On this week's Wildcard podcast, Wanda Sykes says she can have a hard time understanding God.

What is the plan, man? You know? What is the lesson here? Yeah, it's like, it's like,

oh, boy, you are in a pickle right now, God. What's you going to do about this? I'm Rachel Martin.

Wanda Sykes is on Wildcard, the show where cards control the conversation.

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Hey, it's Mariel.

When I lived in Providence, Rhode Island, I went to a bar one time that happened to have karaoke.

I say that because I didn't go there to sing, and there were plenty of people sitting around, not partaking.

Anyway, I remember this somber-looking man getting on the mic and beginning the puddle melt that would be his performance.

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