meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Everyone & Pay Phones

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Tom Bodett celebrates a heroic payphone and gets advice from author Samin Nosrat.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey everyone, I'm Emma Choi.

0:07.2

From Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, this is everyone in their mom.

0:10.1

With the story we just gotta know more about.

0:13.2

This week we're phoning home with Wait Wait Panelist comedian and my number one choice

0:16.9

for an apocalypse survival buddy.

0:18.9

It's Tom Bodeck.

0:19.9

Hi Tom.

0:20.9

Hi, Emma.

0:21.9

Thank you very much.

0:22.9

Thanks for being here.

0:24.9

Let's just get right into it.

0:26.9

I want you to imagine you're a little kid and you're lost and you're praying for a

0:31.8

miracle to come save you.

0:33.8

Well that's exactly what happened in our story this week.

0:37.7

Last fall, a man in Minnesota, Brian Davis, turned heads by finally fulfilling every man's

0:43.0

greatest dream.

0:44.3

He finally installed a pay phone in his front yard.

0:47.6

These days just finding a pay phone anywhere is kind of a miracle.

0:52.0

Yeah, I know.

0:53.0

It's like something of novelty in the neighborhood, right?

0:56.2

Where people come to goch at it to take prom pictures with it.

0:59.3

And a lot of people thought that Brian was crazy.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.