastrophic.
0:13.6	He's satirized issues in the news, including in times of tragedy and war.
0:18.0	Ever since he became an anchor on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update in 2006, his first
0:23.4	SNL episode was the first episode after 9-11.
0:27.8	Seth Myers has a new children's book called, I'm Not Scared, You're Scared.
0:32.5	Also, we'll talk about the hidden world inside our bodies, from the remarkable design of
0:37.2	our organs to the messages contained in our body fluids with Dr. Jonathan Reisman, author
0:42.8	of the unseen body.
0:44.8	He's a pediatrician, internist, and ER physician who's worked in different cultures and in extreme
0:50.2	climates.
0:51.7	And Justin Chang will review the new animated film, Turning Red.
0:59.2	This is Fresh Air Weekend.
1:00.7	I'm Terry Gross.
1:02.1	My guest is Seth Myers, the host of NBC's Late Night.
1:06.2	Many of us first got to know him when he anchored Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live, a
1:10.6	positioning held from 2006 to 2013.
1:13.9	He was also a head writer on the show.
1:16.4	He's written a new children's book called, I'm Not Scared, You're Scared.
1:20.9	The story is about a bear and his best friend, a rabbit.
1:24.7	The bear is afraid of everything, even his own face in the mirror.
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