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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

WWDTM: Stephen Smith

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

L.L. Bean CEO Stephen Smith joins Hari Kondabolu, Maeve Higgins, and Roy Blount, Jr. on stage in Maine to talk about jelly beans.

Transcript

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0:00.0

All the attention on trans youth in the news may feel somewhat new, but trans youth aren't.

0:06.6

We are part of a community, we are part of a tradition, we are part of a remarkable group of people

0:11.9

with deep, long- longstanding roots in this country.

0:15.0

To hear about American trans youth over the last century,

0:18.6

listen to all the only ones, a new series from NPR's Embedded Podcast.

0:24.0

From NPR's Embedded.

0:27.0

From NPR and W.E.C. Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz.

0:35.1

I'm your main squeeze.

0:37.7

I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine, Peter Segal.

0:49.2

Thank you, Bill.

0:51.2

Thank you, Maine.

0:55.0

It is so great to be here in Maine,

0:58.0

famous for its Pine Forests and Coast and of course lobster,

1:02.0

and in honor of this great state

1:04.1

Bill and I are both drenched head-to-toe and melted butter.

1:09.8

Later on we are going to be talking to the CEO of the famous main clothing company

1:14.8

L.L. Bean because of course we are. But first we want to hear about what you're

1:19.8

wearing. Give us a call. The number is one triple eight wait wait wait that's one

1:23.1

eight eight nine two four eight nine two four let's welcome our first

1:26.4

listener contested how you're on wait wait don't tell me

1:29.2

hi this is Sylvia from Washington DC hey Sylvia how are you I'm good how are. Hey Sylvia, how are you?

1:33.3

I'm good, how are you?

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