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Oh, sure. Oh, that's nice. I would try that. I have no involvement with any choir, but just approaching a group of people and saying, hey, singers, that feels good.

Oh, sure. Oh, that's nice. I would try that. I have no involvement with any choir, but just approaching a group of people and saying, hey, singers, that feels good.

Yeah. I will say we heard from a couple of you. Lon, for instance, said, we need to solve real problems instead. Basically, this is why are we doing this? Which, fair point. There are bigger problems in the world. We are incapable of solving them. Hello? So, Joe, you wrote in about your journey with you guys. Can you tell us about it?

Yeah. I will say we heard from a couple of you. Lon, for instance, said, we need to solve real problems instead. Basically, this is why are we doing this? Which, fair point. There are bigger problems in the world. We are incapable of solving them. Hello? So, Joe, you wrote in about your journey with you guys. Can you tell us about it?

All con.

All con.

All right. Lynn wrote in. She said, I have not said you guys in the years since my son's friend from high school transitioned. She pointed it out to me after I addressed the group of friends as guys. Since that, I've chosen to use folks. I like the casual and friendly sound of it. Oh, thank you, Lynn.

All right. Lynn wrote in. She said, I have not said you guys in the years since my son's friend from high school transitioned. She pointed it out to me after I addressed the group of friends as guys. Since that, I've chosen to use folks. I like the casual and friendly sound of it. Oh, thank you, Lynn.

Yeah, I mean, once you, we're finding this too, once you kind of declare that you're doing this, you really have a spotlight on you.

Yeah, I mean, once you, we're finding this too, once you kind of declare that you're doing this, you really have a spotlight on you.

Wow, you are a missionary for you guys, or for anti-you guys, I guess.

Wow, you are a missionary for you guys, or for anti-you guys, I guess.

Here's Eunice from Philly. Eunice has some ideas of what you might replace you guys with. Hello, everybody. Hello, party people.

Here's Eunice from Philly. Eunice has some ideas of what you might replace you guys with. Hello, everybody. Hello, party people.

We consider you a true compatriot.

We consider you a true compatriot.

So we're going to keep trying. Let us know if you're doing this. Let us know when you fail. We'll let you know when we fail.

So we're going to keep trying. Let us know if you're doing this. Let us know when you fail. We'll let you know when we fail.

It raises the question, what is the friendliest sound? Like if you're going to choose a sound, what would be the friendliest sound you could possibly make to a stranger you were approaching from behind? I've got candy. Would that work? I don't think that's it.

It raises the question, what is the friendliest sound? Like if you're going to choose a sound, what would be the friendliest sound you could possibly make to a stranger you were approaching from behind? I've got candy. Would that work? I don't think that's it.

It's possible in those edited texts, Hina called us something worse, that she then edited to you all, and she's covering it up. As if it was part of the you guys fast, when really it was something very offensive.

It's possible in those edited texts, Hina called us something worse, that she then edited to you all, and she's covering it up. As if it was part of the you guys fast, when really it was something very offensive.

One of which is a hundred men in Japan stomping on a wooden floor.

One of which is a hundred men in Japan stomping on a wooden floor.

And what are those men doing now? Was that the peak of those men's life? Is law and order a thing in Japan? Do those men know how woven they are into the fabric of our culture?

And what are those men doing now? Was that the peak of those men's life? Is law and order a thing in Japan? Do those men know how woven they are into the fabric of our culture?

Do people on the street recognize them? I know that stomp.

Do people on the street recognize them? I know that stomp.

Our intern is Mark Arthin. Mark, I can't say enough about the work you did this week.

Our intern is Mark Arthin. Mark, I can't say enough about the work you did this week.

That's why some of you, when you heard the sound we made for Sam, you may have heard Mark Arthur's name underneath it and wondered, what was that? That was not mentioned. Well, we went back in because there is no happier sound than the name Mark Arthur.

That's why some of you, when you heard the sound we made for Sam, you may have heard Mark Arthur's name underneath it and wondered, what was that? That was not mentioned. Well, we went back in because there is no happier sound than the name Mark Arthur.

I'm Ian. And I'm Mike. Thanks. Thanks.

I'm Ian. And I'm Mike. Thanks. Thanks.

Moo like a cow. Moo.

Moo like a cow. Moo.

It is the first part of move aside, too.

It is the first part of move aside, too.

All right. We're going to try and help out Sam in a couple ways here.

All right. We're going to try and help out Sam in a couple ways here.

I think also, tell me if this is true, whenever I've watched the New York Marathon, when the elite runners go by, they're so much quieter than the normal people.

I think also, tell me if this is true, whenever I've watched the New York Marathon, when the elite runners go by, they're so much quieter than the normal people.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So I run a little bit and I have a baby that I push in a jog stroller and And something I've encountered recently is there is a species of running male that cannot handle being passed by someone pushing a baby in a jog stroller. I imagine being an elite female marathoner, you are constantly passing men who have a hard time with this.

So I run a little bit and I have a baby that I push in a jog stroller and And something I've encountered recently is there is a species of running male that cannot handle being passed by someone pushing a baby in a jog stroller. I imagine being an elite female marathoner, you are constantly passing men who have a hard time with this.

Back to Sam's question for a second. Is there anything really that you do, though? Sometimes if I have my keys in my hand, I'll try and make a little noise. Is there any actual techniques that you try and keep from?

Back to Sam's question for a second. Is there anything really that you do, though? Sometimes if I have my keys in my hand, I'll try and make a little noise. Is there any actual techniques that you try and keep from?

says a recording or or does some sort of beat noise whenever you're going i feel like there could be a real market for that i mean we used to i had a cat growing up and we would put a collar with a bell on it so he wouldn't catch the birds i think a collar with a bell for any runner yeah might be the way to go that would be adorable we're back now then we're just back to the olympic medal

says a recording or or does some sort of beat noise whenever you're going i feel like there could be a real market for that i mean we used to i had a cat growing up and we would put a collar with a bell on it so he wouldn't catch the birds i think a collar with a bell for any runner yeah might be the way to go that would be adorable we're back now then we're just back to the olympic medal

You know, this question, what is the friendliest sound? What is the sound that you could play that would be least likely to freak somebody out? We should see if we can give Sam and Molly, for that matter, a friendly sound they could play.

You know, this question, what is the friendliest sound? What is the sound that you could play that would be least likely to freak somebody out? We should see if we can give Sam and Molly, for that matter, a friendly sound they could play.

