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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Wait Wait Naked and Ashamed: P.J. O'Rourke, Maz Jobrani, and Helen Hong

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this week's show, we learn PJ's origin story, Maz sings a love song and Helen ticks one off her bucket list.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Weight Weight Naked In a Shamed.

0:03.5

I'm Faith Saley.

0:05.0

Being a Weight Weight Panelist is an experience like no other.

0:09.0

I talk to PJ O'Rourke, Mazjabrani, and Helen Hong about what they bring to the table and

0:14.8

their strategies for winning.

0:21.0

Support for NPR comes from MailChimp, who wants you to know that they do all kinds of

0:24.7

marketing to help small businesses grow, from building beautiful landing pages to re-target

0:29.9

marketing and audience management.

0:31.8

And of course, great email marketing.

0:33.8

So while it may seem like MailChimp has outgrown their own name, that just means their business

0:38.6

has grown.

0:39.6

MailChimp, they do more than mail.

0:42.8

PJ O'Rourke brings 50 years of reporting to weight weight, but it's not helping him

0:48.9

win.

0:49.9

I want to ask you years ago in an email how you prepare for the show, and you wrote me

0:55.5

back, prepare?

0:56.5

Do you not prepare at all PJ?

1:00.2

I really don't, because first place, I mean, it's a fake contest.

1:03.0

I don't mean it's a fake contest, and it's rigged.

1:05.5

It's fake contest because there's no purpose in winning it.

1:10.3

The purpose is to be funny, to entertain the audience, to be informed.

1:18.5

So I don't care whether I win or lose.

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