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Go Fact Yourself

Ep. 51: Charlie Hankin & Kitty Felde

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

Game Show, Comedy, Quiz, Podcast, Trivia, Arts, Helen Hong, Angel City, J. Keith Van Straaten

4.6786 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Perfect your comic punchlines and read up on your history for this episode of Go Fact Yourself! Charlie Hankin is perhaps best known for his comics in The New Yorker magazine. For you aspiring cartoonists, he shares the secret to getting your work in the famed publication. He also discusses how he’s already walked away a winner on another game show: "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" Charlie can be seen on his YouTube show "Good Cop, Great Cop." Also joining us is writer and podcaster Kitty Felde. Her show "Book Club for Kids" is all about showcasing kids’ perspectives on books and sharing them with the authors. As a veteran Capitol Hill reporter, she’s ready to share some amazing details about U.S. politics… like how Washington D.C. is home to the ugliest shoes in the country. We’ll get into topics like U.S. presidents, classic science-fiction films and regal living spaces. What’s the Difference: There’s no place like home What’s the difference between a home appraisal and a home assessment? What’s the difference between a palace and a castle? If you’d like to submit a question for our What’s the Difference round, go to gofactyourpod.com and click on "Get Involved." Areas of Expertise Charlie Hankin: the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the making of the atomic bomb and the Heaven’s Gate cult. Kitty Felde: The Dodgers baseball team’s move to LA from Brooklyn, Theodore Roosevelt and his children and the TV show Bonanza. Appearing in this episode: Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Charlie Hankin Kitty Felde With guest experts: Kermit Roosevelt III, professor at University of Pennsylvania's Carey Law School. Dan Richter, writer and actor who performed in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. The show was recorded at The Angel City Brewery in Los Angeles. Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. The show is edited by Julian Burrell. Go to gofactyourpod.com for information and tickets to the next recording of Go Fact Yourself! Get our NEW Go Fact Yourself t-shaped shirt!

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0:00.0

Are you a real no-it-all?

0:07.0

Do you annoy your family by shouting the answers while watching Jeopardy?

0:11.0

Do you drive people crazy when you start a sentence with, well, actually?

0:16.0

Well, guess what? You can go fact yourself.

0:23.1

Hi, everyone.

0:28.4

Welcome to Go Fact Yourself, the show where we take the smartest people we know and make them look dumb.

0:30.3

And then smart again.

0:31.8

I'm Helen Hong.

0:37.9

And now, from the Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles, here's our moderator, Jay Keith Van Stratten.

0:43.6

Thank you, Helen. Thank you, everybody. Wonderful, wonderful crowd. Helen, how are you doing?

0:48.0

I'm very well, Jay Keith. How are you? I'm excellent. This is our last episode that we're taping before the Thanksgiving holiday. That's right. Do you have any exciting plans for Thanksgiving?

0:52.9

What does those Thanksgiving mean to you in the past?

0:55.0

I usually go to my cousins in Culver City who hosts a lovely Thanksgiving meal, and I'm

1:00.5

happy to do it because a couple of years ago, I went to a friend of a friend who had a

1:05.5

vegan Thanksgiving, and that was rough.

1:09.0

I'm not going to lie.

1:09.3

What do they serve at a vegan Thanksgiving?

1:11.3

Nutloaf.

1:14.0

Have you guys ever had nut loaf?

1:16.5

I like nuts and I like loaf.

1:18.3

I don't know if I like the two of them together.

1:19.7

It's like meatloaf made out of nuts.

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