Hello, everybody. It's Andy Richter. And I am thrilled to be here today with a relatively

recent friend of mine, but a wonderful friend of mine. And somebody who has been kicking

around television and broadcasting for a long time and has had a wonderful 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. And she is the host of it among the many things she's hosted.

And I'm really, really thrilled that she could make it here today. It's Meredith Fiera.

Hi.

Andy, you knew you knew me from Conan that that has been. Well, you know what? I actually

knew you from living in Chicago and seeing you on CBS news. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. 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

two. And I actually wasn't a reporter on channel two, but I worked in the Midwest Bureau.

So I was, I was, yeah, every day. Yeah. No, because I just remember your name. You

know, I mean, you know, it's like Lester Holt when he became a national broadcaster. I

was like, Oh, he was out here in Chicago. It's just an, you know, Bill Curtis, when Bill

Curtis started becoming, you know, the master of murders. It's like our local anchor man

for years and years is now, you know, he was an anchor man when I was out there for CBS

news. You know how I ended up in Chicago? I started at CBS news in January. And in the,

in the Northeast Bureau. So I was going to be in the New York Bureau. And right before

I started that network job, I went and got a permanent for my hair because my hair is

really straight and I wanted to have a little more body. And it didn't really work. So I

did it again. And my hair started, it got so brittle, it started breaking off. And here

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