Well, so we come to you because you wrote the theme to Law & Order, one of the great iconic themes. Thank you. And then, as we understand, Dick Wolf then comes back to you and wants something to mark transitions between scenes.

Well, so we come to you because you wrote the theme to Law & Order, one of the great iconic themes. Thank you. And then, as we understand, Dick Wolf then comes back to you and wants something to mark transitions between scenes.

That's amazing. So you mentioned that the Dundun sound is, I think you said, like a prison door slamming.

That's amazing. So you mentioned that the Dundun sound is, I think you said, like a prison door slamming.

And I think you said a bunch of men jumping up and down in Japan.

And I think you said a bunch of men jumping up and down in Japan.

Okay. So if we were to take a similar approach to composing a new sound for Sam, where we're going to get some samples of different sounds and we want it to be as friendly as possible, what are some sounds you might suggest to come up with a little sonic theme for Sam?

Okay. So if we were to take a similar approach to composing a new sound for Sam, where we're going to get some samples of different sounds and we want it to be as friendly as possible, what are some sounds you might suggest to come up with a little sonic theme for Sam?

Right?

Right?

Is there a time you remember startling somebody that stands out in your memory?

Is there a time you remember startling somebody that stands out in your memory?

Yeah.

Yeah.

A little laughter, that's good.

A little laughter, that's good.

Well, Mike, thank you so much for talking to us about this. This has been so much fun.

Well, Mike, thank you so much for talking to us about this. This has been so much fun.

All right, here we go. We're going to take these sounds. We have birds chirping. You say tricycle bell. Some kind of laughter. So, Sam, or anybody out there who's running and wants to warn somebody you're passing in a friendly way that won't freak them out, we give you this. Hello.

All right, here we go. We're going to take these sounds. We have birds chirping. You say tricycle bell. Some kind of laughter. So, Sam, or anybody out there who's running and wants to warn somebody you're passing in a friendly way that won't freak them out, we give you this. Hello.

And at this point, also, we've probably solved questions you have. You just haven't heard the episode. So we would encourage you to go backwards through our catalog. Maybe you have a song in your head. You can't get it out. We have addressed that.

And at this point, also, we've probably solved questions you have. You just haven't heard the episode. So we would encourage you to go backwards through our catalog. Maybe you have a song in your head. You can't get it out. We have addressed that.

So step one, listen to everything we've ever done. And if you still have the problem you have, send us your question at howtoatnpr.org. Well, we want to check in on the You Guys Fast. That is a thing we just started where we are trying to excise you guys and hey guys from our vocabularies.

So step one, listen to everything we've ever done. And if you still have the problem you have, send us your question at howtoatnpr.org. Well, we want to check in on the You Guys Fast. That is a thing we just started where we are trying to excise you guys and hey guys from our vocabularies.

Okay. The one we're not sure about is from Sky, and it says, Hey, Mike and Ian, just had a quick question. How do you end a podcast season? Looking forward to the answer. Feel free not to mention my question and show by example instead. Thanks, Sky.

Okay. The one we're not sure about is from Sky, and it says, Hey, Mike and Ian, just had a quick question. How do you end a podcast season? Looking forward to the answer. Feel free not to mention my question and show by example instead. Thanks, Sky.

Hey, Clementine, what can we help you with?

Hey, Clementine, what can we help you with?

Why yawning is contagious. I wonder this all the time. Where does this question come from, Clementine?

Why yawning is contagious. I wonder this all the time. Where does this question come from, Clementine?

How many kids do you think were infected with this one yawn?

How many kids do you think were infected with this one yawn?

Did you, were you one of the yawners, I guess?

Did you, were you one of the yawners, I guess?

Yeah. Has she yawned at any point during our conversation?

Yeah. Has she yawned at any point during our conversation?

I really want to figure out this, too. So we are going to do our best to help you out, Clementine. And I guess we're going to do our best to help the entire fifth grade.

I really want to figure out this, too. So we are going to do our best to help you out, Clementine. And I guess we're going to do our best to help the entire fifth grade.

I think it's a good idea. We should give you the opportunity to nap right now. You don't even have to press stop. We'll bring in some soothing music. Hina, can you bring that up? Perfect. It's unsettling, really, to think about our thousands upon thousands of listeners who've all fallen asleep at the same time around the world.

I think it's a good idea. We should give you the opportunity to nap right now. You don't even have to press stop. We'll bring in some soothing music. Hina, can you bring that up? Perfect. It's unsettling, really, to think about our thousands upon thousands of listeners who've all fallen asleep at the same time around the world.

Those of you who listen to the show while driving, we're sorry about the accidents we've just caused by forcing you to go to sleep. Double check your insurance. Hopefully it covers collisions. Okay, I feel like this has been a sufficient nap. That's good.

Those of you who listen to the show while driving, we're sorry about the accidents we've just caused by forcing you to go to sleep. Double check your insurance. Hopefully it covers collisions. Okay, I feel like this has been a sufficient nap. That's good.

She's the scientist who discovered that chimps recognize each other by their butts. So Dr. Kret, why are yawns contagious?

She's the scientist who discovered that chimps recognize each other by their butts. So Dr. Kret, why are yawns contagious?

with my colleague or when i present the results people always become really itchy yeah no i'm the top when we started talking today when we started talking about yawning i said i had to stifle a yawn just from talking about it and just now when you started bringing up scratching the top of my head itches and i've been resisting the sense that you're wearing those headphones and that maybe they're

with my colleague or when i present the results people always become really itchy yeah no i'm the top when we started talking today when we started talking about yawning i said i had to stifle a yawn just from talking about it and just now when you started bringing up scratching the top of my head itches and i've been resisting the sense that you're wearing those headphones and that maybe they're

Wow. I feel like it has been hard for me not to yawn during this conversation. If you out there listening find yourself having to yawn, let us know. I'm curious if this is contagious across a podcast.

Wow. I feel like it has been hard for me not to yawn during this conversation. If you out there listening find yourself having to yawn, let us know. I'm curious if this is contagious across a podcast.

Maybe we'll find like a peak yawn moment in the episode. Also, let us know where you are because I want to see the furthest away yawn that we are personally responsible for. Oh, we can map it out. Yeah, we'll do a yawn map.

Maybe we'll find like a peak yawn moment in the episode. Also, let us know where you are because I want to see the furthest away yawn that we are personally responsible for. Oh, we can map it out. Yeah, we'll do a yawn map.

