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Short Wave

Happy New Year from Short Wave!

Short Wave

NPR

Daily News, Nature, Life Sciences, Astronomy, Science, News

4.76K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

To kick off the new year right, Maddie fills out a Short Wave mad lib crafted by Emily. It's a little tribute to you, our awesome listeners.

We're back with new episodes next week. Hope you had a safe and happy orbit around the sun!

Transcript

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5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

0:07.0

You're listening to shortwave from NPR.

0:20.0

Happy New Year everyone!

0:22.0

This is Maddie Sophia with Emily Cwang on the Kazoo 2021 is here.

0:28.0

It's a fresh start for all of us.

0:30.0

We the shortwave team are off today,

0:32.0

but we're looking forward to bringing you the science behind the headlines,

0:36.0

stories of discovery, and laughs, or eye rolls at our efforts to put a little science joy in your life.

0:43.0

We're going to continue to bring you all of this and more,

0:46.0

and to start the year off right,

0:48.0

I want to begin with a shortwave madlib with Maddie filling in the blanks.

0:53.0

This time it is a love letter to our listeners.

0:57.0

Okay Cwang, you did this to me once already last year,

1:00.0

and like last time I have no idea what you are about to say,

1:03.0

which honestly is a driving theme in our relationship,

1:06.0

and I'm comfortable here.

1:07.0

You can't have creativity without chaos.

1:09.0

Okay, Maddie, yes.

1:11.0

Give me a term of endearment, a little rat baby.

1:17.0

I feel, I stand by it.

1:19.0

I accept it, I accept it, it's in.

1:22.0

Okay, give me a number.

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