This is all things considered, and I'm Noah Colwyn.

Twenty years ago this week, the rock band Radiohead released what many consider their magnum opus kid A.

Ex-girlfriends whined to our correspondent about why it sucked.

On Capitol Hill, leading physicians testified that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over.

Leaders at the CDC stressed that the American people must not be, quote, bitch-made

and that it's our duty to try and tough it out.

And finally, some good news from a research clinic in California.

Scientists are saying that they've made a world historical breakthrough.

That's right, they've found a cure for racism.

This is Noah Colwyn,

and you're listening to All Things Considered on NPR. Lester. Brace, that's the first intro.

That's the first intro we haven't done together.

I know.

It feels a little, I just feel a little funky.

I think to rectify this crazy feeling that I have, I think we should do like a 35-minute

UCB style like improv routine about bananas.

Yes, and?

I don't know, man, I was going to do a UCB joke,

and I couldn't remember what the phrase they say.

That's what they say, yes and.

I have, do you have, I have zero interest in improv.

Yeah, I'm good.

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