Is it like, yeah, I mean, I guess like in a pack of animals, if there was a danger, one would want to send the signal.

Is it like, yeah, I mean, I guess like in a pack of animals, if there was a danger, one would want to send the signal.

I realize vomiting is also contagious. Like when you see someone vomit, you often have to vomit.

I realize vomiting is also contagious. Like when you see someone vomit, you often have to vomit.

And it makes sense because I guess if someone in your pack had ingested something poisonous and threw up, you would probably be eating with them.

And it makes sense because I guess if someone in your pack had ingested something poisonous and threw up, you would probably be eating with them.

Well, that feels good. So I'll read you this other one. This is from Ed. What can you do to make your podcast funny? Like you would have a clue, Ed. That's definitely... That's a heckle, right?

Well, that feels good. So I'll read you this other one. This is from Ed. What can you do to make your podcast funny? Like you would have a clue, Ed. That's definitely... That's a heckle, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

A couple that that on their first date, if their heart rates synchronized, they're more likely to, I guess, want a second date.

A couple that that on their first date, if their heart rates synchronized, they're more likely to, I guess, want a second date.

Well, I learned that yawning has a real function. Yawning calms your mind, makes you more attentive, so you're more ready to deal with danger. The theory is we evolved to spread yawning around so that it shares those benefits with our friends and family around us.

Well, I learned that yawning has a real function. Yawning calms your mind, makes you more attentive, so you're more ready to deal with danger. The theory is we evolved to spread yawning around so that it shares those benefits with our friends and family around us.

It seems cocky that while a lion was approaching you, you would be so bored by it.

It seems cocky that while a lion was approaching you, you would be so bored by it.

Yeah, if you want to make a lion feel bad, just yawn in its face.

Yeah, if you want to make a lion feel bad, just yawn in its face.

I learned also that the faces we make, the expressions on our face, they serve a purpose. Like when you scrunch up your face when something's gross, you're actually closing your face holes to keep gross things from getting in. Yeah. Or when your eyes get wide and your mouth agape because you're scared, that's actually so you can get more data about the scary thing to help fight it.

I learned also that the faces we make, the expressions on our face, they serve a purpose. Like when you scrunch up your face when something's gross, you're actually closing your face holes to keep gross things from getting in. Yeah. Or when your eyes get wide and your mouth agape because you're scared, that's actually so you can get more data about the scary thing to help fight it.

That makes so much sense.

That makes so much sense.

It would be a great idea for anybody out there starting a bakery, right there at the counter, just have an axe murderer. He doesn't have to murder anybody. He just has to scare people so that they are ready to take in the flavors you've worked so hard to create.

It would be a great idea for anybody out there starting a bakery, right there at the counter, just have an axe murderer. He doesn't have to murder anybody. He just has to scare people so that they are ready to take in the flavors you've worked so hard to create.

Our intern is Monica Turner. Monica, great job with the dinosaurs.

Our intern is Monica Turner. Monica, great job with the dinosaurs.

And keep your eye on the Wait Wait Instagram feed, at Wait Wait NPR, for details on ways Mike and I and Hina are going to be popping up in between seasons. I'm Mike. And I'm Ian. And there's Hina.

And keep your eye on the Wait Wait Instagram feed, at Wait Wait NPR, for details on ways Mike and I and Hina are going to be popping up in between seasons. I'm Mike. And I'm Ian. And there's Hina.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Of every comedian in the world, Patton, you are the most likely to end up hugging a heckler at the end of the night.

Of every comedian in the world, Patton, you are the most likely to end up hugging a heckler at the end of the night.

I think that's what we have. That is our ammunition. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah.

I think that's what we have. That is our ammunition. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah.

And I'm Ian. On today's show, the final show of this season of How to Do Everything, a fifth grader asks us to investigate how her substitute teacher made the whole class yawn.

And I'm Ian. On today's show, the final show of this season of How to Do Everything, a fifth grader asks us to investigate how her substitute teacher made the whole class yawn.

That's interesting. Yeah. Because, you know, people always say you sound different to other people than you do to yourself.

That's interesting. Yeah. Because, you know, people always say you sound different to other people than you do to yourself.

You might listen back to this episode of How to Do Everything and think, that's so weird. That person has the same question I have. That person who's definitely not me.

You might listen back to this episode of How to Do Everything and think, that's so weird. That person has the same question I have. That person who's definitely not me.

We've got somebody on the line. I would say the perfect person. We have the perfect person on the line to help.

We've got somebody on the line. I would say the perfect person. We have the perfect person on the line to help.

So, James, what Mary was asking, is this something you think about?

So, James, what Mary was asking, is this something you think about?

Melancholy Chewbacca.

Melancholy Chewbacca.

With Trump, does it change? Because he's a person who I first saw you doing five years ago now, four or five years ago. He's changed. Are there things about your impression of him that have changed that you're aware of?

With Trump, does it change? Because he's a person who I first saw you doing five years ago now, four or five years ago. He's changed. Are there things about your impression of him that have changed that you're aware of?

Being able to do that, right now, it's such a necessary impression that we need on Saturday Night Live and in the world. Do you have any absolutely useless impressions that you've been thinking about or working on?

Being able to do that, right now, it's such a necessary impression that we need on Saturday Night Live and in the world. Do you have any absolutely useless impressions that you've been thinking about or working on?

So we're a how-to show. We get questions from listeners and we do our best to answer them. But we recently got a couple emails where we think we're being heckled. You think you're being heckled.

So we're a how-to show. We get questions from listeners and we do our best to answer them. But we recently got a couple emails where we think we're being heckled. You think you're being heckled.

I don't know. Yeah, me neither. Okay, thanks to the many, many of you who painstakingly counted dinosaur moans in our last episode. The winner, the first one of you to get us the answer was Alicia from Pennsylvania. And it was painstaking.

I don't know. Yeah, me neither. Okay, thanks to the many, many of you who painstakingly counted dinosaur moans in our last episode. The winner, the first one of you to get us the answer was Alicia from Pennsylvania. And it was painstaking.

Or whatever Alicia said. Great job. You have an ear for dinosaurs.

Or whatever Alicia said. Great job. You have an ear for dinosaurs.

And in the time between seasons, we're going to try something new with some of you. Keep your eye on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's Instagram feed. It's at Wait Wait NPR. We'll have some announcements, some details about a little thing we're going to do between seasons.

And in the time between seasons, we're going to try something new with some of you. Keep your eye on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's Instagram feed. It's at Wait Wait NPR. We'll have some announcements, some details about a little thing we're going to do between seasons.

