This is on the media's midweek podcast. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

As the host of a public radio show, I know how easy public radio is to parody.

Hello, I'm Margaret Joe McCullen.

And I'm Terry Rialto.

And you're listening to The Delicious Dish on National Public Radio.

Saturday Night Live debuted the Delicious Dish Skit in 1996 and ran it for years. So soft-spoken, earnest and earthy.

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. I have such happy memories from childhood dressing up and going door to door collecting for UNICEF.

I know, same.

Soldiering on in hand-knit sweaters with delicate stomachs and modest dreams.

Now what's on your list this holiday season, Margaret Joe?

Well, Terry, I really got greedy this year.

I'm asking Chris Kringle for a wooden bull,

some oversized index cards, and a funnel.

Ooh, a funnel. That'll be great for funneling. I know. I feel like a glutton. And then earlier this year on the streaming service Peacock, an updated rendition,

one that reflects our current culture wars, or more narrowly, the intramural feuds among progressives.

The show was called In the Know, about a daily NPR show produced in New York City. The rather crinzy characters are portrayed

by stop motion puppets and each episode features an interview with a real person who appears

on Zoom.

The show is written by Zach Woods, Brandon Gardner, and Mike Judge,

creator of Beavis and Buthead, who also voices the character of Sandy,

the culture critic.

Zach Woods, who played Gabe from the office

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