![]() SHANTIRA JACKSON: U2 did a show in there, right? It'll be rolling your way as soon as a stiff wind hits it. And if you can't get to Vegas, just wait. It's got these super-high-resolution video screens that cover both all the outside and the inside of the sphere. It's 30 stories high, if you haven't seen pictures of it. SAGAL: It is, in fact, the largest spherical object ever built. SAGAL: That was somebody on Twitter talking about an incredible new concert venue in Las Vegas called Sphere. KURTIS: "Man, I need to go to the Sphere on shrooms." He's got a gavel in one hand and a mop and a bucket in the other. So they said he can recess the House and adjourn the chamber. JOBRANI: You know, I read an article that says that his - because he doesn't have a lot of power as the pro tempore. And then when the - I don't know - McCarthy was voted out, he slammed that gavel so hard that he was either incredibly angry about the vote or just wanted to get started tenderizing that pork loin. The guy who took over, because they had this succession plan, the temporary speaker is a guy named Patrick McHenry. So now it is proven the only thing worse than Matt Gaetz is tuberculosis.īLOUNT: The temporary guy is pretty short, too. The guy with the shortest term died of tuberculosis back in the 19th century. He now has the second-shortest tenure as speaker of the House in American history. SAGAL: So - and it was Gaetz who put McCarthy in the history books. He - his ouster was engineered by Republican Congress perv Matt Gaetz. And it looked like McCarthy was saying, listen, you (mumbles) - but, in fact, I'll bet McCarthy was saying, oh, come on. ROY BLOUNT JR: There was that photograph of McCarthy just nose to nose with Gaetz.īLOUNT: Gaetz. So this week, he satisfied all those people who said, can we watch you lose just one more time? Now, you may remember McCarthy had lost 14 straight votes when he was trying to become speaker back in January, but once he had the job, he promised to do anything he could to make his conference happy. It was such an exciting time for people who only watch C-SPAN for the fights. SAGAL: For the first time in American history, the House of Representatives threw out its own speaker. SAGAL: So that was McCarthy on Monday, daring his party to try and get rid of him. It is from - at the time - speaker of the House. If you can correctly identify or explain just two of them, you will win our prize - any voice from our show you might choose for your voicemail. SAGAL: Andy, you are going to play Who's Bill This Time? Bill Kurtis is going to read you three quotations from this week's news. SAGAL: And a humorous whose Substack is Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart Now and someone who is also here celebrating his birthday. SAGAL: Next, a comedian who'll be doing standup comedy at the Kennedy Center on November 3 and 4. First, she's an Emmy-nominated writer and comedian who's currently writing for "Big Mouth" on Netflix. Let me introduce you to our panel this week. I guess if you were waiting for a tornado in the mountains of North Carolina, you wouldn't have a lot to do.ĪNDY: (Laughter) It wouldn't be much of a living, no. SAGAL: Really? So it's just like in the movie "Twister." You hop into your van and you chase those tornadoes across the plains?ĪNDY: It's actually more hurricanes that I cover in my parts. What do you do down there?ĪNDY: So I'm actually a storm chaser who makes documentary films about storms. SAGAL: But now it's your turn to approach the bench by calling 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. Now, fortunately for her, for the talent portion of her beauty competitions, she argued with the judges. Who represents the government in the Supreme Court. SAGAL: Later on, we are going to be talking to one of the most interesting people in America, Elizabeth Prelogar, who went from being - this is true - Miss Idaho to being the solicitor general of the United States. And here is your host at the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Ill., Peter Sagal. JENNIFER MILLS, BYLINE: The following program was taped in front of an audience of real, live people.īILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT.
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