One of them is clear, clearly heckling us. The other one could possibly be a good faith question, but we think we're being heckled.

One of them is clear, clearly heckling us. The other one could possibly be a good faith question, but we think we're being heckled.

And we've gotten several emails from you out there.

And we've gotten several emails from you out there.

Is that the solution to this? We kind of hinted at it in the last episode, that maybe what we do is we go on a you guys fast for 30 days or for a month, and then we follow that up with a you guys rampage.

Is that the solution to this? We kind of hinted at it in the last episode, that maybe what we do is we go on a you guys fast for 30 days or for a month, and then we follow that up with a you guys rampage.

Jeff called in with a tip to help eliminate you guys from your vocabulary.

Jeff called in with a tip to help eliminate you guys from your vocabulary.

Has it ever, has it ever caused problems? Have you ever written something where you needed it to say guys?

Has it ever, has it ever caused problems? Have you ever written something where you needed it to say guys?

I remember, Ian, do you remember when I changed your autocorrect on your phone? This is a true story, Jeff. Years ago, we learned that you could do this. And Ian would sign his emails. I feel like I'm revealing too much. Ian would sign emails. He would just say, hugs, Ian. And I went into his phone and I changed it. So every time it said hugs, it would say, I love you. Ian.

I remember, Ian, do you remember when I changed your autocorrect on your phone? This is a true story, Jeff. Years ago, we learned that you could do this. And Ian would sign his emails. I feel like I'm revealing too much. Ian would sign emails. He would just say, hugs, Ian. And I went into his phone and I changed it. So every time it said hugs, it would say, I love you. Ian.

And did, what, did it ever, it happened once, right?

And did, what, did it ever, it happened once, right?

Well, that does it for today's show. What did we learn today, Mike? Well, I learned that next time I have trouble writing something, all I need to do is ask James Patterson. He came ready with like four or five different ideas there.

Well, that does it for today's show. What did we learn today, Mike? Well, I learned that next time I have trouble writing something, all I need to do is ask James Patterson. He came ready with like four or five different ideas there.

Well, like a holiday card. Like, that's always a tough thing to write. Like, that's the kind of thing where I do feel like, yeah, all right, James, you punch this up. Mike, this is boring about your job. Let's have it where you're kidnapped.

Well, like a holiday card. Like, that's always a tough thing to write. Like, that's the kind of thing where I do feel like, yeah, all right, James, you punch this up. Mike, this is boring about your job. Let's have it where you're kidnapped.

Thanks, Suzanne. Thanks for all your hard work.

Thanks, Suzanne. Thanks for all your hard work.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Wait, so Ed, did any of the other teams that were competing say anything? Did they notice and react?

Wait, so Ed, did any of the other teams that were competing say anything? Did they notice and react?

Yeah, if a ninja farts on a zombie, that's not the ending you're looking for.

Yeah, if a ninja farts on a zombie, that's not the ending you're looking for.

That's true. Okay, so Bella, she's an umbrella. She likes the rain. Her family doesn't. They go on vacation.

That's true. Okay, so Bella, she's an umbrella. She likes the rain. Her family doesn't. They go on vacation.

Well, no, our job, Charlie, is not to poke holes in the story. Our job is to help you land the plane. And we're here to do that. Yeah. OK, I think, Charlie, I think we can help you. What we're going to do here is we're going to go to two of the best selling authors of all time. First up, a writer who's written some incredible endings, incredible twists. Gillian Flynn.

Well, no, our job, Charlie, is not to poke holes in the story. Our job is to help you land the plane. And we're here to do that. Yeah. OK, I think, Charlie, I think we can help you. What we're going to do here is we're going to go to two of the best selling authors of all time. First up, a writer who's written some incredible endings, incredible twists. Gillian Flynn.

So we're moving this from like a children's story. Now it's maybe become a young adult novel. Yes.

So we're moving this from like a children's story. Now it's maybe become a young adult novel. Yes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, you really do.

Yeah, you really do.

It's December, and it's cold, which leads to the question, how do you stay warm? Burn something. Ed Eyestone just coached the BYU cross-country team to a national championship in freezing cold temperatures, and he has a tip. Yeah, we have a little bit of a hack.

It's December, and it's cold, which leads to the question, how do you stay warm? Burn something. Ed Eyestone just coached the BYU cross-country team to a national championship in freezing cold temperatures, and he has a tip. Yeah, we have a little bit of a hack.

That's fun.

That's fun.

No, I feel like we've lost it completely at this point. Oh, I like it, though.

No, I feel like we've lost it completely at this point. Oh, I like it, though.

But also, you can't have a rainbow without rain. So maybe there's a happy ending that happens where there's a rainbow. They've never seen a rainbow because they've never gone out.

But also, you can't have a rainbow without rain. So maybe there's a happy ending that happens where there's a rainbow. They've never seen a rainbow because they've never gone out.

Yeah. Okay, now we're going to move on to our next best-selling author, James Patterson.

Yeah. Okay, now we're going to move on to our next best-selling author, James Patterson.

Is this James Patterson? Am I being punked? His new book is The House of Cross. It's out now. Are you going to give me the prompt, or did I just rock and roll?

Is this James Patterson? Am I being punked? His new book is The House of Cross. It's out now. Are you going to give me the prompt, or did I just rock and roll?

Hold on. That's fantastic. What a beautiful story.

Hold on. That's fantastic. What a beautiful story.

Oh, all right. All right.

Oh, all right. All right.

100%.

100%.

That's incredible, James.

That's incredible, James.

So maybe we should, well, Charlie now has so many rich ideas.

So maybe we should, well, Charlie now has so many rich ideas.

Would you ever, like you've worked with some incredible people. You've co-authored books with Dolly Parton and Bill Clinton. You're working on one with Viola Davis?

Would you ever, like you've worked with some incredible people. You've co-authored books with Dolly Parton and Bill Clinton. You're working on one with Viola Davis?

How does that process work?

How does that process work?

Would you, do you ever work with, so like Charlie is working on this book.

Would you, do you ever work with, so like Charlie is working on this book.

Well, James, thank you so much for helping out. Yeah, thank you. Charlie, this is great.

Well, James, thank you so much for helping out. Yeah, thank you. Charlie, this is great.

If you would like us to answer your question, send it to us at our email address, which is howtoatnpr.org.

If you would like us to answer your question, send it to us at our email address, which is howtoatnpr.org.

