Just a heads up, there's a little bit of cursing in this episode.

What's a disappointing experience that now feels like a blessing?

Oh, so many, Rachel.

It's those moments where you are so bucked.

Like, those are the moments where you, where your heart, your grinch heart grows, you know, 10 sizes.

Those are the only times that I grow and take it to the next level.

I'm Rachel Martin and this is Wildcard, the show where cards control the conversation.

Each week, my guest answers questions about their life.

Questions pulled from a deck of cards.

They're allowed to skip one question

and to flip one back on me. My guest this week is Chris Fleming. My audience holds me completely.

I mean, you don't want to see me perform for an audience that doesn't see me. I mean, that can be

brutal. I'm like a vampire. I need to be invited in. After watching Chris Fleming's new HBO comedy

special, live at the palace, I had this strange ache in my face.

Because of the permagrine, I'd been holding for more than an hour.

I grinned and guffod my way through the entire thing.

My God, I laughed so hard at one point I was tearing up.

It is my great pleasure to welcome the comedic genius known as Chris Fleming to Wildcard. Hi. Hi, Rachel. Thank you so much for having me. Are you ready? Yeah, I'm ready, Rachel. Round one. Memories. Ooh. These are the cards. We even got the branding on the back. What do you think this is? Like, we're NPR, man. Usually, I think a tote material for NPR.

I've never seen a gloss.

That's right.

Okay.

That's right.

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