Robert Siegel

Robert Siegel



NPR

July 19, 2003
Orginal Air Date: December 30, 2000




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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Robert Siegel, Host, All Things Considered

This Week's Panelists:

•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author, I Am Puppy, Hear Me Yap
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
A prescient look at the seat of a nation, and devastating rejoinders from the beaches, and from the landing fields...

Opening Round (Listen)
A future president dissed by the FBI; when the Feds told you to rake your yard, you knew you'd be safe; the suffragettes' debt to someone's mother, and why surviving Niagara Falls does not prepare you for life's more mundane obstacles.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (Listen)
Three limericks about ancient Rome.

Not My Job! (Listen)
All Things Considered host Robert Siegel plays "You Didn't Say What I Thought You Just Said, Did You?"-- politicians' regrettable pronouncements from both sides of the aisle.

Week in Review (Listen)
It's a miracle energy drink but it make me glow! and misguided medieval attempts at healing the sick.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (Listen)
Dewey thought it was beneath him, and was defeated; a Montreal mayor's big financial misstep, and a guitarist who didn't let enough moss gather.

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
The Black Sheep of the Family...the less distinguished relatives of distinguished, accomplished people.

Lightning Fill in the Blank (Listen)
A bunch of historical facts we thought might be of interest, possibly.

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
The New York Times headline for January 1, 2050