We will be back for season two, but if your question is urgent, get it to us quickly. Get it to us now, and we can maybe, if, oof, I think we could probably, we'll do our best.

We will be back for season two, but if your question is urgent, get it to us quickly. Get it to us now, and we can maybe, if, oof, I think we could probably, we'll do our best.

Once again, that email is howtoatnpr.org.

Once again, that email is howtoatnpr.org.

One episode left this season. We will be coming back after our break. So if your question was, how do I save this pinnacle of podcasting? How do I save this show? It's going away. That question is unnecessary.

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We're already coming back. It's been solved. But any other question, send it to us at howtoatnpr.org.

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The northernmost town in Alaska, a town full of refrigerators you should never climb into. That town is in the middle of two months of darkness.

The northernmost town in Alaska, a town full of refrigerators you should never climb into. That town is in the middle of two months of darkness.

We were curious what it's like to live in that kind of darkness and to see if somebody who's done it might have some tips to help.

We were curious what it's like to live in that kind of darkness and to see if somebody who's done it might have some tips to help.

What is the feeling on that last 24 hours of daylight when you know you're about to enter this six month without ever seeing the sun?

What is the feeling on that last 24 hours of daylight when you know you're about to enter this six month without ever seeing the sun?

I hadn't even fathomed that, that there would be this month where every, I guess day is the wrong word, but every 24 hours, it's a little darker than it was before until finally it's black.

I hadn't even fathomed that, that there would be this month where every, I guess day is the wrong word, but every 24 hours, it's a little darker than it was before until finally it's black.

I didn't realize this, but no planes will risk landing in the dark in Antarctica. So I guess at the very end of that daylight period, those six months, the last plane takes off and you do not have a choice. You cannot, after two months, decide, you know, I can't take this anymore.

I didn't realize this, but no planes will risk landing in the dark in Antarctica. So I guess at the very end of that daylight period, those six months, the last plane takes off and you do not have a choice. You cannot, after two months, decide, you know, I can't take this anymore.

Oh, wow.

Oh, wow.

Um, thinking about this town in Alaska and other towns that are entering this period where the sun is not going to come up, did you come up with certain techniques or ideas of how to handle it that we might want to pass on to people there?

Um, thinking about this town in Alaska and other towns that are entering this period where the sun is not going to come up, did you come up with certain techniques or ideas of how to handle it that we might want to pass on to people there?

Yes, please.

Yes, please.

OK, we have someone on the line who can definitively answer this question. But we should say in the time since we talked to Maureen, this question has taken over her friend group.

OK, we have someone on the line who can definitively answer this question. But we should say in the time since we talked to Maureen, this question has taken over her friend group.

Well, I learned that bees will go to extreme lengths to get a mouse out of their hive.

Well, I learned that bees will go to extreme lengths to get a mouse out of their hive.

You know, you hear about people who have a mouse in their house, and so they get a cat to take care of it. Yeah, sure. Sounds like you could also just fill your home with bees.

You know, you hear about people who have a mouse in their house, and so they get a cat to take care of it. Yeah, sure. Sounds like you could also just fill your home with bees.

Honestly, you don't even need the hive. You could just have the loose bees, and that way they're ready to strike. Oh, the classic honey trap. I mean, there's, you know, Tom and Jerry, except it's actually 60,000 Toms. Yeah, yeah. Who are willing to sacrifice their own lives to get this mouse out of there. That is not as funny of a cartoon.

Honestly, you don't even need the hive. You could just have the loose bees, and that way they're ready to strike. Oh, the classic honey trap. I mean, there's, you know, Tom and Jerry, except it's actually 60,000 Toms. Yeah, yeah. Who are willing to sacrifice their own lives to get this mouse out of there. That is not as funny of a cartoon.

Yeah, especially when the bees start tearing off parts of the mouse to remove it.

Yeah, especially when the bees start tearing off parts of the mouse to remove it.

Our intern is Father Time. Great work, Father Time. Happy New Year, Father Time. 2024 was fantastic. Get us your questions at howtoatnpr.org. I'm Ian.

Our intern is Father Time. Great work, Father Time. Happy New Year, Father Time. 2024 was fantastic. Get us your questions at howtoatnpr.org. I'm Ian.

Happy New Year. Well, I think we got to call Maureen back and give her the news.

Happy New Year. Well, I think we got to call Maureen back and give her the news.

I love it.

I love it.

The stakes are very high. It could tear them all apart.

The stakes are very high. It could tear them all apart.

It would take 67 bees to karaoke.

It would take 67 bees to karaoke.

Well, Caitlin, you can still lord it over Carl.

Well, Caitlin, you can still lord it over Carl.

Wow.

Wow.

Now you're just spiking the football, Maureen. Come on, Maureen. Act like you've been there before.

Now you're just spiking the football, Maureen. Come on, Maureen. Act like you've been there before.

67 bees. Okay. When you say they will fly out their dead, move out the dead, what's the explanation for that behavior?

67 bees. Okay. When you say they will fly out their dead, move out the dead, what's the explanation for that behavior?

And it's just with the dead bees, it's one to one. One bee carries one bee.

And it's just with the dead bees, it's one to one. One bee carries one bee.

Is there anything that they collaborate on?

Is there anything that they collaborate on?

They basically, they make a mouse sanitizer themselves.

They basically, they make a mouse sanitizer themselves.

Happy New Year, everybody. Our mailbox, thanks to you, is overflowing with emails desperate for help. And our resolution, our shared resolution, is to clear it out.

Happy New Year, everybody. Our mailbox, thanks to you, is overflowing with emails desperate for help. And our resolution, our shared resolution, is to clear it out.

Jesse, we thought we'd just throw a bunch of these how-to questions at you, see what you can do for our listeners.

Jesse, we thought we'd just throw a bunch of these how-to questions at you, see what you can do for our listeners.

Totally okay. We'll start off with this question. This is from Sharon. Sharon says she can't resist the urge to over-comment in many situations. When someone asks her a question, she starts talking but doesn't know when to stop and often finds herself... going on longer than she should and regretting later the things she said. Do you have any advice for Sharon?

Totally okay. We'll start off with this question. This is from Sharon. Sharon says she can't resist the urge to over-comment in many situations. When someone asks her a question, she starts talking but doesn't know when to stop and often finds herself... going on longer than she should and regretting later the things she said. Do you have any advice for Sharon?

And I'm Ian. Coming up, writer, director, and actor Jesse Eisenberg joins us to answer all of your how-to questions. But first... Hey, Maureen. What can we help you with?

