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- 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.
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How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Schuyler Swenson. Technical direction from Lorna White.
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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 Masters
This 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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NPR Privacy Policy7 February 2026, 9:00 am - 23 minutes 23 secondsHTDE: Torches and Ski JumpsMike and Ian are back, just in time for the opening ceremony at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina. Olympians and Starfleet Captains share how to carry the torch, fly through the air, and mentally prepare for the big games.
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NPR Privacy Policy4 February 2026, 8:00 am - 46 minutes 59 seconds"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and we preview "Melania""Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Annie Rauwerda preview "Melania: A Documentary"
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NPR Privacy Policy31 January 2026, 9:05 am - 46 minutes 58 secondsWWDTM: Kevin O'LearyThis week, special guest Kevin O'Leary joins panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson, and Mo Rocca
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NPR Privacy Policy24 January 2026, 9:00 am - 47 minutes 18 secondsWWDTM: Kali ReisThis week, special guest Kali Reis joins panelists Rachel Coster, Hari Kondabolu, and Luke Burbank
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