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🗓️ 6 December 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This message comes from Rethinking, a podcast from TED. |
| 0:03.6 | Organizational psychologist Adam Grant asks today's greatest minds about their fascinating ideas on leadership, joy, resilience, and more. |
| 0:12.8 | They might just challenge your assumptions. |
| 0:15.1 | Listen to Rethinking. |
| 0:17.5 | Hey, it's Peter Sagan. |
| 0:18.6 | A quick word before we get to the show. |
| 0:20.6 | Now, all week, you may have been hearing appeals around Giving Tuesday. You know, that day of generosity, where people get to feel good about themselves. Well, maybe last, but I hope not least, here's another one from me. Because as of October 1st, NPR is now operating without any federal support for the first time in our more than 50-year history. |
| 0:43.3 | So, yeah, it's a big challenge, but it's one we can take on together. |
| 0:47.3 | Listeners have already been stepping up to donate, like Mary from Minnesota, who says, |
| 0:51.5 | I love listening to Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, to help me calm down from all the news I hear during the week. |
| 0:58.9 | Mary, we make the show for the same reason. Or Maria from Washington State, who says, wait, wait, don't tell me, is my life force. |
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| 1:26.7 | If not, go to plus.npr.org. Thanks again for your support. Now, on to the Life Force that is our show. |
| 1:38.9 | From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. |
| 1:47.4 | Hey there, Arizona, I'm Alzo Slade, filling in for Bill Curtis, who is somewhere in the desert on a vision quest. |
| 1:54.7 | And here's your host at the Arizona Financial Theater in Phoenix, Arizona, Peter Sago. |
| 2:00.3 | Thank you, Alzo. Thank youigle. Thank you, Alzo. |
| 2:01.4 | Thank you, Alzo. Thank you, everybody. |
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