And I'm Ian. Coming up, writer, director, and actor Jesse Eisenberg joins us to answer all of your how-to questions. But first... Hey, Maureen. What can we help you with?

The hours are long, but it doesn't pay anything. Here's a question from Tyler, and this is holiday related. Tyler every year sends out Christmas cards, but worries the great effort that they put into the Christmas cards is not appreciated by the people who receive them. So Tyler wants to know the minimum effort they can make in those Christmas cards.

The hours are long, but it doesn't pay anything. Here's a question from Tyler, and this is holiday related. Tyler every year sends out Christmas cards, but worries the great effort that they put into the Christmas cards is not appreciated by the people who receive them. So Tyler wants to know the minimum effort they can make in those Christmas cards.

I guess the minimum thing they can say to make people feel thought of without doing too much work.

I guess the minimum thing they can say to make people feel thought of without doing too much work.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay. This is touching to me. I mean, I feel like two-thirds of our questions so far have circled back to just finding self-love.

Okay. This is touching to me. I mean, I feel like two-thirds of our questions so far have circled back to just finding self-love.

Good. Can we do one more? Is that all right? This is from E. Wayne Williams. Call him Wayne. Wayne wants to know advice about telling someone they have food in their facial hair. Wayne was traumatized 30 years ago by seeing someone with a ramen noodle flapping around in their mustache and didn't know what to say.

Good. Can we do one more? Is that all right? This is from E. Wayne Williams. Call him Wayne. Wayne wants to know advice about telling someone they have food in their facial hair. Wayne was traumatized 30 years ago by seeing someone with a ramen noodle flapping around in their mustache and didn't know what to say.

We've done it.

We've done it.

It is one of our founding principles as a podcast. We want to bring you quality programming, and we want you never to get inside a refrigerator.

It is one of our founding principles as a podcast. We want to bring you quality programming, and we want you never to get inside a refrigerator.

That's right. It's dangerous. It's cold.

That's right. It's dangerous. It's cold.

Okay. The one we're not sure about is from Sky, and it says, Hey, Mike and Ian, just had a quick question. How do you end a podcast season? Looking forward to the answer. Feel free not to mention my question and show by example instead. Thanks, Sky.

Hey, Clementine, what can we help you with?

Why yawning is contagious. I wonder this all the time. Where does this question come from, Clementine?

How many kids do you think were infected with this one yawn?

Did you, were you one of the yawners, I guess?

Yeah. Has she yawned at any point during our conversation?

I really want to figure out this, too. So we are going to do our best to help you out, Clementine. And I guess we're going to do our best to help the entire fifth grade.

I think it's a good idea. We should give you the opportunity to nap right now. You don't even have to press stop. We'll bring in some soothing music. Hina, can you bring that up? Perfect. It's unsettling, really, to think about our thousands upon thousands of listeners who've all fallen asleep at the same time around the world.

Those of you who listen to the show while driving, we're sorry about the accidents we've just caused by forcing you to go to sleep. Double check your insurance. Hopefully it covers collisions. Okay, I feel like this has been a sufficient nap. That's good.

She's the scientist who discovered that chimps recognize each other by their butts. So Dr. Kret, why are yawns contagious?

with my colleague or when i present the results people always become really itchy yeah no i'm the top when we started talking today when we started talking about yawning i said i had to stifle a yawn just from talking about it and just now when you started bringing up scratching the top of my head itches and i've been resisting the sense that you're wearing those headphones and that maybe they're

Wow. I feel like it has been hard for me not to yawn during this conversation. If you out there listening find yourself having to yawn, let us know. I'm curious if this is contagious across a podcast.

Maybe we'll find like a peak yawn moment in the episode. Also, let us know where you are because I want to see the furthest away yawn that we are personally responsible for. Oh, we can map it out. Yeah, we'll do a yawn map.

Is it like, yeah, I mean, I guess like in a pack of animals, if there was a danger, one would want to send the signal.

I realize vomiting is also contagious. Like when you see someone vomit, you often have to vomit.

And it makes sense because I guess if someone in your pack had ingested something poisonous and threw up, you would probably be eating with them.

Well, that feels good. So I'll read you this other one. This is from Ed. What can you do to make your podcast funny? Like you would have a clue, Ed. That's definitely... That's a heckle, right?

Yeah.

A couple that that on their first date, if their heart rates synchronized, they're more likely to, I guess, want a second date.

Well, I learned that yawning has a real function. Yawning calms your mind, makes you more attentive, so you're more ready to deal with danger. The theory is we evolved to spread yawning around so that it shares those benefits with our friends and family around us.

It seems cocky that while a lion was approaching you, you would be so bored by it.

Yeah, if you want to make a lion feel bad, just yawn in its face.

I learned also that the faces we make, the expressions on our face, they serve a purpose. Like when you scrunch up your face when something's gross, you're actually closing your face holes to keep gross things from getting in. Yeah. Or when your eyes get wide and your mouth agape because you're scared, that's actually so you can get more data about the scary thing to help fight it.

That makes so much sense.

It would be a great idea for anybody out there starting a bakery, right there at the counter, just have an axe murderer. He doesn't have to murder anybody. He just has to scare people so that they are ready to take in the flavors you've worked so hard to create.

Our intern is Monica Turner. Monica, great job with the dinosaurs.

And keep your eye on the Wait Wait Instagram feed, at Wait Wait NPR, for details on ways Mike and I and Hina are going to be popping up in between seasons. I'm Mike. And I'm Ian. And there's Hina.

Thanks.

Of every comedian in the world, Patton, you are the most likely to end up hugging a heckler at the end of the night.

I think that's what we have. That is our ammunition. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah.

And I'm Ian. On today's show, the final show of this season of How to Do Everything, a fifth grader asks us to investigate how her substitute teacher made the whole class yawn.

That's interesting. Yeah. Because, you know, people always say you sound different to other people than you do to yourself.

You might listen back to this episode of How to Do Everything and think, that's so weird. That person has the same question I have. That person who's definitely not me.

We've got somebody on the line. I would say the perfect person. We have the perfect person on the line to help.

So, James, what Mary was asking, is this something you think about?

Melancholy Chewbacca.

With Trump, does it change? Because he's a person who I first saw you doing five years ago now, four or five years ago. He's changed. Are there things about your impression of him that have changed that you're aware of?

Being able to do that, right now, it's such a necessary impression that we need on Saturday Night Live and in the world. Do you have any absolutely useless impressions that you've been thinking about or working on?

