Marley Matlin was the first deaf actor to win an Academy Award.

She also helped pass a bill that requires captioning in movies and TV shows.

So if you're one of the folks who uses captions, you know what to do.

I see people with their laptops watching movies and with captions I want to say,

are you enjoying captions, by the way?

Marley Matlin from Coda, the West Wing, and more on Bolzai from maximum fun.org and NPR.

This episode was taped in June. We'll be back with a new episode next week.

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I'm Jonathan Colton.

Here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg.

You know, that is so, what a great hello that is. That makes me do with. It's a nice way to start a

conversation. Exactly. How's it going, Jonathan? I've just turned the fan off in my office

so that we can record, which means we are counting down to the point

when my body temperature goes past 105 and I pass out. I know this room two. This room two is like

freezing with the air conditioning on and you turn it off and five minutes later, you are basically

able to bake sourdough bread in here. Yes. And you know, I have ways of cooling.

Fans, air conditioners, can't use them while recording.

Nope.

Also, I have to keep the door closed in this room because, let's just say, I might have a feral cat living in my office right now.

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