From NPR and WB Easy Chicago, this is Weight Weight Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz.

Look on the bright side with me.

I'm a builder lining, Bill Curtis.

And here's your host, a man who just learned that the P in NPR doesn't stand for Peter.

It's Peter Sago.

Thank you, Bill, and thank you, fake audience.

We'll have a great show for you today.

Later on, we're going to be talking to actor Ed Begley Jr., who's basically been in everything,

but is most famous for his environmental activism, which means when we all go up in flames,

he'll at least have the pleasure of telling us, I told you so.

We want to help you feel smug, too.

So give us a call, answer our questions.

The number to call is 1-888-weight.

That's 1-888-9248-924.

Hi, you're on Weight Weight Don't Tell Me.

Hi, Peter.

This is Alex Thunderman, and I'm calling from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

One of the most surprisingly beautiful cities I've ever seen.

We have lots of great views everywhere around the city.

And what do you do there?

I am an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Pittsburgh, and also a

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