We fold our phones and get roasted by Leslie Jones
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We fold our phones and get roasted by Leslie Jones

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 12, 202647 min
  • Comedy

This week, panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Sureni Weerasekera talk foldable iPhones, $5000 bribes, and the sicekst dashcam vidoes. Then, Leslie Jones joins us to roast our set, and explain the easiest way to become a famous comedian. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes, the chance to be a contestant in those bonus episodes(!), and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to man...

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from NPR and WBC Chicago this is wait wait don't tell me the NPR news quiz I'm alzo slave and even if I wasn't the official judge and scorekeeper I'd still be judging all of you just for the love of the game and here's your host at the Studebaker theater at the fine arts building in Chicago Illinois Peter Segal

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Thank you, Alza, thank you everybody. Thank you all so very much. I share your enthusiasm because we do have a great show for you lined up this week. But first, Labor Day has come and gone, summer's over, and we just want to say congrats to

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all the moms and dads out there who just got your kids back into school. Parents, parents, you can go back to day drinking. And teachers, you can go back to night drinking. Later on, SNL grade and comedian Leslie Jones will be playing our games.

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