From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is Weight Weight Don't Tell Me.

The NPR News Quiz.

Somebody's knocking at the door.

Somebody's ringing the bill.

I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host, making a Chase Bank auditorium out of his mashed

potatoes.

Peter Sago.

Thank you, Bill, and thanks once again to our fake audience.

Who this week are the computer-generated artificial people that Fox Sports created to populate

empty baseball stadiums this summer?

That is absolutely true.

They did that.

These fake fans are amazingly realistic.

Now watch how they all leave during the eighth inning to beat the traffic.

Later on, we're going to be talking to Padma Lakshmi, who in her TV show Taste the

Nation, traveled the country to understand all the varieties of American cuisine.

We don't really care about the food.

We just want to hear her talk about going places other than the spare bedroom.

But first, we want you to join us virtually.

Of course, and play our games.

The number is 1, AAA, Weight Weight.

That's 1,888, 8,924, 8,924.

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