HTDE: Heckling, Yawning, and Imitating, with James Austin Johnson and Patton Oswalt

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.6 • 35.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On our season finale, when a young listener has a question on behalf of her fifth grade class, we call up an old friend/chimp butt expert to help her out. And Saturday Night Live's James Austin Johnson walks us through his hilarious Donald Trump impression to tend to a listener's curiosities. Plus, Mike and Ian are stressed about some (cryptic) hate mail, so they call Patton Oswalt for some words of encouragement.

You can email your burning questions to [email protected]. And not to fear, we will be returning for season two. Follow @waitwaitnpr on Instagram for updates on how to stay in touch in the meantime.

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0:00.0	For every headline, there's also another story about the people living those headlines.
0:05.9	On weekdays, Up First brings you the day's biggest news.
0:10.1	On Sundays, we bring you closer with a single story about the people, places, and moments reshaping our world.
0:18.4	Your news made personal every Sunday on the Up First podcast from NPR.
0:24.9	Hey, all, it's Peter.
0:26.1	This week we are bringing you the season finale of how to do everything, but don't worry,
0:31.2	they will be back for a season two.
0:33.2	So make sure to follow them over at their own feed.
0:35.4	You know, I just got to say, seeing as I live here in the wait, wait, wait feed, I'm going to miss not having them here.
0:40.9	I mean, Mike and Ian, they started off as like kind of annoying roommates that constantly made me eat weird stuff.
0:47.9	But in the end of it, we kind of became, you know, brothers in arms, sausages all packaged together in the same variety pack, if you will.
0:57.9	And some good news, How to Do Everything has some surprises for you to stay connected in between seasons.
1:03.0	Make sure to follow the Instagram page at Wait, Wait, NPR for more information that'll be coming soon.
1:07.5	And now enjoy the latest How to Do Everything, our thrilling season finale.
1:17.0	Hello. Hello, Pat. Hey. Hey, it's Mike and Ian from NPR's How to Do Everything Calling.
1:22.7	Hey, how you doing, man? We got a couple emails from you, our listeners, and we weren't exactly sure how to respond.
1:28.6	So we're calling up comedian Pat and Oswald.
1:31.3	So we are a how-to show.
1:34.0	We get questions from listeners, and we do our best to answer them.
1:36.5	But we recently got a couple emails where we think we're being heckled.
1:42.6	You think you're being heckled.
1:44.1	We're pretty sure we're being heckled. One think you're being heckled. We're pretty sure we're being heckled.
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