Marlon James

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.6 • 35.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James, author of the Dark Star Trilogy fantasy series, plays our game about fantasy football. He is joined by panelists panelists Ashley Ray, Peter Grosz, and Negin Farsad.

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0:00.0	From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me.
0:09.8	The NPR News Quiz.
0:12.0	There's nothing CD about an under-billy.
0:15.2	I'm Bill Curtis, and here's your host, and celebrating three days without a workplace
0:21.2	injury.
0:22.2	Peter Segal.
0:23.2	Thank you, Bill.
0:24.2	Thanks once again to our fake audience.
0:26.4	Later on, we're going to be talking to author Marlon James, who's written an epic fantasy
0:31.7	series based on African folklore.
0:33.9	You need to read them now, so by the time the inevitable HBO series comes out, you're
0:38.3	ready to be insufferable about how the books were better.
0:41.7	We want to get your comments and our source material, so give us a call.
0:44.8	The number is 1-triple-eight.
0:45.8	Weight, weight, that's 1-888-924-892-4.
0:47.8	Now, let's welcome our first listener contestant.
0:50.9	How you around, Weight, Don't Tell Me.
0:52.4	Hello, this is Fred Dinwitty.
0:54.5	Hi, Fred, where are you calling from?
0:55.9	I'm Brady Bill Tennessee.
0:57.6	And what do you do there, sir?
0:59.4	Well, right now, for cash, well, for cash flow, I'm a temporary worker for International
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