Bob the Drag Queen And Camila Mendes: We're Here... To Play Games!

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🗓️ 12 February 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Bob the Drag Queen is back! The drag star, from RuPaul's Drag Race, tells us about his HBO docuseries We're Here and plays a grab-bag game that finally brings together Whoopi Goldberg, Kesha, and... clowns? Plus, Cristin Milioti and Camila Mendes (Palm Springs) plug their noses through a game about things that stink, and comedians Laurie Kilmartin (CONAN) and Erin Jackson (Last Comic Standing) CRASH BOOM ROAR in a game about iconic movie sound effects. This episode originally aired July 10, 2020.

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0:00.0	Marley Matlin was the first deaf actor to win an Academy Award.
0:04.0	She also helped pass a bill that requires captioning in movies and TV shows.
0:09.0	So if you're one of the folks who uses captions, you know what to do.
0:12.0	I see people with their laptops watching movies and with captions I want to say,
0:15.0	are you enjoying captions, by the way?
0:17.0	Marley Matlin from Coda, the West Wing, and more on Bolzai from maximum fun.org and NPR.
0:24.1	Hey, the episode you're about to hear originally aired in July.
0:27.2	We'll be back next week with a brand new episode.
0:33.9	Hello.
0:35.4	Jonathan, you sound sad.
0:37.8	Hi, Afira. I'm not sad. I'm annoyed. I got some problems.
0:41.2	Okay. Before I get into it, let me just do the theme song. Let's get that out of the way.
0:45.6	And then I can really dig into the complaints I have.
0:47.8	Okay. I'm here for you. Let's hear it.
0:49.3	Here we go.
0:52.6	From NPR and WNYC, coming to you from our respective homes in beautiful Brooklyn, New York.
0:57.9	It's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games, and lists of petty grievances. Ask me another.
1:03.5	I'm Jonathan Colton. Now here's your host, O'Fira Eisenberg.
1:10.0	You sound upset.
1:12.5	Here's my current situation.
1:14.2	It is raining heavily here where I am.
1:18.3	Unanticipated side effect is very loud on the roof.
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