So we're a how-to show. We get questions from listeners and we do our best to answer them. But we recently got a couple emails where we think we're being heckled. You think you're being heckled.

I don't know. Yeah, me neither. Okay, thanks to the many, many of you who painstakingly counted dinosaur moans in our last episode. The winner, the first one of you to get us the answer was Alicia from Pennsylvania. And it was painstaking.

Or whatever Alicia said. Great job. You have an ear for dinosaurs.

And in the time between seasons, we're going to try something new with some of you. Keep your eye on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's Instagram feed. It's at Wait Wait NPR. We'll have some announcements, some details about a little thing we're going to do between seasons.

One of them is clear, clearly heckling us. The other one could possibly be a good faith question, but we think we're being heckled.

One episode left this season. We will be coming back after our break. So if your question was, how do I save this pinnacle of podcasting? How do I save this show? It's going away. That question is unnecessary.

We're already coming back. It's been solved. But any other question, send it to us at howtoatnpr.org.

The northernmost town in Alaska, a town full of refrigerators you should never climb into. That town is in the middle of two months of darkness.

We were curious what it's like to live in that kind of darkness and to see if somebody who's done it might have some tips to help.

What is the feeling on that last 24 hours of daylight when you know you're about to enter this six month without ever seeing the sun?

I hadn't even fathomed that, that there would be this month where every, I guess day is the wrong word, but every 24 hours, it's a little darker than it was before until finally it's black.

I didn't realize this, but no planes will risk landing in the dark in Antarctica. So I guess at the very end of that daylight period, those six months, the last plane takes off and you do not have a choice. You cannot, after two months, decide, you know, I can't take this anymore.

Oh, wow.

Um, thinking about this town in Alaska and other towns that are entering this period where the sun is not going to come up, did you come up with certain techniques or ideas of how to handle it that we might want to pass on to people there?

Yes, please.

OK, we have someone on the line who can definitively answer this question. But we should say in the time since we talked to Maureen, this question has taken over her friend group.

Well, I learned that bees will go to extreme lengths to get a mouse out of their hive.

You know, you hear about people who have a mouse in their house, and so they get a cat to take care of it. Yeah, sure. Sounds like you could also just fill your home with bees.

Honestly, you don't even need the hive. You could just have the loose bees, and that way they're ready to strike. Oh, the classic honey trap. I mean, there's, you know, Tom and Jerry, except it's actually 60,000 Toms. Yeah, yeah. Who are willing to sacrifice their own lives to get this mouse out of there. That is not as funny of a cartoon.

Yeah, especially when the bees start tearing off parts of the mouse to remove it.

Our intern is Father Time. Great work, Father Time. Happy New Year, Father Time. 2024 was fantastic. Get us your questions at howtoatnpr.org. I'm Ian.

Happy New Year. Well, I think we got to call Maureen back and give her the news.

I love it.

The stakes are very high. It could tear them all apart.

It would take 67 bees to karaoke.

Well, Caitlin, you can still lord it over Carl.

Wow.

Now you're just spiking the football, Maureen. Come on, Maureen. Act like you've been there before.

67 bees. Okay. When you say they will fly out their dead, move out the dead, what's the explanation for that behavior?

And it's just with the dead bees, it's one to one. One bee carries one bee.

Is there anything that they collaborate on?

They basically, they make a mouse sanitizer themselves.

Happy New Year, everybody. Our mailbox, thanks to you, is overflowing with emails desperate for help. And our resolution, our shared resolution, is to clear it out.

Jesse, we thought we'd just throw a bunch of these how-to questions at you, see what you can do for our listeners.

Totally okay. We'll start off with this question. This is from Sharon. Sharon says she can't resist the urge to over-comment in many situations. When someone asks her a question, she starts talking but doesn't know when to stop and often finds herself... going on longer than she should and regretting later the things she said. Do you have any advice for Sharon?

And I'm Ian. Coming up, writer, director, and actor Jesse Eisenberg joins us to answer all of your how-to questions. But first... Hey, Maureen. What can we help you with?

The hours are long, but it doesn't pay anything. Here's a question from Tyler, and this is holiday related. Tyler every year sends out Christmas cards, but worries the great effort that they put into the Christmas cards is not appreciated by the people who receive them. So Tyler wants to know the minimum effort they can make in those Christmas cards.

I guess the minimum thing they can say to make people feel thought of without doing too much work.

Yeah.

Okay. This is touching to me. I mean, I feel like two-thirds of our questions so far have circled back to just finding self-love.

Good. Can we do one more? Is that all right? This is from E. Wayne Williams. Call him Wayne. Wayne wants to know advice about telling someone they have food in their facial hair. Wayne was traumatized 30 years ago by seeing someone with a ramen noodle flapping around in their mustache and didn't know what to say.

We've done it.

It is one of our founding principles as a podcast. We want to bring you quality programming, and we want you never to get inside a refrigerator.

That's right. It's dangerous. It's cold.

And we've gotten several emails from you out there.

Is that the solution to this? We kind of hinted at it in the last episode, that maybe what we do is we go on a you guys fast for 30 days or for a month, and then we follow that up with a you guys rampage.

Jeff called in with a tip to help eliminate you guys from your vocabulary.

Has it ever, has it ever caused problems? Have you ever written something where you needed it to say guys?

I remember, Ian, do you remember when I changed your autocorrect on your phone? This is a true story, Jeff. Years ago, we learned that you could do this. And Ian would sign his emails. I feel like I'm revealing too much. Ian would sign emails. He would just say, hugs, Ian. And I went into his phone and I changed it. So every time it said hugs, it would say, I love you. Ian.

And did, what, did it ever, it happened once, right?

Well, that does it for today's show. What did we learn today, Mike? Well, I learned that next time I have trouble writing something, all I need to do is ask James Patterson. He came ready with like four or five different ideas there.

Well, like a holiday card. Like, that's always a tough thing to write. Like, that's the kind of thing where I do feel like, yeah, all right, James, you punch this up. Mike, this is boring about your job. Let's have it where you're kidnapped.

Thanks, Suzanne. Thanks for all your hard work.

Thanks.

Wait, so Ed, did any of the other teams that were competing say anything? Did they notice and react?

Yeah, if a ninja farts on a zombie, that's not the ending you're looking for.

That's true. Okay, so Bella, she's an umbrella. She likes the rain. Her family doesn't. They go on vacation.

