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- 47 minutes 44 secondsWe admire dimes and Aasif Mandvi gives breakup adviceThis week, we talk new dimes and where to spend them, and special guest Aasif Mandvi tells us the best way to get over an ex.
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NPR Privacy Policy21 March 2026, 8:00 am - 17 minutes 37 secondsHTDE: Crickets and ClownsThis week: How to tell the temperature outside without a thermometer. Plus, how clowns trademark their unique looks.
Featuring Marlene Zuk and Julie Proctor.
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NPR Privacy Policy18 March 2026, 7:00 am - 47 minutes 45 secondsJohn Cusack rides his Vespa straight into our heartsThis week, John Cusack joins us to talk high school reunions, graphic novels, and the secrets to keeping your Vespa's tank full. Plus, panelists Rachel Coster, Adam Felber, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson go on spring break
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NPR Privacy Policy14 March 2026, 8:00 am - 47 minutes 32 secondsWe say "So long!" to Kristi Noem and Benetti plays ballThis week, Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, and Hari Kondabolu offer Kristi Noem some parting words and we quiz the new voice of Sunday Night Baseball, Jason Benetti, on his knowledge of confetti
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NPR Privacy Policy7 March 2026, 8:00 am - 23 minutes 13 secondsHTDE: The Breakfast RuleThis week: How the Wait, Wait team decides what jokes are too inappropriate for the airwaves. Plus Mike and Ian help a caller with a personal grammar problem.
Featuring author Keith Houston.
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NPR Privacy Policy4 March 2026, 7:00 pm - 47 minutes 24 secondsWe tackle the SOTU and Olympian Lilly King talks trashThis week, we're live in Bloomington, Indiana with Olympic champion Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie
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NPR Privacy Policy28 February 2026, 9:00 am - 47 minutes 48 secondsWe hold our own Olympic Games with our favorite guestsThis week, we give out our own Olympic gold medals to some of our favorite guests and segments of the past year, with Roy Choi, Cynthia Nixon, Ally the Piper, and more!
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NPR Privacy Policy21 February 2026, 9:05 am - 19 minutes 22 secondsHTDE: Curling Stones and Halfpipe Lines
More behind the scenes at the Milan Cortina Olympics with unsung heroes of the Winter Games. Mike and Ian talk with a curling legend, find out where those big stones come from and meet a guy snowboarders couldn't land without.
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NPR Privacy Policy18 February 2026, 8:00 am - 47 minutes 37 secondsOur panel heads to Milan and Arden Cho hunts demonsThis week, KPop Demon Hunters' Arden Cho joins us to talk about Rumi, the World Series of Poker, and how NOT to behave when you're about to propose. Plus, the Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone, and Beth Stelling shut down El Paso's airport and confess to cheating at the Olympics.
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NPR Privacy Policy14 February 2026, 9:00 am - 18 minutes 37 secondsHTDE: Forks and Ice MastersThis week: Mike and Ian talk with an Olympic Ice Master, help a listener who keeps meeting people with their same name, and get to the bottom of a mysterious survey glitch.
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NPR Privacy Policy11 February 2026, 8:00 am - 47 minutes 42 secondsLibrarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats gooThis week, we're joined by Mychal Threets, the world's most popular librarian, who talks about Library Joy and rebooting Reading Rainbow. Plus, panelists Tom Bodett, Josh Gondelman, and Tig Notaro prepare for the big game by eating goo
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