Meredith Vieira (Re-Release)

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Meredith Vieira joins Andy Richter to talk about deciding to take a class in broadcast journalism, getting the "Today Show," jumping from the news to game shows, and more! This episode originally aired in June 2022. Do you want to talk to Andy live on SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Radio? Tell us your favorite dinner party story (about anything!) - leave a voicemail at 855-266-2604 or fill out our Google Form at BIT.LY/CALLANDYRICHTER. Listen to "The Andy Richter Call-In Show" every Wednesday at 1pm Pacific on SiriusXM's Conan O'Brien Channel.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. It's Andy Richter, and I am thrilled to be here today with a relatively
0:18.9	recent friend of mine, but a wonderful friend of mine and somebody
0:23.9	who has been kicking around television and broadcasting for a long time and has had a wonderful
0:30.8	career. And I got to know her from the goofy world of game shows. I'm a become a fairly frequent guest on 25 words or less,
0:41.9	and she is the host of it among the many things she's hosted.
0:45.8	And I'm really, really thrilled that she could make it here today.
0:49.8	It's Meredith Fiera.
0:51.7	Hi.
0:52.3	Andy.
0:53.1	How are you?
0:53.8	You knew you knew me from Conan that has been.
0:57.0	You know what?
0:57.6	I actually knew you from living in Chicago and seeing you on CBS News.
1:06.1	Oh, wow.
1:06.7	Oh, wow.
1:07.5	Yeah, you were, I mean, I didn't, you know, I mean, I wasn't a stalker or anything. But when you started coming to national prominence, I was like, oh, she was a reporter on Channel 2. Well, I actually wasn't a reporter on Channel 2, but I worked in the Midwest Bureau. So I went into 9 PM every day. Yeah. No, because I just remembered your name.
1:28.6	You know, I mean, you know, it's like Lester Holt when he became a national broadcaster,
1:34.4	I was like, oh, he was out here in Chicago.
1:37.0	It's just, you know, Bill Curtis.
1:38.9	When Bill Curtis started becoming, you know, the master of murders,
1:43.3	it's like our local anchor man for years and years is now, you know, the master of murders. Our local anchorman for years and years is now, you know.
1:48.4	He was the anchorman when I was out there for CBS News.
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