Well, no, our job, Charlie, is not to poke holes in the story. Our job is to help you land the plane. And we're here to do that. Yeah. OK, I think, Charlie, I think we can help you. What we're going to do here is we're going to go to two of the best selling authors of all time. First up, a writer who's written some incredible endings, incredible twists. Gillian Flynn.

So we're moving this from like a children's story. Now it's maybe become a young adult novel. Yes.

Yeah.

Yeah, you really do.

It's December, and it's cold, which leads to the question, how do you stay warm? Burn something. Ed Eyestone just coached the BYU cross-country team to a national championship in freezing cold temperatures, and he has a tip. Yeah, we have a little bit of a hack.

That's fun.

No, I feel like we've lost it completely at this point. Oh, I like it, though.

But also, you can't have a rainbow without rain. So maybe there's a happy ending that happens where there's a rainbow. They've never seen a rainbow because they've never gone out.

Yeah. Okay, now we're going to move on to our next best-selling author, James Patterson.

Is this James Patterson? Am I being punked? His new book is The House of Cross. It's out now. Are you going to give me the prompt, or did I just rock and roll?

Hold on. That's fantastic. What a beautiful story.

Oh, all right. All right.

100%.

That's incredible, James.

So maybe we should, well, Charlie now has so many rich ideas.

Would you ever, like you've worked with some incredible people. You've co-authored books with Dolly Parton and Bill Clinton. You're working on one with Viola Davis?

How does that process work?

Would you, do you ever work with, so like Charlie is working on this book.

Well, James, thank you so much for helping out. Yeah, thank you. Charlie, this is great.

If you would like us to answer your question, send it to us at our email address, which is howtoatnpr.org.

We will be back for season two, but if your question is urgent, get it to us quickly. Get it to us now, and we can maybe, if, oof, I think we could probably, we'll do our best.

Once again, that email is howtoatnpr.org.

Oh, sure. Oh, that's nice. I would try that. I have no involvement with any choir, but just approaching a group of people and saying, hey, singers, that feels good.

Yeah. I will say we heard from a couple of you. Lon, for instance, said, we need to solve real problems instead. Basically, this is why are we doing this? Which, fair point. There are bigger problems in the world. We are incapable of solving them. Hello? So, Joe, you wrote in about your journey with you guys. Can you tell us about it?

All con.

All right. Lynn wrote in. She said, I have not said you guys in the years since my son's friend from high school transitioned. She pointed it out to me after I addressed the group of friends as guys. Since that, I've chosen to use folks. I like the casual and friendly sound of it. Oh, thank you, Lynn.

Yeah, I mean, once you, we're finding this too, once you kind of declare that you're doing this, you really have a spotlight on you.

Wow, you are a missionary for you guys, or for anti-you guys, I guess.

Here's Eunice from Philly. Eunice has some ideas of what you might replace you guys with. Hello, everybody. Hello, party people.

We consider you a true compatriot.

So we're going to keep trying. Let us know if you're doing this. Let us know when you fail. We'll let you know when we fail.

It raises the question, what is the friendliest sound? Like if you're going to choose a sound, what would be the friendliest sound you could possibly make to a stranger you were approaching from behind? I've got candy. Would that work? I don't think that's it.

It's possible in those edited texts, Hina called us something worse, that she then edited to you all, and she's covering it up. As if it was part of the you guys fast, when really it was something very offensive.

One of which is a hundred men in Japan stomping on a wooden floor.

And what are those men doing now? Was that the peak of those men's life? Is law and order a thing in Japan? Do those men know how woven they are into the fabric of our culture?

Do people on the street recognize them? I know that stomp.

Our intern is Mark Arthin. Mark, I can't say enough about the work you did this week.

That's why some of you, when you heard the sound we made for Sam, you may have heard Mark Arthur's name underneath it and wondered, what was that? That was not mentioned. Well, we went back in because there is no happier sound than the name Mark Arthur.

I'm Ian. And I'm Mike. Thanks. Thanks.

Moo like a cow. Moo.

It is the first part of move aside, too.

All right. We're going to try and help out Sam in a couple ways here.

I think also, tell me if this is true, whenever I've watched the New York Marathon, when the elite runners go by, they're so much quieter than the normal people.

Yeah.

So I run a little bit and I have a baby that I push in a jog stroller and And something I've encountered recently is there is a species of running male that cannot handle being passed by someone pushing a baby in a jog stroller. I imagine being an elite female marathoner, you are constantly passing men who have a hard time with this.

Back to Sam's question for a second. Is there anything really that you do, though? Sometimes if I have my keys in my hand, I'll try and make a little noise. Is there any actual techniques that you try and keep from?

says a recording or or does some sort of beat noise whenever you're going i feel like there could be a real market for that i mean we used to i had a cat growing up and we would put a collar with a bell on it so he wouldn't catch the birds i think a collar with a bell for any runner yeah might be the way to go that would be adorable we're back now then we're just back to the olympic medal

You know, this question, what is the friendliest sound? What is the sound that you could play that would be least likely to freak somebody out? We should see if we can give Sam and Molly, for that matter, a friendly sound they could play.

Well, so we come to you because you wrote the theme to Law & Order, one of the great iconic themes. Thank you. And then, as we understand, Dick Wolf then comes back to you and wants something to mark transitions between scenes.

That's amazing. So you mentioned that the Dundun sound is, I think you said, like a prison door slamming.

And I think you said a bunch of men jumping up and down in Japan.

Okay. So if we were to take a similar approach to composing a new sound for Sam, where we're going to get some samples of different sounds and we want it to be as friendly as possible, what are some sounds you might suggest to come up with a little sonic theme for Sam?

Right?

Is there a time you remember startling somebody that stands out in your memory?

Yeah.

A little laughter, that's good.

Well, Mike, thank you so much for talking to us about this. This has been so much fun.

All right, here we go. We're going to take these sounds. We have birds chirping. You say tricycle bell. Some kind of laughter. So, Sam, or anybody out there who's running and wants to warn somebody you're passing in a friendly way that won't freak them out, we give you this. Hello.

And at this point, also, we've probably solved questions you have. You just haven't heard the episode. So we would encourage you to go backwards through our catalog. Maybe you have a song in your head. You can't get it out. We have addressed that.

So step one, listen to everything we've ever done. And if you still have the problem you have, send us your question at howtoatnpr.org. Well, we want to check in on the You Guys Fast. That is a thing we just started where we are trying to excise you guys and hey guys from our vocabularies.