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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Best of WWDTM Animal Edition

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Leisure, Other Games, Comedy

4.637.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week we take a break from the week's news and enjoy some favorite animal-themed segments from our archives, including interviews with Kevin Fitzgerald and Rick Schwartz.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thank you Bill.

0:01.0

Thank you so much everybody.

0:02.0

Thank you.

0:03.0

If the internet has taught us anything, it's that you want less news and more cats.

0:29.1

So today's show we're going to make like the crazy cat ladies we are and hoard all kinds

0:34.3

of animals.

0:35.3

We're going to listen back to our favorite furry and feathered stories from recent

0:38.4

shows.

0:39.4

And for our canine listeners, we'll be broadcasting fart jokes at a frequency only you can hear.

0:46.4

Let's get started.

0:47.4

We'll begin with some questions about other species that we've asked our human panelists

0:50.5

over the years.

0:52.1

Paula, when people talk about romance, they often talk about lovebirds.

0:56.0

But according to a new study, it turns out that not only are birds not very romantic,

1:01.6

but they often do what?

1:03.3

Kill each other.

1:06.1

That's true, but we knew that.

1:08.0

This is more about romance than...

1:09.5

About romance?

1:10.5

Yeah.

1:11.5

They often...

1:12.5

And the lack thereof.

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